'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎319] (462/474)

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Daniel, the dry deserts began again, where nothing was to
he seen but thorns ; neither men, nor beasts, nor caves, nor
tents. By the way we saw in the plain many large, ancient,
high, and stately buildings. Arches and turrets standing
in the sand (which is very fine, and lieth close together, as
you find it in the vallies) here and there, whereof many
were decayed and lay like ruins : some to look upon were
pretty entire, very strong, adorned with artificial works.
Thus they stand, solitary and desolate, save only the
steeple of Daniel, which is entire, built of black stones, and
inhabited still unto this day. It is in height and building
something like unto our steeple of the Holy Cross Church,
or St. Maurice in Augsburg, on which, as it stands by it
self you may see all the ruins of the old Babylonian tower,
the castle-hill, together with the stately buildings, and the
whole situation of the old town, very exactly. After we
had travelled twelve hours through desolate places, very
hard, so that the camels and asses began to be tired, we
lodged ourselves near to an ascent. I considered and re
viewed this, and found that there were two walls, one be
hind the other, distinguished by a ditch, like unto two
parallel walls, and that they were open in some places,
where one might go through like gates: wherefore I be
lieve that they were the wall of the old town that went
about there, and that the places where they were open have
been anciently the gates (whereof there were 100 iron ones)
of that town: and this the rather, because I saw in some
places under the sand the old wall plainly appear. So we
found ourselves to be just lodged in that formerly famous
kingly city."— (p a S e 1^®*)
" Start off again on the night of the 26th, and at two
hours before day arrived at Bagdad."—(page 179.)
Leonheaut Rauwolff's Travels. —From Ray's Collection of Travels.