Rawlinson's Babylonian Discoveries and Nebuchadnezzar's Relics
Among the discoveries made by Colonel Rawlinson, in the excavations of Babylon, was Nebuchadnezzar’s hunting diary, with notes, and here and there a portrait of his dogs sketched by himself, with his name under it. He mentioned in it his having been ill; and while he was delirious, he thought he had been put to graze like the beasts of the field. Is not this a wonderful corroboration of Scripture? Rawlinson also found a pot of preserves in an excellent state, and gave some to Queen Victoria to taste. How little Nebuchadnezzar’s cook dreamed when making them that twenty-five centuries after, the Queen of England would eat some of the identical preserves that figured at his master’s table.—National Repository.