"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." [‎٢‎٣‎٨] (٤٧٤/٣٣٦)

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JOURNEY TO PERSEPOLIS.
We had with us a very curious fellow as a guide
—a perfect original—he was, however, very intelli
gent, and better behaved than most Persians. He
told me a number of amusing stories concerning the
Divs*, Mader i Suleiman, Jemshid's Defter, &c.
He likewise informed me that this river is called the
Peivaz, that it rises at Khoneh Kirgoon, one stage
beyond Mader i Suleiman, flows by Morghaub, and
Siwend or Baugh, by Nakshi Rustum, through the
plain of Merdesht, and falls into the Bendameer.
This latter river, he added, rises at Khosrooi Shireen,
in Lonstan, and at some seasons is entirely drawn
off in cultivation; at others, the surplus forms a lake
or salt pool, from which salt is collected, which he
had seen himself. He had likewise been among
the Baktiyaris. "These people. Sir," said he,
" can't speak Persian, but speak Lori,—would you
believe it ? They call a man Mird,—and to say he
is gone, they say Ruee."
At ten minutes before seven we halted near the
ruins of a little fort, on an artificial mount, about the
centre of the plain, where the village of Kilmun
originally stood, which was likewise ruined by the
Afghans. J
In many paits of the plain I observed very consi
derable collections of barley, which was being trod
ciuncu uy creatures who wer*
devils, called by them Div-concerning wl
e mat betore the creation of Adam, this
tures who were neither men, angels, nor
concerning whom they relate many mar
vellous histories.—E d.