'Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay.' [‎412] (443/582)

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HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES.
sufferers, who had guarded it with an almost religious zeal, and it
still was preserved to them by being with the remnant of the party
thus remaining.
Having gained the main-land, they now set out on foot towards
Bushire, following the line of the coast for the sake of the villages
and water. In this they are said to have suffered incredible hard
ships and privations of every kind. No one knew the language of
the country perfectly, and the roads and places of refreshment still
less ; they were in general destitute of clothes and money, and
constantly subject to plunder and imposition, poor as they were.
Their food was therefore often scanty, and always of the worst
kind; and they had neither shelter from the burning sun of the
day, nor from the chilling dews of night.
The Indian sailors, sipahees, and servants, of whom a few
were still remaining when they set out, had all dropped off by
turns; and even Europeans had been abandoned on the road, in the
most affecting way, taking a last adieu of their comrades, who had
little else to expect but soon to follow their fate. One instance is
mentioned of their having left one who could march no further,
at the distance of only a mile from a village ; and on returning
to the spot on the morrow, under the hope of restoring him to
their party, his mangled bones only were found, as he had been
devoured during the night by jackals. The packet being light,
was still, however, carried by turns, and preserved through all
obstacles and difficulties ; and with it they reached at length the
island of Busheab, to which they crossed over in a boat from the
main.
Here they were detained, and money was even demanded of
them by the Sheik, for his protection, or permission to land on his
island. Finding entreaty would not prevail on this inhospitable
chief to forward their views, they held a higher tone ; and, defence
less as they were, a succession of miseries had given them fortitude
enough to brave insolence with firmness, and to threaten the future
vengeance of the British Government, if they were not instantly