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Title: The thrones and palaces of Babylon and Ninevah from sea to sea; a thousand miles on horseback ..
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Newman, John Philip, 1826-1899
Subjects: Babylonia -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nightat the small town of Tel-el-Addis, pleasantly locatedamong the low hills. The villagers gathered to see us,for our like had never been seen in their town before.They were tidy and welL dressed, and demeaned them-selves in a modest manner. We occupied a dean house,for which we paid seven f)iastres. At five oclock the next morning we were again in thesaddle. The weather was delightful, and the landscapebeautiful. The soil was rich, and productive of grassand grain; but nowhere could be seen a tree or a bush.It is a treeless land. We crossed several mountain-streams, and met one caravan bound for Mosul. Welunched at the Fountain of Feida, near which are theruins of some unknown town. An hours rest, and wewere again in motion. A ride of three miles brought usto the village of Semail, to reach which we had to crossa rapid stream, and climb a narrow, steep, and roughpass through red hills. Situated on a fertile plain nearthe mountains, Semail is thirty-six miles from Mosul, and ^x ,V 1
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i V BABYLON AND NINEVEH. 399 contains a klian, a military station, and seventy dwell-ings. But the place bas a pecaliar interest to the trav-eler as being one of the many villages of the Yezidis.They constitute a community, and have two principalsettlements—one in the hills of Kurdistan, and the otheron the plains of Sinjar. They are a politico-religiousbody, and have chiefs temporal and chiefs spiritual.The head-quarters of the Eastern branch of the tribe areat Baadir, in the Kurdistan mountains. They were oncea powerful tribe, brave and thrifty, but have been muchreduced in numbers and resources by their Turkish mas-ters. Of their origin there is no certain knowledge, butsome regard them as the descendants of the lost tribesof Israel. In their ordinary habits they are clean, quiet,and industrious. In their physiognomy and generalcast of appearance they resemble our American Indians.Their forms are lean and lank; their features are small,sharp, and expressive; their color is not th

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