"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎٣‎٣] (٤٧٤/٦٠)

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on of night, we gathered together a good provision of
wood, in order to keep up a brisk fire through the
night. But towards midnight our guards having
fallen asleep, and the fire having become fainter,
one of these wild beasts came so near, that there
was not more than twenty paces between us and him,
when, by the Divine permission, a Turk awakened,
who, as soon as he became aware of the danger,
commenced crying out as loud as he could, and such
were his screams, that every one was quickly up,
and the noise of the fire-arms which at the same
time were discharged on all sides, so alarmed the
lion, that he quickly took to flight.
"We were off early in the morning, and soon came
to a little wood of wild cypress-trees, among which
we heard the whistling of some Arabs, who were
making signals to each other to assemble^ in order to
attack us. We all prepared to meet them ; and soon
afterwards about forty men made their appearance
on the shore, some armed with lances, some with
bows and arrows. Having steered our vessel away
fiom the shore, our people inquired of them what
they wanted. They pretended that a cow had been
stolen from them; and, after much disputing and
abuse, they retreated. Pursuing our voyage, on the
31st we arrived at Samadava, a very flourishing and
well-peopled place, where we halted two days.
" We resumed our voyage on the 2nd of September,
in considerable fear of thieves; and we passed through
a wood full of wild beasts, where often we heard the