Footnotes
[1]Since writing this letter I have discovered there the diamond, platina, blue corundum in large masses, of brilliant colors, and the most splendent lustre, sapphire, ruby, emerald, euclase, amethyst; also in various localities, zircon, pyropian garnet, chrome ore; and manganese, and barytes in large veins; likewise plumbago of the finest quality.
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July, 1849.
G. P. PUTNAM’S
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries.
IN THE EAST.
Nineveh, and its Remains;
With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshhippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians.
BY AUSTEN HENRY LAYARD, ESQ., D.C.L.
With Introductory Note by Prof. E. Robinson, D. D., LL. D.