'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.' [‎260] (301/562)

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believed the Caravan would not depart from Baghdad before the fifteenth
of the Moon, we refolved to wait, and it was agreed upon between Cojee
Pagoofe and us, that at fun-fet, the time Aly Aga was to appear on his
Terrace, we would, on the fignal of the merchant's waving his hand that the
Aga was there, falute him fiorn our little yacht, which we accordingly did,
repeating the falute of the morning.
The governor and his numerous attendants, appeared on the houfe-top, a
little before the fetting of the fun ; and when it was gotten to the horizon, I
obferved that he and all his train, proftrated themfelves in prayer. Soon ■
after they had ended, a meflage came from Aly Aga, congratulating us upon
our fafe arrival at Hafca, with afturances of his doing all in his power to
forward ourpaffage np the river •, and excufes for having, on account of the
ftrift laws of the Faft, kept us fo long without his paying his compliments:
concluding with an invitation, to drink coffee with him in the evening.
To all this having made our proper acknowledgements, the meffenger
added, that the governor would be obliged to deprive himfelf of the plea-
fure of our company till late in the evening ^ the reafon afligned was, be-
caufe he intended to prefent one of us with a Turhijh vefl:, and as he had
ordered that it fhould be a very handfome one, it would require fome hours
to make it-
Monfieur Hemet, on this occalion, was our interpreter-, and as he had
fpent fo much of his time in Perfia, about the court, he knew very well
how to a6l for us. He prevailed upon Aly Aga to fend us his great barge,
at the time he wiflied us to come, and told him, that we^ere unaccuftomed
to fit on the ground though covered with a carpet; the governor replied,
that " we Ihould have cufbions, and was he mafter of chairs, we Ihould be
welcome to them adding, that if we chofe to fend our own feats, it would
be altogether as agreeable to him. This was a matter of the utmoft indif
ference to us, we had no public charafter to maintain, and fhould have been
as well pleafed with the cufhion, as the ftool but our old friend would
not hear of what he called fuch a conceflion, afluring us, that the chair or
the ftool, " voud he de more honorable we fubmitted, fmiling at each other.
An intimation had been given us, that three would be the proper number
to wait on this great man ; fuch he really is, his government being the
moft important of any in this part of the world, the Bajha of Baghdad ex
cepted. It was eleven o'clock before the officer of his houfehold came in
the barge to attend us,, though during this time, there had been fent us
more than one apology for the delay. As foon as we were landed, the
barge faluted us with one gun : Cojee Pagoofe, with many officers, received us,
on the fhore, attended with fervants and a number of lights, and they all ac
companied us to the governor. We were received on the Terrace', Aly Aga
was feated, furrounded by his principal Agas to the number of fifty, drefTed
in green or red. At our coming to the carpet, on which the ftools were
placed^ we put off our ftioes, which we had flipped down for that purpofe
before