!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎121] (174/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0175.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎121] (174/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [121] (174/905)
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chap. vi.] the kard and kaldani . 121
occupies nearly the centre of these mountain districts. The The Kaidam,
Kaldani people, according to their own account/ were con
verted to Christianity by St. Thomas and two of the seventy
disciples. By means of a rigidly enforced system of exclusion,
they have preserved their freedom as a republic; their religious
tenets and simple liturgy have also remained nearly unchanged
since the moment that the blessings of the Gospel were
introduced into their secluded valleys.
Almost every village has its priest, and likewise a church
of peculiar simplicity, in which, a little before daylight, and
fasting, the Kaidam of each sex assemble, on Sunday, for
divine worship. This is a vaulted building, without steeple
or belfry, and sometimes in front of a cave. Its interior walls
are covered with printed calico, and it is without seats, images,
pictures, or ornaments of any kind: the whole complement
of the service consists of manuscript copies of the New Testa
ment and liturgy, a brass cross (different from ours), a small
bell, a copper chalice and paten, with an incense chafing-dish.
Having purified their hands in the smoke of frankincense
issuing from the last-mentioned vessel, the priest, clothed in
wide trowsers, a shirt, and a cotton surplice, administers to
each individual the sacred elements of bread and wine: he
then proceeds, in Chaldee, with the ritual which concludes
the service, and the people kiss the minister's hand as they and their social
retire to their dwellings: there is, besides, another sacrament, state '
that of baptism. Fasts are frequently kept, and all kinds of
meat are strictly prohibited to the clergy after ordination; but
celibacy is not enjoined on the priests, bishops, or patriarch.
The last dignity, with its temporal and spiritual power, is
hereditary.
A constant state of warfare, or of preparation to resist
attacks, has rendered the Chaldean ferocious towards enemies,
and even towards peaceable strangers; but the knowledge of
Christianity, imperfect as it is in that country, has, notwith
standing this and other faults, made him superior to the
Asiatics of the same class who follow the Muhammedan
1 Collected during Mr. Ainsworth's recent visit.—Vol. XI. Part I„ of
the Royal Geographical Journal.
vol. i. r
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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