CHAPTER III.

Reception by the Yezidis.--Village of Guzelder.--Triumphal March to Redwan.--Redwan.--Armenian Church.--The Melek Taous, or Brazen Bird.--Tilleh.--Valley of the Tigris.--Bas-reliefs.-- Journey to Dereboun.--To Semil.--Abde Agha.--Journey to Mosul.--The Yezidi Chiefs.--Arrival at Mosul.--Xenophon's March from the Zab to the Black Sea 42