[Footnote 64: When Cyrus suppressed Babylon during the
celebration of a festival, so vast was the city, and so
careless were the inhabitants, that much time elapsed before
the distant quarters knew that they were captives.
Herodotus, (l. i. c. 191,) and Usher, (Annal. p. 78,) who
has quoted from the prophet Jeremiah a passage of similar
import.]