'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.' [‎376] (429/562)

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1758. by ancient writers, I had fancied the Orontes to be a much larger river^
i-- than what we found it to be. Ovid mentions it with the moft confider-
able rivers in the then known world.
" Arfit et Euphrates Babylonius, arfit 'Orontes^
" Thermodonque citus, Gangefque, & Phafis, & Ifter.
Nilus in extremum fugit perterritus Orbem,
Occuluitque caput, quod adhuc latet. Oftia feptem
- Pulverulenta vacant feptem fine flumine valles.
" Fors eadem Ifmarios Hebrum cum Strymone ficcat,
" Hefperioique amnes, Rhenum, Rhodanumque, Padumque
" Cuique fuit rerum promiffa potentia, Tybrin."
Met. jib. ii.
The Orontes abounds in a variety of excellent fiflb. We had a defire
to get fome eels, but were difappointed, althouo;h they are fometimes very
plenty here.
At fix in the evening we left Shoger for Ingezeek, a village chiefly inhabited
by Greek Chrijlians, wiiere we arrived at halt paft feven, after having croflcd
a very large and high mountain. Our courie was W. N. W. and W. S. W.
This evening we had a view of mount Cafius which is faid to be to high,
that on the top of it one may lee day in the eaft, and night in the weft at
the lame time. According to Plmy^ the mount is four miles high in a
perpendicular line. Lucan Ipeaks of a mount Cafms near Egypt.
Lucifer a Cafia profpexit rupe, diemque
" Mifit in iEgyptum primo quoque lole calentem.
Lucani, Civ. Belli, lib. x.
During our (lay at Ingezeek we made ufe of the Chrijiian Papa's houfe,
where we found every thing extremely mean. Fortunately for us, our
conlul at Latichea, to whom Mr. Baron had written a letter from Benijh,
had fent hither a fupply of wine and provifion for us.
We left Ingezeek about fix this morning, and travelled over fuch high
mountains, that if we had occafion to write a letter from hence, we might
with great propriety have dated it, from the clouds, which were flying much
below as well as above us. Thefe mountains have a great plenty of trees
and fhrubs growing on them. The fir, live-oak, crab-apple, and pear,
are among the trees, and the myrtle among the fhrubs.—We found the
air here very (harp, and fometimes damp. At eleven we refted near a
watch-houfe, and continued there till four in the afternoon. We were
fheltered by a fine grove of fycamores, and a pleafant ftream of water ran
by our fide. From four till half paft five, we went on through plealant
vales interfered by rivulets, whofe banks were blooming with the oleander
and other flowers, and fliadcd at the fame time with mulberry-trees.
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