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 314
r raft. We stopped for the first night beneath the mound of Ham-mum Ali. On the following morning we crossed the foamingrapids of the Awai, or great dam. During the previous three XI.] DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON. 261 years the river had gahied much ground to the eastward,washhig away the alkivial soil… … A Kellek, or Raft of Skins, on the Tigris. the centre of the Tigris, dividing the impetuous stream intotwo roaring cataracts. Solid masonry ben-^ath the level ofthe river connected this isolated mass with the oppositebank. I endeavoured to trace it inland, but after diggingfor some days without…
