"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." [‎٢‎١‎٣] (٤٧٤/٣١١)

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found it very good. I obtained this little scrap of
information after enduring a horrible quantity of
prosing, generally from two or three Persians at
once.
We mounted again at nine, and descended by a
gentle slope into the valley of Kauzeroon, leaving
the Shapour river on the left. Shapour is one far-
sakh from the guard-house, but over a very bad
road. The valley or plain of Kauzeroon is not so
wide as that of Sulimania, but is, like it, enclosed
between two parallel long hills. The plain has
formerly been well cultivated, and there are remains
of many water-courses, some of which have left very
ugly holes in the very centre of the road, which
must be very dangerous in dark nights. One hour
from the guard-house we passed the ruined village
of Dirriz, at which place the road from Kauzeroon
to Shapour branches off, which is about two farsakhs
off. I propose, however, to defer my visit to that
place till we have cooler weather.
At twenty minutes past twelve we arrived at
Kauzeroon, or rather at the garden where we pro
posed to lodge, near it. Although all this had been
long ago previously arranged, we found on our
arrival the usual scene awaiting us, of every one
talking and no one listening, and we found that the
baggage had been all taken to the Khan's house in
town, where it was proposed to lodge us; and all our
remonstrances only produced increased noise ; no
one seemed inclined to take any steps about it. At