[295] It will be borne in mind that the Tigris has now changed its course.
[296] According to Mr. Rich, the distance from the inside of the inner wall to the inside of the outer was 2007 feet. Allowing 200 feet for the outer the breadth of the whole fortifications would be about 2200 feet, or not far from half a mile.
[297] If the city, or this part of it, were ever taken by the river having been turned upon the walls, as some ancient authors have declared, the breach must have been made at the north-western corner. There are no traces of it.
[298] Sir Anthony Shirley’s Travels in Persia. Purchas, vol. ii. p. 1387.
[299] Narrative of a Residence in Kurdistan, vol. i. pp. 40, 51.