"رحلة من إنجلترا إلى الهند في سنة ١٧٥٤ وسرد تاريخي لعمليات الأسطول والجيش في الهند، تحت قيادة الفريق واتسون والعقيد كلايف، في السنوات ١٧٥٥، ١٧٥٦، ١٧٥٧ ... ورحلة أيضًا من بلاد فارس إلى إنجلترا من طريق غير معتاد. مع ملحق يحتوي على تقرير عن الأمراض المتفشية في سرب الفريق واتسون، إلخ" [‎٤‎٦‎٨] (٥٦٢/٥٢١)

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Dousrac.
Is a volubills with blue flowers, and five feeds in a bunch that are like
the fpice cloves. A decoction made of the plant, it is laid, will cure a
Conorrhcea.
JlJMMIE.
A decoflion of this plant is given to cure agues, and fevers that are
attended with fhiverings.
Havisac.
This is a laxative, given in decodions to remove the effe&s of a debauch.
Chaddock.
This is a tree which grows like the lemon-tree, the fruit is alfo of that
kind, grows as large as a man's head, and is round ; it is a fine pleafant
fruit, is eaten at our tables, and reckoned as wholefome a fruit as any in
India: there are plenty of them at Ceylon and other places, and they com
monly are called pumple or pimple-nofes.
CoLOCYNTH.
This is well defcribed by Dr. Hill, I have feen them at Fort St. "David
fpread full twenty yards in diameter; they lie clofe to the ground, and gene
rally fill the whole fpace of ground they run over, forming an almoft perfed
circle. The Cathartic quality of this plant is too well known to need a
defcription.
B o n N e e.
This is a robuft fhrubby plant, grows to two feet in height, and ramous.
The root goes perpendicularly into the ground, and is as thick as a Iwan's
quill, but divides below. The leaves on the branches are pretty numerous.
The flowers are of a fine purple like our pea-flower. The root powdered
and mixed with pepper, is given by way of fnufF to clear the head when
Huffed.
God's Pipull.
This is a fhrub which grows four feet high ; its root, which is an inch
in diameter, is of the tap kind, of a reddifh brown on the outfide, and white
within. The leaf is of a bright green. The root bruiled, and applied as a
cataplafm, the natives fay, will cure pained limbs.
Maccumseem.
The root, which grows like the liquorice, is as thick as a man's finger,
fibrous, in colour fomewhat grey, but tinged yellow. The ftalk is round
and