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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.' [‎289] (334/562)

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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At one o clock we croiTed a large creek, in a boat which held twelve
men, three horfes, four mules, and one afs, and went on towards the Wrcb
which was feen by the help of the moon two or three miles off: the ereateft
part of the way was through a thicket made up of the liquorice, caper
the low cotton and cyprefs flirubs; in this cover (called here a foreft) are
often feen Lions and JVild B ocits ^ we met with neither, but got very ouietlv
on to Soliman Pack's tomb, or the tomb of Soliman the Clean, alias. Smack
■Smooth, who was barber to Mahomet. The traditional hiftory of this per-
fon is, that he was much reverenced by his countrymen, and looked on as
highly favoured of the Prophet: he lived to a great age, and was in the
general eftimation, a pious old man, but as he always was obliged to
keep with him a female fervant for the management of his domeftic af
fairs, his moral condud thereby became doubtful, and the fubjeft of
much difputation: his revilers however (as the ftory goes) at length fuf-
fered fbame, for the Prophet himfelf, concerned at the injuftice done the
character of his faithful Soliman, miraculoufly caufed the genital parts to
fall off^ thereby enabling the old man, in the moft effedlual manner to
eftablifh his innocence, by fhewing them the impoflibility of his commit
ting the crime of which he ftood accufed.
In this holy man's fleeve, fome of the moft credulous Mahometans tell
you, the cat made it's firft appearance : having been fupernaturally pro
duced there, through his devout interceflion, for the advantage of mankind.
On the firft difcovery, the Sage fo cherifhed it, that in tendernefs he cut
off the fleeve of his garment, and placed it as a carpet for the valuable
ftranger. So much for this fabulous ftory: the outer wall of his tomb
appears to be of modern brickwork, nor does the tomb itfelf look fo an
cient as the porch or entrance to it.
At a quarter of a mile diftance. Hand the ruins of that very confider-
able work of antiquity, we intended to vifit. Neither the not Arabs
know any thing about it; they are at a lofs to determine, whether it was
.a temple or palace. The bilhop told us it was commonly fuppofed to
have been a temple, dedicated to the fun; probably people have been led
to this conjedlure, from obferving very many openings yet remaining
in the Arch, that pafs for lamps, and which they fay, could have been all
lighted in the twinkling of an eye; our opinion was, that thefe holes were
fo many funnels for the admifTion of air. Mr. Doidge took with his Qua
drant, the exa6t meafurement of the Arch, and the front of the building,
and drew a perfpeflive view of it w-ith his pencil: the eaft face of the
whole is 300 feet in length, the breadth of the Arch 85 feet, height of
the Arch 106 feet*, length of the arched roofed room from eaft to weft
* Our common journal contains thefe farther obfervations. " Part of the roof of thi»
room is fallen in ; the front on each fide of the arch is full of niches like our cathedrals,
which there probably onse flood fome images: the whole fabric is built of bricks a foot fquarc,
^nd three inches thick."
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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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