[pg: 3]

[1:] or mortification of heap bone

[2:] I sent Alexander to Nezam ed
[3:] Din to tell him, that I feel
[4:] well, but only no taste [torn] in my
[5:] mouth & bowels worked yesterd [torn]
[6:] a little & that I take nothing
[7:] but jelly, milk & soda & some
[8:] sweet lemon; and if also I can
[9:] take the Kola bitter as tonic
[10:] he said that I can take it once
[11:] & continue what I am using.
[12:] But at about 4 P.M. I began
[13:] to feel the wind working up
[14:] and digging on with pain.
[15:] At 5 I took a coffee cup of the
[16:] bitter Kola & this increased the
[17:] in to such an extent that
[18:] ould not stand it, the pain
[19:] ms to have come back
[20:] before, I had not had it
[21:] ce Saturday, I gave u
[22:] de at all, what could

[23:] ~ Rezooki Andria called
[24:] vening ~
[25:] soda & milk, sucked
[26:] but all in vain
[27:] so acute in the
[28:] that made me
[29:] kept all

[pg: 4]

[1:] at 10 ½ p.m. I
[2:] piece of soap &
[3:] ed very little, mild
[4:] ck, it is from the
[5:] o magnesium; the
[6:] ll continues; I took a
[7:] f Effervescent Citrate of
[8:] sia, it calmed the pain
[9:] e & I could sleep for a
[10:] t time, & recommenced
[11:] on. ~

[12:] Light N.W. & cloudy,
[13:] The pain still continues, but
[14:] ot so severe ~ Alexander went
[15:] tell Nizam ed Din, he prescribed
[16:] me some Belladonna to take
[17:] 5 drops in a cup of water every
[18:] two hours, he is astonished
[19:] to see the pain returning and
[20:] for no cause given whatever,
[21:] he told him to wait until
[22:] tomorrow & if the pain does not
[23:] got, he will have to bring with
[24:] him Dr. Bridgestock of the
[25:] English missionary society

[26:] Sister Emilia & Medoola my
[27:] step daughter called on me ~

[28:] The pain increased all
[29:] , I am only taking
[30:] the Belladonna 5 drops in

[pg: 5]

[1:] the water but it is scarsely
[2:] doing me any good ~

[3:] At 1 P.M. I made an injection
[4:] of olive oil, hot water & soap, and
[5:] it worked out very dark green
[6:] with some costiveness, it allayed
[7:] the pain only for an hour &
[8:] recommenced, I left off sucking
[9:] any sweet lemon or oranges, it
[10:] may perhaps be from it; I only
[11:] took a half cup of very weak
[12:] broth at 3 P.M. ~ The pain
[13:] however kept killing me until
[14:] the evening, when Alexander
[15:] went to tell Nezam ed Din
[16:] of my state & sufferings; He
[17:] prescribed me 4 packets of
[18:] morphine & cocaine to be taken
[19:] every two hours, I applied hot
[20:] formulation & Linseed poultice
[21:] but did not allay the pain
[22:] ; the morphine & cocainI became
[23:] did not also do much good
[24:] and sleep is impossible ~

11
Thurs

[25:] At 2 ¼ AM I took the 3d
[26:] dose of morphia & cocain, and
[27:] I immediately vomited it & the
[28:] water which I had taken as
[29:] Broth, milk etc but again

[pg: 6]

1904
Feby

[1:] it is bitter & souer ~ I felt
[2:] no relief after it. At 6 AM
[3:] I took the 4th dose & soon
[4:] after the pain ceased but
[5:] I got giddy drowsy & I took
[6:] then few spoons of milk &
[7:] felt very well & relieved
[8:] I could not rise my head,
[9:] Nezam ed Din wanted to have
[10:] an other consultation with
[11:] Dr. Bride
[12:] him, but he said that he
[13:] cannot come today as he has surgery operation to do.
[14:] Sister Medula, Antone
[15:] & his son Joory called to see me ~

[16:] Telegram from Basreh
[17:] yesterday announces that
[18:] Cholera is there, a man coming
[19:] from Bahrein got it there
[20:] himself & his family on
[21:] their way, he lost his family
[22:] at Basreh, quarantine
[23:] been established at Garmat
[24:] Ali, & the vessels arriving
[25:] from Basreh have to mak
[26:] 5 days quarantine at Gherrara.

[pg: 7]

[1:] I received interest on my
[2:] money 900 £ placed with
[3:] the Nawab Agha Mahomed
[4:] against the mortgage of his
[5:] garden at Kadumain of
[6:] three months @ 9%=20 ¼ Liras
[7:] from his brother Agha Ibrahim
[8:] which is due on 17th Feby
[9:] (or 4 Feby old style).

[10:] The S.S. Khalifah left this
[11:] morning for Basreh ~

[12:] Sister Emilia, Terrooza
[13:] my niece called to see me,

[14:] I sent Alexander out to my
[15:] new house to plant some trees
[16:] in the garden, he planted some
[17:] Roses, Peaches, Apple & Prun
[18:] young trees he bought from
[19:] Mahomed el Jassim my neighbour.

[20:] I feel alright no pain
[21:] at all & am taking nothing
[22:] but some jelly, a little milk
[23:] & a little cognac with water
[24:] occasionally ~ But
[25:] I could not sleep at night
[26:] for want of nourishment

[pg: 8]

1904
Feby
12
Frid
Th 6.47

[1:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[2:] Very mild~

[3:] The S.S. Ressafah left this
[4:] morning for Basreh ~

[5:] I feel well, no pain
[6:] but weakness, I am taking
[7:] no medicine at all, and
[8:] only the jelly & milk ~

[9:] Rezooki Andria called to see
[10:] me ~ I went to my room to
[11:] shave at noon, but nearly
[12:] fainted from weakness &
[13:] being so thin but skin & bone

[14:] The Residency Subidar
[15:] of Sepoy guard who was lost
[16:] on the night of the 28 ulto &
[17:] no trace been found of him
[18:] in spite of the vigorous searches
[19:] made by the Turkish Detectives
[20:] His body has been found
[21:] last night, stabbed about
[22:] a dozen times & buried in
[23:] a Khan at the Owena quarter
[24:] where Paraffin is kept and
[25:] a Watchman an Afghan
[26:] who watches there. It is
[27:] reported that, three men
[28:] (Indians x Afghans) and a

[pg: 9]

[1:] Woman carrying the dead
[2:] body came at night to
[3:] this Watchman asking
[4:] him to let them stop in the Khan
[5:] with their sick mother until
[6:] the morning when they will
[7:] take her to the doctor, the
[8:] Watchman objected firmly,
[9:] but after much persuasion
[10:] he let them come in, and
[11:] as soon as they were inside,
[12:] they drew their arms and
[13:] thretened to kill the Watchman
[14:] if he says anything and
[15:] they dug a grave & burried
[16:] the Subidar in it, and
[17:] they left; The body was
[18:] brought this morning to
[19:] the Residency Doctor’s house
[20:] and and examined by Dr.
[21:] Con also Nizam ed Din the
[22:] Municipality doctor,
[23:] They say that the cause of his
[24:] murder is in connection with
[25:] his going after young boys, &
[26:] that the Kawas Kheder &
[27:] the fair boy the son of Dowd

[pg: 10]

1904
Feby

[1:] Messeyeh are connected in
[2:] it and they have already
[3:] been imprisoned ~ I heard
[4:] since the truth of the story,
[5:] that the murderers are
[6:] the whole guard of Sepoys
[7:] (24 of them) have perpetrated
[8:] the deed in their barack
[9:] (the Residency stable
[10:] behind Lynch’s Khan)
[11:] that same night in which
[12:] he disappeared & after
[13:] having stabbed him with
[14:] beynots & daggers etc, they
[15:] carried the body to the beach
[16:] & took a goffa & went down
[17:] & landed at the beach of
[18:] the Nawab Ikbalood Dowlehs
[19:] house where the new
[20:] Residency is getting built
[21:] now & landed & went to
[22:] the Khan of the Paraffin
[23:] & buried it there; Among
[24:] the Sepoys there is one who
[25:] is the Nephew of the Subidar
[26:] who took part in the murder &
[27:] he is the man who divulged
[28:] the secret to Major Newmarch
[29:] It appears that the

[pg: 11]

[1:] Sepoys used to hate their
[2:] Officer & had animosity against
[3:] him for being treated badly
[4:] by him; It is not true
[5:] about the Kowas Kheder
[6:] or the son of Dowd Messeyeh
[7:] being imprisoned ~

[8:] Artin my nephew called
[9:] on us in the evening ~

[10:] The SS. Phrat arrived at
[11:] Gherrara today to make
[12:] the 5 days quarantine, but
[13:] there are no further cases of
[14:] supposed Cholera at Basreh,

[15:] I got the wind working in,
[16:] my stomach at 5 P.M. and
[17:] gradually increased so much
[18:] that at 9 I had to take the
[19:] dose of Cocain + Morphine
[20:] it allayed it very little and
[21:] I was restless all the fore
[22:] part of the night;

13
Satur

[23:] At 2 am. I took some Jelly
[24:] & some cornflower & slept
[25:] better, the pain had gone,

[26:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[27:] I took a dose of Bismuto Magnesium

[pg: 12]

[1:] I sent a telegram today
[2:] to Rezooki Sayegh Basreh,
[3:] asking him to send me
[4:] up two fine vines of the
[5:] black grapes by Mejidieh
[6:] for my house outside,

[7:] At 1 P.M. Alexander Marie
[8:] & the little Cecil went in a
[9:] carriage out to my new
[10:] house to spend the day
[11:] taking with them Sister
[12:] Medoola, my nieces Alice
[13:] & Harriette, I sent with Alexander
[14:] some slips of flower plants
[15:] as Jassmine, Rose, Diflek from
[16:] Artin to plant there ~

[17:] I hear that news came
[18:] yesterday that war has
[19:] been declared today between
[20:] Russia & Japan, on account
[21:] of Russia’s encroachment
[22:] on Manchuria & Corea,

[23:] I have very slight pain
[24:] of wind in stomach,
[25:] I am taking some jelly,
[26:] & milk & a little corn flower
[27:] but my mouth is very
[28:] tastless & am very
[29:] weak, I am walking out

[pg: 13]

[1:] a little but cannot stand
[2:] long, I shoved a piece of
[3:] soap up the anus, but nothing
[4:] came out except a little
[5:] blood from strening ~

[6:] At 4 P.M. the wind came on
[7:] & working up to my stomach
[8:] begun to pain me & kept so
[9:] increasing, I begun to use
[10:] very hot poultesses of Linseed
[11:] but did no good, I took
[12:] then a few spoons of rice soup
[13:] still it kept increasing
[14:] At 9 I took a dose of the morphine
[15:] & cocain after an hour
[16:] it soothed the pain & I slept
[17:] I awoke at 11 & felt myself
[18:] very well & refreshed & I slept again ~

14
Sund
Thu6. 48

[19:] At 1 1/2 AM I awoke and
[20:] soon after I begun to feel so
[21:] weak & giddy & fainting
[22:] from weakness I became
[23:] cold & unable to move my
[24:] hand I sung out to my
[25:] wife to come to me, & I
[26:] could not lift my head

[pg: 14]

1904
Feby

[1:] the noise & wind working
[2:] in my stomach & intestines
[3:] was awful, & my bowels
[4:] worked under me without
[5:] my consciousnes, Alexander
[6:] came also to me & they
[7:] gave me Brandy & water
[8:] but I was too weak my eyes
[9:] could not be opened and
[10:] then I felt inclined to vomit
[11:] and so I did a good quantity
[12:] of dark red & I examined
[13:] it & found it must be blood
[14:] with it & coagulated pieces
[15:] of Albumen which frightened
[16:] me & made me worse
[17:] I felt better afterward and
[18:] had a good rest, but unable
[19:] to move up my head ~

[20:] The SS. Mejidieh arrived
[21:] at Gherrarah yesterday evening
[22:] & the Comet was sent down
[23:] & brought the mail up
[24:] at 11 P.M. last night ~

[25:] I sent Alexander to
[26:] fetch Nizam ed Din. He
[27:] came at 10 AM. examined
[28:] the vomiting & could not

[pg: 15]

[1:] tell me exactly what it is, once
[2:] he said from forcing myself to
[3:] vomit, but I never did so,
[4:] then he said it is probably
[5:] from the effect of medicines
[6:] but it is not blood. He prescribed
[7:] nothing but only to have
[8:] a rest today, & not to take
[9:] much liquid stuff as
[10:] milk or soda, so as not to
[11:] cause vomiting, but only
[12:] the jelly & continue to Bismuto
[13:] Magnesium ~

[14:] Great many people called
[15:] on us today from morning
[16:] till sunset, all my sisters
[17:] & their children (except sister
[18:] Eliza who is still in bed with
[19:] diarrhea & weakness)

[20:] At 4 P.M. Again the wind
[21:] came on & worked up & the pain
[22:] increased & made me very
[23:] restless & prevented me from
[24:] sleeping, Alexander came
[25:] to sleep with us in the Oursy
[26:] I dosed off to sleep & awoke
[27:] at 11 with the pain rather
[28:] severe, so I took a dose

[pg: 16]

1904
Feby

[1:] of the Morphine Cocain and
[2:] little while after it checked
[3:] the pain & I felt well &
[4:] slept, taking little Champagn
[5:] & Brandy & Water & little
[6:] Jelly ~

15
Mond

[7:] Light N.W. & fine but
[8:] at about 7 1/2 AM it shifted
[9:] to S.W. & begun to get cloudy

[10:] I feel well & am very weak
[11:] yet;[slep]
[12:] Alexander had seen Nizam
[13:] ed Din last night to ask
[14:] him to bring with him today
[15:] Dr. Brigstock for a consultation
[16:] & he promised to do so
[17:] today; I wish to see Dr. Brigstocke
[18:] so as to explain to him
[19:] the case ~ Dr. Brigstocke
[20:] wrote to Nizam ed Din that
[21:] he will come at 3 1/2 P.M.

[22:] Sister Medoola & sister
[23:] Emilia called today, also the
[24:] french priests, shekoory Sayegh,
[25:] Rezooki Andria etc ~

[26:] I feel well & very weak,
[27:] there is very little wind in
[28:] stomach, it goes & comes,

[pg: 17]

[1:] my bowels have not worked
[2:] since four days ~

[3:] At 11 1/2 it begins to rain
[4:] drizzly & very cloudy & gloomy,
[5:] it lasted about an hour &
[6:] then breeze shifted to N.W. but
[7:] remained cloudy ~

[8:] At 3 1/2 Dr. Brigstocke and
[9:] Nizam ed Din called to see me
[10:] & consult, I related all what
[11:] took place to Dr. Brigstocke &
[12:] I have just also the pain now
[13:] in my stomach, he examined me
[14:] & pressed on it to find out
[15:] the exact place where it pains
[16:] it is just in the middle on the
[17:] navel; he saw my vomiting
[18:] of yesterday morning, he does
[19:] not consider it to be blood
[20:] or he did not think seriously
[21:] about it ~ They then went to
[22:] the other room to consult and
[23:] prescribed me three cups of
[24:] medicine to be taken three
[25:] times, this evening, tomorrow
[26:] morning & evening, it is
[27:] composed of Nux Vomica,
[28:] Belladonna & Tincture of
[29:] Cascara Sograda this is for
[30:] or Cascarilla

[pg: 18]

1904
Feby

[1:] giving appetite, preventing vomiting
[2:] & pain etc

[3:] As for my diet, I must for the
[4:] present abtain from taking
[5:] cognac, champagne, and the
[6:] Bismutho Magnesium, but
[7:] I can take only jelly with some
[8:] Milk and Lime water every 3 or 4
[9:] hours, and tomorrow morning
[10:] to inject chicken brothe with
[11:] the yoke of 2 eggs, morning &
[12:] evening; ~ I paid their fees
[13:] 1 TL. to Dr. Brigstocke x 2 Mejidie
[14:] to Dr. Nizam ed Din ~ att 4
[15:] I made an injection of hot water
[16:] soap and olive oil & bowels worked
[17:] costive & some black liquid
[18:] and also blood [strikethrough] the same
[19:] as what I had vomited yesterday
[20:] morning, I sent it to Nezam
[21:] ed Din he said that was
[22:] the remainder of what I had
[23:] vomited; I got the pain a
[24:] little at 6 P.M. I took a dose
[25:] of the Morphine and Cocain,
[26:] I could not sleep well for
[27:] want of some stimulant food,

16
Tues
Thu6. 50

[28:] Light N.W. and fine weather
[29:] I feel well and quiete no pain,
[30:] I took the bitter tonic of

[pg: 19]

[1:] Nux Vomica etc; I took some
[2:] jelly & milk, but no appetite
[3:] & I am very weak yet ~

[4:] Menusha sent me yesterday
[5:] some fruit plants from her
[6:] mother’s garden at Hwedir as
[7:] I had asked her to plant them
[8:] out in my new house ~

[9:] I injected first the hot water Soap
[10:] & oil & bowels worked very black
[11:] some costive but no blood
[12:] & then injected the broth with
[13:] the 2 yoke of eggs beatten together,
[14:] I feel well & little stronger,
[15:] taking nothing but jelly,
[16:] & some milk with Lime water,

[17:] Sister Emilia, Medoola,
[18:] Menusha & her daughter Louisa
[19:] called at noon and remained
[20:] until sunset ~

[21:] At sunset I made the two
[22:] injections as I did this morning
[23:] but it sent lots of wind up
[24:] to my intestines & stomach,
[25:] as the broth & egg one I keep
[26:] & does not get evaquated,
[27:] so I begun to get the pain and
[28:] it increased on & made me
[29:] very restless and miserable the
[30:] whole night ~

[pg: 20]

1904
Feby
17
Wedn

[1:] Light N.W. and fine weather,
[2:] the wind pain caused by
[3:] the injection yesterday, only
[4:] subsided after midnight,
[5:] and I had very little sleep,
[6:] but I feel as if I am getting
[7:] better & stronger ~
[8:] Alexander went to tell Dr.
[9:] Nizam ed Din, he told him
[10:] that I should continue the
[11:] injection of broth & eggs, &
[12:] he cannot order any other
[13:] food for me to take except
[14:] the jelly & milk ~

[15:] Alexander went out on
[16:] his Bicycle to my house with
[17:] the fruit plants of Menusha
[18:] to plant them & also to get
[19:] other Orange and Lemon trees
[20:] planted he left at 8 AM.

[21:] I got today Hassan the
[22:] Carpenter & an other one
[23:] working at home in making
[24:] for me the glass frames &
[25:] door for the two balconies
[26:] outside in my new house,

[27:] Alice, Terrooza, Antone Marine
[28:] & Tookyeh wife of Shekoory Sayegh
[29:] called on me ~

[pg: 21]

[1:] Alexander came back from
[2:] outside at noon, he has planted
[3:] the fruit trees, but not the oranges,
[4:] At 1 P.M. he went to Kadumain
[5:] in the Tram car for business he
[6:] has with a Persian;

[7:] The SS. Phrat came up from
[8:] Gherrara this evening after having
[9:] made her five days quarantine,
[10:] But as there is no cholera
[11:] at Basreh except one suspected
[12:] case of a Jewess, the quarantine
[13:] will be taken away in a
[14:] few days ~

[15:] I made no injection
[16:] of the broth & yoke of eggs, as it caused
[17:] lots of wind & pain, & I have
[18:] had no pain all the day &
[19:] was quiete ~

[20:] Johny and Artin called in
[21:] the evening also Yacoob Tessy;

[22:] Major New March got a
[23:] telegram from the Consul of
[24:] Basreh saying that the
[25:] Japanese have blown up
[26:] by Torpedoes eleven Russian
[27:] Men of War, & their troops
[28:] have marched & occupied
[29:] Seoul, the capital of Korea,
[30:] I am glad to hear this news
[31:] for Russia deserves that ~

[pg: 22]

1904
Feby

[1:] they are going too far in encroaching
[2:] on China & Korea & robbing
[3:] their countries ~

[4:] I took in the evening a dose
[5:] of the bitter mixture of Nux
[6:] Vomica, Bella Donna and
[7:] Cascara Sograda, and I
[8:] did not get the pain but very
[9:] slightly, & I only could not
[10:] sleep till midnight; I am
[11:] too weak and taking nothing
[12:] but jelly & milk with Lime
[13:] water ~

18
Thurs
Thu6. 49

[14:] Light N.W. & fine
[15:] mild weather ~

[16:] I feel too weak and unable
[17:] to walk in the room, I
[18:] took the bitter mixture &
[19:] took some jelly & milk,
[20:] Alexander went to see
[21:] Nizam ed Din, he told him
[22:] that I can take a little
[23:] soup with little rice in it
[24:] & nothing else for the
[25:] present ~

[26:] A very sensational affair
[27:] happened early this morning
[28:] at the British Residency,
[29:] A Sepoy being the nephew
[30:] of the murdered Subadar

[pg: 23]

[1:] officer who had also participated
[2:] with the Other Sepoys in the
[3:] murder & was imprisoned
[4:] & then liberated by Major
[5:] New March & returned to
[6:] duty, while on guard, he
[7:] shot dead with his Mausar
[8:] Rifle,three
[9:] two Indian Cavasses, while
[10:] they were asleep in the Residency
[11:] and then went out to the
[12:] stable where the Other Sepoys
[13:] were & shot an Other one.
[14:] making in all five, Major
[15:] New March, who heard
[16:] the report, ran out & went
[17:] to the top of the house and
[18:] through a passage bridge
[19:] over the road went to
[20:] Lynchs’ Khan overlooking
[21:] the stable, and ordered the
[22:] Sepoy to throw his rifle, the
[23:] latter did and said to the
[24:] Major that he would have
[25:] shot him too, but he has
[26:] no more cartridges, he
[27:] was ceased & chained
[28:] and an awful confusion

[pg: 24]

1904
Feby

[1:] and gathering of people took
[2:] place at that Residency Gate
[3:] the whole day the population was
[4:] stirred up, the Turkishg
[5:] government officials & Police
[6:] and toward evening the five
[7:] dead bodies were taken
[8:] to be buried by Afghans
[9:] their fellow Compatriots
[10:] as this Regiment of Sepoys
[11:] are Punjabis; and the
[12:] prisoners all, the murder
[13:] of the five Men was taken
[14:] by the Halai Beg in his
[15:] carriage & the rest of the
[16:] Sepoy prisoners 9 of them
[17:] were also marched off
[18:] to the Turkish Baracks
[19:] surrounded by Soldiers
[20:] with drawn beyonets to
[21:] be put under arrest there,

[22:] My sisters Emilia & Medoola
[23:] came to see me this morning,
[24:] and in the afternoon my
[25:] Sister Eliza with Regina
[26:] her daughter also came,
[27:] Eliza has not been to my
[28:] house since Cecile was

[pg: 25]

[1:] born 18 months ago, she was
[2:] always unwell & in bed,

[3:] I had to make an enema
[4:] & worked my bowels which
[5:] came out natural & costive
[6:] I got little pain toward
[7:] evening, it is from the stomach
[8:] being empty, I feel too weak,
[9:] and could not sleep at
[10:] night until 12 A.M. ~

19
Frid
Th 6.49

[11:] Light N.W. & fine Weather,
[12:] The S.S. Mejidieh came up from
[13:] Gherrarah last night at 5 PM.
[14:] after completing her 5 days
[15:] Quarantine ~

[16:] I feel well with no pain
[17:] but I am very weak & have
[18:] no appetite yet, I am only
[19:] taking jelly, milk or a very
[20:] little rice soup at noon;
[21:] & I felt well all the day.~

[22:] Carpenters are still Working in
[23:] making the frame for the two
[24:] Balconies outside ~

[25:] Alexander is laid in bed with
[26:] fever having cought cold
[27:] When in Tramway from Kadumain

[pg: 26]

1904
Feby

[1:] I took some jelly & the milk
[2:] for my dinner, I feel very
[3:] hungry & very weak ~
[4:] I cannot get to sleep, at
[5:] 9 ½ I took a very little Brandy
[6:] & water but it caused
[7:] much pain & wind & so
[8:] increased that I was unable
[9:] to sleep, I had to take some
[10:] of the effervescent Citrate of
[11:] Magnesia at Midnight
[12:] & it calmed the pain, I
[13:] then slept for four hours,

20
Satur
The 6.47

[14:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[15:] I feel well & no pain but
[16:] very weak, I took a cup of
[17:] warm milk in the morning.

[18:] The S.S. Mejidieh left
[19:] this morning ~

[20:] Alexander is alright &
[21:] left for his office ~

[22:] Sister Medoola and
[23:] Emilia & Rezooki Andria
[24:] called to see me,~

[25:] The pain came on in my
[26:] Stomach at about 11 AM.

[pg: 27]

[1:] & increased, I took very little
[2:] rice soup at noon & little
[3:] jelly, it allayed it, but again
[4:] it commenced, it is an Other
[5:] sort of pain, it is making
[6:] me feel sick & shivers me
[7:] & I am so shaky & chilled
[8:] no Wind is passing down
[9:] & my bowels did not work
[10:] since the day before;

[11:] Alexander has been to see
[12:] Dr. Brigstocke & Dr. Nizam ed
[13:] Din & both told him to keep
[14:] to my usual diet for the present
[15:] & the use of the bitter medicine
[16:] of the Nux Vomica, Bella donna
[17:] & the Cascara Sograda, but
[18:] I can take very little Champagne,

[19:] I got the pain strongly from 4
[20:] P.M. till 8 ~ at 5 I made an injection
[21:] of hot water & opafil, it worked
[22:] little costive & natural Colour
[23:] still the pain & wind continued
[24:] I took a dose of the bitter mixture
[25:] & then took at 7 some jelly and
[26:] hot milk as my dinner but
[27:] it did not go altogether ~

[pg: 28]

1904
Feby

[1:] At 8 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
[2:] arrived, I received a letter from
[3:] Rezooki Sayegh ~

[4:] At 9 PM. I had to take some
[5:] of the effervecent Citrate of magnesia
[6:] to alley the pain & then I felt
[7:] better & slept very soundly
[8:] then any other night, I woke
[9:] at 1 ½ AM took some jelly
[10:] & milk & slept again ~

21
Sund
Th6.49

[11:] Light N.W. & fine
[12:] weather, I feel better & stronger
[13:] than before & have no pain,

[14:] I took a cup of milk
[15:] & tea & a piece of dried bread,

[16:] Alexander Marie & my wife
[17:] went to Church ~ visitors
[18:] called on us, Monseig J. Drure
[19:] & his secretary Père Augustin,
[20:] Père Thomas & Père Louis,
[21:] Yacoob Oussy Shekoory Sayeh
[22:] Artin my nephew & Dowd
[23:] Gazala etc, also sister
[24:] Medoola & her husband

[25:] I went out to my other room
[26:] for a walk & feel well &
[27:] stronger, I have got no

[pg: 29]

[1:] pain or wind in stomach
[2:] today, & feel better appetite,
[3:] In the evening I took also
[4:] some rice soup, & feel well
[5:] & quiete ~

[6:] Rezooki Sayegh tells me in
[7:] his letter that there has been
[8:] altogether eight cases of
[9:] Cholera or something like it
[10:] & three were fatal ~

[11:] One of the two Turkish
[12:] Senyeh steamers* under
[13:] construction at Basreh is
[14:] finished & launched and
[15:] a tryel trip took down the
[16:] river with success, and
[17:] in a fortnight will proceed
[18:] up to Baghdad ~

[19:] I took in the evening some
[20:] rice soup & jelly ~ At 9 P.M.
[21:] I got a little wind & pain,
[22:] I took some cold milk &
[23:] jelly & it sent it down.

22
Mond

[24:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[25:] I got up at midnight &
[26:] felt hungry, so I took

[pg: 30]

1904
Feby

[1:] a little more milk & jelly,
[2:] & turned in I slept well,
[3:] At 4 ½ AM I felt that my
[4:] bowels want to work, and
[5:] it did mild & natural
[6:] this is the first time it worked
[7:] without an Enema since
[8:] more than a month; I
[9:] felt better; In the morning
[10:] I took a cup of the bitter
[11:] mixture ~ I could not take
[12:] the soup of rice at noon with
[13:] appetite, I feel rather sick
[14:] but am alright & very weak

[15:] I sent & got some flower
[16:] plants of chrisanthemns &
[17:] strawberry etc from Monseig
[18:] J. Drures garden,

[19:] At 1 P.M. my wife Alexander
[20:] the Blacksmith with my
[21:] old Pump repaired & the
[22:] Carpenter Selman & some
[23:] more plants etc all went
[24:] down in the goffa to my
[25:] new house to fix the
[26:] Pump in the Well and

[pg: 31]

[1:] plant trees etc, & to see the
[2:] rooms & return in the
[3:] evening;

[4:] Adoola my cousin & Père Anastas
[5:] called to see me ~

[6:] I have no inclination to eat
[7:] anything, but my stomach
[8:] is tranquil & quiete, the taste
[9:] in my mouth is still flat &
[10:] acrid & changeable ~

[11:] The weather is getting very
[12:] mild & pleasant, I walked
[13:] out to my room, but am too
[14:] weak to stand on my legs,

[15:] Tooza the widow of Georgis
[16:] Asfar is getting worse she
[17:] suffers besides her different
[18:] complaints & strict diet on
[19:] milk alone since two years,
[20:] from the effect of a wasp sting
[21:] on her foot since two months
[22:] & by applying different medicines
[23:] it has taken the form of a
[24:] bad ulcer & now they say
[25:] it is a gangrane, her blood
[26:] being poisoned & the Agony
[27:] is fearful which will soon
[28:] terminate her life ~

[pg: 32]

1904
Feby

[1:] At 5 ½ P.M. my wife came back
[2:] on the donkey & Alexander
[3:] on his Bicycle from my house,
[4:] The Pump is fixed in the
[5:] Well, but it does not give
[6:] sufficient water to irrigate
[7:] the garden ~

[8:] I took some rice soup in
[9:] the evening & feel well
[10:] taking also a cup of the bitter
[11:] mixture;

23
Tuesd
Th 6.49

[12:] Light N. W. & fine
[13:] weather, ~ I had slight pain
[14:] of wind in stomach last night
[15:] but soon passed away on
[16:] taking some milk, jelly etc,

[17:] Sister Medula & Rezooki
[18:] Andria, & sister Emilia called
[19:] on me; ~ I feel better & stronger
[20:] today; I only took a little
[21:] rice soup at noon & some
[22:] jelly & arrowroot; also some
[23:] oranges ~ Alexander went
[24:] to see Nizam ed Din & he
[25:] told him to keep still to my
[26:] present diet, or I may chew
[27:] & suck a piece of cutlet,
[28:] or take a half boiled egg
[29:] until 3 or 4 days hence,

[pg: 33]

[1:] and to continue the bitter
[2:] mixture ~

[3:] Hassan & Selman the Carpenter
[4:] finished today their work after
[5:] six days making the two
[6:] frames with doors of the two
[7:] Balconies and two Bedsteads

[8:] The day has been nice and
[9:] mild with a light N.W. breeze

[10:] I took the rice soup for dinner
[11:] & little Arrowroot etc ~

[12:] At night I felt very hungry, and
[13:] took some jelly, milk & Arrowroot.

24
Wedn
Th.6.54

[14:] Light S. Ely & cloudy
[15:] I feel well & better than before;

[16:] Kerop Agha Kouyoumjian
[17:] the Armenian merchant of
[18:] Constantinople died suddenly
[19:] last night, ~

[20:] Antone Marine his wife, Ellen
[21:] & Gabriel called to see me,

[22:] I wrote letter to Rezooki
[23:] Sayegh & to Rezooki Angoorly
[24:] asking him to send me some
[25:] Kit, or Tubs & Coir matting

[pg: 34]

1904
Feby

[1:] I took today with my rice
[2:] soup at noon a small piece
[3:] of boiled fish for the first
[4:] time since forty days & found
[5:] it most delicious & nice

[6:] At 8 P.M. it blew fresh S.E.
[7:] with dark clouds & thunder
[8:] & it rained drizzly for about
[9:] 1/2 hour ~

[10:] The funeral of Kerop Effendi
[11:] Kouyoumjian passed our
[12:] house at 3 P.M. to the Armenian
[13:] Orthodox Church where his
[14:] body was also interred;

[15:] I took for dinner the rice
[16:] soup & also some boiled
[17:] cold fish which I ate with
[18:] great appetite; At night
[19:] I took twice milk & jelly
[20:] but I was puffed up &
[21:] had much wind in
[22:] stomach but no pain,
[23:] It blew fresh S.E.wind

25
Thursd

[24:] Modt. S. Ely wind
[25:] and fine weather,

[26:] The SS. Khalifah left
[27:] this morning ~

[pg: 35]

[1:] Weather became very cloudy &
[2:] dusty overcast ~

[3:] My bowels worked by putting a
[4:] piece of soap & came out natural
[5:] & mild ~ I took the rice soup
[6:] & a little boiled meat for breakfast,
[7:] but I feel still very weak
[8:] although I can walk out to
[9:] my room & feel always hungry,

[10:] I took for dinner the rice
[11:] soup & very small piece of
[12:] boiled meat, I took a
[13:] little Arak & water but
[14:] caused much wind and
[15:] pain, but passed away
[16:] afterward ~

[17:] S. Ely breeze & fine
[18:] night, moon of Zelhejjeh
[19:] 9 days old ~

[20:] The Arak & then the rice
[21:] soup & little meat caused me
[22:] much wind pain & noise
[23:] all the night ~ At midnight
[24:] I took little milk & jelly
[25:] still the pain did not go.
[26:] The wind had caused
[27:] with noise & pricking;

[pg: 36]

1904
Feby
26
Friday
Th.6. 53

[1:] Ely breeze & fine weather.
[2:] I feel stronger, & my bowels
[3:] worked mild & the
[4:] wind is passing away;

[5:] Sister Emilia called to see
[6:] me ~ the pain of the wind
[7:] came again troubling me
[8:] much, I took this morning
[9:] a cup of the bitter mixture of
[10:] Nux Vomica, Bella Donna
[11:] & Cascara, but it does not
[12:] agree with me, it stirres my
[13:] appetite & taste in mouth,
[14:] The receipt of this tonic is
[15:] Cascara Sograda 10. grammes
[16:] Teintr de Nux Vomica 2..50 Do-
[17:] Eau de Menth _ 3 tas a cafe’
[18:] Teintr de Belladonna 30 gouttes,

[19:] I got 10 Plants from Moadem
[20:] where I sent Juma the Coolie
[21:] to get me 4 Portugal, 2 Naringhi,
[22:] 2 Pursloin & 2 Turrisej for 158 P
[23:] . in all, & Alexander took
[24:] them in the Goffa down to
[25:] my new house to plant
[26:] them this afternoon ~

[pg: 37]

[1:] I took rice soup only for my
[2:] breakfast & little Arrowroot,
[3:] the wind still troubling me So
[4:] I took cold milk & Lime water,
[5:] which is doing good & the wind
[6:] & pain passing away, my bowels
[7:] also worked mild at 4 P.M.

[8:] I took for dinner at 7 P.M. the
[9:] rice soup with very little boiled
[10:] chicken & this did me great
[11:] harm, it did not digest and
[12:] the stomach being weak yet
[13:] could not support it, I got the
[14:] indigestion, nausea & all the
[15:] night inclined to vomit with
[16:] lots of wind, & so I suffered
[17:] the whole night, ~

27
Saturd
Th.6.54

[18:] Modte N.W. & fine weather

[19:] I suffered awfully during the
[20:] night always inclined to
[21:] vomit the rice soup, with
[22:] much wind & pain, a cramp
[23:] in stomach, I took a cup
[24:] of the bitter mixture & at 9 AM
[25:] a cup of milk with coffee,
[26:] my bowels worked very loose
[27:] like water & pain & wind
[28:] still troubling me ~

[29:] Rezooki Andria called

[pg: 38]

1904
Feby

[1:] Today being the Holy day
[2:] of Moharrem among the
[3:] Mohamedans being the
[4:] 10th of Zelhejjeh. ~

[5:] I took nothing today having
[6:] no appetite at all, except
[7:] at 3 ½ P.M. I took few spoons
[8:] of rice pudding & little
[9:] milk with Lime Water, &
[10:] I feel quiete; ~ At 6 my bowels
[11:] worked a little very loose, and
[12:] I feel it does me good ~

[13:] Tooza(Widow of Georgi
[14:] Asfar is bad, her Gangrane
[15:] on the foot is getting worse
[16:] it is turning black and
[17:] the swelling extending further
[18:] up the leg, ~

[19:] I took only some milk &
[20:] jelly for dinner & feel much
[21:] better ~

28
Sund
Th 6.50

[22:] Light N.W. & little
[23:] Cloudy; ~ I feel Alright, have
[24:] appetite, I took a cup of milk
[25:] & coffee & a warm egg; My
[26:] bowels worked freely & loose
[27:] & feel much better, My
[28:] strength too is regaining ~

[pg: 39]

[1:] My Wife, Alexander & Marie
[2:] Went to Church ~

[3:] Cecil has today completed
[4:] her eighteen months old;

[5:] Yacoob Eassayi, Fetoohi Maghak,
[6:] Johny & Artin called on us.

[7:] I took for breakfast some
[8:] boiled fish made very nice
[9:] with tomato sauce ~ also
[10:] at 3 P.M. took some more
[11:] for dinner also took about
[12:] three mouthful, with some
[13:] milk Arrowroot & Jelly ~

[14:] Sister Emilia, Alice,
[15:] Menusha & her daughter Louisa
[16:] called, also in the evening,
[17:] Antone Marine & his son
[18:] Gabriel called ~

[19:] I took small peace of boiled
[20:] fish for dinner, with some
[21:] Arrowroot, jelly & milk
[22:] but it upset me at night
[23:] & was nearly going to have
[24:] the indigestion, lots of wind
[25:] & noise all the night ~

29
Mond

[26:] Light N.W. & fine
[27:] weather ~ I feel well and
[28:] took a cupful of the bitter

[pg: 40]

1904
Feby

[1:] I took the hot milk with coffee
[2:] & an egg ~

[3:] I am preparing all my
[4:] Kit to go down tomorrow
[5:] in a Goffa to my new house
[6:] & stay there & see the Carpenter
[7:] & Masons coming to do some
[8:] more work;

[9:] Sister Medoola & Rezooki
[10:] called on us this morning;
[11:] Also Sister Eliza called this
[12:] afternoon to see me ~

[13:] I have got the Dentist
[14:] Abdulahad a Mosully to
[15:] make me two sets of false
[16:] teeth for the upper & lower
[17:] jaws & I have put them on
[18:] but I cannot stand them
[19:] they hurt my gums when
[20:] I press ~

[21:] At 6 P.M. I took some oatmeal
[22:] (porridge) & a little jelly only,
[23:] as I feel too much puffed
[24:] up, ~ my bowels also worked
[25:] this evening mild ~

[26:] At 7¾ P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
[27:] arrived, I received a letter
[28:] from Rezooki Sayegh, he
[29:] has sent me two fine

[pg: 41]

[1:] Vines of black grapes;
[2:] Roofail & the children of his
[3:] late sister Tookyeh are
[4:] coming up next time in the
[5:] Mejidieh after making the
[6:] five days quarantine at
[7:] Garmat Ali, there are no
[8:] Cholera or other sickness
[9:] every two or three day, one
[10:] dies but it is not the real
[11:] Cholera, it is like Cholernie,

[12:] I again get the indigestion
[13:] at night, With lots of wind
[14:] & nausia ~

1
Tuesd
Th6 48

[15:] Light N.W. & fine
[16:] cold morning; my bowels
[17:] worked at 3 AM briskly
[18:] I got the wind & noise & it
[19:] worked very loose; it must
[20:] be from the oatmeal I
[21:] took & a potato;

[22:] I dressed myself & got
[23:] all my Kit provisions,
[24:] furniture etc ready to
[25:] go down to my new house

[26:] The river has risen

[pg: 42]

1904
Mch

[1:] much yesterday & today;

[2:] Alexander went on his
[3:] Bicycle out early to my
[4:] new house & returned
[5:] at 7 ½ A.M. ~

[6:] I took for breakfast some
[7:] boiled fish & a piece of bread

[8:] At 1 ½ P.M. sent all my Kit
[9:] to two goffas, with a young
[10:] Calf about 8 or 9 months old
[11:] which I bought from Yacoob
[12:] Tessy for two Mejidies,
[13:] took the servants Zekki
[14:] and her brother Hanna with
[15:] me, also Juma the Coolie
[16:] carried the Kit & went down
[17:] in the goffa to land it to
[18:] my house to whom I paid
[19:] 36 P & for the 2 goffas 26 P.
[20:] Rezooki Andria came down
[21:] with me to see their house
[22:] & return on donkey ~
[23:] At 1 ¾ we started & reached
[24:] our houses at 2 1/4 ~ I
[25:] found it alright, only
[26:] some of the orange trees
[27:] about 4 are dying, I
[28:] planted the two Vines
[29:] I got from Rezooki

[pg: 43]

[1:] Sayegh at Basreh they are
[2:] fine & large, the Pump is
[3:] useless, it does not give
[4:] enough water ~ Got the
[5:] rooms cleaned & arranged
[6:] some Kit, but felt so very
[7:] tyered from weakness ~
[8:] At 4 P.M. I took some more
[9:] of the boiled fish, but felt
[10:] afterward getting puffed
[11:] up & the wind coused me
[12:] an indigestion, my bowels
[13:] worked loose, but still
[14:] the wind is troubling me,
[15:] I cannot lay down, it
[16:] chokes me; ~ At 8 I took
[17:] a Cup of the bitter Tonic of the
[18:] Nux Vomica, Bella donna &
[19:] Cascara Sograda & mint water

[20:] The weather is very fine,
[21:] mild, & fine moonlight 15
[22:] days old, ~

[23:] I had much wind all the
[24:] night & coming out to my
[25:] mouth, but I slept at 9.

2
Wedn
Th6. 44

[26:] At 2 AM my bowels
[27:] worked very loose & dyarrhia

[pg: 44]

1904
Mch

[1:] with much wind, I felt
[2:] better & slept quieter till 6
[3:] AM ~ I took the bitter Tonic

[4:] I sent my Waterman Jassem
[5:] with Kit & 60 Cevil oranges
[6:] collected from my four
[7:] trees; He came at noon
[8:] & brought me some dry
[9:] bread etc, my Wife is coming
[10:] out this afternoon ~

[11:] Regina & Eliza Tanton came
[12:] to visit me ~ I got two
[13:] Arabs for 12 Piast to irrigate
[14:] the garden from the well,

[15:] I took for breakfast
[16:] two boiled Potatoes & 2
[17:] half boiled eggs ~

[18:] Masons came to work
[19:] Alwan Khalfa & 3 boys to
[20:] dig a Balooa in the Kitchen
[21:] & make the three fireplaces
[22:] in three rooms & other work
[23:] I got a taghar of Joos also
[24:] down in a Goffa. ~

[25:] At 5 P.M. my wife and
[26:] Alexander came down in
[27:] a Goffa with some Kit and
[28:] provisions etc,

[pg: 45]

[1:] Alexander says that
[2:] Cholera is increasing at
[3:] Basreh to 7 & 8 cases daily,
[4:] the Wife of Haroon Gareh
[5:] died from it ~

[6:] My nieces Terrooza, Regina,
[7:] Louisa Harriette etc came
[8:] to call on us, they had riden
[9:] out & gone to the Tantons,

[10:] River is rising fast
[11:] since last night, the
[12:] weather is very cloudy
[13:] & light S. Ely breeze

[14:] Alexander returned at
[15:] 5 P.M. on his Bicycle,

[16:] I feel again puffed up
[17:] with lots of wind and
[18:] indigestion, although I
[19:] have not taken anything
[20:] but a sweet lemon &
[21:] an orange ~ I took nothing
[22:] in the evening, as I do not
[23:] feel inclined, & the wind
[24:] troubling me all the night

[25:] At Midnight my bowels
[26:] worked loose and

[pg: 46]

1904
Mch

[1:] with pain & wind ~

3
Thursd
Th6.50

[2:] Light S.Ely wind and
[3:] Cloudy, ~

[4:] Again my bowels worked
[5:] very loose at 6 A.M. &
[6:] with much wind;

[7:] I took a cup of Milk & Coffee
[8:] & a warm egg in the morning,

[9:] I took some rice soup
[10:] for breakfast but it caused
[11:] great pain like a cannon
[12:] ball on my stomach &
[13:] full of wind, & the wind
[14:] coming out like idigestion
[15:] I am very uneasy and
[16:] suffering pain of wind
[17:] & not inclined to eat
[18:] anything;

[19:] I got carpenters & masons
[20:] working today putting
[21:] up the frame work of
[22:] the Balcony, & a Beytoome
[23:] up on top of the house,

[24:] At 4 ½ P.M. it became
[25:] very gloomy cloudy with
[26:] loud thunder & lightning
[27:] & a heavy rain came

[pg: 47]

[1:] down it lasted for
[2:] about 2 ½ hours
[3:] & did much good ~

[4:] I felt so full & puffed up
[5:] & could not sleep. I took
[6:] a dose of the bitter mixture
[7:] but after a while at 8 P.M.
[8:] I vomited lots of liquid
[9:] sour & felt much relieved
[10:] & better, & I slept quietly,
[11:] At 9, it again thundered
[12:] & rained for about ¼ hour
[13:] & remained Cloudy dark,
[14:] My Wife also took ill
[15:] at night & got the indigestion,
[16:] her bowels opened, and
[17:] she vomited too, ~

4
Friday
Th6.54

[18:] Very light S.Ely breeze
[19:] and Cloudy all over and
[20:] dampy; ~

[21:] At 1 AM I had my bowels
[22:] worked mild & rather
[23:] billious, I felt very well
[24:] & relieved; & feel very tyred
[25:] in my legs & muscels from
[26:] the exertion I have had
[27:] here in walking up and

[pg: 48]

1904

[1:] down & this caused the
[2:] stomach getting so weak;

[3:] I took a cup of Milk, Coffee
[4:] & 2 half boiled eggs this
[5:] morning ~

[6:] We heard this morning
[7:] that poor Tooza Asfar died
[8:] last night from her long
[9:] and distressed illness,

[10:] I sent one Watchman
[11:] to town with a letter to Alexander

[12:] The S.S. Mejidieh passed
[13:] down this morning at
[14:] 5 1/2 A.M. ~

[15:] The two Jew Glaciers came
[16:] down in a Goffa to put
[17:] the panes of Coloured ones
[18:] in the Windows of the sitting
[19:] room & that of my wife
[20:] on the Canal, Alexander
[21:] wrote to me & sending me
[22:] a bottle of Champagne
[23:] & two Wild ducks which
[24:] Muttar our Arab old
[25:] Watchman shot 5 and
[26:] brought them, Alexander
[27:] is coming out this afternoon

[pg: 49]

[1:] Masons came to work
[2:] making parapets on top of
[3:] the house ~

[4:] Modte Cold N.W. Wind
[5:] and Cloudy all over, the
[6:] river isstill rising
[7:] today of About 1 foot
[8:] Clouds Clearing off a little,

[9:] I took nothing for breakfast
[10:] except two mouthfuls of
[11:] boiled fish & little Jelly and
[12:] Arrowroot & feel better by
[13:] doing so, although the wind
[14:] is working & making noise
[15:] in my stomach. ~

[16:] Alexander wrote to me at 4
[17:] P.M. saying that he could not
[18:] come out himself, on account
[19:] of having to accompany the
[20:] funeral of Tooza Asfar at
[21:] 3 1/2 P.M. to the Chaldean
[22:] Church where the body was
[23:] conveyed & she was buried
[24:] outside the town in the
[25:] Christian Cemetry. ~
[26:] I took nothing for dinner
[27:] as I do not feel inclined
[28:] the wind & diarrhea continues
[29:] My bowels worked

[pg: 50]

1904
Mch

[1:] three times today loose,
[2:] I took very little Jelly & Arrow-
[3:] root ~ My Wife again got
[4:] the indigestion at night
[5:] pain much pain, her
[6:] bowels worked five times
[7:] until after midnight

5
Satur
Th6.48

[8:] Modte N.W. Wind and
[9:] very fine cold weather,
[10:] My bowels worked Very
[11:] loose at 2 AM ~ My Wife
[12:] also is suffering from her
[13:] indigestion ~

[14:] Masons came to work
[15:] 6 persons ~

[16:] I took for breakfast some
[17:] rice soup & sucked a roasted
[18:] cutlet, with a glass of soda
[19:] water & did not feel unwell
[20:] all the day, it did me good,

[21:] At 2 P.M. Alexander came
[22:] out to us on the Bicycle, he
[23:] took tea with us, I took
[24:] some arrowroot & a cup
[25:] of milk cold & a Rusk,
[26:] & then a glass of Champagne,
[27:] I got puffed up, but no
[28:] sickness or nausea, my
[29:] bowels did not work today,

[pg: 51]

[1:] At 4 1/2 Alexander returned
[2:] to town;

[3:] Fine clear & mild weather
[4:] River is falling ~

[5:] At dinner I took only a glass
[6:] of soda water with a little of
[7:] Baghdad wine we had made of
[8:] dry raisins, & I sucked a
[9:] Cutlet, but it did me great
[10:] harm, the wind accumulated
[11:] and kept me suffering the
[12:] whole night, throwing up
[13:] an indigestible Wind & noise ~

6
Sund
Th6.46

[14:] Light N.W. breeze and
[15:] fine weather ~

[16:] I could not sleep well on
[17:] account of the wind & noise
[18:] worked in my stomach, and
[19:] my bowels worked very loose
[20:] this morning, I took a Cup
[21:] of Milk & Coffee & 2 warm
[22:] eggs ~

[23:] The S.S. Khalifah passed
[24:] up last night at 8 1/2 P.M.
[25:] At 9 Alexander sent me
[26:] in a Goffa with Muttar the Arab
[27:] some Kit also our young
[28:] Date tree pulled out from

[pg: 52]

1904
Mch

[1:] our house & I planted here
[2:] out in the Compound garden
[3:] It is the Birchy quality I
[4:] got two years ago from Basreh,
[5:] The Cholera is increasing
[6:] in Basreh as Rufail and
[7:] Rezooki write, all the Jews
[8:] have fled from town and gone
[9:] to Garmat Ali to
[10:] make Quarantine about
[11:] 1000 persons, ~

[12:] I took at 4 P.M. a cup of Milk
[13:] & Coffee & a little arrowroot
[14:] as dinner & took nothing else
[15:] in the evening, so I felt alright
[16:] & no puffing or pain, but
[17:] am full of wind which is
[18:] passing down & up easily
[19:] Weather getting bad a
[20:] light S.Ely breeze with some
[21:] clouds ~

[22:] At night I took some
[23:] arrowroot & Milk ~

7
Mond

[24:] At 1 AM my bowels worked
[25:] very loose & Costive mixed
[26:] & lots of Wind passed down
[27:] which made me feel
[28:] easiyer & better,

[pg: 53]

[1:] Weather bad, a strong
[2:] S. Ely Wind blowing and
[3:] Clouds scattered, it is a
[4:] thretening Weather;

[5:] My Wife rode into town
[6:] at 8 A.M. I sent Muttar
[7:] the Arab with her; I wrote
[8:] a letter to Rezooki Sayegh
[9:] & sent it to Alexander to be
[10:] sent down by Khalifah;

[11:] Carpenters & Masons come
[12:] to work;

[13:] A strong squal got up at 9
[14:] A.M. with very thick dust, that
[15:] one cannot see within 20
[16:] yards & became cloudy
[17:] all over & gloomy ~

[18:] At 5 P.M. Alexander Came
[19:] to me on his Bicycle to spend
[20:] the night;

[21:] Wind fell down & is
[22:] Clearing up; but it is S.East,

[23:] I felt very unwell all the
[24:] day & in the evening got worse,
[25:] the wind puffed me up & pain
[26:] & indigestion, perhaps from
[27:] eating little fowell at
[28:] breakfast & then some

[pg: 54]

1904
Mch

[1:] Plum jam etc ~ Alexander
[2:] took his dinner alone; I
[3:] could not sleep from the wind
[4:] & indigestion until midnight,

8
Tuesd
Th.6.53

[5:] S. Ely breeze & hazy
[6:] weather ~ At 3 1/2 A.M. I
[7:] had to go to the stool and
[8:] bowels worked loose with
[9:] much wind I feel relieved

[10:] We took milk & coffee with
[11:] Alexander & at 7 1/2 A.M. he
[12:] returned to town ~

[13:] Masons came to work
[14:] and one carpenter Selman
[15:] to make me two doors one
[16:] for the terrace where the
[17:] ladder is put up, & the other
[18:] for the W. Closet of the terrace

[19:] I sent our Watchman to Baghdad
[20:] for some Kit, he came back
[21:] with a letter from Alexander
[22:] sending me an Other bottle
[23:] of Champagne, this is
[24:] the sixth bottle that he
[25:] has been giving me,

[26:] Alexander says that the
[27:] rumour in town is that
[28:] four Cases of Cholera
[29:] have taken place in

[pg: 55]

[1:] Baghdad;

[2:] I took only the rice
[3:] soup for breakfast, and
[4:] a piece of toasted bread
[5:] I felt alright all through
[6:] the day, & now not so puffed
[7:] up; I took at 5 1/2 P.M. half
[8:] a Cup of hot milk & coffee with
[9:] a small piece of burnt bread
[10:] & two or three spoonfuls of
[11:] Arrowroot, & I feel much
[12:] easier & lighter. ~ I had
[13:] taken this morning a little
[14:] Pepsine powder with my
[15:] milk & coffee; I took twice
[16:] the Bismutho magnesienne,

[17:] I felt very well at night and
[18:] slept well; I took twice some
[19:] arrowroot & an orange at
[20:] night ~

9
Wedn
Th.6.54

[21:] Light S.Ely & fine
[22:] Weather; I feel very well,
[23:] I took my milk & coffee and
[24:] two boiled eggs, also some
[25:] Pepsine on the toast; and
[26:] then the Bismutho magnesienne,
[27:] My bowels worked costive,

[28:] Carpenter & Masons Came
[29:] to work ~

[pg: 56]

1904
Mch

[1:] I took for breakfast the rice
[2:] soup & one mouthful of boiled
[3:] Chicken & dry bread, I was
[4:] alright throughout the day,
[5:] At 4 ½ P.M. I took a cup
[6:] of hot milk & coffee and
[7:] a little arrowroot & dry bread

[8:] At 5 Alexander came
[9:] to me on the Bicycle; he says
[10:] that there are several cases
[11:] of Cholera among the Jews,
[12:] 5 & 6 cases daily ~
[13:] Alice is the same with a
[14:] bad typhoid fever Drs
[15:] Cose & Brigstoke are attending
[16:] she is unconscious and
[17:] no one is allowed to see her,

[18:] Light S.Ely & little cloudy
[19:] warm weather;

[20:] At 11 P.M. I took some arrowroot
[21:] with some milk & soda water
[22:] but it cause much wind &
[23:] noise & passed all down,

10
Thursd
Th.6.55

[24:] Strong wind blew at
[25:] night from N. West with some
[26:] clouds ~

[27:] At 4 AM my bowels worked
[28:] rather loose with much wind

[pg: 57]

[1:] & I felt better ~

[2:] At 6 AM the S.S. Khalifah
[3:] left & passed down;

[4:] Alexander & I took our
[5:] Milk & Coffee & boiled eggs,
[6:] And at 7 ¼ he went in
[7:] to town on his Bicycle I
[8:] sent our Watchman Jassim
[9:] with him to get me some
[10:] meat & provision;

[11:] Masons come to work
[12:] making the place for the
[13:] Hubs of Water & plastering
[14:] a small room with juss
[15:] I bought 500 more bricks
[16:] @ 600 P. per 1000;

[17:] At 10 ½ A.M. my Watchman
[18:] came with provision, Alexander
[19:] writes to me saying that
[20:] Alice is the same, the fever
[21:] is very slightly better, and
[22:] Cholera is light, yesterday
[23:] there were three cases in town

[24:] At 2 P.M. I received a note
[25:] from Alexander with a Sakka
[26:] saying that Alice is in a
[27:] very critical state and

[pg: 58]

1904
Mch

[1:] that my presence to come in
[2:] to town would be much
[3:] required, I hastened immediately
[4:] & left the two servants Zekki
[5:] & Hanna to look after the
[6:] house, & I had much difficulty
[7:] in riding, I dismounted at
[8:] Alices’ house, when I
[9:] heard that poor & beloved
[10:] Alice had expired exactly
[11:] at noon, all our relatives
[12:] were there, also my Wife,
[13:] Alexander & Marie, what
[14:] an awful state my Sister
[15:] Emilia is in, she is mad
[16:] for she used to adore her
[17:] only daughter and she alone
[18:] was her comfort & happiness,
[19:] What a blow for poor Emilia
[20:] Alice’s sickness was a severe
[21:] attack of typhoid fever
[22:] since the 1st Instant. The
[23:] day previous she had played
[24:] the Tennis at the Residency
[25:] garden & there cought a
[26:] Chill, she complained of
[27:] headache & Cold; Dr
[28:] Cose of the Residency, Dr.
[29:] Brigstocke of the English

[pg: 59]

[1:] Missionary society & Dr
[2:] Nizam ed Din where attending
[3:] her illness, which got complicated
[4:] and turned into Menengitis,
[5:] or Cerebral fever & an
[6:] inflammation of the membrane,
[7:] She was put on a strict diet
[8:] of nothing but Milk & Soda
[9:] being so delicate & weak
[10:] I went to see her body in
[11:] bed & prayed & then Kissed
[12:] her, the Nuns (sisters of
[13:] Mercy) are attending her,
[14:] Oh poor Alice she left her
[15:] fine house & furniture So
[16:] exposed, what a Cruel
[17:] death, at such a premature
[18:] age & how quick she disappeared
[19:] from among us, Every
[20:] body is sorry & lamenting
[21:] her loss; She Was born
[22:] on the 29th of Septr 1861,
[23:] When I was employed
[24:] at her father Richard Rogers
[25:] as a Clerk & Dragoman at
[26:] Maghil near Basreh when
[27:] he was English Vice Consul
[28:] for three years ~ We

[pg: 60]

1904
Mch

[1:] sent a circular to all the
[2:] European & natives to invite
[3:] them for tomorrow to
[4:] accompany the funeral to
[5:] the Latin Church at 8 AM.;
[6:] Johny & Artin are looking after
[7:] the preparation; At 5 P.M.
[8:] I came home also, my wife
[9:] Alexander & Marie, I felt so
[10:] tyred from the ride & the long
[11:] walk to my house which I
[12:] have not done yet since I
[13:] took ill on the 8 of Janry;
[14:] I took some milk & arrowroot
[15:] & feel better, my bowels are
[16:] working regular, also at
[17:] night I took some milk etc
[18:] and slept well, but interrupted
[19:] from the thought & grief of
[20:] poor Alice’s loss it seems
[21:] to me so incredible in such
[22:] a short time, she was carried
[23:] away; the last time I saw
[24:] her, when she came to see
[25:] me, I was in bed;

11
Frid

[26:] Light Ely breeze & fine,
[27:] At 7 ½ AM; we all went to
[28:] poor Alice’s house, Lots of
[29:] people came, but none

[pg: 61]

[1:] of the Europeans to accompany
[2:] the funeral except Mr. Hale
[3:] the head clerk of S. Lynch & Co
[4:] (now Acting as Agent in Mr.
[5:] Perry’s absence to London)
[6:] At 8 the funeral left headed
[7:] by all the Clergy of the Chaldean,
[8:] Armenian, Assyrian, Latin &
[9:] Greek rites in procession
[10:] to the Latin church, poor
[11:] Alice they had dressed her
[12:] with her finest & richest robes,
[13:] a gown which she had got
[14:] out from England & costed
[15:] 30 £ was put on; A high
[16:] mass was celebrated and
[17:] assisted by Monseigneur
[18:] Jean Drure, and a Requiem
[19:] Mr. & Mrs. Langridge the Agent
[20:] for D. Sasson’s house, Mr.
[21:] & Mrs. Grosse the German
[22:] Chancellier etc were at
[23:] Church; At 9 the hearse
[24:] was taken & also accompanied
[25:] by many people to the Carriage
[26:] with 6 or 7 Other Carriages
[27:] for the people & was conveyed

[pg: 62]

1904
Mch

[1:] outside Bab el Sherghi to the
[2:] English Cemetry & interred
[3:] alongside of her husband Captn
[4:] Clements grave, Major New-
[5:] March & a few other Englishmen
[6:] were there present, I could
[7:] not go out & had to come
[8:] home being very tyred and
[9:] weak, At 2 P.M. went to Sister
[10:] Emilia, who is so grieved and
[11:] mad for this blow, ~

[12:] Weather cloudy & overcast,
[13:] I took for dinner some soup &
[14:] a piece of Cutlet & Potatoes,
[15:] taking the Pepsine & then the
[16:] Bismutho Magnesienne &
[17:] feel well; I had sent
[18:] Alexander out to my new house
[19:] to lock everything & send the
[20:] two servants to town at
[21:] 2 P.M. which he did

[22:] At 9 it rained drizzly
[23:] for half an hour, ~

12
Satur

[24:] Light N.W. breeze and
[25:] fine, my bowels worked mild
[26:] last night with much wind
[27:] but I was relieved ~

[28:] At 7 ½ A.M. we all went

[pg: 63]

[1:] to Church to assist at the
[2:] Requim & Mass, I came home
[3:] as I was too weak to go to Sister
[4:] Emilia twice a day the distance
[5:] is too much for me, ~

[6:] There are no cases of Cholera
[7:] some say there are two or
[8:] three cases per day, others say
[9:] there are none, & it is not the
[10:] real Asiatic Cholera, They
[11:] have established a Cordon
[12:] all around the stations of
[13:] Baghdad of 24 hours observation

[14:] I took for breakfast soup
[15:] & little boiled meat and
[16:] some boiled fish & Potatoes,
[17:] & some Cherry Jam, and
[18:] the Pepsine & the Bismutho
[19:] magnesienne; and felt no
[20:] derangemens, ~ At 2 P.M.
[21:] I went to Sister Emilia, where
[22:] my sisters Eliza & Medoola
[23:] & my nieces & nephews also
[24:] Menusha & others were there
[25:] I returned at 4, & took some
[26:] boiled fish & some Milk
[27:] with a rusk & Pepsine ~

[28:] The S.S.Phrat arrived at

[pg: 64]

1904
Mch

[1:] 2 ½ P.M.~ Weather Cloudy

13
Sund

[2:] Light N.W. breeze & fine
[3:] pleasant Weather;

[4:] At 7 ½ AM we went to Church
[5:] & then after the Requim, we
[6:] went to Sister Emilia, at
[7:] 11 I came home, I took for
[8:] breakfast some rice soup
[9:] & boiled fish & a little Arrowroot,
[10:] with the usual Pepsine & the
[11:] Bismutho Magnesienne &
[12:] felt Alright, Yesterday in
[13:] the evening I took a little
[14:] Arak & water for the first
[15:] time & felt better ~
[16:] Antone Marine called on us
[17:] at 3 P.M. ~ I took at dinner
[18:] little Arak, & the soup and
[19:] some stewed potatoes & meat
[20:] with two spoons of Pilaw and
[21:] the arrowroot with some Citron
[22:] Jam, but I had taken too
[23:] much & so I was puffed
[24:] up & full of wind, & having
[25:] turned in at 8 so early I
[26:] suffered the indigestion
[27:] all the night the wind
[28:] troubled me awfully,

[pg: 65]

[1:] at 11 I awoke with much
[2:] wind & pain, my belly is
[3:] full & hard, ~

14
Mond

[4:] At 3 AM I was obliged to Vomit
[5:] all the dinner which had
[6:] remained undigested & felt
[7:] better, but the wind still
[8:] remains a little & I lost my
[9:] appetite; I took in the morning
[10:] the bitter mixture. ~

[11:] Light N.W. & fine cold morning
[12:] At 8 A.M. I called on Sister
[13:] Medoola who is unwell &
[14:] in bed; at 9 called on Sister
[15:] Emilia for an hour, & came
[16:] home prepared Kit and
[17:] provision for outside
[18:] I took breakfast some soup
[19:] & arrowroot.

[20:] At 1 ½ P.M. I went down
[21:] in the Goffa taking only the
[22:] boy Hanna With me, I
[23:] had the Masons today working
[24:] in plastering rooms with
[25:] juss & building up the
[26:] wall separating my house
[27:] from Sister Medoola,

[28:] I took for dinner boiled
[29:] fish only & bread &
[30:] felt alright, I slept

[pg: 66]

1904
Mch

[1:] in the little room over the
[2:] door on the river & was quiete
[3:] all the Night ~

[4:] River is rising a little ~

14
Tuesd
Th.6 48

[5:] Light N.W. & Cloudy
[6:] a little & cold ~

[7:] At 6 ¾ AM the S.S. Phrat
[8:] passed down ~

[9:] Masons came to work
[10:] Alexander sent me my papers
[11:] & letters from R. Sayegh & Rezooki
[12:] Angoorly for Mejidieh ~

[13:] Antone Marine & his son
[14:] Gabriel came out on horse
[15:] back to see the garden of
[16:] Farhat where they intend
[17:] to encamp, they came to
[18:] see me; ~ Yousif Eassayi
[19:] & Rafooli Tanton called to
[20:] see me ~

[21:] I got upset in my stomach
[22:] it again got puffed up with
[23:] wind & pain from the
[24:] heavy breakfast I ate
[25:] too much fish, I cannot
[26:] breath, so ful of wind
[27:] & nausea; ~ I could not
[28:] touch any food at all and

[pg: 67]

[1:] had to lay down in bed at
[2:] 6 P.M. & always inclined to vomit
[3:] with a cholic pain till 8 P.M.
[4:] when I vomited my breakfast
[5:] & was still restless with pain
[6:] & wind until 9 when I again
[7:] vomited all the rest of my
[8:] food of soup & fish and
[9:] then I felt quiet & slept well
[10:] till 12 I awoke & took a
[11:] cup of cold milk & soda
[12:] water & slept easy till day
[13:] break; I had abused myself
[14:] in eating too much fish &
[15:] the stomach could not
[16:] support it ~

16
Wedn

[17:] Light S.Ely or Calm,
[18:] Cloudy all over, overcast &
[19:] dampy ~ I took a cup
[20:] of milk & Coffee, & 2 warm
[21:] eggs, with Pepsine ~

[22:] Masons came to work;
[23:] Mr. Giulietti’s family came
[24:] down today to live in one of
[25:] Rafooli Tanton’s house
[26:] for two months at 4 Liras
[27:] per month ~

[28:] I took for breakfast a
[29:] piece of roasted Cutlet &
[30:] ½ a Potato boiled and

[pg: 68]

1904
Mch

[1:] that is all; I took the Pepsine
[2:] & then the Bismutho magnesium,
[3:] Modte S. Ely freshening
[4:] up & clouds breaking
[5:] the family of Asfars, Jeboory &
[6:] his wife & two children Yousif,
[7:] Georgi Asfar & his sister Harriette
[8:] came out today to stay
[9:] in their house ~

[10:] Fresh S. Ely wind blowing
[11:] & cloudy overcast ~

[12:] I received a letter from
[13:] Alexander this evening,
[14:] saying he could not come
[15:] out to me this evening as
[16:] tomorrow it is to be celebrated
[17:] the 7th day of poor Alice’s
[18:] death, He says that
[19:] yesterday three cases of
[20:] cholera took place in town,

[21:] I took as dinner some
[22:] arrowroot & milk and
[23:] soda & a piece of dry bread
[24:] only & feel alright;
[25:] At midnight I took a cup of
[26:] milk, but it made lots of wind
[27:] & noise ~

[28:] Blowing fresh S. Ely all
[29:] the night & cloudy ~

[pg: 69]

17
Thursd
Th6. 60

[1:] Strong S. Ely wind and
[2:] cloudy weather ~

[3:] At 4 AM my bowels worked
[4:] as ordinary with much wind,

[5:] I took in the morning a cup
[6:] of milky coffee & 2 boiled eggs,

[7:] Masons came to work,
[8:] I wrote a letter to Blockey today
[9:] by Damascus Post, informing
[10:] him of poor Alice’s death,
[11:] my illness, & the death of
[12:] poor Takoohy too & sent it
[13:] to Alexander with the watchman

[14:] I took for breakfast rice soup
[15:] & a piece of boiled meat, also a
[16:] piece of cutlet & a potato, &
[17:] then few spoons of Leben,
[18:] using the Pepsine, & then the
[19:] Bismutho magnisienne, I feel
[20:] alright & no puffing or wind
[21:] to speak of ~

[22:] Weather became very dusty,
[23:] not able to see the other side
[24:] of the river, or 20 yards distant,

[25:] At 2 P.M. my wife Marie
[26:] & Cecil with the servant
[27:] Habooba came out in the
[28:] carriage, Alexander is left
[29:] to lock every place and
[30:] see the Indian watchman

[pg: 70]

1904
Mch

[1:] Abdulrahim who I have
[2:] engaged at 14 Besh per month
[3:] to look after the house
[4:] as Marie was very frightened
[5:] today & nearly fainting
[6:] from the news of the Cholera
[7:] in town, there are few cases
[8:] three Christians also died
[9:] from cholera yesterday &
[10:] the day before; At 5 ½ A.M.
[11:] Alexander came on the bicycle,
[12:] he locked every place in the
[13:] house & left the Indian watchman,
[14:] Our servants the cook Jejoo
[15:] & Zekki also came with
[16:] some kit in a Goffa ~
[17:] Alexander says that there
[18:] are few cases of cholera,
[19:] but those few that got
[20:] attacked were carried away
[21:] in a very short time as
[22:] Dr Nizam ed Dim told him

[23:] Weather clouded up & became
[24:] fine, with a light N. W.
[25:] breeze;

[26:] I took at dinner a plate of soup
[27:] & a rusk & some apricot jam
[28:] & felt well, I had also taken
[29:] a little arak & water, & slept
[30:] well ~

[pg: 71]

18
Frid
Th6.55

[1:] Light N.W. & fine weather,

[2:] At 5 ½ AM. The S.S. Mejidieh
[3:] passed down ~

[4:] I took a cup of milk & coffee & two
[5:] half boiled eggs & some jam.
[6:] I feel better than any other
[7:] day; Alexander did not go to
[8:] town, & we put every thing to
[9:] right in the rooms

[10:] Masons come to work in
[11:] plastering the walls of the
[12:] verandah & other places;

[13:] At 10 ¾ AM the S.S. Mossul
[14:] passed up taking the opposite side
[15:] the river has risen altogether
[16:] about 4 feet;

[17:] I took for breakfast some rice
[18:] soup & a piece of cutlet & a potato
[19:] & feel alright ~

[20:] Alexander went to town at
[21:] 1 P.M. on his bicycle & came
[22:] out at 5 for business ~

[23:] Mad Guilietti, Saoody
[24:] Farhat, Mons; Rouet with
[25:] Rafooli Tanton & his sisters
[26:] called on us today ~

[27:] Light N.W. & fine weather,

[28:] At 5 ½ P.M. feeling hungry I
[29:] took a cup of hot milk & coffee,
[30:] & some arrowroot & jam, but
[31:] it was too much to support
[32:] it & I felt unwell again

[pg: 72]

1904
Mch

[1:] My stomach got puffed up &
[2:] much wind & pain came
[3:] on; In the evening Antoine Guilietti
[4:] called, & I took some arak &
[5:] soda water, at dinner I only
[6:] took a little soup but it made
[7:] me feel worse, & the whole night
[8:] I suffered from much wind
[9:] & indigestion & always inclined
[10:] to vomit & could not sleep
[11:] till two hours after midnight,
[12:] I was so upset & the wind so
[13:] full in my belly that I felt so
[14:] weak & sick ~

19
Satur

[15:] Light S. Ely wind &
[16:] fine ~

[17:] Holy day of St Joseph
[18:] my patron ~ I slept from 2
[19:] till 5 ½ AM. I feel so weak
[20:] from last nights suffering,

[21:] Alexander went to town at
[22:] 7 ½ AM ~

[23:] I took nothing at breakfast except
[24:] a little rice soup & a piece of
[25:] dry bread, as I feel much upset
[26:] from last night’s suffering,

[27:] The family of Yousif Eassayi
[28:] called on us & his sister Tookyeh
[29:] wife of Shekoory Sayegh

[30:] Alexander came out at 5 P.M.
[31:] He says that there has been

[pg: 73]

[1:] No cases of cholera in town
[2:] or at Basreh for the last 5 days
[3:] as M. Giustini the
[4:] controller of the quarantine
[5:] had called on him & told him,

[6:] Alexander went in the evening
[7:] to visit Seyd Dowd the
[8:] son of the late Nakib Seyd
[9:] Selman at the Nakib’s garden,
[10:] as he got out for him some
[11:] crockery & glass table
[12:] service from Paris & cleared
[13:] them out of the Custum House
[14:] today ~

[15:] I took only some soup
[16:] at dinner & feel well with a
[17:] light stomach & slept well
[18:] & easy; at midnight I
[19:] took some arrowroot &
[20:] milk ~

20
Sund
Th 6.54

[21:] Modte S. Ely wind and
[22:] cloudy weather;

[23:] I feel very well today and
[24:] have appetite, bowels working
[25:] regular; took my milk and
[26:] coffee & 2 boiled eggs ~

[27:] Kerop Effend the lawyer & his wife,
[28:] Madm. Guilietti & Arnaldo son
[29:] of Dr Macri called on us this morning

[30:] wind fresh S. Ely & dusty
[31:] thick flying about ~

[pg: 74]

1904
Mch

[1:] Shekoory Sayegh called on us, he came
[2:] out yesterday evening to Eassays

[3:] At 0 ½ P.M. the S.S. Ressafah
[4:] passed up on the opposite side

[5:] At 2 ½ P.M. the S.S. Khalifah
[6:] passed up on opposite side;

[7:] We received the letter by the
[8:] Khalifah brought to us by our
[9:] former cook Elyeh, sent from
[10:] Roofail, Rezooki & R. Angoorly,
[11:] Rezooki writes to me to say
[12:] that cholera is decreasing
[13:] in Basreh & now & then a
[14:] few cases occurs among
[15:] the lower class; he gives me
[16:] some news of the Russo-
[17:] Japanese war, & the latter
[18:] are achieving successfully
[19:] they have destroyed about
[20:] 6 or 8 Russian men of war
[21:] & are blocking & bombarding
[22:] Port Arthur & Vladifostok
[23:] & done great damage;
[24:] In the evening Dr. Behjet son
[25:] of Nassoory Khayat, his daughter
[26:] , Tookyeh wife of Shekoory
[27:] Sayegh called ~

[28:] I took for dinner some soup
[29:] & a cutlet with potatoe etc
[30:] & I felt alright ~

[pg: 75]

[1:] Weather very cloudy with
[2:] S. Ely wind & thretening,

21
Mond
The6.58

[3:] Fresh S. Ely wind, cloudy
[4:] Had a short shower after
[5:] midnight, with thunder &
[6:] lightning; I slept well, &
[7:] took some milk & arrowroot
[8:] at midnight, but caused
[9:] much wind & noise ~

[10:] Masons came to plaster
[11:] rooms, bathroom etc ~

[12:] Alexander went to town
[13:] on his bicycle;

[14:] I took rice soup for breakfast,
[15:] & a piece of cutlet & potatoes &
[16:] some orange jam, with
[17:] the pepsin & then the bismutho
[18:] magnesienne, I felt alright,
[19:] with slight wind in stomach,
[20:] at 4 P.M. I took some arrow-
[21:] root & half cup of milk;

[22:] Weather cloudy allover
[23:] & overcast dusty hazy;

[24:] Alexander came back at
[25:] 6 P.M. ~

[26:] Antone Guilietti his wife &
[27:] sister Sophie called in the
[28:] evening; his wife & sister
[29:] were also here this morning

[pg: 76]

1904
Mch

[1:] Alexander says there are no
[2:] cases of cholera in town,

[3:] Antone Marine & his family
[4:] came down this evening to
[5:] encamp in Farhat’s garden

[6:] I took soup & a cutlet & potatoes
[7:] at dinner & feel well, with some
[8:] wind in stomach, & I slept
[9:] well;

22
Tuesd

[10:] Light S. Ely breeze & very
[11:] cloudy gloomy weather,
[12:] a short shower of rain came
[13:] down at 5 AM for 15 minutes
[14:] weather dampy ~

[15:] The SS. Mossul passed
[16:] down at 6 ½ A.M ~

[17:] Rezooki Andria came out to
[18:] see about the house & building
[19:] of a hot bath for sister
[20:] Medoola, he took tea with
[21:] us ~

[22:] Alexander went to town
[23:] at 7 ½ on his bicycle;

[24:] I took at breakfast rice soup
[25:] & a piece of cutlet & potatoes
[26:] & then some Leben, I feel
[27:] alright ~

[28:] Antone Marine called on
[29:] us in the afternoon ~

[30:] Clouds breaking up

[pg: 77]

[1:] Alexander came down in a
[2:] Goffa at 6 P.M. he brings us bad
[3:] news of the cholera, few
[4:] cases took place & some
[5:] Christians too, the wife of
[6:] Ayaar a tilkefly died, and
[7:] Antoine Jules Hubert (son
[8:] of the late Mr. Hern) being a
[9:] Doctor went to see her and
[10:] he got frightened apparently
[11:] & got a slight attack
[12:] but he is doing well, four
[13:] cases also at Babel Sheikh

[14:] Strong S. Ely wind is blowing
[15:] & very cloudy ~

23
Wedn

[16:] Strong S. Ely wind and
[17:] cloudy all over thretening
[18:] weather ~

[19:] I had a lot of wind working
[20:] in my stomach, my bowels
[21:] worked at midnight;

[22:] My wife rode in to town
[23:] at 7 ½ AM also taking
[24:] her servant Zekki with
[25:] her; ~ Alexander remained
[26:] here today ~

[27:] I wrote a letter to my friend
[28:] Mr. Bohm at Berlin of
[29:] tomorrows date by the
[30:] Damascus Post, also

[pg: 78]

1904
Mch

[1:] a letter to Rezooki Sayegh
[2:] by Khalifah leaving on
[3:] friday ~

[4:] At noon the wind Shifted to
[5:] a sharp N.W. & then it cleared
[6:] up & became fine ~

[7:] Masons working today
[8:] too plastering;

[9:] At 6 P.M. Seyd Dowd the
[10:] son of Seyd Selman Nakib
[11:] called on us from his garden
[12:] where he is staying, he is a
[13:] very nice person, well
[14:] elevated & of a simple and
[15:] affable manners, a friend
[16:] now of Alexander ~

[17:] I am so puffed up with
[18:] wind because I am eating
[19:] too much of every sweet
[20:] things; At dinner I took
[21:] soup, Cutlet Potatoes etc
[22:] & I suffered from the wind
[23:] at night, but slept well
[24:] I have a bad boil on the
[25:] back of my neck since
[26:] 6 days & lots of matter
[27:] is coming out & pains me
[28:] much ~

[pg: 79]

24
Thursd
Th.6.52

[1:] Light N.W.& fine clear
[2:] & beautiful weather ~

[3:] Alexander went to town
[4:] on his Bicycle ~

[5:] River is rising today & wind
[6:] is cold ~

[7:] Ali Beg son of Bahram Beg
[8:] our supposed robber of our
[9:] Kit & jewellery & money of my
[10:] Wife since last week has
[11:] begun to build a second
[12:] story over his little piece of
[13:] ground next & southward
[14:] of Sister Medoola’s house
[15:] & got it up in a level with
[16:] her terrace, it is a nice
[17:] little house now with the
[18:] fine little garden in it, this
[19:] piece of ground of 10 or 11
[20:] yards breadth fronting the
[21:] river which we most foolishly
[22:] left unpurchased & for the
[23:] sum of 150 Liras the length
[24:] like our 37 yards, we made
[25:] a great mistake last year
[26:] in letting it remain his
[27:] property & now we regret

[pg: 80]

1904
Mch

[1:] immensely for such a neglect,
[2:] we would have got rid
[3:] of him & his brother bad
[4:] lot as they are drunkards
[5:] and debauchers he now
[6:] overlooks both our houses
[7:] and who knows who will
[8:] hire it as he does not live
[9:] in it but it is made to be
[10:] let he must have spent
[11:] over 60 Liras more in this
[12:] last construction, & he
[13:] does not possess one Lira
[14:] as his pay & that of his brother
[15:] are not more than 3 & 2/3
[16:] Liras a month respectively,
[17:] evidently it is from our
[18:] last robbery that has now
[19:] assisted him to finish the
[20:] house ~

[21:] The new relief Sepoys
[22:] for the English Residency
[23:] 36 men in all arrived this
[24:] time by the Khalifah on Sunday
[25:] last & are on duty they relieved
[26:] the Turkish zaptyes who

[pg: 81]

[1:] were guarding the consulate

[2:] The old Sepoys (12 of them
[3:] being the implicators in the
[4:] murder of their Subadar
[5:] & the other Sepoy who had
[6:] shot & killed five others
[7:] in one morning are still
[8:] in prison at the Turkish
[9:] jail pending the arrival
[10:] of the English judges from
[11:] Constantinople to be
[12:] tryed here) the rest of them
[13:] are still on duty, but carry
[14:] no arms, all will have to
[15:] be sent down to Bombay

[16:] I ate too much today at breakfast
[17:] & in the afternoon & I got the
[18:] wind awfully full in my
[19:] stomach & intestines & suffered
[20:] much at dinner I took soup
[21:] & a piece of cutlet & made
[22:] it worse, the wind so puffed
[23:] me up that I could not breath
[24:] but it passed out later on
[25:] & I slept well ~

25
Frid
Th6. 50

[26:] Modte S. Westerly wind
[27:] blowing & cold fine weather
[28:] The SS. Khalifah passed

[pg: 82]

1904
Mch

[1:] down at 5 1/2 AM ~

[2:] I took milk & coffee & two eggs
[3:] & feel well ~

[4:] Alexander did not go to town
[5:] today ~ He went to call on Seyd
[6:] Dowd in the Nakib’s garden

[7:] At 8 the wind shifted to N.W.
[8:] blowing fresh & cold ~

[9:] Rafooli Tanton brought me
[10:] some tomato plants and
[11:] planted them in our garden;

[12:] Alexander remained & breakfasted
[13:] with Seyd Dowd; where M.
[14:] Malcon (former Russian Dragoman)
[15:] & Antoine Giulietti also were

[16:] I took at breakfast some rice
[17:] soup & cutlet & potatoes stewed
[18:] , some Arrowroot, with this
[19:] pepsin & then Bismutho magnesien
[20:] little wind & now stomach,

[21:] Shekoory Sayegh & Yousif Eassayi
[22:] called on us in evening,

[23:] The river keeps rising,
[24:] they say that it rose 6 metres
[25:] at Mosul & up Country;

[26:] I took some soup & a cutlet &
[27:] Potatoes at dinner, but the
[28:] wind still keeps puffing
[29:] my belly & intestines & troubles

[pg: 83]

[1:] me at night ~

26
Satur
Th6. 52

[2:] Light N.W. & fine
[3:] mild weather ~

[4:] Alexander went to town at
[5:] 8 AM. ~

[6:] The river is rising slowly
[7:] it is about 10 feet below the
[18:] bank ~

[9:] Rezooki Andria came out
[10:] to look afer some building
[11:] & fitting in the house of my
[12:] sister Medoola ~

[13:] Alexander came back at 10 1/2
[14:] he says that there are no cases
[15:] of Cholera in town, his mother
[16:] is coming out tomorrow in
[17:] the afternoon;

[18:] I took no Pepsin today at my
[19:] Milk & coffee nor at breakfast
[20:] & I felt better & no puffing &
[21:] so much wind in stomach
[22:] to speak of; although my
[23:] breakfast was usual

[24:] At 3 1/2 P.M Alexander &
[25:] Marie & took Rezooki Andria
[26:] with us & we went out for a
[27:] walk roaming by the road of
[28:] Gherrara through Mahomed
[29:] Said Shekhly’s gardens &
[30:] to the river & back to our
[31:] house by 4 3/4 I have not

[pg: 84]

1904
Mch

[1:] yet had such a walk Since
[2:] I got ill ~ we took tea
[3:] at 5, & Rezooki went in
[4:] to Baghdad. ~

[5:] Breeze shifted to S. East
[6:] & began to get cloudy ~

[7:] The river keeps rising
[8:] by 5, it had just got in a
[9:] level with the Canal behind
[10:] my house of Bahram Begs
[11:] garden & just getting in
[12:] the opening ~

27
Sund
Th.6.52

[13:] Strong S. Ely wind is
[14:] blowing & cloudy, since last
[15:] night, thretening squally
[16:] weather ~

[17:] River keeps rising and
[18:] the water has entered
[19:] the Canal alongside my house

[20:] The building of Yacoob
[21:] Eassayi near my house
[22:] just above it is giving way
[23:] the ground he had filled with
[24:] hearth is opening & the
[25:] rooms which he had built
[26:] on the ground are cracking
[27:] & trembling ~

[28:] I could not go to Church

[pg: 85]

[1:] at Asfars as I have an
[2:] other boil on my right face
[3:] the one behind my neck is
[4:] better & drying up; Alexander
[5:] also did not go, not feeling
[6:] well having cought cold;

[7:] Clouds clearing off but
[8:] wind strong from S. East;
[9:] It rained very little at day break

[10:] River keeps rising & the Canal
[11:] is full & running in ~

[12:] At 2 P.M. my wife Eliza
[13:] came down in a Goffa with
[14:] her servant Zekki;
[15:] It rained at 2 P.M. a little in
[16:] large drops & is cloudy with
[17:] smooth S. Ely wind;

[18:] I ate some 3 or 4 figs & 2 dates
[19:] this afternoon & caused me great
[20:] pain & much wind so puffed
[21:] up was I that I could not breath
[22:] or move about, then I took
[23:] ½ cup of tea but felt worse
[24:] much wind I passed & still it
[25:] did me no good ~

[26:] A strong squal came on
[27:] at 5 ½ the wind shifted round
[28:] to west & n,west with clouds
[29:] & thick mist all around
[30:] above & became so dark
[31:] & wind blowing very strong,

[pg: 86]

1904
Mch

[1:] The river is Still rising,
[2:] It is now about 5 feet below
[3:] the top of the bank ~

[4:] I felt so awfully unwell, my
[5:] belly is swelled up from the
[6:] wind & pain so I could not
[7:] touch any food or soup &
[8:] had to lay down in bed &
[9:] unable to sleep, At 12, ½
[10:] After midnight I vomited
[11:] all my breakfast & the
[12:] figs I had eaten & felt then
[13:] better I slept very little

[14:] The strong wind kept all
[15:] the night cold & blowing
[16:] strong;

28
Mond

[17:] Light N.W. & fine
[18:] cold weather, at 4 AM.
[19:] I had to go to the stool and
[20:] bowels worked loose, but
[21:] I feel weak

[22:] I took my milk & coffee
[23:] & two eggs;
[24:] Sent my servant
[25:] boy Hanna to Baghdad
[26:] & at 7 ½ AM I rode in as
[27:] I have business to go with
[28:] Menusha to Major Newmarch
[29:] the Consul, to take 100 Liras

[pg: 87]

[1:] for mortgage she has got
[2:] of a house for one offar,
[3:] I got home at 8, got Hanna
[4:] to make me breakfast ~
[5:] Menusha called on me to
[6:] ask when we are to go to Major
[7:] Newmarch to get the 100 Liras,
[8:] I went out to the bazaar & then
[8:] called on Mr. Rozenfeld, he
[10:] said that he is going also &
[11:] we can go now;
[12:] I met Eliahoo Dennoos he advised
[13:] me to report Agha Ibrahim
[14:] the nomad who Owes me the
[15:] money to Major Newmarch
[16:] & to write to the former that
[17:] if he does not guarantee his
[18:] brother’s debt of 900 £ that I
[19:] shall report him to Major
[20:] Newmarch ~ I then went to
[21:] take Menusha & we went to
[22:] the British Consulate, where
[23:] Rosenfeld also was, we received
[24:] the 100 £ & signed two receipts,
[25:] I spoke to Major Newmarch
[26:] regarding my claim and
[27:] the mortgage of the garden
[28:] by Agha Ibrahim & the late
[29:] brother of Agha Ibrahim,
[30:] He told me that he cannot
[31:] interfere in the matter, since

[pg: 88]

[1:] it is a mortgage of property
[2:] and has to be settled with the
[3:] Turkish Authority (but he
[4:] is mistaken I have no complaint
[5:] against the property, I only
[6:] wants him to speak to Agla
[7:] Ibrahim to persuade him
[8:] to guarantee my claim, the
[9:] same as his brother did
[10:] since he is now the adminis-
[11:] trator) and besides I must
[12:] wait until he sells the property,
[13:] so we left and I came home,
[14:] At 1 P.M. I went to see Dr.
[15:] Nizam ed Din and told him about
[16:] my state of my stomach &
[17:] the wind always after I
[18:] eat anything & of what I
[19:] had yesterday, he advised
[1:] me not to eat things which
[20:] injure my stomach and presented
[21:] me 10 wafers of quassine
[22:] to take one whenever
[23:] I feel so much wind
[24:] puffing in stomach,

[25:] I called to see sister Medoola
[26:] but she was not at home,

[27:] I have again the wind and
[28:] cholic in stomach like
[29:] yesterday ~

[pg: 89]

[1:] At 4 P.M. I went to father
[2:] Philippus and confessed, I have
[3:] not done it since the year
[4:] before last; I came home &
[5:] laid up, I could take no Soup
[6:] or anything else, I felt very
[7:] bad wind and pain and cold
[8:] shiver, I took the quassine
[9:] medicine and turned in, it seemed
[10:] to have done me good, all
[11:] the wind abated, and I slept well,

[12:] At 11 P.M. the SS. Mejidich
[13:] arrived ~

29
Tuesd

[14:] Modte S. Ely breeze and cloudy
[15:] all over, I feel very well,
[16:] took my hot milk & coffee
[17:] & 2 boiled eggs, ~ I received letters
[18:] by Jessil son of Yacoob Tessy,
[19:] from R. Sayegh & R. Angoorly

[20:] At 8 AM I called on Abdul
[21:] Jebbar Effendi; he advised me
[22:] to go and see Agha Ibrahim
[23:] myself at Kadhumain and
[24:] speak to him; also I went to
[25:] sister Medoola ~

[26:] Alexander came in to town
[27:] he has had the fever yesterday,
[28:] he went to Nezam ed Din, who
[29:] gave him an opening Medicine

[30:] I called on Menusha,
[31:] & came home at noon;

[pg: 90]

1904
Mch

[1:] We both took rice soup for
[2:] breakfast and I took a little
[3:] boiled mutton ~

[4:] I wrote to Agha Ibrahim
[5:] asking him what has he
[6:] done about the sale of his
[7:] brother’s property, as my
[8:] money the 900 £ will be due
[9:] on the 4 of May, as he had
[10:] paid me interest for 3 months
[11:] & I should like to see him,
[12:] if he lets me know what time

[13:] At 1 1/2 P.M. I called on Sister
[14:] Emilia, she is still very much
[15:] upset and the grief is impairing
[16:] her health, she cannot
[17:] forget the blow of her daughter
[18:] poor Alice’s death, there
[19:] came Menusha, her daughter
[20:] Louisa, Harriett, also Johny
[21:] & Artin Terrooza etc ~

[22:] At 4 P.M. I went to father
[23:] Philippus & confessed
[24:] so as to take the Holy Commu-
[25:] nion tomorrow, I then went
[26:] to the Latin Church, arranged with
[27:] the fathers to come before
[28:] the mass at 5 AM;

[29:] The river is falling about
[30:] 2 steps, or 2 feet

[pg: 91]

[1:] S. Ely wind and cloudy gloomy
[2:] weather, ~ I took dinner
[3:] soup & cutlet with potatoes
[4:] & some arrowroot & jam;
[5:] Alexander went out at
[6:] 3 P.M. ~

30
Wedn

[7:] Fresh S. Ely wind and
[8:] cloudy all over ~ At 5 AM
[9:] I went to the Latin Church
[10:] and took the Holy Communion
[11:] before mass and then I heard
[12:] the mass and came home at
[13:] 6, took my milk and coffee etc,

[14:] At 9 I went to the bazaar &
[15:] to the Office of Alexander,
[16:] got the blacksmith to make
[17:] me a pump to fit, to the river
[18:] for 5 ½ Lira besides the extra
[19:] piping & work, I went to
[20:] Shekoory Andria’s office
[21:] and bought from them 4 Bundles
[22:] of Red Iron for railing for
[23:] the terrace @ 34 Piaster per
[24:] man of 6 Constple oke, it
[25:] came to 26 man equal to
[26:] R. Piasters 884, T. Lira @ 103 ½
[27:] G.S.P at 4 months credit,

[28:] I took breakfast of some
[29:] vermicelli soup & boiled meat

[pg: 92]

1904
Mch

[1:] and a piece of cutlet & potato and
[2:] some arrowroot & jam; & a glass of
[3:] Port wine ~ I felt alright no
[4:] puffing as wind in stomach;

[5:] At 1 P.M. I called on Sister Medoola
[6:] & came home;

[7:] At 4 P.M. my wife and servant Zekki
[8:] came into town riding, Alexander
[9:] & his wife are coming tomorrow,
[10:] for the Easter Holy day ~

[11:] At 5 Rezooki Andria & I
[12:] went to see sister Emilia & came
[13:] back at 6; ~

[14:] Cloudy weather and S. Ely Wind
[15:] I dined well, had soup cutlet
[16:] & potato

[17:] The SS. Phrat arrived yesterday
[18:] noon ~

31
Thursd

[19:] S. Ely wind and very cloudy
[20:] At 3 ½ AM. it thundered with
[21:] lightning, and rained well
[22:] till about 5, the streets got
[23:] very muddy & dirty, Blowing
[24:] strong S. Ely & thick clouds,

[25:] I sent a carriage early for
[26:] Alexander & his wife to come
[27:] in; ~ At 7 ½ Eliza and I went
[28:] to the Latin Church, the Bishop
[29:] Drure officiating & all the
[30:] Priests, as today is Corpus

[pg: 93]

[1:] Domini, many people took the
[2:] Holy Communion; ~ I came
[3:] home at 9;

[4:] Alexander and his wife came
[5:] in from my new house at 9
[6:] AM; ~ I called on Medoola
[7:] my wifes daughter & Yacoob
[8:] Tessy, their son Jemil is getting
[9:] on well on board the Mejidieh,
[10:] he is in Metty’s place and
[11:] gets 80 Besh a month; and
[12:] Metty in my place since
[13:] I left the service two years
[14:] ago; ~ At 4 P.M. I went to the
[15:] Churches to visit the Corpus
[16:] Domini; ~

[17:] I took some boiled fish & Soup
[18:] & a cutlet for breakfast ~
[19:] Raining drizzly; ~

[20:] At night it begun to rain and
[21:] lasted nearly the whole night
[22:] with thunders; with intermission,

April
1
Frid

[23:] S. Westerly breeze & cloudy
[24:] all over gloomy, the streets are
[25:] very muddy & swampy,

[26:] Agha Ibrahim the nomad
[27:] wrote to me approving Saturday
[28:] (tomorrow) if I wish to see
[29:] him at his kiosk at Kadhumain

[pg: 94]

1904
April

[1:] I called on Abduljebbar
[2:] Effendi this morning to confer
[3:] of what I may say or do, he
[4:] proposes to buy the Harem
[5:] of the English Consulate for 1800
[6:] Liras, if I can settle it with
[7:] Agha Ibrahim ~

[8:] Breeze shifted to N.W. at 11
[9:] AM & clouds blowing up,
[10:] I sent Hamma the servant boy
[11:] to my new house to give food
[12:] to the fowels & the cat & dog,

[13:] The Mejidieh as well as
[14:] the Phrat left this morning

2
Satur

[15:] Light N.W. and fine weather
[16:] The river fell about 6 feet,

[17:] At 8 am Alexander & I
[18:] called on Sister Emilia, she
[19:] is as mad as ever, & even worse
[20:] At 10 ½ I left and called on Sister Medoola

[21:] At 2 P.M. Alexander & I
[22:] taking the Coolie Juma went to
[23:] Kadhumain in the Tramway,
[24:] started at 2 ½ P.M. and alighted
[25:] at the Kasr of Agha Mahoned
[26:] where Agha Ibrahim his
[27:] brother was, he was very polite
[28:] and obliging; Alexander left
[29:] me there & walked to Kadumain

[pg: 95]

[1:] to see some of his friends,
[2:] I spoke with Agha Ibrahim
[3:] about my money & the sale of
[4:] the property, etc, & showed him
[5:] a paper which I drew up for
[6:] him to sign; it is only a
[7:] promissory agreement, that
[8:] if he does not pay my 900 Lira
[9:] after the expiration on the 4
[10:] of May, that he will have to
[11:] pay me the interest as long
[12:] as it is remains due, he is
[13:] quite agreeable and asked me
[14:] only to let him consult the
[15:] inheritors, (the mother & wives
[16:] of the late Agha Mahomed);
[17:] I encouraged him to speak to
[18:] Seyd Hassan Bassam the
[19:] agent of Seyd Ali Zewayed
[20:] for restitution of my money
[21:] the 350 Liras & I am in great
[22:] want of it, he also promised
[23:] to do it; he offered coffee & Tea
[24:] & at 4 P.M. I left & walked
[25:] to Kadumain to meet Alexander
[26:] he sent his servant with me
[27:] instructing him to pay also
[28:] for our Tram tickets @ 4 GS.P.
[29:] each; I met Alexander in
[30:] the Tram cart on the point
[31:] of starting, so I had

[pg: 96]

1904
April

[1:] to jump from the carr into
[2:] his & at 4 ½ we started for
[3:] Baghdad, reaching home
[4:] at 5 ¼; S. Ely breeze but
[5:] fine weather. ~

[6:] I spoilt again my stomach
[7:] by eating too much & of
[8:] everything & the whole night
[9:] I had the indigestion and
[10:] wind & nausea; inspite of
[11:] the dose of the medicine I
[12:] took to stop it, ~

3
Sund

[13:] Sunday Easter ~

[14:] At 2 AM it began to rain,
[15:] drizzly, for about one hour
[16:] it cleared up in the morning,
[17:] my bowels worked very
[18:] loose, twice & I do not feel
[19:] well, yet ~

[20:] At 8 AM I went to Church
[21:] called on Menusha & came
[22:] home ~

[23:] the river has risin
[24:] about 4 feet & current very
[25:] strong & is still rising fast,

[26:] I prepared my Kit etc to
[27:] go down to my new house,
[28:] took breakfast, a little

[pg: 97]

[1:] rice soup, and a piece of roast
[2:] fowel etc;

[3:] At 9 ¼ AM I went down
[4:] in a Goffa with my boy Hanna,

[5:] The SS. Khalifah passed
[6:] up at 9 ½ just as I shoved
[7:] off, she is going very slow
[8:] the current very strong &
[9:] the river rose another 2 feet,
[10:] nearly attaining its
[11:] normal high rise, I reached
[12:] my house in ½ hour; I
[13:] found the river had risen so
[14:] much & damaged my Sudd
[15:] of thorn nearly sunk down,
[16:] also the camal of Bahram
[17:] Begs Garden, is overflowed
[18:] and the sand bank along
[19:] the wall of my house getting
[20:] eaten away & melting &
[21:] the water is running on
[22:] the wall, but as it is built
[23:] very strongly I need not
[24:] be afraid of doing any
[25:] damage, the river keeps
[26:] rising & current very
[27:] strong; ~

[pg: 98]

1904
April

[1:] I found the house alright,
[2:] except our white cat
[3:] Blanchette has run away;

[4:] I took dinner, rice soup
[5:] & a cutlet, but I have again
[6:] the wind & noise, & kept all
[7:] the night; ~

[8:] River rose right up and
[9:] overflowed some of the gardens
[10:] the rode between my wall
[11:] on the canal & the ground of
[12:] the wakuf leased by Mahomed
[13:] el Jassim is swampy
[14:] no passage is left ~

[15:] I took

4
Mond
Th6.54

[16:] Light n.w. & little cloudy,
[17:] the river is still rising,
[18:] my sudd is sunk as well as
[19:] that of sister Medoola
[20:] the canal is flooded
[21:] & The water washing my
[22:] wall, the building of Yacoob
[23:] Eassayi is falling &
[24:] the messanayeh is under
[25:] water; the house of Eliza
[26:] Erame my cousin is
[27:] floodded;

[28:] I went to buy some orange

[pg: 99]

[1:] garden, at 80 P. the man
[2:] but they had not gathered
[3:] I came back & sent to
[4:] Asfar’s garden & bought
[5:] one man for 80 P., I
[6:] also sent for Meer son of
[7:] Moshi Bahar & spoke
[8:] to him about the mortgage
[9:] of his garden for 650 Liras
[10:] to Menusha @9% as
[11:] Johny had settled it,
[12:] He promised to give me
[13:] also orange Blossums;

[14:] I feel very unwell my stomach
[15:] again is out of order with a
[16:] lot of wind & derangement
[17:] I took the soup & piece of
[18:] cutlet, & a few spoons
[19:] Leben but without appetite
[20:] & I became much worse
[21:] so that I could not breath,
[22:] at noon I went to Moshi
[23:] Bahar’s garden to see Meer
[24:] Polus Serkis & his brother’s
[25:] family are encamped there
[26:] near the door; I went with
[27:] Meer inside he showed

[pg: 100]

1904
April

[1:] me all the garden, it is in
[2:] most part swampy; it is
[3:] a fine garden, but out
[4:] of the 14 portion, 5 belongs
[5:] to Ibn el Gheyara, & 12
[6:] to his uncle & his father
[7:] Moshi; I left the watchman
[8:] Jassim to get me the man
[9:] of orange Blossom;
[10:] He brought it to me but I
[11:] have not settled the price yet,

[12:] I got worse today with the
[13:] bad indigestion & wind am
[14:] inclined to vomit, ~

[15:] Yousif Eassayi called
[16:] on me ~

[17:] The river flooded the
[18:] garden of Bahram Beg,
[19:] is all flooded & the water
[20:] is oozing through the wall
[21:] of my house separating
[22:] mine from the garden; also
[23:] it is pouring into my well
[24:] down below; the garden of
[25:] my sister Medoola is also
[26:] flooded through the piping
[27:] she has to obtain water
[28:] from Bahram Beg’s garden

[pg: 101]

[1:] out into
[2:] my garden through the thin
[3:] wall between us ~
[4:] The walls at the rooms which
[5:] Yacoob Eassay built &
[6:] left unfinished has tumbled
[7:] down one part of it, &
[8:] the ground cracking, also,
[9:] the mouth of the canal built
[10:] strongly as a messanaya
[11:] also tumbled this afternoon,
[12:] the river slackened a
[13:] little & fell about ½ foot &
[14:] so checked the damage
[15:] which was causing ~

[16:] at 3 P.m I sent the two
[17:] mans of orange Blossoms
[18:] with our watchman on a
[19:] donkey to my wife, He
[20:] returned at 5 ~

[21:] Weather got cloudy all over &
[22:] light n. w. breeze ~

[23:] Some of the mud walls between,
[24:] Bahram Bey & Rkhete’s garden
[25:] are tumbling down; as the
[26:] river is falling a bit ~
[27:] I have still the indigestion &

[28:] Wind in the stomach & intestine,
[29:] I am not going to eat any
[30:] dinner at all until I feel
[31:] well tomorrow ~

[pg: 102]

1904
April

[1:] Fotoohi Maghak has hired
[2:] the newly built house of
[3:] Kerop Effendi on the river
[4:] & came out yesterday, at 5 ½
[5:] Liras a month for 2 months,
[6:] the Giuliettes in Rafooli
[7:] Tantons house at 4 Liras
[8:] a month; Polus Serkis in
[9:] Moshi Bahar’s garden at
[10:] 6 mejidies a month, &
[11:] Antone Marine encamped
[12:] in Farhat Garden,
[13:] Skander Ghalib encamped
[14:] in Rkhetes garden,

5
Tuesd
Th6. 58

[15:] Light S. Ely breeze and
[16:] Cloudy all over overcast weath,

[17:] I slept well lastnight &
[18:] had no pain, as I ate very
[19:] little (a piece of cutlet & one
[20:] Potato.)

[21:] The river fell about 1 foot,
[22:] the water in the gardens
[23:] is soaked in the soil,
[24:] my stair Arch is cracked on
[25:] account of the flooding
[26:] in Sister Medoola’s garden
[27:] court ~

[28:] It rained slightly

[pg: 103]

[1:] For a short time at 8 am;

[2:] I took only some cutlets
[3:] & boiled pumpkins & two
[4:] spoons of Pilaw at breakfast
[5:] & a little arrowroot & jam,
[6:] I am not so much puffed
[7:] up as yesterday, I am
[8:] not taking the Bismutho
[9:] Magnesieum of Pepsine;

[10:] At 3 1/2 P.M. Alexander
[11:] Came down in a goffa;
[12:] Rezooki Andria also
[13:] came this morning, we
[14:] took tea here & at 5 P.m
[15:] they left to go to town, Rezooki
[16:] on a donkey & Alexander
[17:] on his Bicycle; ~

[18:] weather clearing up
[19:] & getting fine ~

[20:] We spoke to Mahomed
[21:] el Jassim to let Louisa &
[22:] her husband Yousif Yaghchi
[23:] encamp on his ground
[24:] facing my house; &
[25:] settled it for 1 T. Lira
[26:] all the time ~

[27:] I took dinner some fried cutlets
[28:] & boiled pumpkins, but I felt so
[29:] heavy & puffed up with wind
[30:] I could not sleep, the nausea

[pg: 104]

1904
April

[1:] and wind coming up used to
[2:] awake one, & I had indigestion
[3:] I got that I feel always inclined
[4:] to vomit; ~

6
Wedn
Th6. 55

[5:] Modte N. W wind & very
[6:] fine cold weather;

[7:] I do not feel well at all. I
[8:] am still as bad as last night,
[9:] a bad indigestion, I took the
[10:] milk & coffee per forse, and
[11:] have no appetite, Bowels
[12:] worked very loose ~

[13:] The River is falling very
[14:] little about 4 inches, the
[15:] canal is still full up to the
[16:] brim & on the whole length
[17:] of my wall, but the foundation
[18:] is good & deep, about 6 feet
[19:] below the soil & about 5 feet
[20:] broad ~ it is further falling
[21:] about 1 foot in all by noon,
[22:] Ali Beg has blocked up the
[23:] hole from the river preventing
[24:] its running out into the
[25:] river & so it is kept all
[26:] full & along my wall,

[27:] A sud having been carried
[28:] Off above Baghdad & the
[29:] Water spred around the

[pg: 105]

[1:] N. Eastern part of the town
[2:] & comes down as far as opposite
[3:] my house out to the left of
[4:] Gherrara road but it is not
[5:] so much as to cause any
[6:] alarm, as the river is falling
[7:] Now, it will stop where
[8:] it is ~

[9:] Today they have celebrated
[10:] the 40th day of Tooza Asfar’s
[11:] death (though it is only on the
[12:] 3rd of last month she died) so
[13:] all Asfar’s people, Antone Marine,
[14:] & other relatives went to town
[15:] yesterday ~

[16:] Eliza Erame (my cousin
[17:] called to see me at 3 P. m.
[18:] I have taknig very little for
[19:] breakfast, one mouthful
[20:] of a cutlet & one potato &
[21:] very little arrowroot &
[22:] kept my stomach empty,
[23:] which is still not right,
[24:] the least thing I take causes
[25:] winds & noise ~

[26:] At 4 P.m. my wife & Marie
[27:] with Cecil & the two servant
[28:] women Zekki & Habooba
[29:] came down in a goffa, &
[30:] Alexander remained at
[31:] home with the cook Gejo as

[pg: 106]

1904
April

[1:] He has business tomorrow being
[2:] Postday ~

[3:] I took a cup of milk & coffee
[4:] & a rusk at 4 ½ P.m. instead
[5:] of taking dinner as I see
[6:] that I have still the indigestion
[7:] & wind ~

[8:] Antoine Giulietti called on
[9:] us; ~

[10:] I took nothing at dinner except
[11:] two mouthfuls of meat & potato,
[12:] as I feel so full of wind &
[13:] very uneasy ~

7
Thursd
Th6. 58

[14:] At 1 am I felt so bad &
[15:] the heartburn & wind making
[16:] so sick that I vomited
[17:] all what I had eaten in
[18:] the day time & I felt easier,
[19:] at 4 my bowels worked
[20:] loose & with lots of wind

[21:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[22:] the river is falling but very
[23:] slow about 6 inches since
[24:] yesterday ~ the canal is still
[25:] full & kept close;

[26:] The water in the desert from
[27:] above Baghdad is spreading
[28:] down & has passed toward
[29:] Gherraha, but has not
[30:] reached the road, it is

[pg: 107]

[1:] from at tent some of the
[2:] cultivation is swamped,

[3:] They have opened the mouth
[4:] of the canal today & the water
[5:] is runnnig into it from the
[6:] river, as they want to irrigate
[7:] the cucumbers & other cultivation,

[8:] I sent the watchman this
[9:] morning to Alexander to bring
[10:] us provision & medicine for
[11:] me, the nux vomica, Bella
[12:] Donna & Sagrada mixture
[13:] to try again;

[14:] The river fell about 4 bricks
[15:] today, but the water is still
[16:] runnnig into the canal which
[17:] is open now ~

[18:] At 5 ½ P.m Alexander
[19:] Came down in a goffa; We
[20:] have discharged our Cook
[21:] Jejo today & left behind,
[22:] we have only Zekki & his
[23:] brother Hanna here, &
[24:] Habooba for Cecil ~

[25:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine
[26:] mild weather;

[27:] In the evening Jeboory Tanton
[28:] his wife & sister Regina called
[29:] on us ~

[30:] The SS. Khalifah passed
[31:] down this morning at 5 ½ am
[32:] I wrote a letter to Rezooki Sayegh

[pg: 108]

1904
April

[1:] I took very little food today
[2:] at breakfast & dinner, only
[3:] a piece of meat & Potato &
[4:] arrowroot, I felt better,
[5:] but I see that I have caught
[6:] Cold, my head & bones are
[7:] aching from the dampness,
[8:] I slept well & had a little wind
[9:] but no inconvenience ~

[10:] At 9 1/2 P.m. the SS. Mossul
[11:] passed up ~

8
Frid

[12:] Light S. Ely & fine weather
[13:] But at 1 PM it became cloudy
[14:] with thunder & lightning &
[15:] passed away without
[16:] raining here ~

[17:] The river has fallen about
[18:] an other foot, & the canal
[19:] is draining out it is now
[20:] below my wall, & formed
[21:] a mud bank as before,

[22:] Alexander went to Town
[23:] on his Bicycle at 7 1/2 am;

[24:] Rezooki Andria came out to see
[25:] the masons finishing the hot
[26:] Bath; A Crack all along the
[27:] wall separating his house
[28:] from that of Ali Bey appeared
[29:] the day before of about 1 Inch

[pg: 109]

[1:] but it is now ascertained
[2:] to be the building of Ali
[3:] Beg that gave way & his
[4:] construction being some
[5:] what frail & hasty and
[6:] the late innundattion
[7:] caused the building to
[8:] part from that of Sister
[9:] Medoola from the top of
[10:] the house right down to the
[11:] ground ~

[12:] A shift of wind to S. West
[13:] began to blow furiously at
[14:] 10 am with dust ~ Wind
[15:] then shifted to N.W. & fell
[16:] down & dust cleared off;

[17:] Ellen daughter of Antone
[18:] Marine called on us ~

[19:] Alexander came out at
[20:] 5 P.m. from town ~

[21:] I took for dinner soup, Cutlet
[22:] & some stew with potatoes &
[23:] I felt well, with little wind &
[24:] turned in at 10 ~

9
Satur
Th. 6. 52
noon 72
4 P.M 76

[25:] Light N.W. & fine pleasant
[26:] & cool weather ~

[27:] I rode into town at 7 1/2 am,
[28:] sent the boy Hanna before me,
[29:] to cook for me ~

[30:] River falling very slow

[pg: 110]

1904
April

[1:] I arrived home at 8 am found
[2:] the house alright, with the Indian
[3:] watchman Abdulrahim ~

[4:] I sent provisions out with our
[5:] watchman Jassim whom I
[6:] had sent in with Kit;

[7:] The river fell 2 Bricks today also;
[8:] making in all 12 Bricks from
[9:] its highest rise ~

[10:] At 11 I went out to the bazaar been
[11:] to Fetoohi Maghak’s Shop & bought
[12:] two straw hats for 7 Beshlics &
[13:] came back at 11 1/2;

[14:] I took breakfast some rice Soup
[15:] & Cutlets with potato, & some
[16:] strawberry jam ~

[17:] at 3 P.m. I took a warm Bath
[18:] for the first time since I got
[19:] unwell about four months
[20:] since I had taken;

[21:] At 4 1/2 I called on Sister Medoola
[22:] but she was at Sister Emilia,
[23:] I then went to Menusha & came
[24:] home at 6 ~

[25:] Cholera they say is increasing
[26:] at Basreh for the last three or
[27:] four days, & the Mortality is
[28:] gone up to 20 & 30 per day,
[28:] But there is none here since
[30:] a fortnight ago ~

[31:] I took dinner some Soup,
[32:] cutlets & potato, & stewed

[pg: 111]

[1:] potato & meat but the wind
[2:] was puffing me up all the night,
[3:] not so bad as before,~

10
Sund
Th6. 60
noon 76
4 P.M 79

[4:] Light Ely breeze and
[5:] Very fine weather;~

[6:] At 2 am. my bowels worked very
[7:] loose with much wind, & I feel
[8:] better ~

[9:] At 8 am I went to Church,
[10:] I saw Mr. Gristein there, & inquired
[11:] about the Cholera at Basreh,
[12:] he denied of the exageration
[13:] here reported that 20 & 30 cases
[14:] taking place daily, it was
[15:] only 1 case fatal & 2 attacks
[16:] yesterday ~

[17:] I called on Sister Medoola,
[18:] She is going out to her house
[19:] on Thursday Next; ~

[20:] I took for breakfast pumkin Stew
[21:] with mutton & Pilaw, & some Jam
[22:] & Cream ~

[23:] At 2 P.M. I went to see my
[24:] Sister Emilia, she is still in
[25:] great sorrow & grief she gets into
[26:] fits sometimes & bursts out
[27:] & crys, wanting her daughter
[28:] Alice, it is a great blow indeed
[29:] for her to support such a
[30:] loss; ~ at 4 I left and

[pg: 112]

1904
April

[1:] called on Monsiegner Jean
[2:] Drure but he was out, and
[3:] I left my Card, He has been
[4:] appointed Apostolic Delegate
[5:] now ~ I came home,

[6:] My stomach is still puffed up &
[7:] much wind passing & troubling
[8:] me, I took too much dinner,
[9:] as Soup, Cutlet & potato, & Stewed
[10:] mutton with pumkin & some
[11:] arrowroot, I suffered all the
[12:] night from indigestion and
[13:] wind, alway inclined to throw,
[14:] up, it used to come up to my
[15:] throat very sour, & a heart
[16:] burn, with much rumbling
[17:] noise & wind passing up &
[18:] down ~