Nineveh And Its Remains: With An Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan ...
Nineveh And Its Remains: With An Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan ...
Sir Austen Henry Layard
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Grant caught whilst attending the sick in his house. Mosul holds the remains of most of those who were engaged in the American missions to the Chaldseans. N 2 Digitized by Google 180 NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS. [Chaf.VIL the attack on the Tiyaii, and had witnessed all the scenes of bloodshed which he so graphically de- scribed. The descent upon Asheetha was sudden and unexpected. The greater part of the inhabitants fell victims to the fury of the Kurds, who en- deavoured to destroy every trace of ...the village. We walked to the church, which had been newly con- structed by the united exertions and labour of the people. The door was so low, that a person, on enter- ing, had to perform the feat of bringing his back to the level of his knees. The entrances to Christian churches in the East, are generally so constructed that horses and beasts of burthen may not be lodged there by the Mohammedans. A few rituals, a book of prayer, and the Scriptures all in manuscript were lying upon the rude altar; but the greater part of the leaves were wanting, and those which remained were either torn into shreds, or disfigured by damp and water.
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