The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . gris flow in upon theother; but still the Euphrates never recovers itself entirely,nor even approaches in its later course to the standard of itsearlier greatness. The channel from Kurnah to El Khitr Avasfound by Colonel Chesney to have an average width of only200 yards, and a depth of about 18 or 19 feet,^^ which implies abody of water far inferior to that carried between the junctionwith the Khabour and
The seven great monarchies of the ancient eastern world: or, The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldæa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, and Sassanian or New Persian empire . gris flow in upon theother; but still the Euphrates never recovers itself entirely,nor even approaches in its later course to the standard of itsearlier greatness. The channel from Kurnah to El Khitr Avasfound by Colonel Chesney to have an average width of only200 yards, and a depth of about 18 or 19 feet,^^ which implies abody of water far inferior to that carried between the junctionwith the Khabour and Hit. More recently, the decline of thestream in its latter course has been found to be even of the banks has allowed the river to spread itself moreand more widely over the land; and it is said that, except inthe flood time, very little of the Euphrates water reaches thesea. 8^ Nor is this an unprecedented or very unusual state ofthings. Fi-om the circumstance (probably) that it has beenformed by the deposits of streams flowing from the east as wellas from the north, the lower Mesopotamian plain slopes notonly to the south, but to the west.^^ Tlie Euphrates, which has. @ Scale of l/tn/t. Plan of Mugheir Ruins. n II H H. sens yanls a n. Platforro on whiili tlie houM a ii buUtA. HotiM cleared. 6. at wljo of platfonn a, \i feetl>:law turlace. %] Tomb mountlwcro m:wlo br Mr. Uifti Points at itliich excavalions ///?/ Ctiiiiparatively ojwn apace of Tory lowmomuU, Plate II. Vol. .€/«»> ^v^-.
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