Assyrian discoveries; an account of explorations and discoveries on the site of Nineveh, during 1873 and 1874. By George Smith ...

CHAPTER III.
FROM LONDON TO MOSUL.
Paris. - Marseilles. - Mediterranean. - Palermo.- Etna.Syra.-Smyrna. —Alexandretta.-Beilan. —Hotels.-Pass of Bei.
lan.-Afrin.-Robber.-Aleppo.-Turkish holiday.-Euphrates.
-Tcharmelek. — Orfa. —American missions.-Christians in Turkey. - Varenshaher. - River Khabour. - Nisibin. — Rising of
Shammer Arabs.-Lofuk. —Abdul Kareem.-Tellibel.-Djezireh.
River Tigris.-Khabour. —Zaccho.-Mule driver. —Nineveh.
A~ ~,~ HE offer of the proprietors of the "Daily
Ek i Telegraph" being accepted by the trustees of the British Museum, I received
leave of absence for six months and
directions to proceed to the East and open excavations for the recovery of further cuneiform inscriptions. It would have been better to have waited
until the next autumn before starting, but I desired
that there should be no disappointment to the proprietors of the "Daily Telegraph," who had generously offered to pay the expenses, and who naturally
wished some letters in return while the subject was
fresh in the public mind, so I resolved to start at
once, and after receiving much advice and assistance