'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.' [‎327] (378/562)

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, The Sanjacks are a people who inhabit the mountains oppofite to the , 75^'
Gourdiftan or Per/tan mountains: they fubfift chiefly by plunder, and the
fcanty produce their own hilly country affords. The late Bajha Achmet of
reduced their power-, he purfued them in perfon to their fubter-
ranean retreats, fuffocatcd a gj-cat many, killed 7 or 800 who attempted to
make their way out from the holes, and carried off fome hundreds of both
iexes, and fold them for flaves. This flroke put the country for a while
into a more peaceable ftate, than it had enjoyed for many years, but of lace
their numbers feem to have increafed, and they are again become very trou-
blefome. Our Caravan Ba/hi affurcd us that they have attacked Caravans of
200 to 700 men, and fometimes carried all off: he himfelf, with 200 armed *
men, was fet upon lafl; year by 600 of the mountaineers-, but exert
ing himfclf to the utmoft, he made a fhift to fave about half the Cara
van. His fon who conducfted another, being of lefs experience was taken
prilbner, and the whole merchandife fpoiled and carried off; he fays, that
fometimes when the robbers difcover a ftronger force than they chufe to
encounter, they will parley, and profeis friendfhip, and feem contented to
receive a fmall prefent for their chief. They have fuffered much lately by-
the famine, which probably has occafioned their being more daring. A
few days ago, a party of twenty perfons, among whom was a Chriftian mer
chant with 6000 Sequins, was fet upon and overcome by a company of thefe
robbers, and all they had taken from them. The Sanjacks are moftly to
be dreaded hereabouts, becaufe they always make their attack in great
bodies; but after the next ftage, though they continue infefting the roads
even to Nifihin, yet their ftrength leffens, and a well guarded Caravan hatli-
not fo much to apprehend from them.
I paffed the whole of this day with my fellow-travellers in the tent, but July 7.
felt the afternoon fo exceedingly hot as to throw me into a fever, and
deprive me of all appetite. There were brought to us as very great rarities,
a fmall plate of apricots, two or three tolerable mufk-melons, and fome
young cucumbers. Neither the city nor neighbouring villages could furnifh
us with wine, fpirits, orange-juice, or verjuice •, European lump and powder
fugar is very dear and fcarce here, but candy is more plenty, and rather
reafonable. We have feen but few buffaloes, oxen, or cows here, or at
any other place fince we left Baghdad. The milk we have at any time
been fupplied with, was of the goat or fheep. Storks are here in* great
plenty, and fo are locufts people are employed with broad flails to keep <
the laft away from the riling plants.
In the evening Mr. JDoidge in his little walk, caft his eye on a country
houfe of the *BaJha at a fmall diftance from our tents, and this day the chief
gardener gave us poffeffion of it. It ftands pleafantly on the fide of the
tfygris, oppofite the ruins of Jonah's, tomb, in one of xheBaJha's gardens; it
has but two rooms; the dimenfions of the largeft; are 40 feet by 20, with a
vaulted roof, and arched front; the top of the arch is 30 feet from the
ground.