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'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.' [‎197] (234/562)

The record is made up of 1 volume (518 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Mufcat *, which we had in tow all the way from Bombay^ and which had
hindered our progrefs very much. Wednefday the 8th, at noon, we got round
Cape Jafques, which on the Per/tan fide forms the entrance into the Gulph.
At night we had a very hard gale'of wind, which we rode out with two
anchors, between the ifiands Ormus f and Larac. The next dav, at 11 in
the morning, we anchored in Gombroon road, where we found the Succefs, a
veflel of war belonging to the Eaft India company, one of whofe officers
came on board and Uold us the difagreeable news, that the Brijiol, a
French man of war of 30 guns, had arrived at Bajfora the 8th of laft month,
to take under her convoy a merchant fhip which had lain there for fome
time.) This frigate we knew to be the fame fhip that lay at anchor off
Mahie, during our ftay at Tellicherry, and which we then fuppofed had failed,
to Mauritius*.
Captain Price went on fhore the fame day we arrived at Gombroon^ and
my fellow travellers followed him the next morning ; but finding myfelf)
a good deal out of order J, and not knowing how we might fare in lodg
ings, T did not leave the fhip till two days afterwards. Alexander Douglas
Efq; of the council at Bombay, was chief or agent here. Mr. Moftyn, fon
to a: captain of foot in the company's fervice, was next to him, a very,
obliging, fenfible young man. Mr. Najh and Mr. Holmes, two writers,
and Mr. Parker the Hirgcon, with Mr. Wait, book-keeper to Mr. Douglas,
made up the company,.,
_ * A port town in Arahtd Felix, from whence there is a large trade withwhich hatfii
civilized the natives much, and greatly prejudiced them in favour of the Enplijh, more thaA
any other European nation.
t Ormus was at this rime covered over with fait, which grows two inches thick on the fur-
face in a folid cruft, and appears at a diflance, on the hills, like driven fnow. No frefh water
is to be found on the i/Iand ; neverthelefs, the Portuguefe at their firft difcovering it in the
fifteenth century, from its advantageous fuuation for^trade, built here an eleganc city, and
ftrongly fortified it. About 120. years ago, the Perftans with the affiftance of the Englijh ex
pelled the Poriugue/e, and the Shah Abbas caufed the fortifications to be demoliihed, "and re*
moved the trade to Qombroon on the oppofite ihore,, allowing the £«?///& great privileges in
oommerce.
J During our Hay at Bombay I had been feized with a bilious inflammatory fever, which ii>
all probability would have been very violent, and attended with the moll imminent danger,
had I not on the firft attack happily given diredlions, that the febrifuge powder of Dr. James
fhould be adminiftered to me every hour during the (pace of a whole day, which operated fo
powerfully on the ftomach, intellines, . kidneys, ami pores of the fkin, that in fix hours after
i had taken the firft dofe, all the alarming and moft diftrefsful fymptoms went off. The quan--
tity of bile difcharged from my ftomach exceeded all belief. Indeed I have in the courfe of
my practice for fome paft years, experienced fo much benefit from this noble medicine, that I
have often., lamented it s fuperior efficacy was not fooner known to me. I am now verily per- 1
fuaded that it is as truly a fpecific in ardent fevers, as the Peruvian bark is in thofe that are
intermitting, or as mercury in venereal complaints. However, there is great danger attend
ing the common and indifcriminate adminiftration of it; fince it is as certainly true that this
powder will deftroy in a putrid, as that it will cure in aiv inflammatory diforder.
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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.

Publication Details: London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.

Ownership: With stamps of the India Board and India Board Library.

There are numerous illustrations and two maps in the volume:

  • a copy of a large folded map at the beginning of the volume, 'A Map of India together with a chart of the Indien Seas, to which the operations of Admiral Watson's Squadron were principally confined; and shewing the passages made by Commodore James from Madrass to Bombay in the years 1754 & 1755 ... By Thomas Kitchin, Hydrographer to his Majesty';
  • a map of the route from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Basra to Latakia, Syria, on the Mediterranean Coast 'Mr Ives's Route from Bassora to Latichea.
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1 volume (518 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references (pages viii-xi) and a 'Table of Coins and Monies' (page xii).

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Dimensions: 280 mm x 220 mm.

Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii); (1-506).

Condition: there is a large folded map, unfolding can be difficult withouth risk of tears.

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