"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." [‎٢‎١‎٩] (٤٧٤/٣١٧)

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manner emptied itself down the precipice that the
wall of rock had defended.
We now began to descend by a pretty steep road,
rendered troublesome by loose stones, but still among
woods, which gave out a most fragrant odour: a
pleasant brook murmured on our left, and before us
the plain of Desht i Arjoon was rendered cheerful by
numerous fires of the Eliauts. One end of this
plain was occupied by a lake and a very extensive
morass, famous for wild hogs, one of which trotted
very deliberately across our path; and we heard a
great shouting all around, which we were told pro
ceeded from the Eliauts to frighten away the hogs.
Francolins are said to abound hereabouts, and there
are many lions, which the natives maintain are quite
harmless, through the blessing of Ali. The Eliauts
at the morassy end of the plain are Arabs of the
Maddeni tribe; and the Persians call them Gameshi,
from their principal wealth consisting in buffaloes, of
which they have prodigious numbers.
We halted at nine to take coffee. The cold was
so intense as to be very disagreeable, yet we were
much troubled with large venomous musquitoes.
After resting about half an hour, we proceeded at a
rapid pace along a fine level road over a verdant
country, with the hills close on our left, and arrived
at the village of Desht i Arjoon at eleven; the actual
march having been four hours and fifteen minutes,
though the stage is called three farsakhs. Just be
fore coming to the village we crossed some pretty