"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." [‎١‎٥‎٦] (٤٧٤/٢٤٤)

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opening between the south-west angle of the mound
called the Kasr, and the arm which ought to con
nect it with the north-west angle of that of Amran.
I suppose I have to attribute these to the person who
engraved the plan for the English edition of my Me
moir, as Major Rennell would doubtless have noticed
the alterations, had they come from himself. But
there is another error, which I have to attribute to
my own want of precision. The mounds placed to
the right and left of the Mohawill road by Major
Rennell should be by no means so frequent, or of
such magnitude : he was probably deceived by the
looseness of my expression, that " the whole country
between Mohawill and Hillah exhibits at
traces of building." But there should have been
none at all south of Jumjuma, or between the ruins
laid down in my plan and the town of Hillah.
Of the mound of Amran I was not aware that it
was possible to say anything more, after having
described its form and general appearance, as it
offers no peculiarity meriting attention. It is com
posed, like the rest, of earth, or rubbish formed by
the decomposition of bricks and other materials.
The canal of Mohawill, Major Rennell seems in
clined to think, may have been the ditch of Babylon.
I confess this is a probability which did not strike
me when I was on the spot; and I saw no reason to
doubt its ever having been different from what it is
at present,—a canal cut from the Euphrates to water
some government lands which are let out for an