[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.
155 Broadway, New-York,
_July, 1849_.
G. P. PUTNAM’S
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
_Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries._
IN THE EAST.
[Illustration: Assyrian bas-relief: charioteer]
_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.