'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [‎145] (180/450)

CH. XVIII.] RUINS OF TEKREET. 145
south wind, which, however, soon after fell, and
there was a dead calm, the sky fast covering in all
round with very heavy clouds.
As we proceeded the river became much wider,
and in one place could not be less than a mile
broad. There were many herds on the banks
and islands belonging to the Albu Mohammed
Arabs.
At half past five we came to a place called Selwa,
or the Syren, in the Khernina cliffs; then round a
cape in these hills, which from the Selwa make
another bend in, and return again near Tekreet; but
this is in lact only the country cut down by the
water, the river having evidently at one time passed
by them. From Selwa our course was south. The
river has decidedly begun to fall again, the late rise
having been only a temporary one caused by the
rain.
At ten minutes before six in the evening there
came a violent squall from the west, which drove us
on the east bank at some distance from the other
kelleks. Luckily the bank was low and clear.
The squall lasted so long that it was not worth
while to get under way again after it was over.
The ruins of Tekreet began a little below us on the
high perpendicular cliffs.
March 9.—We got under way at half past five,
and at six tied up again on the bed of pebbles before
Tekreet.
Vol. II.