'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎239] (337/474)

JOURNEY TO PERSEPOLIS.
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out. About half-past Seven we marched again, and
at twenty minutes past nine we arrived at the miser
able village of Killalek or Kilmun, round which
were several well-looking gardens. The inhabit
ants at first made some difficulty about accom
modating us.
Augustl^th. —We left Killalek at four. There
are many gardens about it, and remains of
or water-courses, by which seemingly it must for
merly have been a large place. Soon after leaving
the village we entered a narrow rocky defile, through
which we wound for some time. We put up a large
flock of partridges, and soon after emerged into a fine
undulating country, or plain interspersed with hills.
The direction of our road was N. 20 W. As we
descended a slope we saw the afternoon sun shining
on the Mesjid Mader i Suleiman. I could perceive
on the left some ruins and pillars under a little hill.
This was what I was so anxiously in search of.
Not far from us was a great encampment of Eliauts;
they were Arabs of the Mezidi tribe—and they
seemed to be very wealthy in immense droves of
sheep, cattle, and camels. We forded the river, and
observed where it goes off into a defile on the left,
and about half-past seven arrived at the Mesjid i
Mader i Suleiman.
The very venerable appearance of this luin in
stantly awed me. I found that I had had no right
conception of it. I sat for near an hour on the
steps, contemplating it until the moon rose on it.