'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎283] (426/474)

appendix.
No. 1.
(Referred to in p. 55 of Mr. Rich's first "Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon.")
" The siege of this important place was no easy enterprise.
The walls of it were of a prodigious height, and appeared
to be inaccessible, without mentioning the immense number
of people within them for their defence. Besides, the city
was stored with all sorts of provisions for twenty years.
However, these difficulties did not discourage Cyrus from
pursuing his design. But, despairing to take the place y
storm or assault, he made them believe his design was
to reduce it by famine. To which end he caused a line
of circumvallation to be drawn quite round the city with a
large and deep ditch; and, that his troops might not be
over-fatigued, he divided his army into twelve bodies, and
assigned each of them its month for guarding the trenches
The besieged, thinking themselves out of all danger, by
reason of their ramparts and magazines,
from the top of their walls, and laughed at all his attemp ,
and all the trouble he gave himself, as so much unprofit-
^"n as Cyrus saw the ditch, which they had long
worked upon, was finished, he be g a \^\ ihink f "^d
upon the execution of his vast design, which as yet he had
. i i -i Providence soon furmsned mm
communicated to nobody. ^ as he cou i d
with as *fit an opportunity foi P P , a day
desire. He mformed .hat m the ««,. on such . day,