A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. 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; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... 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: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives.

  • Edward Ives
Date:
1773
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Credit: A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. 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; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... 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: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ >2 ] 1754- L-i—Y—^ days pafied, before he unfortunately fell into difgrace, and too fenfibly ex¬ perienced the effects of her refeiument.-It happened thus.- The admiral had thought it neceflary to give the chief men of the idand an entertainment on board his own fhip; and at the time appointed for their coming, he fent his barge to convey them to the Kent, giving orders, that none but men fhould be admitted. The king’s eldeft daughter, notwithftand- ing this iniunftion, was determined to make one of the company, and for that purpole repaired with the men to the water’s edge. The agent-viftualler had before told her, and now again reprefented to her the very great impro¬ priety of a lady of her quality going on board the fliip •, and did not neg- le(5t to add, that as the admiral’s commands were abfolute, he could not poffibly allow her to go:,All his remonftrances availed nothing; for no Iboner had the barge reached the fhore, and the ftool was put upon the beach, but (he got upon it, and was advancing: The agent-vi6fualler then took hold of her arm, and again remonftrated, intreating her to defift from her purpofe; nay he offered to make her a prefent, provided fhe would peace¬ ably retire. But all his pleading was to no effeft; it feemed, that flae had be¬ fore determined what part to aft: He then in pofitive terms declared, that fhe fhould not go, and with fome difficulty pulled her from the ftool to the ffiore. On this, ffie not only greatly abufed him with her tongue, but alfo gave him fo violent a blow on one of his eyes with her fill, that he de¬ clared it to have been the fevereft he ever felt in his life. At lafl, however, he got the better in his troublefome difpute with this royal virago; who re¬ turned home in fuch ill humour, that ffie was never afterwards thoroughly reconciled to the agent-vidualler, tho’ he took fome pains to be re-inftated in her favour. The younger of thefe princeffes (as before obferved) had alfo accompanied the king at the grand audience; and at that time was pleafed to take fo great a fancy to the perfon of one of the admiral’s attendants, that ffie figniBed her good liking the fame evening, in a prefent ffie fent him of two couple of fowls, and fome yams. The gentleman, to ffiew himfelf not infen- fible of fo great a lady’s favour, prefented her with an handkerchief in return, which he fent by Robin Hood, who had been employed by her for the like purpofe. The next day, the fame meffenger took the gentleman afide, and told him, that the youngeft princefs was in love with him; that ffie defired he would come to her cabin at a certain hour of the night; and that he himfelf would accompany him, to ffiew him where the cabin flood, — The gentle¬ man anfwered, that he could not poffibly go, for at that time, and indeed for the whole night, he ffiould be particularly engaged. The following day, and for three or four days afterwards, the fame ambaffador was very impor¬ tunate that due attention ffiould be paid to the condefcenfion of the princefs ^ and expatiated very largely on the great honour done to the gentleman in the preference which was given him by a king’s daughter. The favourite on this declared himfelf not infenfible hereof; but at length finding common- excufes