'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.' [‎309] (358/562)

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the obferving It: we have now no remedy, unlefs at Aleppo. To our Cara
van, muft be added our Agds^ and his three fervants horfes, eight horle-
guards, and near 30 muies or a fifes. The moon not rifing till late, the
Takbt Revavs were preceded by two great lights, placed in iron (loves, and
carried by Turkijh fervants.
AH this night, we travelled a W. N. W. courfe, having, not far to our
right, a chain of high, rocky mountains, which are called Courmaratida* Courmaratida
among which are ruins of ancient fortreffes, but now without inhabitants; Mountains,
and on the top of three or four of the mountains are fome decayed tur
rets built by Kuli Khan. Thefe mountains ftand about N. W. and
S. E. they continued near to us without any break, till three in the June 25.
morning, when we arrived in the neighbourhood of Douzcourmatee. Here D ouzcour-
the mountains ceafe for a while, and a valley begins, through which run MATEE>
many little rivers; we pafled over five or fix by bridges of one and two
arches. To within a quarter of a mile of this town, the whole night's
journey was barren and uncultivated, when we came upon fome corn-
ftubble, in which were abundance of Locujls: many thoufands of them
muft be deftroyed by the trampling of our cattle •, but their numbers not-
withftanding, fall vaftly lliort of what I faw in Madagafcar, where the air
hath been fo full of them, that a man could not be diftinguifhed at the
diftance of a hundred yards.
Douzcourmatee is compofed of good mud houfes, the gardens arc well
walled, and yield dates, apricots, apples and grapes, the latter not
ripe. The feverity of the laft winter had fpoiled many of the vines, but
we were told, that commonly, good wine is to be found in this place.
The Aga, as ufual, went before, and got a room ready for our reception.
We procured fome good milk, a lamb, very fine apples, and cucum
bers. Laft night the wind was high, and moft difagreeably hot and dry
ing ; I fpoke to our hoft of the iuffacating effecl which I experienced
from it, and he told me to confider it as a fhoit and flight Vint of the-
S ami el.
This mornh'Tg, we obferved many women of the village very bufy in
fupplying their fafoiftes Wh water from the running ftreams, at the foot
of the hills, in earthen pitchers. Two men of confiderable confequence,
vifited us ; the governor of the place and country adjacent, was one
of them, and Who is a near relation of the Bajhn of Diarbekir, a handfoma
man of thirty years of age ; the other was the Commandant of a thoufand of
Brfoa Solyman\ forces, which are maintained here. Our Aga confulted them
on the ftafe of the country we are to pafs through the following night, and
learned that k is not altogether peaceable, for very lately a courier of the
hejha of Baghdad accompanied with fixer eight other horfernen, had been at
tacked by fome Arabs: we therefore refolved to take 15 foot foldiers, and that
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