'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.' [‎357] (408/562)

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ill confequcnces that might attend any indifcreet procedure. Thoroughly
mortified by this cruel detention, wearied almoft to death by the lencnh ^and
fatigue of our journey, anxious to arrive at Jleppo, and not creditmo- one
halt of what had been told us, of the dangers of the road ; we in plain Terms
told our Jga that we were determined to go on by ourfelves without a guard,
and to run all rifts ^the greateft of which we looked upon as nothing, com
pared to the hazard we ran of lofing our paflage from Scanderoon to Eng
land, by the unaccountably flow progrefs we at prefent made. We uro-ed
alio the importance of our public difpatches, and peremptorily infifted ^on
fetting out this very night..
The converfation exceedingly alarmed the Aga, who with the moft vifible
marks of concern, told us, that if we were relblved to take this ftep, it
would be out of his power to go with us, for the Ba/ha's orders were pe
remptory, and fhould he prefume to break through them, the inevitable
confequence muft be the lofing of his head. We rejoined, that however
forry we fhould be to leave him behind us, yet in the prefent cafe we thought
ourlelves obliged fo to do; but for his indemnification with the Ba/has
Solyman and Abdullah^ we would write him a letter, which was as follows
" Sir,
« The bufincfs we are upon in refpefl to the king our mafter is fo pref-
fing, and the hazard we run of miffing the opportunity of an Englijh>
fliip of war failing from Scanderoon, fo great, that we are obliged to ac
quaint you, we muft run all rilks, and get to Aleppo as foon as poffible.
If the Bajha therefore will not permit us to have a guard, which we
defire you again to folicit, we muft this night fet off by ourfelves for
Bir. We write this to you for our juftification to all whom it may con
cern, but particularly our own King.
To Aga Amada»
We are, Sir,
III
" &c. See.'
"We ordered our interpreter to explain this letter to the Aga, and to ex-
prels to him the lively fenfe we had of his great care over us during the
whole journey, affuring him withal, that on his arrival at Aleppo, we fhould
take him by the hand as our good friend, and fliew him the fame token of
our thankfulnefs, as if he had accompanied us thither •, but if we fhould
have quitted that city before his arrival, we would not fail to leave with
Conful Drummond the proper mark of our gratitude, from whofe hands he
would be fure to receive it. This gave him an opportunity of minutely en
quiring into the exad: value of our intended prefent, which he did not omit,
faying, " How fhall I be able to judge of your confui's rightlv delivering
the identical fum you are fo kind as to intend me ?"—We withheld from
him the entire gratification of his wifhes in this rclped, for fome little fpace,
and
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