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 168
o brought mea wild-ass colt, scarcely twomonths old, which had beencaught whilst following itsdam, and had been sincefed upon camels milk.*Indeed, nearly all thosewho came to my tent had some, offering, either sheep, milk,curds, or butter; even the Arab boys had caught for usthe graceful jerboa,… … A trained Falcon. * The Arabs of Mesopotamia frequently capture this beautiful animalwhen young, and generally kill it at once for food. It is almost impos-sible to take it when full grown. The colt mentioned in the text diedbefore we returned to Mosul. A second, after living eight or nine…
