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TOMB OF DANIEL. 
is the same with the Baris of Josephus, and both signify the 
palace or castle built at Shushan by Daniel while governor of 
its province. The site of this once noble metropolis of the 
ancient princes of Elamis is now a mere wilderness, given up to 
beasts of prey; no human being disputing their reign, excepting 
the poor dervise who keeps watch over the tomb of the prophet. 
The friend to whom I am indebted for the outlines I subjoin, 
passed the night under the same protection, listening to the 
screams of hyaenas, and the roaring of lions, wandering around 
its solitary walls. The venerable recluse shewed him several 
blocks of stone, curiously sculptured, and of evident antiquity; 
two of which he sketched hastily; and, allowing me to copy, 
also described them to me. The amount of his description is 
nearly as follows : 
The first was a green granite, so dark as to be almost black, 
finely polished, and in height 22 inches, in width 12. One of its 
sides was completely covered with hieroglyphical figures, roughly 
carved in relief, and occupying five rows. The first row contained 
forms, supposed to denote the sun, moon, and one of the stars; 
the second row, animals resembling a hare, a dog, and a bird ; 
the third, a figure with the head and lower extremities of a 
tiger, the arms of a man, and the tail of a goat. Three sym¬ 
bolical instruments divide this monster from a second, who is 
also half brute, half man, with a staff in its hand, and crowned 
with a flat cap; the fourth row contains an animal like an ante¬ 
lope, a serpent, a scorpion, and something resembling the orna¬ 
mented top of a staff or sceptre; the fifth exhibits a trident, two 
spears, a hawk, and another bird, finishing the group with a 
regularly formed Greek cross. 
