Researches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldæa: Forming Part of the Labors of the Euphrates Expedition

Ab-i-Zál Abú acclivities alluvial alluvium Amanus ancient antique appear Arabs argillaceous Arrian Assyria augite Babel Babylon Babylonia Bális banks basalts Basráh beds Bír bituminous breccia calcareous called canal Casius Chaldæa chalk formation characters clays cliffs coarse colour compact composed conglomerate consist containing cretaceous crystalline Dágh deposits diallage rocks distance district east elevation Eulæus Euphrates extends feet feldspatho-pyroxenic rocks felspar fissile flows friable granular gypsum Hawáz hilly hornblende Ibn Haukal indurated Jebel Kará Karún Keráh lake land limestone lithophytes Ma'den marles marshes mica shist miles mounds mountains Músul Náhr Nearchus nearly occupied occurs Orontes Pasitigris pebbles Persian plain Pliny plutonic rocks present quartz reposing ridge rise river Euphrates ruins saliferous sands sandstones serpentine Shát shells Shinar Shúster siliceous slaty soil species spilites steashists Strabo strata summit supra-cretaceous Sús Susa Susiana Taurus Teredon territory Tigris Urfáh valley village waters Zobeïr