'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.' [‎413] (444/582)

HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES.
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furnished by him with a boat for the conveyance of themselves
and the dispatches in their charge to Bnshire. This had the de
sired effect: the boat was provided, and the party embarked. One
of the gentlemen expired in the act of being conveyed from the
shore, several others died on the voyage itself, and one after their
arrival at Bnshire; leaving, out of all their numerous party, two
survivors, Mr. Jowl, an officer of a merchant ship, and Pennel,
an English seaman.
These ultimately reached Bombay with the packet, for the
preservation of which they were thought to be adequately reward
ed by a mere letter of thanks from the Government there, after
these almost unexampled sufferings.
In the following year, two English brigs, the Shannon, Captain
Babcock, and the Trimmer, Captain Cummings, were on their
voyage from Bombay to Bnssorah, both of them belonging to Mr.
Manesty, the Company's Resident at that place. These were both
attacked, near the islands of Polior and Kenn, by several boats, and,
after a very slight resistance on the part of the Shannon only,
were taken" possession of, and a part of the crew of each, and
these Indians, put to the sword. Captain Babcock, having been
seen by one of the Arabs to discharge a musket during the con
test, was taken by them on shore; and after a consultation on
his fate, it was determined that he should forfeit the arm by which
this act of resistance was committed. It was accordingly severed
from his body by one stroke of a sabre, and no steps were taken
either to bind up the wound, or to prevent his bleeding to death.
The captain himself had yet sufficient presence of mind left, how
ever to think of means for his own safety, and there being near
him'some ghee, or clarified butter, he procured this to be heated,
and, while yet warm, thrust the bleeding stump of his arm into it.
It had the effect of lessening the effusion of blood, and ultimately
of saving a life that would otherwise most probably have been lost
The crew were then all made prisoners, and taken to a port of
Arabia, from whence they gradually dispersed and escaped. The