"رحلات في آشور، ميديا، وبلاد فارس، بما في ذلك رحلة من بغداد مروراً بجبل زاغروس وصولاً إلى حمدان، في أكباتانا القديمة، والبحوث في أصفهان وأطلال برسبوليس، ورحلة منها مروراً بشيراز وشابور وصولاً إلى ساحل البحر. وصف البصرة، بوشهر، البحرين، هرمز، ومسقط، وسرد لحملة ضد قراصنة الخليج العربي، مع رسومات توضيحية لرحلة بحرية لنيرتشوس، والمرور ببحر العرب إلى بومباي. [‎٤‎٢‎٢] (٥٨٢/٤٥٣)

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HISTORY OF THE JOASSAMEE PIRATES.
An Irish officer, jumping up from his hiding-place, and calling
on some of his comrades to follow him in an attempt to rescue the
howitzer, was killed in the enterprise Such others as even raised
their heads to look around them, were picked off by the musketry
from above; and the whole of the troops lay therefore hidden in
this way, until the darkness of the night favoured their escape to
the beach, where they embarked after sun-set, the enemy having
made no sally on them from the fort. A message was then con
veyed by some means to the chief in the castle, giving him a
second summons to submit, and fixing on two hours after mid
night for the period of evacuation, which if not complied with,
the ships, it was threatened, would bombard the castle from a
nearer anchorage, and no quarter be afterwards shown. With the
dawn of morning, all eyes were directed to the fortress, when, to
the surprise of the whole squadron, a man was seen waving the
British Union flag on the summit of its walls. Lieutenant Hall,
who had commanded the Stromboli bomb vessel at the time of her
sinking, and was saved by swimming, now commanded the Fury,
which was one of the vessels nearest to the shore. During the
night he had gone on shore alone, taking an union-jack in his
hand, and advanced singly to the castle-gate. The fortress had
already been abandoned by the greater number of the inhabitants,
but some few still remained there. These, however, fled at the
approach of an individual, either from deeming all further resist
ance unavailing, or from supposing, probably, that no one would
come singly, but as a herald to others immediately following for
his support. Be this as it may, the castle was entirely abandoned,
and the British flag waved on its walls by this daring officer, to
the surprise and admiration of all the fleet. The town and for
tifications were then taken possession of; and as this was a settle
ment which had been taken by the Joassamees from the Imaum
of Muscat, it was delivered over, with all that it contained, to
such of the Imaum's people as accompanied the expedition in
their boats.