'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.' [‎54] (81/450)

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ESKI BARI.
[CH. XIV,
Khausser, The village of Hashamia lay on this
side of the river, not far from its banks ; and on a
high spot opposite was the termination of this mound.
The Khansser, on quitting the inclosure, turns and
runs about N. 20 W., then about N. 40 W., up
from this mound The great mound, which is called
Eski Bari, winds and follows the river up its eastern
bank. The other bank, after the elbow N. 40 W.,
is also high, and seemingly artificial likewise. The
country about the village of Hashamia is high and
uneven. The mound on which I was standing
grows less again, and soon terminates at a water
course or ravine made by the rain forcing itself a
channel into the Khausser.
I now returned along the west face of the great
mound, which soon becomes higher again. I noticed
on its western boundary, which separates it from the
arc, or semicircular hollow way in which Thisbes
well is situated, a mount like an inverted bowl, with
a circle, or rather vestiges of building in a circle,
about half way up. I traced this ditch and mound
all along to its southern extremity, nearly on a line
with the south-west angle of the inclosure. Here it
opens into a lower country, and a small ravine or
water-course now dry passes by it, runs parallel
with the south face of the inclosure at a few yards'
distance, and discharges the waters that pour through
the ditch on very heavy rains ; but this water -course
does not commence with the ditch—it comes from the