CHAPTER XX.

Discoveries at Kouyunjik during the Summer.--Description of the Sculptures.--Capture of Cities on a great River.--Pomp of Assyrian King.--Alabaster Pavement.--Conquest of Tribes inhabiting a Marsh.--Their Wealth.--Chambers with Sculptures belonging to a new King.--Description of the Sculptures.-- Conquest of the People of Susiana.--Portrait of the King.--His guards and Attendants.--The City of Shushan.--Captive Prince.-- Musicians.--Captives put to the Torture.--Artistic Character of the Sculptures.--An Inclined Passage.--Two small Chambers.-- Colossal Figures.--More Sculptures 356