'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.' [‎305] (354/562)

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At one In the morning we arrived at pur fecond fhge Kaun-Mufahah, xyrSt
latitude 33 0 58' north, where we pitched our tents, and lay in them; The
Caravanferah here is old and not kept clean. Our Aga would have procured r J ulie 21
us a houfe in the village if we had chofen it. About nine o'clock, two par- k:aun * Mi -
ties with camels and afles came in from Confiantinople, and put up at the
Caravanferah', they were accompanied by a few horfemen, who had been
robbed and wounded to the northward of MofuL
The evenings and nights are pleafantly cool, but the days very hot. We
get mutton,; milk, and grapes. We ate pretty freely yefterday of the lafl:,
but as fome of us had fymptoms of a Biarrhcea's coming on, we denied our-
felves to-day, and fed on milk. Few of us have any appetite for meat,
fo that little is ufed. Yeilerday we allowed ourfelves one bottle of Madeira
wine, and the fame quantity at night.
At feven o'clock this evening we fet off, and travelled rather eafterly for
about two hours, when we croffed a pretty good bridge over a creek of
the Tygris, and then went north; paffed through fome fields of corn-ftubble,
and about eleven, over a good ftone bridge built acrofs a river called
(according to the found of the word as pronounced by our country fervants)
Chiba Harpjie, which they tell us, rifes in Perfta, and falls into the Tygris. Chiba
At a quarter of a mile diilance to the right of this river, is a handfome Harpsie.
new Kaun or Caravanferah r and the ruins of an old one. It is called
Souhah-Kauti) or Chibach Couprie, that is, Chihach Bridge. The Aga obferv-
ing that we were defirous of feeing every thing that was remarkable, pro-
poled riding up to it, which we did.
The late Bajha Hamet performed a very gallant aflion near this fpor,
killing with his lance a lion which for three years had been the terror of
the whole neighbourhood : they fay, that his horfe in its violent exertions
®n the occafion, burft afunder, he then mounted a mare, which as fome
relate, kicked the lyonon the head, and ftunned him; by this lucky circum-
ftance the Bafha had an opportunity of plunging his lance into his belly s
and laying him dead at his feet,
At three this morning, we patted over another (lone bridge of two arches, June 22.
after travelling eight hours, and pitched our tents by the Caravanjerah of
Dely-abafs-touprie, which by an obfervation taken by Mr. JDoidge, lies in abasTcou
latitude 34 0 id ' north. This Kaun is but a forry one; we got to it a prieKauk
little after three in the morning, but found other travellers in pofleflion.
We again repofed under our tents, having experienced this day and yefter
day, to be violently hot; the hotteft indeed I had ever felt, and to me
almoft infupportable, taking away the appetite, and producing an exceffive
third: my fellow travellers however could eat a bit of mutton, and fup a
little broth, which is more than 1 can attempt.
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