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 277
w approaching the Nes-torian districts. The first man of the tribe we met was an agedbufialo-keeper, who, in answer to a question in Kurdish, spoketo me in the Chaldee tlialect of the mountains. Hormuzd andmy servants rejoiced at the prospect of leaving the Armeniansettlements, whose inhabitants,… … ■MHK^df^:*^ i A Nestorian Family. out to meet us. We continued our journey to Merwanen,which we found deserted by its inhabitants for the Zomas, orsummer pastures. The Kiayah, or chief, however, with one ortwo of his people, had ridden dowTi to examine the state of thecrops, and turning his horse…
