'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.' [‎209] (246/562)

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and throwing it on a earners back *. We were not quite clear as to the
pradicability of this fcheme, but concluded, that at the worft, we could
make a prefent of it to Mr. Shaw at Bajfora, to whom we flattered ourfelves
it might be acceptable, having heard that Mr. Dorrel^ his predeceflbr, had
made ufe of a two-wheel chaife at that place. The Arabs feemed greatly
furprized at the conftru6Hon of this vehicle, and many of them with much
pleafantry, placed themfelves in the feat of it. We hoped that the Baron
himfelf might be prevailed upon to accept of the chaife, though from the
rugged appearance of the whole ifland, there was but little reafon to expedt
it -f.
From the chaife, the Baron caft an eye on fome other things we had
brought, and talked of making a ftill greater alteration, but faid, he would
let that alone till after the arrival of the Sheick from Grane. He approved
much of our fufils, bayonets, and piftols, as well as of the canvas and lea
ther-portmanteaus, which we had procured to be made on board the Grab Shallow vessel with a projecting bow. ,
in lieu of common wooden trunks. He advifed us to take no finery with
us, efpecially no gold or filver lace, but to appear as plain as poffible ; to
make our journey in the habit of Turkijh janizaries, for as the Arabs well
knew thofe gentlemen not to be rich, we might probably go on in this dif-
guife with little interruption. Our camp-tables and ftools, according to the
Baron's plan, were to go no farther, and our clafp-cots were to be fent
back alfo to Bombay, as being of no kind of ufe in our future journey, fince
we muft deep on the ground. Had we been fo fortunate as to have met
with fo able a counfellor either at Calcutta or Bombay, it would have faved us
at leaft two hundred and fifty pounds fterling: but what was paft could
not be recalled, and I have now only to wifli, that our miflakes in this re-
Iped; may be of advantage to future travellers.
Baron Kniphaufen is a PruJJian by birth, brother to the late Embaf-
fador of that name at London, of a middle age, and was formerly in his
Frujfian majefty's fervice, but from fome difguft left it, and ferved as a lieu
tenant in a regiment of French dragoons. He afterwards went to the Eajl
Indies, and was appointed refident to the Dutch company at Bajj'ora, where
he unluckily fell into a difpute with the < Turki/h government, the particulars
of which are as follow.—The Baron one morning received a mefiage, thac
the governor defired to fpeak with him : he haftened to the palace, and
according to cuftom fat in the outer room, among fome of the Agas of the
court. A fervant having been fent in to acquaint the governor that the
Baron was waiting in obedience to his commands, brought for anfwer,
* We afterwards forely repented that we had not taken the chaife with us
-j- Non eft aptus equis Ithacae locus, ut neque planis
Porreftus fpatiis, neque multae prodigus herbse.
Ho*. Epift. Lib. 1.
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