Renewal of Excavations at Kouyunjik.--First Visit to Nimroud.-- State of Ruins.--Renew Excavations in Mound.--Visit of Col. Rawlinson.--Mr. H. Rassam.--The Jebour Workmen at Kouyunjik.-- Discoveries at Kouyunjik.--Sculptures representing moving of great Stones and Winged Bulls.--Methods adopted.--Epigraphs on Bas-reliefs of moving Bulls.--Sculptures representing Invasion of Mountainous Country, and Sack of City.--Discovery of Gateway.--Excavation in high conical Mound at Nimroud.-- Discovery of Wall of Stone.--Visit to Khorsabad.--Discovery of Slab.--State of the Ruins.--Futhliyah.--Baazani.--Baasheikhah 84 CHAPTER VI. Discovery of Grand Entrance to the Palace of Kouyunjik.--Of the Name of Sennacherib in the Inscriptions.--The Records of that King in the Inscriptions on the Bulls.--An Abridged Translation of them.--Name of Hezekiah.--Account of Sennacherib's Wars with the Jews.--Dr. Hincks and Col. Rawlinson.--The Names of Sargon and Shalmaneser.--Discovery of Sculptures at Kouyunjik, representing the Siege of Lachish.--Description of the Sculptures.--Discovery of Clay Seals.--Of Signets of Egyptian and Assyrian Kings.--Cartouche of Sabaco.--Name of Essarhaddon.--Confirmation of Historical Records of the Bible.--Royal Cylinder of Sennacherib 113 CHAPTER VII. Road open for removal of Winged Lions.--Discovery of Vaulted Drain.--Of other Arches.--Of Painted Bricks.--Attack of the Tai on the Village of Nimroud.--Visit to the Howar.--Description of the Encampment of the Tai.--The Plain of Shomamok.--Sheikh Faras.--Wali Bey.--Return to Nimroud 137 CHAPTER VIII. Contents of newly-discovered Chamber.--A Well.--Large Copper Caldrons.--Bells, Rings, and other Objects in Metal.-- Tripods.--Caldrons and large Vessels.--Bronze Bowls, Cups, and Dishes.--Description of the Embossings upon them.--Arms and Armour.--Shields.--Iron Instruments.--Ivory Remains.--Bronze Cubes inlaid with Gold.--Glass Bowls.--Lens.--The Royal Throne 150 CHAPTER IX. Visit to the Winged Lions by Night.--The Bitumen Springs.-- Removal of the Winged Lions to the River.--Floods at Nimroud.-- Yezidi Marriage Festival.--Baazani.--Visit to Bavian.--Site of the Battle of Arbela.--Description of Rock-Sculptures.-- Inscriptions.--The Shabbaks 167 CHAPTER X. Visit to Kalah Sherghat prevented.--Visit to Shomamok.-- Keshaf.--The Howar.--A Bedouin.--His Mission.--Descent of Arab Horses.--Their Pedigree.--Ruins of Mokhamour.--The Mound of the Kasr.--Plain of Shomamok.--The Gla or Kalah.--Xenophon and the Ten Thousand.--A Wolf.--Return to Nimroud and Mosul.-- Discoveries at Kouyunjik.--Description of the Bas-reliefs 182 CHAPTER XI.