CHAPTER XXV.

Preparations for Departure.--Sahiman.--Plunder of his Camels.-- Leave Baghdad.--Journey through Mesopotamia.--Early Arab Remains.--The Median Wall.--Tekrit.--Horses stolen.--Instances of Bedouin Honesty.--Excavations at Kalah Sherghat.--Reach Mosul.--Discoveries during Absence.--New Chambers at Kouyunjik.--Description of Bas-reliefs.--Extent of the Ruins explored.--Bases of Pillars.--Small objects.--Roman Coins struck at Nineveh.--Hoard of Denarii.--Greek Relics.--Absence of Assyrian Tombs.--Fragment with Egyptian Characters.-- Assyrian Relics.--Remains beneath the Tomb of Jonah.-- Discoveries at Shereef-Khan--at Nimroud.--Assyrian Weights.-- Engraved Cylinders 463