'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎165] (253/474)

RUINS OF BABYLON.
creusant la terre de I'autre cote du fleuve c est a
dire, de la rive occidentale du fleuve, on y trouvait
des bricques—ils m'ont repondu non*." And he
goes so far as to express an opinion that Babylon
never occupied both sides of the river—" Je ne suis
pas tout-a-fait du sentiment de M. d'Anville, qui
partage Babylone de deux cotes du fleuve."
de VA.cademie des Inscriptions, v. xlviii.—Notes to
M. de S te Croix's Dissertation on Babylon.) (E)
It now remains for me to notice the most interest
ing and remarkable of all the Babylonian remains,
viz., the Birs Nemroud.—If any building may be
supposed to have left considerable traces, it is cer
tainly the Pyramid or Tower of Bel us ; which by its
form, dimensions, and the solidity of its construction,
was well calculated to resist the ravages of time;
and, if human force had not been employed, would
in all probability have remained to the present day,
in nearly as perfect a state as the pyramids of Egypt.
Even under the dilapidation which we know it to
have undergone at a very early period, we might
reasonably look for traces of it after every other ves
tige of Babylon had vanished from the face of the
earth. When, therefore, we see within a short dis
tance from the spot fixed on, both by geographers
and antiquarians, and the tradition of the country, to
be the site of ancient Babylon, a stupendous pile,
* It is true, indeed, that Beauchamp speaks only from informa
tion which he received from others, and which applies rather to sub
terranean remains than to ruins on the surface of the earth.