'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.' [‎288] (331/562)

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another neighbour, who immediately, open mouthed, protefted againft the
affront: in fad, we are in this great city, prifoners in a very ftrid fenfe j a
circumftance, fomewhat mortifying to the free Britijh fpirit.
A little before we got here, -a country Chrijlian merchant of fubftance,
•was difcovered by the public officers in bed with his own Turkijh fervant's
wife-, 'twas believed that he had given the h-afband a fum of money for
this liberty, and which he had enjoyed, for fome time paft. Death is the
punifhment which the law inflids on offenders of this kind, or embracing
the Mahometan faith ; by intereft and money however the fentence was not
executed in this cafe, but the following punifhment in it's ftead : the
breeches or troufers of the offender were taken off, and the petticoat, or
that part of the apparel which is ufed by the Hurkijh women inftead of it,
put over his head, and thus fhamefully attired, he was led over a great
part of the city, publicly expofed, and infulted by the rabble.
Chrijtians, Jews, and all the other Infidels of this country, are publicly
jdiflinguifhed from the Mujfuhnen, by the colour of their'Twrte i the latter
wearing them only of a white, or deep green, the others of different colours.
'None but true MuJJulmen likewife are allowed to wear a green drefs i not-
withftanding this, Mr. Garden's cloaths were made of a pea-green. This near
approach to the Muffulmarfs colour, is permitted to ftrangers in a refpeft-
able flation, but they cannot go farther without giving offence, or running
a great i;ifk of being affronted.
At five this evening, our whole party (Mr. Garden alfo accompanying us)
fet off on horfes, and mules, for an ancient ruin called Tauk-Kefferab, which
means Kejferah's Arch it lies to the fouth-eaft of Baghdad, diftant about
20 miles, and within a mile of the tfygris. The journey by land is about
fix hours; we rode it in fix, and returned in five, exclufive of the time
fpent in the village. Having been difappointed in getting horfes and mules
for carrying our baggajge, we were obliged to fend it in a Sandal down the
Tygris, intending that our fervants fhould join us with the tent, &V. at the
village TeaUah ten miles from Baghdad: we defigned to have refted there a
few hours, and then have proceeded on to view the Arch early the next
morning before the fun fhould be troublefome •, but our fervants in the boat
met with interruptions which prevented their joining us till the next morn
ing, long after we had reached the ruins. We got to the village about a
quarter paft nine, having paffed by a good deal of corn and garden ground,
well fupplied with water from the Tygris. Here we procured a little milk,
others chofe a bit of bread and cheefe, and drank a glafs of the wine we
carried with us ; after which, each endeavoured to get a little fleep, either
in the open air, or under cover of a T urkijh hovel j but all were difap-
pointed, from the perplexing mufchetos, lice, and fleas, which greatly abound
in and near fuch fort of habitations.
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