'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎294] (341/562)

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Hahil ^Swylem called upon us this rnorning, and feemed to be in better
health ; he declares he will leave Baghdad next Friday, and proceed diredtly
for Aleppo.
The bilhop and four reverend fathers flipped with us this evening, and
ftaid till pafb eleven. His lordfliip defired us not to forget, when we fhall
arrive at a certain place, (four days journey on this fide of Aleppo) to ftrike
a little out of the road, in order to fee the remains of an antient Roman
canal. And in our journey from Aleppo to Scanderoon, he advifed us to
take that road which leads to Antioch, there being fome old ruins well worth
feeing in this lalt place.
The bifhop and Cojee Raphael told me to-day, that they heard the Arabs
about Bajfora had lately broken down the banks of the river, by which
the Dejert near to the city is quite overflown. His lordfhip exprefled
great uneafinefs about it, as the Handing water made putrid by the
heat cf the fun, and by the great quantity of dead fifli which are
always floating in it, never fails to produce fatal fevers; by which,
about fifteen years ago, 12 or 14,000 people died, and not above two
or three of the Europeans who were then at Bajfora, efcaped with their
lives.
Our Takht Regans are now quite finiflied-, we begun to feafon forty-
fix large, and twenty fmall dog-fkins, we bought here for the holding of
our water. The furnifhing ourfelves with neceflfaries for our journey has
been attended with great difficulties, the laws of the Ramazan forbidding
the people to work. The ^z^r-folks and artificers have been all hungry,
thirfty, and out of temper; through the intereft of Mr. Garden, and the
promife of extraordinary pay, we are at laft fitted for fetting out. At nine
this evening the Ramazan ended, the Turks having difcovered the new
moon. I obferved they were attentively looking out for her at fun-fet. The
government at nine o'clock made her appearance known to the people, by
£ring four guns from a baftion.
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This morning was ufliered in with a difcharge of all the artillery of every
baftion, to the number of near fixty : this is the ufual demonftration of joy
at the expiration of the Ramazan. The difcharge was repeated in an hour
afterwards, not, as at firft, in regular fuccefllve firings from each baftion,
but in a hurrying confufed mariner. The Turks are all dreffed in their holy-
day fuits, and MefTieurs Garden and Raphael went to make their congratula
tory compliments to the grandees.
Yeflerday we delivered to Habil Swylem, for the ufe of himfelf, the Takht
Revan men, and our other attendants, the following articles of provifions j
it being cuftomary, either to furnilh them with their whole ftock at once,
or