CHAPTER XXII.

The Chiefs of Hillah.--Present of Lions.--The Son of the Governor.--Description of the Town.--Zaid.--The Ruins of Babylon.--Changes in the Course of the Euphrates.--The Walls.-- Visit to the Birs Nimroud.--Description of the Ruin.--View from it.--Excavations and Discoveries in the Mound of Babel.--In the Mujelibé or Kasr.--The Tree Athelé.--Excavations in the Ruin of Amran.--Bowls, with Inscriptions in Hebrew and Syriac Characters.--The Jews of Babylonia 392