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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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.
![[ *7 ] told that the Duke of Baha would certainly fucceed to the throne ; but we afterwards learned, t\\2LX.Philihey the general, having efpoufed the caufe ofi?<*- phani the late king’s Ton, and taken him under his tutelage and protedion; this youth, who was only fixteen years of age, fucceeded his father as King of Baba. It was a lucky circumftance for us, that our agent-vi(51:ualler had, before this event of the king’s death, amply furnilhed all the ftiips of the fquadron with frelh provifions •, for as after that event all kind of bufinefs was at a ftand, we confequently fhould elfe have been under a neceflity of going to Johanna or fome other port to have taken in the remainder of our fupplies. It may be of ufe to future navigators to be informed, that no good water is to be had at St. Augujline^ unlefs they fend their boat four or five miles up the river j and inftead of filling their calks at low water (as is the cafe in mofl: other rivers) they mud begin to fill here at about a quarter’s flood. The reafon affigned for it, is, that the river has a communication with the fea at other places, as well as with this channel of St. Augujiine's Bay\ and by experience it has been found, that the fea water brought into the river by the flood tide, is not difeharged till a quarter’s flood of the next tide in St. Aiigttjiinis Bay *, and for three miles at lead up the river, the water is always very brackifh, if not quite fait. I cannot finidi my obfervations on this ifland, without hinting, that fuch quantities of limes and oranges grow here, the larged calks may be eafily filled with their juices, and that at a very fmall expence, as they may be purchafed with iron-pots, mulkets, powder, ball, flints, &c. &c. It is fuf- ficiently evident, that a fmall quantity of thefe juices mixed daily with the feamen’s common drink, would in great meafure prevent their falling into the fcLirvy *, adileafe fo frequently attending all long voyages, and which by fad experience has been known to have deprived the nation of many more valuable men, than hath all the power of the enemy. It is, therefore, an objedt highly worthy the attention of government, that every Ihip of war, which fnall happen to touch at this ifland, be provided with the juices of the lime and orange at the public expence; with the addition of fuch a quantity of rum, or other fpirits, as fhall be necelTary to preferve the juice from cor¬ ruption. During our day here, I procured and preferved about half a hogf- head full, which proved, as will be feen hereafter, of eflfential fervice to the Kent\ crew againft the feurvy, both before and after the fquadron got into the Ganges. As the accounts hitherto given of this part of Madagafcar., its produdlions, &c. by all former writers, have been very fuperficial and imperfedl, I prefume the fupplying this deficiency, will at lead merit the indulgence of the reader. D CHAP.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30410678_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
