"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." [‎٢‎٧‎٧] (٤٧٤/٤٢٠)

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commencement of the disease make it amount to
1800 persons.*
September 24^.—Another day of public supplica
tion, but the effects of it had much degenerated from
the ceremony of the other day, and had more the ap
pearance of a crowd of idlers. There was in one
place a temporary pulpit erected for a field-preach
ing. Great crowds of women were strolling about. ^
I observe in the gardens here a jesamine, which is
now in flower, of a lilac colour; they call it Yas-
meen i Kebood. I have never seen this species
anywhere else.
One of my grooms was taken ill with the cholera
last night. It seems to be of a mild kind, as he is
still alive, and Mr. Tod even entertains hopes of him.
The poor fellow died about noon. Poor Seyid
Ibrahim, my calioon -bearer, is now taken ill.
September 25^.—Seyid Ibrahim is recovered.
Another groom taken ill yesterday afternoon, an
a woman was brought here at night from the neigh
bouring garden of the Tchehil Ten, affected with
cholera. She was far gone in pregnancy, but she
recovered, as did the groom. There is now a
police-order cried about the town, desiring no one to
use the verjuice, lime-juice, or any kin ° a '
when they are attacked, as it has been found to be
deleterious. They still, however, adhere to their
. Shirauz contains 5000 ^ which
at seven to a house, which I v^lligent
a total of 35,000 souls. M.rza Ah Akber, howev ,
and well -informed young man, allows en