'Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811, now first published: memoir on the ruins; with engravings from the original sketches by the author: remarks on the topography of ancient Babylon, by Major Rennell; in reference to the memoir: second memoir on the ruins; in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon. East India Company at Bagdad. Edited by his widow.' [‎36] (111/474)

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JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
" As for these Arabs," said he, " let them come;
should any Arabs start up in the way, they will save
us trouble. We will let loose dog against dog !"
The Governor excused himself from not coming
out to meet me on my return, on the score of there
being my haram with me.
I heard this evening that my workmen at the Kasr
had uncovered a colossal statue of black stone, and I
purpose visiting it to-morrow, on my way back to
Bagdad.
December 20^.—Set out on our return home.
In my way I rode to the mound of the Kasr, where
my men had been at work for the last ten days in
clearing away what they call the Idol. To my great
disappointment, instead of finding the statue of a man
with inscriptions, I found a lion cut out of coarse
grey granite, of extraordinary dimensions. It stands
on a pedestal, which is nearly buried in the rubbish.
It is on the side of a mound, about a hundred yards
to the east of the tree and the Kasr, and is fallen
from its apparently original position, but does not
rest upon the ground, being rather in a reclining
position. The rubbish having been cleared from
under it, it will probably soon fall entirely, Mr,
Lockett remarked having seen several lions, seem
ingly of the same kind of workmanship, in Persia,
especially at Shapour, but never of so great a size.
I take this to be the idol mentioned by Beauchamp.
The workmanship is indifferent. In the mouth is a