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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.' [‎257] (298/562)

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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fo free of fcruple, that they will feed on the guts and fkins of beafts, and
eat every fcrap left on our plates,
^ At nine at night we anchored in the ftream, waiting for the Sanda/, which
joined us a little before eleven ; prefently, the Chocarda gave an alarm by
firing his mulket towards the Oiorej and calling outj that " rogues were
very near us in boats." Our fervant Vertan inftantly fired another from
the yacht, which obliged us all to arm and run to the deck. We de
manded from the Sandal, the real caufe of this manoeuvre; were anfwered,
that four or five boats had been near us, and though hailed, would make
no anfwer. Mr. Pye, who had the watch, favv one fmall boat pafs with two
or three men, but no more; and was difpleafed at the fervant's following
the Chocarda'% example, as there was not the leaft occafion for the diftur-
bance: by the diicharge of the mulkets, a village alfo was alarmed, which
by the voices of men and women, the cry of children, and barking of
dogs, we difcovercd to be very near. Soon after, there was a profound
filence on board the luggage-boat, by which we judged that the Chocarda
railed the alarm, with the view only to make us keep a good look-out,
while he took a found fleep. The Turkijh galley was at this time about a
quarter of a mile ahead, at anchor alfo in the ftream.
Since we paiTed Lemhloon, we have been again amidft a low, wet country;
the fides of the river full of fedge, and very diftrefling to our Trackers,
The otters here are about the fize of a cat. We faw but few birds to-day.
A fmall water-lilly grows among the flags all up this river.
At twelve at night, the air was warmer than ufual, and damp. By obfer-
vation the latitude is 31 0 40' north. We advanced only 12 miles this
day.
• In Mr. Alms's watch this morning, between the hours of two and five,
fome little noife was heard on board the Sandal^ and our people underftood,
that a man had jumped from her into the water, and fwam to the fhore:
about feven o'clock, we received a mefTage from the Chocarda, defiring we
would flop a little, for he wanted to fpeak to us on an affair of confequence :
when he came, he told us, with a melancholy countenance, that, early in the
morning he had been robbed of fifty Venetian Zechins and his outer veft;
that the thief had fwam from the fhore, ftolen into the veffel, gotten to the
place where he flept, and taken the money from his troufers pocket, and
his coat by his fide. We farcaitically looked furprized, rallied, and told
him his fleeping was unlike an officer; that none of us (which was the
truth) had taken our clothes off fince we had been on the paffage and then
exprefled our fears about the fafety of our own affairs under his protedlion.
He would fain have perfuaded us to have given full credit to the ftory ; a nd
to acquit himfelf of negligence, he laid the whole blame on thedrowfinefs of
a relation of his in the fame veflel, in whole watchfulnels he faid he had
1 placed
May 10.

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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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