Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 149
e anticipated the beauty and extent of the viewwhich opened round us on the top of the pass. The Sinjarhill is a solitary ridge rising abruptly in the midst of the de-sert ; from its summit, therefore, the eye ranges on one sideover the vast level wilderness stretching to the Euphrates, y.;… … aX of Baadri and Sheikh Adi, and many well-known peaks ofthe Kurdish Alps. Behind the lower ranges, each distinctlymarked by its sharp, serrated outline, were the snow-covered IV.J THE YEZIDIS OF THE STNJAR. 97 heights of Tiyari and Bohtan. Whilst to the south of theSinjar artificial mounds…
