'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.' [‎39] (66/450)

CH. xiii.] ancient bas-relief.
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seems to have decayed more. The interval has been
dug into for stones.
We now went along the wall in a north-west
direction on horseback, till we came to a part of it
higher and broader externally than the rest, Hoic,
some years ago, an immense bas-reliet, representing
men and animals, covering a grey stone of the height
of two men, was dug up from a spot a little ubove
the surface of tlie ground. All tlie town of Mousul
went out to see it, and in a lew days it was cut up 01
broken to pieces. I picked up at this place a piece
of a cornice of gypsum, or what is called Mousul
marble.
Hence we went along the wall to another high
mount on the wall, like the one we had last observed.
Here were some ruins, or inequalities of the ground,
stretched north-west into the area ot the city ; but I
am inclined to believe they are only inequalities. All
the area from the commencement of this inequality
up to the east wall is higher and not so smooth as the
western part ot it. We continued riding along the
wall, which here was high and steep, to the place
where the Khausser runs through it, and where is a
mount on which I fixed as one ot my stations lor
observations. It does not seem to have been broken;
and on the banks of the Khausser here, and also
a little higher up, is some stone-work, which may
have been part of a pier or bridge
On the outside of the wall, as far round as the