'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.' [‎46] (75/562)

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Jhe fquadron leaves Bombay and arrives at Madrafs.— Befcription of Madrafs
cr Fort St. George. — The buildings and Indian inhabitants. — A lift cf the
feveral forts of fervants employed in India, their names, wages, religion, and
employments.—Account of the nature and genius cf their mechanics.—The phy-
ftcal practice of their black-dolors.—Manner cf inoculating for the fmall-
pox.
17^5, \ DMIRAL JVatfon had long been defirons of getting round again with
—^—> l\. his Tquadron to the Coromandel coaft •, but the heaving down and refit
ting the (hips, had taken up fo much time, that feveral days \n December had
lapfed, before this neceflary workcould be accomplifhed. On the 15th however,
we took our leave of governor Bourchier and the gentlemen of the council;
and on the 16th we weighed anchor, and flood for the offing. A frelh gale
fortunately fprang up, which foon ran us down the Malabar coaft, and to
the fouthernmoft point of the ifland of Ceylon. On the 13 th oi January 1755,
we arrived in Fort St. David's road, (having made an unufual quick
paffage for this feafon of the year), and on the 18th in that of Madrafs
where, to our great fatisfaflion, we found riding at anchor his majefty's fhip
the Cumberland, Commodore Pocock and in eight days afterwards we were
joined by the T'yger, Captain Thomas Latham, who had failed from England
with Mr. Pocock. Here we learned, that during Admiral WatforC* ftay at Bom-
bay, a conditional treaty had been adjufted between Monf. Godeheu and
Mr. Saunders, which was to continue in force until it fhould be either rati-
fi 5 d L 0 Lvi ea:ed by their rel P e(5live companies; fo that there was no profped
of hoftihties recommencing here, at lead for eighteen months ; and in this
long interval, xht French had a fine opportunity of acquiring riches fufficient
to carry on another war: for by this conditional treaty, they were to con-
tinue in pofTeffion of thofe many important countries, as well in the
Larnatic as the Deccan, which by their intrigues they had fecured to them-
e s , and whofe revenues brought them in almoft a million fterling; whilft
In ^ ^ f 0nS d,d , not ^nually bring more than the fame number of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ,
deed, this was by all deemed to have been a mafterly ftroke of French
C r rary ' the adv ^ ta g« refulting from'this treaty to the
c l om P an y' were beyond every ones comprehenfion; for it
excluflve of fo^e, our
troops on the coaft exceeded thofe of the in number one thoufand.
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