THE ANSAYRII,

(OR ASSASSINS,)

WITH

TRAVELS IN THE FURTHER EAST,

IN 1850-51.

INCLUDING

A VISIT TO NINEVEH.

BY

LIEUT. THE HON. F. WALPOLE, R.N.

Author of "Four Years in the Pacific."

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1851.

LONDON:

BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.

TO ELIOT WARBURTON, ESQ.

DEAR FRIEND,

"Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy,
Bright beams of the past which she cannot destroy;"

And to me, among the most cherished memories of past years, are those sunny days of youth and thoughtlessness when I rode by your side amidst the places which, in after hours, your magic pen transferred to poetic prose. The good, you see, sped not on me. You preserved your imagery, and left me but regrets at the impossibility of

imitation.

Your name, as my friend, the grace of your acquaintance, will be, I fear, the only recommendation of this book, which, dedicating to you, I humbly place before the public.

THE AUTHOR.

LONDON, Nov. 1851.