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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    J U N E, 1756. -----—«» </) Depth of Water. Account of the Weather. Q Ni^ht, Forenoon. Afternoon.] Total. G <r> tA v> •C Vi Mb V) 0 X. U h 0 h fj C h u G H-i C H I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 I A fmall fhowcr and looks cloudy. 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Thunder and lightning all the evening; threatens much for rain. 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 Rained one hour in the afternoon, very cloudy. 6 0 8 .0 0 0 0 0 8 Lightning all night, and a fhower for about 15 minutes. Blows hard on the Ihore, fmart Ihower in the evenino;. 7 0 I 0 0 0 8 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 .0 0 ’ I 0 Ditto.Rained two hours about midnight. 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Blows lefs-Small fliowers. 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto-- 11 I 0 I 0 1 0 3 0 Ditto - - conftant rain. Now you fee people angling and 12 13 '0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 3 5 Ditto - fome lightning. Ditto-- ‘ catching filh in every pool and puddle through the ifland. 14 3 6 0 9 0 0 4 5 Blows frefh with much) Now appear all over the furface of 15 0 4 0 9 0 0 I 3 Ditto. [thund. & lights L the earth an innumerable quan- 16 I 2 0 9 0 4 2 5 Ditto.J tity of fmall frogs. 17 I 0 3 6 I 0 5 6 Blowed very hard from 6 to 8 in the morning. 18 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 8 Lefs wind, hafty fhowers. ; *9 0 I 0 0 0 X 0 2 Slight rain all day and night. 20 0 1 0 2 0 I 0 4 Ditto-Ihowers. i 21 0 I 0 1 0 I 0 3 Ditto. 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 I 2 Showers. 23 0 I 0 2 0 0 0 3 Ditto. 24 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 Slight rain. 25 0 3 0 3 0 I 0 7 Ditto. 26 0. I 0 7 0 0 0 8 Ditto. 27 ,0 1 3 9 0 0 4 0 Ditto. 28 0 I 3 6 3 0 6 7 Little wind, hard rain. 29 4 8 0 5 0 0 5 3 Ditto - - - - Ditto. 30 0 8 0 9 0 I I 8 Ditto. Tot. 17 7 19 2 7 8 44 7 JULY,