'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.' [‎162] (197/450)

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GREAT RUINS.
[CH. XIX.
ing or fragment of wall on one. The Arabs call
them Taj.
At twenty minutes past nine our course was
S. 30 W. At a place called Haddara, on the right
bank, were more ruins. About ten we got into a
long reach S. 80 E., along which we sailed rapidly.
At a quarter to one passed on the right bank Zor Ab-
dulla*, where are great ruins. Thence we proceeded
south, south-east and east, through a long reach,
into N. 45 E., or the reach of Dakkhala. At halt
past two we were going south-west. The wind was
westerly, which enabled us to hoist sail; and we pur
sued our way with considerable rapidity. At three
our course was west; at four it was south : we were
still under sail, and going about seven knots an hour.
We soon after passed Zoweiya, an immense col
lection of ruins, extending as far as the eye can
reach in the desert, and down the right bank of the
river. On one of the mounds far in the desert was a
building with arches. We afterwards came to IIu-
meinya, on the right bank ; ruins were still visible,
seemingly a continuation of those of Zoweiya. It
was on one of the mounds cut down by the river
hereabouts, that the great treasure was found in Ab-
* It is perhaps necessary to inform the reader, that the names
mentioned on the banks of the river rarely belong to towns or vil
lages now in existence, but rather mark where once they were.
Sometimes they are found with ruins, sometimes even the very
ruins have disappeared, and nothing but the name remains.—Ed.