"رحلات في آشور، ميديا، وبلاد فارس، بما في ذلك رحلة من بغداد مروراً بجبل زاغروس وصولاً إلى حمدان، في أكباتانا القديمة، والبحوث في أصفهان وأطلال برسبوليس، ورحلة منها مروراً بشيراز وشابور وصولاً إلى ساحل البحر. وصف البصرة، بوشهر، البحرين، هرمز، ومسقط، وسرد لحملة ضد قراصنة الخليج العربي، مع رسومات توضيحية لرحلة بحرية لنيرتشوس، والمرور ببحر العرب إلى بومباي. [‎٨] (٥٨٢/٣٩)

from bagdad, across the diala,
for filling the well with rain-water; but as we had seen near this
several small heaps, with a few scattered bricks in the way, there
might possibly have been buildings of some description or other
along it. The people of the country, indeed, have a singular
traditionary notion, that all the plain from the Tigris to the
mountains was once covered by the great city of Cufa, of which
they know perfectly well the name and the celebrity, but seemingly
little else. The ruins of the city are thought to be recognised
on the other side of the river to the west, below Bagdad.
Fiom the well, our course went nearly a point more northerly;
and after going for two hours on a similar road, we reached the
khan, or caravanserai, called also " Orta Khan," from an idea of its
being midway between Bagdad and Bakouba. The khan ap
peared to be small, and built of bricks. A few huts were seen
near it, and the barking of dogs showed these to be inhabited;
but as we passed through, leaving the dwellings on our right,
and the khan on our left,-without alighting, we saw none of the
people of the place.
We had hitherto travelled in very straggling order; and the
Persians often sang some popular song, which drew forth at
in ervals loud shouts m chorus; but as the moon declined, we
fear ln 0rder ' ^ ^ WaS more silent ' evide ntly from
fr0m henCe 011 a line 0f about nor th-east, for
road T' r t w nyPrOSPeCt t0 ^ the mon otony of the
formed .u"' "Ti, Plel i ades ' Ald ebaran, Orion's Belt, and Jupiter,
foimed altogether a splendid train in the eastern heavens and
appeared"!"?] UnUSUal brillianCe ' the firSt blush of day
S bele t We . ^ t0 diSCern SOme thick S— of palm!
Diala ' ^ Came on the banks of the
nortlt lutWh ^ 1161-6 ^ a ^ bUt narr0W bed ' ^
westerly The wT k T it 0ff aboUt «outh-south-
esterly. The western bank of the stream was the steepest, and