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Page 52
... Plaisted ; but this is merely a matter of surmise . Plaisted was not the man to endure calmly what he con- sidered to be an undeserved wrong . As soon as he had finished the survey of Calcutta on which he was then engaged , he sent in ...
... Plaisted ; but this is merely a matter of surmise . Plaisted was not the man to endure calmly what he con- sidered to be an undeserved wrong . As soon as he had finished the survey of Calcutta on which he was then engaged , he sent in ...
Page 53
... Plaisted wrote , from Beilan , the hill resort above Alexandretta , on 6 August , a letter to Calcutta , to his friend Roger Drake ( afterwards Governor of Fort William ) , describing his experiences in the desert . An incomplete copy ...
... Plaisted wrote , from Beilan , the hill resort above Alexandretta , on 6 August , a letter to Calcutta , to his friend Roger Drake ( afterwards Governor of Fort William ) , describing his experiences in the desert . An incomplete copy ...
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... Plaisted for the fracas , for MacGwire was only reprimanded and fined ; while the Council declared to the Directors that he had acted under extreme provocation . After a year's tenure of his post , Plaisted was dispossessed of it by the ...
... Plaisted for the fracas , for MacGwire was only reprimanded and fined ; while the Council declared to the Directors that he had acted under extreme provocation . After a year's tenure of his post , Plaisted was dispossessed of it by the ...
Contents
A Journey from Aleppo to Basra in 1745 by William | 1 |
A Journey from Basra to Aleppo in 1748 by Gaylard | 41 |
A Similar Journey in 1750 by Bartholomew Plaisted | 129 |
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afternoon Ain el Qom Aleppo Amurath ancient appears Arabia Arabs arrived Asia Bagdad Bagdad caravan barren Bashaw Basra Bassora Battan Beawes Bengal breeze camels carav caravan caravan route Carmichael Course S.E. desert route distance East India encamped Euphrates European expence five four Ganam Gertrude Bell ground Gulf Hakluyt half an hour Haran hills hundred inhabitants journal journey from Busserah July Lakhmid loaded London mamoodies mentioned merchants Mesopotamia miles morning at seven Mount Gilead Mounted this morning Mousul Najaf Niebuhr night noon obliged Oglet Haran Orfa Ormuz overland Palmyra passage passed Persian piasters plain Plaisted plenty probably proceeded Rahba Rennell river road ruins rupees sandy servant seven Sheik shrubs side soil stones stony sunrise Syria Taiyibe Tavernier Teixeira thence three hours town travellers Turks twenty Ukhaidir Urfa valley village Voyage Wadi weather wind