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 265
n through the streets of thetown. As it is customary, he received in the palace the visits * A further account of the inscriptions at Wan will be found in theunabridged edition of my Nineveh and Babylon. P 2 3T3 A/.\/:r/:// A.\n n.i/DiAhW [CHAI. of the taiii. the inollahs.ainl tlicj)riiu ijul… … Kurds Of Wan. selves in holiday garments, and made merry in the housesand highways. The sounds of music and revelry issued fromthe cofifee-houses and places of public resort. The childrenrepaired to swings, nierry-go-rounds, and stalls of sweetmeats,which had been raised in the open spaces within…