'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.' [‎353] (404/562)

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which is always with the van-guard. 5 one of
Being in want of meat, and having but little monev in ^ i
were obliged to fend to the Kahier for another Iheep wMrh }
ordered from the Ba/ha's flaughter-tent. Our J Z a founded the Lv re | 7
our quitting the Bajha's train, and making the belt of our w™ J/
He would not confent to our taking this ftep at prefent as robber,
companies now infeft the roads ; but gave us hooes however „f K
mitted to leave the Bajha two days hence, taking ^vvith us a few
our guard. To-day Francifl borrowed te^fequins for us WeToulH
not forbear uttering a thoufand bad wifhes on the head nf r * o ? ?
forh.-hg fo r 4 fceivrf I.
all others is the moft .mportant in this country. He was to have fuo
phed us with as much as we pleafed, by order and on the account of X
Siaw, to whom we brought unlimited letters of credit from our friends
V fh i 1" Werner at Bemiay but for reafons belt known to
himfelf, though he accepted of the credit, and often declared that we Ihould
have every thing from him that we could poffibly need, yet was fo cr i
elly treacherous as to fend us off almoft pennylefs, advancing onlv Too
piaftres, alfurmg us at the fame time that 300 would be quite enough Rnr
what fees the deceitfulnefs of this man in a ftronger 9 1 ght, is g t hat 1"
T" Wh, r Ci ? he .h d - With 0l,r ^ on the before we left
r o expre . y ,!: 0,d h,m '. thal: 't was neceffary we Ihould carry with
1200 Piaftres; which fum, by woful experience, we now find
is the leaft we ought to have had. It is therefore manifeft, that he W J/v
tils otter favfceT 7 t0tally 311 the 0bligationS We owed
We fet out this morning at half paft two o'clock, and travelled feven
mad* fn" -f 800 T 0 i Ver a , fertlle c<>un t r y> or what at leaft might be
made fo, if properly cultivated. In our whole way from Diarbekir we
have had on our right to the northward, the Turcomanian mountains
This morning we joined a nation of moving Arabs, with their families and
numerous flocks: the atter were made up of the fineft iheep, and moft
airy goats I ever behe d. Weufed a thoufand entreaties to prevail on the
owners of them to fell one of each fort, but could not fucceed. The
tails of theflieep were furpnzingly large and unwieldy; they could not
weigh lefs than from 20 to 40 pounds each, and were made up of verv
hne tat. A few years ago I faw fome flieep with very large tails in Bar
bary, but never any of equal flze with thefe, whofe weight was fuch that
the poor creatures could not run; they only walked, or rather waddled-
and their very heads inclined backwards, probably owing to their enor
mous tails. The he-goats belonging to this flock, had horns as
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July 28.
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