After a dismal trek across the mud of Mespot, my batman and I arrived
at the ruins of Babylon. As I sat by the river under the trees, and
gazed upon the stupendous ruins of the one-time mightiest city in the
world, I thought of the words of the old Psalm--"By the waters of
Babylon we sat down and wept----"
And this was the actual spot!
Moved by my thoughts, I turned to my batman and said, "By Jove, just
think. This is really _Babylon_!"
"Yes, sir," he replied, "but I'm a-wonderin' 'ow I'm goin' to do your
bully beef up to-night to make a change like."--_W. L. Lamb (late R.E.,
M.E.F.), "Sunnings," Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea._