'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎127] (215/474)

ANCIENT BABYLON.
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It appears not improbable, that had Mr. Rich
been aware of this circumstance, he might have
been prepared to believe that the river might also
have varied in other places, and thence have been
induced to examine the ground between the
hend of the river, opposite to the Mujelibe, and the
opening between the two mounds before spoken of;
and, had he been so fortunate as to have discovered
the traces of its ancient course in that line, it might
possibly have given occasion to other discoveries,
and to have made him, in a great degree, master
of the plan and extent of the area of the ancient
city.
To prevent an interruption of the main subject, I
forbore to speak of the ru named the and
of the subterraneous passage under the ravine;
spoken of both by Mr. Rich and M. de Beau-
champ.
I cannot but suspect that the ruin now standing,
named the Kasr, is by no means a Babylonish struc
ture, but one of much later date; possibly coeval
with the circular and other mounds of earth before
spoken of. In the first place^ it appears to be seated
on a mound of ruins or rubbish of ancient Babylon,
and does not seem to be at all identified with them.
For it is said (page 65) to be " surprisingly fresh in
stadt, 1796, these changes are admirably illustrated. It appears that
the Rhine has so much varied its course, within no great length of
time, that patches of ground, now far removed from its banks, were
known to have been islands in its bed.