"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." [‎٦] (٤٧٤/٨١)

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JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
its grandeur; but its appearance is very deceiving,
from its great extent of base and perfectly level out
line. At the top a person might conjecture it to be
a comparatively insignificant mass. I rode to it, and
my companions went up on horseback; but be
fore I had proceeded far up, my head grew com
pletely giddy, and I was obliged, on this occasion at
least, to give up the attempt. Great furrows are
visible on its sides, and the whole surface, which is
earth, is covered with broken pans and bricks, some
of which have writing on them. Several deep holes
or caverns were visible on the sides, near the top,
and the angles present an appearance something like
towers or bastions. The view from this interesting
mound was very extensive.
Near Hillah I was met by a deputation from the
Governor, who excused himself from not having come
out in person to meet me, on the plea of sickness.
He sent his band of double drums and zoornas, or
Turkish hautboys; and we proceeded through im
mense crowds of people to the town, where we ar
rived at four o clock. The^ whole distance from
Iskenderia to Hillah may be computed at about
twenty-five miles. We took up our quarters in the
house appointed for us by the Pasha of Bagdad,
which was built by the late Ali Pasha for his own
use.
December Wth. I was visited early in the morn
ing by the Governor. I inquired of him if there was
any place in the vicinity of Hillah called Br oussa or