"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎١‎٥] (٤٧٤/٤٢)

INTRODUCTION.
XV
"And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the
beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as
when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah! it shall
never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in, from
generation to generation, neither shall the Arabian
pitch his tent there, neither shall the shepherds
make their fold there; but wild beasts of the desert
shall lie there, and their houses shall be full of dole
ful creatures, and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs
shall dance there, and the wild beasts of the islands
shall cry in the desolate houses, and dragons in their
pleasant palaces ; and her time is near to come, and
her days shall not be prolonged*"
In the succeeding chapter, the fall of the last King
of Babylon is announced. The cedars of Lebanon
are supposed to rejoice over his destruction—" Since
thou art cut down no feller is come up against us,"
Upon his arrival in the place of departed spirits, all
the chief men of the earth, the kings of the nations,
come forward to meet him. At the sight of him
they exclaim, " Art thou, also, become weak as we:
art thou become like unto us? Is thy pomp brought
down to the grave ? the noise of thy viols ?—the worm
is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
How art thou fallen from heaven! oh, Lucifer, son
of the morning ! How art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou
hast said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven.
* See Isaiah, chap. xiii.