"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." [‎٢‎٦‎٣] (٤٧٤/٤٠٦)

JOURNEY TO PERSEPOLIS.
263
August BOth. —We left Zergoon at a quarter be
fore three, as I was anxious to reach Shirauz by day
light. We pursued our course* first across the plain
of Zergoon, then along the slope of some hills, with
a continuation of the plain winding on our left; and
afterwards we ascended into the oval plain in whic
stands the caravanserai and guard-house called Kah-
dar i Baigali. On the left hand of the ascent, and on
the summit of the ridge which forms the eastern
boundary of this oval plain, is a very remarkable
piece of rock, standing up, which forms rather a
striking object from many points, especially
goon, where some of the inhabitants pieten e a
was a building ; but I have since ascertained a i
is quite natural. „ f
In the valley of Zergoon we saw many families of
Eliauts of the Bulverdi tribe encampe ; an we
were told that a robbery had been committed on this
road yesterday evening.
A troop of Lootees with a yoong bear and a
hideous baboon waylaid us, a rid Hisi-tc u|iOTi ii cr
taiuing us for a few minutes; after wh.ch we P o
ceeded. arriving at the Tllence
western extremity of the oval plain at hve
we —^—;rhS— a ,i
soended ^ ^ ^ of the streams of the
RuknlbadTnmv k^pt ns company the rest of the way.
* N. 60 W.
f Course S. 50 W.