"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." [‎١‎٣‎٣] (٤٧٤/٢٢١)

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the extent of the area, generally, towards each
quarter.
If the artificial canal by which the Euphrates was
conducted through the site of Babylon was really
straight, it may be expected to have left traces
enough to detect its general line of direction. In
the course of traversing the soil for the before-men
tioned purposes, it might be well to note all the dif
ferent hollows that have at any time contained the
waters of the Euphrates, with a view not only to this
purpose, but for the sake of general information.
Such traces are most likely to be found at a dis
tance from the great mounds that lie towards the
centre. Probably they will be most conspicuous at
the commencement of the inundation.
Since the general course of the river is in this
quarter to the S.S.E. and S.E. by S., it may be pre
sumed that it was conducted through Babylon in
that general direction, and that the plan of the city
was constructed parallel to it.
The ground in and about the great mounds south
of the Mujelibe should be particularly examined,
partly with a view to find the ancient bed of the
river between them, and partly to ascertain the pre
cise limits as well as the altitudes of the mounds and
the level of the subterraneous passage.
The mound lying between the and the
libe should also be examined. It has probably been
dug into for bricks, and some information may be col
lected from a view of the excavations.