BUINg OP BABTLON, 553 
^ 'iihni*' side?, was lying on the ground, and 
Stli ®“ached to the rock at die inferior part. Its 
dimensions were such, that he could not con- 
'''''ith possible to detach it, and still 
V ^^‘^^dnes to move, transport, and raise it to 
Klly "'?dch the other stones are placed, more 
>as{ sites, the roads, and the masses of rock are 
1 , ''lire .. exceed in asperity whatever the imagination can 
In the vicinity of the cave whence these 
IjJtili, drawn, is a very beautiful sepulchre, supported 
porphyry', over which is a dome of die finest 
RUINS 0 ¥ BABYLON, 
are to be regarded as the most interesting pro- 
S Otij «ic lo uc regaraeu as me iiiosr inieresiing pro- 
Hity'^* man, as well on account of their paramount 
hav the associations connected with them, 
'^^n visited and described by Mr. Rich, resident 
^”dia Company at Bagdad ; and tlie result of 
i|ij% given by the Rev. Mr. Maurice, Author ot 
'• '^“d'es, and Assistant Librarian to the British 
his elaborate work entitled “ Observations con- 
'm Astronomy and Ancient History, sacred and 
Ruins of Babylon.” 
V^^b' situated in a plain of vast extent, and 
*''i\ j f fhe noble river Euphrates. Over this river was 
^geof massy masonry, strongly compacted with 
'I,.' a 
d lean A — “ 
V''i :ii I ’ ''^Idch the two sides of die city were coii- 
ifat.,' 'd the embankments on each side, to restrain its 
and formed of the same durable materials 
't.l'' Cif 
ot die city. The city itself is represented 
^ to have been a perfect square, enclosed by a 
'^'^'ttference four hundred and eighty furlongs. 
vi'Slit „ ° ^'ave abounded in houses three or four stories 
. Hh- > Utlrl . It,..,.- 
paMi regularly divided into streets, 
^‘‘el to each other, with transverse avenue* 
'I (ll'^^^'ting to the river. It was surrounded with a 
\*1"are K the earth dug out of which was formed 
j oricks and baked in a furnace. Widi the^ 
heated bitumen, intermixed with 
* viscid mass, the sides of the trenches were 
‘ die same solid materials die walls of the vait 
