'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.' [‎295] (342/562)

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or to fupply them daily from your own tents on the journey : and as in
coming up the Euphrates we had already experienced too much vexation on
this head with our Trackers, we were determined on not rilking a repe
tition, to
Rice — — —
Ruik or bifcuit — —
Flour — — —
Ghee or butter — —
Coffee — — —
8 Baghdad Maunds, or 120 Itj
4 — — 60 lb
4 — — 60 lb
1 — — 15 Jk
1 — — J5lb
I75S.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, we received the mortifying news of our
Arab conduflor being again taken ill of a fever. At five in the evening,
he with great difficulty crawled to our houle, and we were all witneffes of
his being ill indeed. We defired Mr. Hemet, who had fome knowledge of
medicine, to take care of him. Our friend Mr. Pye is likewife indifpofed
with feverifh fymptoms; I took away a little blood from him about fix
o'clock in the evening: at eight 1 ordered an Ipecacum vomit to be given
him ; but his fever continuing to increafe, at ten he took the fourth part
of a paper of Dr. Jameses powder.
The biftiop came to fee us this morning. Mr. Pye's medicine operated June 8.-
properly : he fleeps, and is tranquil. The^good and friendly bifhop vifited
Mr. Pye in the charafler of a phyfician. With the reft of us he reafoned as
a divine, recommending patience, fortitude, and refignation to the will of
heaven; bidding us to be of good cheer, even though we fliould be detained
here till the month of September,
A purple fever now rages in the city % it is fuppofed, that an eighth part
of the inhabitants are ill in it; but as yet it has not been very fatal. The
very hot months, they fay, are commonly moft healthy. His lordlbip re
commended it to us, not to think of fetting out from hence over the great
JDefert, with any other conductor befides Habil Swylem, and prays us to be
mindful of this maxim, that " in Turky an imprudent ftep cannot be re
medied as in Europe"
Mr. Pj^'s.fever is entirely gone, but has left him quite relaxed.. Cojee
Raphael is of opinion, that the Arab will nor leave the village Aet for a long
time, as the Damafcus Caravan is ftill there, not being able to purchale
the neceifary Camels. This, he apprehends will be our cafe. We are
greatly alarmed at it, and have fent a fervant to infped into the real ftate
cf the camels.
This morning the wind blew from the northward, and was agreeably
cool. The holy-days following the Ramazan, end with this day. To
morrow the feveral artificers will make no fcruple of going to work.
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