'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.' [‎330] (381/562)

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,7*8 and at half paft nine, joined the great Caravan upon a rifing grouhd, near
a river called Baduce. For the firft four miles to the northward of M q [ u I x
Baduce River. we paffed over corn lands the reft was a defert affording only flirubs
and thirties. We got fome milk this morning from an Arab village.
The day was very fultrv and fatiguing, although the wind was near
north-weft. In the evening the troops appointed for our dcort came up
to us, and at fun-fet all the tents amounting to near forty were ftruck,
in order to our being in readinefs for marching at the word of command.
Our Ava. ftaid behind a little, to make our compliments, and to take his
leave of the Kahier. He was again witnefs to a fecond warm recommen
dation which that minifter delivered in our favour to the commander of
the troops, as well as to the Caravan Bajhi. Our live ftock, which confifted
of five lambs, was through, the forgetfulnefs of our fervants, left behind.
We were told however that we fhall have an opportunity of purchafing
more at old Moful to-morrow. All the country about is very hilly, and the
Courdiftan mountains are not far from us.
July ii. At one this morning, notice was given by a loud voice, " To charge.
At two the camels had ceafed their melancholy groans (which they always
utter when loading) and were all in motion, taking a courle to the eaftwaid
of the north fome little time •, but on the whole we travelled about N. W.
over the fame kind of fterile land as yefterday. About half paft four we
faw twenty Antelopes near the foot of the hills. Half an hour after, we
pafled a ruined village to the left. At five our horfe-guards went a-head
between fome high hills of chalk and ftone. At the entrance of this pais
on the left hand, is the ruin of a fmall fortrefs, and farther on we law more
ruins. This road was fo rugged for about half an hour's journey, that wc
could not with any fort of fatisfaclion keep in our fakht Rev am ; it
brought us at fix o'clock to the banks of the Tygris, where were numbers
of ftieep feeding, a few oxen, and fome calves. Here we made up our
late lofs, buying of the Arabs five or fix flieep. Eagles and pigeons^ are
here in great plenty *, Locujts alfo in abundance, with blue, purple, vane
gated wings, and which I obferved did not By near io high as the common
Locujis.
The Arab women were hard at work in pitching their tents. We took
pofleliion of them for a while, at which they were much out of humour,
but we at length appeafed them, by giving them good words and a little
K sche money. At feven we raifed our own tents upon a fpot belonging to EJcbe
M osul. Mofuk or old Moful i which probably was part of the fpot on which ancient
Nineveh once ftood. Our Aga here made us a prefent of a young Antelope
juft killed.
The heat to-day has been excefllve. To leften it as much as poflible,
I caufed one of the Takht Revans to be placed under a tent, and t e top