"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." [‎٢‎٣‎٩] (٤٧٤/٣٣٧)

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out. About half-past Seven we marched again, and
at twenty minutes past nine we arrived at the miser
able village of Killalek or Kilmun, round which
were several well-looking gardens. The inhabit
ants at first made some difficulty about accom
modating us.
Augustl^th. —We left Killalek at four. There
are many gardens about it, and remains of
or water-courses, by which seemingly it must for
merly have been a large place. Soon after leaving
the village we entered a narrow rocky defile, through
which we wound for some time. We put up a large
flock of partridges, and soon after emerged into a fine
undulating country, or plain interspersed with hills.
The direction of our road was N. 20 W. As we
descended a slope we saw the afternoon sun shining
on the Mesjid Mader i Suleiman. I could perceive
on the left some ruins and pillars under a little hill.
This was what I was so anxiously in search of.
Not far from us was a great encampment of Eliauts;
they were Arabs of the Mezidi tribe—and they
seemed to be very wealthy in immense droves of
sheep, cattle, and camels. We forded the river, and
observed where it goes off into a defile on the left,
and about half-past seven arrived at the Mesjid i
Mader i Suleiman.
The very venerable appearance of this luin in
stantly awed me. I found that I had had no right
conception of it. I sat for near an hour on the
steps, contemplating it until the moon rose on it.