"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." [‎٢‎٤‎٥] (٤٧٤/٣٤٣)

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return to Persepolis. For variety's sake, I resolved
to return by another road, which was said to be
shorter, though much worse, than the one by which we
had come ; so we crossed the plain to the hills on the
opposite side to Kilmun or Killalek, distant about
three miles and a half. The plain hereabouts was
quite uncultivated, and covered with the liquorice
plant. At the foot of the pass over the hills was an
artificial tumulus. We passed a good deal of wood,
hawthorn, broom, &c., and a tree very like the
mountain ash, the berries of which are eaten.
Quantities of partridges were to be seen and heard
in every direction. Having crossed this hill, we
entered into a chasm or gap in the mountains, where
no one would ever have thought of looking for a
road. It lay between two perpendicular cliffs of
marble of very great height, was very winding,
rough, and difficult, and just broad enough for
single file. The cliffs were often curiously weather
worn, and tinged with the effects of oxidation. In
one part I observed red ochre.
This pass, which is a mere rent or fissure, and in
which we continued near an hour, is called the Tenj
i Paroo. It opened at the village of Paroo, or more
properly Farough, and at seven o'clock we came
into the very fine valley which is the continuation of
the Nakshi Rustum Pass, and out of which we
turned a little higher up, on our way to Siwend.
We halted here until ten minutes to eight, and