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SUSA, OR SHUSHAN. 
and satisfactorily prove the conclusions he draws from the po¬ 
sition of the ruins, &c., that on the long-mounded track of 
Shus we indeed find the remains of the once favourite capital 
of Cyrus; that we see the classic Choaspes of Herodotus, 
in the Kerrah, the waters of which were sacred to the lip of 
majesty alone; and in its neighbouring river the Abzal, we 
find the still more hallowed Euleus, or Ulai, which the Scriptures 
describe as the scene of Daniel’s prophetic visions. “ And it 
came to pass, I was at Shushan, in the palace, which is in the 
province of Elam ; and 1 saw in a vision, and I was by the river 
Ulai.” Daniel. 
The ruins of Susa, in themselves, present an appearance not 
at all unlike those of Babylon, being a succession of similar 
mounds, covered with fragments of bricks, tiles, &c., and stretch¬ 
ing over a space of country to the extent of ten or twelve miles. 
Of these mounds, two stand pre-eminent and of enormous ex¬ 
panse ; one being in circumference a mile, and the other nearly 
two ; their height measures about 150 feet. They are composed of 
huge masses of sun-dried bricks, and courses of burnt brick and 
mortar ; and stand not very far from the banks of the Kerrah, 
or Kara-Sou ; from whose eastern shore the vestiges of this 
famous capital are yet traceable nearly to the banks of the Abzal, 
approaching the town of Desphoul. The people of the country 
distinguish these two great mounds, by the names of the Castle 
and the Palace; and at the foot of the largest appears a little 
dome-like building, under which travellers are shewn the tomb 
of the prophet Daniel. A dervise resides there, impressed with 
a belief of its peculiar sanctity, and who points to the grave of the 
inspired son of Judah, with as much homage as if it belonged to 
one of his own most respected imauns. Though covered by this 
