'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.' [‎402] (455/562)

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many other articles, which arc provided for him gratis. He has likewife
an annual prefent from the Jews, who carry on a great trade here. Cap.
tains of (hips alfo, and their owners, are not unmindful of paying kirn tri
bute. He prefides over the inquifition and other courts v and has an un
limited power to reprieve or pardon.
Leghorn is fituated on what they call an ifland r made fo by an artificial
canal which runs round the walls, and at length communicates with the
river Arno. There are faid to be 50,000 inhabitants in this place, of whom
they reckon 14,000 are Jews: thefe live in a part of the town by them-
felves. Some ot them are rich, and keep their carriages; but what is very
remarkable, they are never fuffered to be driven by a coachman fitting on a
box,' but by a poftilion only. The trade of Leghorn is ftill very great,
though of late years it has been much leflened by GenM^ Civita Vecchia y
Ancona^ and Naples, being declared free-ports. *
January 23. At nine this morning, a letter was put into my hands from a friend in
England* dated the 28 th of December laft, bringing the moft melancholy
tidings ot the death of my dear and only furviving parent, whofe face above
all things I once more defired to fee. The good natured reader will eafily
conceive what 1 thought, and felt, on this afflicting occafion, and fpare me
the trouble of defcribing it. During the whole time I had been feparated
from her, I had formed to myfelf the exquifite lenfation of comforting her
in the decline of life, and had often fighed out in the ardour of my heartj
and in the fpirit of poetry, and of Pope y
<c Me let the tender office long engage
" To rock the cradle of repofrng age I
" With lenient arts extend a mother's breath,
" Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of death t
Explore the thought, explain the alking eye,
w And keep awhile one parent from the fky !'*
But heaven thought not proper to indulge me in this perhaps my too
jfamonate requen: j and to its decrees, how rigorous foever, I am taught to
J759-
In the evening we took leave of all thofe whofe flation, friendfhip, or ac
quaintance made it neceffary.
being then under
time prove very
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