ADVERTISEMENT.

The Events related in the following Pages, naturally became a frequent subject of conversation with my Children and my Friends. They felt so much satisfaction at the accounts which I gave them, that they repeatedly urged me to commit the whole to paper; and their affectionate partiality induced them to suppose, that the Narrative would be, not only agreeable to them, but interesting to the Public. In complying with their solicitations, I am far from being confident that the success of my efforts will justify their hopes: I trust, however, that too much will not be expected, in regard to literary composition, from a person whose life has been principally devoted to the duties of a Soldier and the service of his Country——and that a scrupulous adherence to Truth will compensate for many blemishes in style and arrangement.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

LETTER I. Page [1].

Introductory.

LETTER II. Page [5].

Ridiculous Effects of Ignorance, exemplified in a whimsical Story of two Dublin Aldermen.

LETTER III. Page [10].

Author’s Motives for going to India. Melancholy Presentiments. Caution against Superstition. Journey to Margate. Packet. Consoled by meeting General Lockhart on board. Lands at Ostend.

LETTER IV. Page [15].

Short Account of the Netherlands. Conduct of the Belgians. Ostend described. Wonderful Effects of Liberty on the Human Mind, exemplified in the Defence of Ostend against the Spaniards.

LETTER V. Page [20].

Caution against using Houses of Entertainment on the Continent kept by Englishmen. Description of the Barques. Arrives at Bruges. Gross Act of Despotism in the Emperor. Imprisonment of La Fayette.

LETTER VI. Page [27].

Description of Bruges. Reflections on the Rise and Decay of Empires. Chief Grandeur of the Cities of Christendom, consisted in Buildings, the Works of Monkish Imposture and Sensuality. Superstition a powerful Engine.

LETTER VII. Page [33].

Opulence of the Bishop of Bruges; Cathedral. Church of Notre Dame. Vestments of Thomas a Becket. Extraordinary Picture. Monastery of the Dunes. The Mortification of that Order. A curious Relic.

LETTER VIII. Page [40].

Passage to Ghent. Cheapness of Travelling. Description of Ghent Cathedral. Monastery of St. Pierre. Charity of the Clergy.

LETTER IX. Page [47].

Description of two brazen Images, erected in Commemoration of an extraordinary Act of Filial Virtue. Journey from Ghent through Alost to Brussels.

LETTER X. Page [52].

General Review of Austrian Flanders.

LETTER XI. Page [58].

Short Description of Brussels. Royal Library. Arsenal. Armour of Montezuma. The Enormities committed under the Pretext of Christianity, by far greater than those committed by the French in the Frenzy of Emancipation.

LETTER XII. Page [65].

Brussels continued. Churches, Chapels, Toys, Images and Pictures. A Host, or Wafer, which was stabbed by a Jew, and bled profusely. Inns excellent and cheap.

LETTER XIII. Page [72].

General Remarks on the People of the Netherlands. Account of the Emperor Joseph the Second. Anecdote of that Monarch. His Inauguration at Brussels. Burning of the Town-House. Contrasted Conduct of the Belgians to Joseph on his Arrival, and after his Departure. The detestable Effects of Aristocracy.

LETTER XIV. Page [82].

Liege. Constitution of the German Empire. Tolerant Disposition of Joseph the Second, occasions a Visit from His Holiness the Pope, who returns to Rome in Disappointment. Situation of the present Emperor. Reflections on the Conduct of Russia and Prussia to Poland.

LETTER XV. Page [90].

Luxury of the Bishop of Liege. Reflections on the Inconsistency of the Professions and Practice of Churchmen, particularly the Nolo Episcopari, which Bishops swear at their Instalment. Advantages of the Study of the Law in all Countries. Liege, the Paradise of Priests. Sir John Mandeville’s Tomb.

LETTER XVI. Page [96].

Aix-la-Chapelle. A bit of Earth in a Golden Casket. Consecration of the Cathedral, by an Emperor, a Pope, and three hundred and sixty-five Bishops. Their valuable Presents to that Church.

LETTER XVII. Page [102].

Juliers. Reflections on Religious Persecution. Cologne. Church of St. Ursula. Bones of eleven thousand Virgin Martyrs. Church of St. Gerion. Nine hundred Heads of Moorish Cavaliers. Reflections on the Establishment of Clergy, and the Superiority of that of Scotland.

LETTER XVIII. Page [109].

Cologne continued. Strange Ambition of Families to be thought Descendants of the Romans. Story of Lord Anson and a Greek Pilot. Bonne. Bridge of Cæsar. Coblentz. Mentz. Frankfort.

LETTER XIX. Page [115].

Frankfort described. Golden Bull. Augsburgh. Manufactory of Watch-Chains, &c. Happy State of Society arising from the tolerant Disposition of the Inhabitants.

LETTER XX. Page [121].

Augsburgh continued. Adventure in the Convent of Carmelites. A good Friar.

LETTER XXI. Page [128].

Tyrol Country. Story of Genii leading the Emperor Maximilian astray.

Innspruck[Innspruck].

LETTER XXII. Page [134].

Tyrolese. Innspruck. Riches of the Franciscan Church there. One Mass in it sufficient to deliver a Soul from Purgatory. Hall. Curiosities at the Royal Palace of Ombras. Brisen. Valley of Bolsano. Trent.

LETTER XXIII. Page [140].

Description of the Bishopric of Trent. Obvious Difference between Germany and Italy. Contrast between the Characters of the Germans and Italians. Council of Trent. Tower for drowning Adulterers. Bassano. Venice.

LETTER XXIV. Page [146].

General Description of Venice, and Reflections on the Venetians.

LETTER XXV. Page [154].

Concubinage more systematically countenanced in Venice than London. Trieste. Loss of Servant and Interpreter. Sail for Alexandria. Zante.

LETTER XXVI. Page [160].

Adventure at the Island of Zante. Alexandria. The Plague, and an Incursion of the Arabs. Pompey’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Obelisk, &c. Island of Cyprus. Latichea. Aleppo.

PART II.

LETTER XXVII. Page 1.

Description of Aleppo.

LETTER XXVIII. Page [10].

Short Account of the Turkish Constitution and Government.

LETTER XXIX. Page [19].

Account of Turkish Constitution and Government continued. Moral Character of the Turks.

LETTER XXX. Page [25].

Prejudices of Christian Writers, and their Misrepresentations of the Turkish Morals and Religion. Vindication of the latter.

LETTER XXXI. Page [33].

Vindication of the Turks continued. Description of a Caravan, Page 40.

Account of Ceremonies used by Pilgrims at Mecca, Page 48.

LETTER XXXII. Page [51].

Aleppo continued. Frequent Broils in the Streets.

LETTER XXXIII. Page [59].

Aleppo continued. Coffee-houses. Story-tellers.

LETTER XXXIV. Page [66].

Aleppo continued. Puppet-shews. Raraghuze, or Punch, his Freedom of Speech and Satire.

LETTER XXXV. Page [74].

Disagreeable Adventure, which occasions a sudden Departure from Aleppo.

LETTER XXXVI. Page [83].

A Plan of Travelling settled. Tartar Guide. Departure from Aleppo.

LETTER XXXVII. Page [92].

Description of Tartar Guide. His Conduct. Arrival at Diarbeker. Padan Aram of Moses. Scripture Ground. Reflections. Description of the City of Diarbeker. Whimsical Incident occasioned by Laughing. Oddity of the Tartar.

LETTER XXXIX. Page [107].

Strange Traits in the Tartar’s Character. Buys Women, ties them up in Sacks, and carries them 50 Miles. Reflections on the Slave Trade. Apostrophe to the Champion of the oppressed Africans.

LETTER XL. Page [115].

Extravagant Conduct of the Tartar, which he afterwards explains satisfactorily. Extraordinary Incident and Address of the Tartar, in the Case of Santons.

LETTER XLI. Page [123].

Explanation of the Affair by the Santons. Bigotry. Reflections.

LETTER XLII. Page [130].

Arrives at Mosul. Description thereof. A Story-teller. A Puppet-shew. The Tartar forced to yield to Laughter, which he so much condemned. Set out for Bagdad. Callenders—their artful Practices.

PART. III.

LETTER XLIII. Page [1].

Arrives at Bagdad. Whimsical Conduct of the Guide. Character of the Turks. Short Account of Bagdad. Effects of Opinion. Ruins of Babylon. Leaves Bagdad. Attacked by Robbers on the Tigris.

LETTER XLIV. Page [11].

Arrives at Bassora. Account of that City. Leaves it, and arrives at Busheer. More Disappointments. Bombay. Goa. Gloomy Presentiments on leaving Goa. A Storm.

LETTER XLV. Page [19].

Shipwreck.

LETTER XLVI. Page [25].

The same.

LETTER XLVII. Page [31].

Made Prisoner by some of Hyder Alli’s Troops. Humanity of a Lascar. Hardships. Meets a Friend. Mr. Hall.

LETTER XLVIII. Page [38].

Mr. Hall’s Misery aggravated by the Loss of a Miniature which hung at his Bosom. Sent under a Guard up the Country.

LETTER XLIX. Page [45].

Arrives at Hydernagur, the Capital of the Province of Bidanore. Brought before the Jemadar. Committed to Prison.

LETTER L. Page [55].

History of Hyat Sahib. Called upon to enter into the Service of Hyder, and offered a Command. Peremptorily refuses. Another Prisoner, a Native. Court of Justice. Tortures and Exactions. Mr. Hall declining fast.

LETTER LI. Page [63].

Mr. Hall’s affecting Story.

LETTER LII. Page [70].

Pressed to enter into the Service of Hyder Alli. Refusal. Threatened to be hanged. Actually suspended, but let down again. Still persists in a Refusal, and determined to undergo any Death rather than enter. Projects a Plan to excite a Revolt, and escape.

LETTER LIII. Page [77].

Project to escape defeated. Laid in Irons. Intolerable Hardships. Death of Mr. Hall.

LETTER LIV. Page [83].

Melancholy Situation. Cruelty. Released from Prison. Account of Hyder, and East Indian Politics in general.

LETTER LV. Page [88].

East Indian Politics continued.

LETTER LVI. Page [96].

Account of Hyder, and Indian Politics continued. General Mathews’s Descent on the Malabar Coast. Mounts the Ghauts. Approaches towards Hydernagur. Author’s Delight at getting into the open Air. Delivered by an unexpected Encounter from his Guards.

LETTER LVII. Page [103].

Returns to the Fort, and proposes to the Jemadar to give it up to the English. Proceeds to the English Camp.

LETTER LVIII. Page [110].

Meeting with General Mathews. Returns to the Fort with a Cowl. Delivers it to the Jemadar. Leads General Mathews into the Fort, and brings him into the Presence of the Jemadar. English Flag hoisted. Vindication of General Mathews from the Charge of Peculation.

LETTER LIX. Page [118].

Sets off for Bengal. Cundapore. Unable to proceed. Letter from General Mathews. Proceeds in an open Boat for Anjengo. Stopped by Sickness at Mangalore. Tellicherry. Anjengo. Travancore. Dancing Girls. Palamcotah. Madura. Revolt of Isif Cawn.

LETTER LX. Page [132].

Trichinopoly. Tanjore. Burning of Gentoo Women with the Bodies of their Husbands. Negapatnam.

LETTER LXI. Page [149].

Leaves Negapatnam. Taken by a French Frigate. Horrible Reflections.

Suffrein. Character of Tippoo Sahib. Escape. Arrives at Madras.

LETTER LXII. Page [149].

Passage to Bengal. Negociation for Hyat Sahib. Mr. Hastings. Sir John Macpherson. Hear from Macauley, Sir John’s Secretary, of the Servant I lost at Trieste. Jagranaut Pagoda. Vizagapatnam.

LETTER LXIII. Page [167].

Masulipatam. Arrives at Madras. Determines to proceed on Hyat’s Business to Bombay. Reaches Palamcotah. Takes sick. Recovering, crawls to Anjengo, and thence to Bombay. Resolves to return again to Madras. Adventure with a young Lady. Surat. China. Bath. Conclusion.

ERRATA.

PART I.
P. L.
[9. 2.]	For shroud, read shrewd.
[24. 2.]	For le berque, read la barque.
[30. 3.]	For conquerous, read conquerors.
[40. 1.]	For berque, read barque.
[41. 15.]	For berque, read barque.
[138. 18.]	For I, read It.
[147. 14.]	For prospect, read appearance.
[156. 18.]	For Sucz, read Suez.
[162. 15.]	For reget, read regret.
[165. 15.]	For exporium, read emporium.

PART II.
P. L.
[16. 18.]	For snow, read storm.
[16. 7.]	For ports, read parts.
[21. 10.]	For rolling, read bailing.
[24. 4.]	After to, insert be.
[30. 2.]	For I, read It.
[71. 17.]	For conscience, read convenience.
[90. 3.]	For or, read for.
[108. 24.]	For one, read ten.
[122. 1.]	For shewed, read shewn.
[129 19.]	For Troop, read Company.

JOURNEY TO INDIA, &c.

PART I.

JOURNEY TO INDIA, &c.