How Many Miles to Babylon? In the 1824 edition of "The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia" there's a description of the rhyme and the game, giving the distance as "six, seven or a lang eight". The rhyme was originally accompanied by a singing game in which two lines face each other, with one player in the middle. At the end of the rhyme the players have to cross the space and any caught help the original player in the middle catch the others. The game seems to have fallen out of use in the twentieth century. In literature In film In music How Many Miles to Babylon?
The Nautical Magazine The Nautical Magazine The Nautical Magazine is a monthly magazine containing articles of general interest to seafarers. It was published by Brown Son & Ferguson until 2012, when it was acquired by "Sea Breezes". The magazine was first published in 1832 and has variously been known as "The Nautical magazine and naval chronicle for ..." and "Nautical magazine and journal of the Royal Naval Reserve". It has a bias towards the merchant navy and is aimed at the professional seafarer rather than deckhands. The magazine's authors have included: The editors were as follows: Under Becher's editorship, the magazine documented a