. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . 4. a tj ?i TUNNEL OF KALAT-EN-NEJM. 229 being wide and comparatively shallow, but it was easy beyond this to Kalat-en-Nejm, the Castle of the >—<-^Stars. The boats preceded us under Mr. Charle-wood and Mr. Hector, who had come to us from hisown vessel, the Tigris, for orders. The Castle of theStars occupies an important place in connexion withArab astronomy, and with us it had the additionalinterest of being the spot where the tunnel was supposedto ex
. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . 4. a tj ?i TUNNEL OF KALAT-EN-NEJM. 229 being wide and comparatively shallow, but it was easy beyond this to Kalat-en-Nejm, the Castle of the >—<-^Stars. The boats preceded us under Mr. Charle-wood and Mr. Hector, who had come to us from hisown vessel, the Tigris, for orders. The Castle of theStars occupies an important place in connexion withArab astronomy, and with us it had the additionalinterest of being the spot where the tunnel was supposedto exist beneath the river. The castle itself is tole-rably perfect, with the exception of a single breach madeduring its defence by the Arabs against the Turks. Itoccupies a commanding position, overhanging the water. The passage beneath the river was naturally our Tunnelleading object, and a descent of some 200 stone steps inclined slopes at intervals, on the Arabian side,brought us into a spacious subterranean passage, whichwe followed, expecting to come out in long, however, we found it block
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