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Moon’s Meteordy

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Continued from Diary No. 15

1876 Feby

11 Friday

Baghdad to Basereh

[:] 11
[:] Friday
[1:] Strong S. Ely Wind Cloudy weather
[2:] it rained heavily at about 2
[3:] am, many swell in river ~
[4:] At 6,,30 got under weigh
[5:] from Baghdad & proceeded,
[6:] Clouds breaking up ~ At
[7:] 8,,40 we passed the S.V.
[8:] Tell Affer going up just
[9:] at Diala River~ Gave
[10:] tickets to passengers;
[11:] at 10,,10 passed Ctesiphon
[12:] We have altogether 88 passengers
[13:] (Mr. Rubelli the agent of
[14:] the Austrian Lloyd steamer
[15:] is going down with us, he
[16:] came up in the London last
[17:] trip) Weighed the passengers
[18:] Luggage ~ at 3,,20 P.M. passed
[19:] Baghdadieh, weather cleared
[20:] up & wind dying away;
[21:] At 5,,25 passed Azizieh Fort
[22:] at 6 came to for the City
[23:] of London Coming up;
[pg: 5]

1876 Feby

[1:] Cowley Henry and Naoom
[2:] Abood came off this latter
[3:] is now returning from Basreh
[4:] where he had gone to Nasser
[5:] Pasha, the London
[6:] no cargo except 4000 okes
[7:] & has loaded with 100 Tons
[8:] of coal to land 70 at Baghdad
[9:] she passed the Mossul
[10:] this afternoon at Toweel,
[11:] at 6,,40 We weighed and
[12:] proceeded, fine night clear
[13:] Weather;
[14:]

12th Satur

[15:] at 0,,30 a.m. passed Memlah
[16:] station ~ at 5 came to
[17:] at Coot landed 19 passengers
[18:] and 110 Bales of cargo ~
[19:] *We passed the S.V.
[20:] “Mossul” aground at
[21:] Shedeif at 9,,20 P.M. she
[22:] had left Baghdad yesterday
[23:] morning but she is
[24:] deep with Cargo ~
[pg: 6]
[1:] We took in Coal, Weather
[2:] Cloudy with Modte
[3:] S. Ely Wind ~ It became
[4:] foggy till 7 1/2 when it cleared
[5:] up ~ at 8,,30 we left
[6:] Coot, no sign of the Mossul
[7:] yet; at 3,,20 P.M. Came to
[8:] off Ali Gherbi landed 3 passengers
[9:] & 5 Bales; ~ Cloudy little
[10:] & light S. Ely; At 3,,40 Weighed
[11:] & proceeded ~ Fine night,
[12:] Moon rose toward 9 ~ at
[13:] 11,,10 Stopped at Deffass &
[14:] sent the boat to get the
[15:] bridge at Amara Opened,
[16:] then steamed down & went
[17:] Alongside, landed 24 passengers
[18:] and about 65 packages;
[19:] I went on shore saw Fathalla,
[20:] Jeboory is still at Basreh ~
[21:] returned on board @ 12 1/2

13th Sund

[22:] Light S. Ely & Cloudy weather,
[23:] warm a little ~ at 4 am.
[24:] got under weigh from
[25:] Amara ~ at 9,,30 passed
[pg: 7]

1876 Feby

[1:] Azeir ~ at 0,,15 P.M. Stopped
[2:] at Gorna landed 6 passengers
[3:] and sent a telegram to
[4:] Carter ~ at 0.30 proceeded
[5:] flood tide making ~ at
[6:] 4 P.M. came to off Maghil
[7:] Went on shore With Capt Holland,
[8:] Capt Warner with his wife
[9:] & sister in law are here, he
[10:] came up to take Command
[11:] of the S. Comet viz Capt Downing
[12:] is dismissed & goes down to
[13:] Bombay I saw Youssef Marine
[14:] & Jeboory, ~ left Maghil
[15:] at 4,,45 for Basreh;
[16:] The mail Steamer Euphrates
[17:] is here arrived since Friday she
[18:] has over 1400 packages of through
[19:] Cargo for us & about half of it
[20:] was in boats already which
[21:] came alongside we began to
[22:] take it during the night,
[23:] H.M’s gunboat “Hugh Rose”
[24:] is lying here she came up
[25:] few days ago ~ at 6 I
[26:] Went over to Antone Marine
[27:] and dined with him
[pg: 8]
[1:] returned on board at 9 ~
[2:] Capt Campbell of the “Hugh
[3:] Rose” dined on board; we
[4:] are taking the through cargo
[5:] fine weather with light
[6:] N. Wester ~

14th Mond

[7:] Light N.W. & fine, became
[8:] Cloudy at 7 a.m; ~ through
[9:] Cargo came we are taking
[10:] & discharging Basreh
[11:] cargo & 50 packages for
[12:] the mail Str Euphrates
[13:] We have 1415 packages of
[14:] through cargo, lots of Indigo
[15:] too amongst it ~ at 10
[16:] I called on Haji Effendi in
[17:] Custom House; then went
[18:] to see Antone, Michael
[19:] came down from Maghil
[20:] went both on board, found
[21:] there Ali Effendi el Omary came
[22:] to see me, then came Mr
[23:] Rubelli & Wortmann; Mr
[24:] Rubelli has been provided
[25:] with a free passage and
[26:] Mess, as per telegram
[pg: 9]

1876 Feby

[1:] from Blockey we received
[2:] today & so I returned him
[3:] his 76 Beshlics ~ then called
[4:] on Mr Abdulla Samhery,
[5:] Jeboory, Youssef & Antone Marine
[6:] & remained till 5 P.M ~
[7:] We are taking lots of
[8:] Cargo from Basreh over
[9:] 400 packages & the ship
[10:] is getting very deep ~ Jeboory
[11:] is going up with us to
[12:] Amara he has taken
[13:] 6000 Shas from Lynch
[14:] Brothers to buy wool
[15:] for them ~ Mr. Samson
[16:] of Lynch Brothers also going
[17:] up to Baghdad for a trip,
[18:] Mr Cadenhead Samson
[19:] Jeboory & Michael dined
[20:] with us ~ finished taking
[21:] Cargo at 6 ~ at 8 P.M.
[22:] We weighed from
[23:] Basreh & proceeded
[pg: 10]
[1:] to Maghil to take on.
[2:] board Capt Warner his
[3:] wife & her sister to
[4:] Baghdad to take Captain
[5:] Downing’s place ~
[7:] Arrived to Maghil from Basreh
[8:] & came to, found the S.V.
[9:] Mossul arrived after sunset
[10:] & she is alongside the Turki
[11:] Grain Depot discharging grain,
[12:] she had left Baghdad on
[13:] Thursday morning ~ Capt
[14:] Holland went on shore, also
[15:] Cadenhead, Samson Jeboory
[16:] & Michael; at 11, Capt Holland,
[17:] Capt & Mrs Warner & her sister
[18:] & Mr. Samson came on board
[19:] from Maghil and at 11,,20
[20:] We get under weigh & proceeded
[21:] fine night moon rose at 10 1/2

15 Tuesd

[22:] light N.W. & fine, at 6,,20 am
[23:] stopped at Gorna and
[pg: 11]

1876 Feby

[1:] landed 3 passengers &
[2:] went on at 6.30 ~ gave
[3:] tickets to passengers;
[4:] We have 34 and Capt Warner
[5:] & two ladies in 1 cabin & 3
[6:] servants ~ At 11..20 came
[7:] to off Azeir, allowed Capt
[8:] Warner 2 ladies to see the
[9:] Tomb also Eliahoo Gubbay
[10:] & wife ~ At 11,,45 left
[11:] Azeir; at 8,,49 P.M. came to
[12:] at Amara landed 2 passengers
[13:] & 28 packages, went on
[14:] shore Jeboory & me & saw
[15:] Fathalla but he is not well, he
[16:] Complained of his chest but
[17:] got better; came on board, we
[18:] took some cargo as Hides etc,
[19:] and left Amara at 10,,15
[20:] P.M. fine night & light
[21:] N.W. breeze;

16th Wednes The@6.50 Bd

[22:] Light N.W. & fine weather, gave
[23:] tickets to 20 Amara passengers,
[24:] At 9,,30 came to at Ali
[25:] Gherbi landed 4 passenger
[pg: 12]
[1:] & left at 9,,45 ~ Weighed
[2:] passengers luggage ~
[3:] At 2,,45 P.M. came to at
[4:] Sheikh Saad & landed 2
[5:] passengers and 6 packages,
[6:] At 3 proceeded ~ at 9,,50
[7:] came to at Coot and landed
[8:] 3 passengers and 11 packages,
[9:] Took in 5 Tons Coal & finished at
[10:] 11 but remained as it was little
[11:] cloudy ~

17th Thursd

[12:] At 2,,15 AM. left CootAmara,
[13:] at 2,,45 came to it being
[14:] cloudy ahead, with few drops
[15:] of rain ~ At 4,,30 weighed
[16:] & proceeded ~ fine Weather
[17:] clouds cleared up.~ I took
[18:] a Doze of Castor Oil being very
[19:] billious with breach for long
[20:] time ~ gave tickets to 7 Coot
[21:] passengers, ~ at 11,,25
[22:] passed Memlah; Light N.W.
[23:] & fine day with few clouds
[24:] hanging on, at 5 passed Toweel
[25:] reach ~ Light N.W. fine
[26:] Cool night, the river is rising
[27:] it rose about 2 feet today
[pg: 13]
[1:] At 8,,40 P.M. passed
[2:]
[3:]
[4:] At 9,, passed Azizieh Fort,

18th Frid

[5:] At 0,,35 AM passed Baghdadieh
[6:] Fort ~ Weather little cloudy
[7:] Early this morning Capt
[8:] Holland called me if I will
[9:] land at Bostan to walk
[10:] across with Capt & Mrs. Warner
[11:] & Miss Raison her sister
[12:] to see the arch ~ at 7 we
[13:] stopped at Bostan & landed
[14:] also Mr. Sansom of Lynch
[15:] Brother’s Clerk & Mr. Daw our
[16:] 2d mate landed & 2 Deckmen
[17:] walked across to the arch
[18:] We walked about & J. Samsom
[19:] & Mr. Daw had our guns we
[20:] walked towards Hudeitha
[21:] & further down but saw
[22:] very few partridges &
[23:] they are wild, the City
[24:] of London passed on
[25:] her way down to
[pg: 14]
[1:] Basreh, she passed Ctesiphon
[2:] At 7,,35 while we were
[3:] far yet in land. I shot only
[4:] one partridge the Dijleh
[5:] & London passed each other
[6:] at Samrah reach they
[7:] did not stop ~ At 9 the
[8:] Dijleh came up just above
[9:] Hudeitha we got on board
[10:] & went on at 9,,10 ~
[11:] At 11.25 passed Diala river
[12:] At 0,,30 P.M. landed a Deckman
[13:] at Gherarah with letters to
[14:] Blockey & went on; ~ At
[15:] 2,,30 P.M. landed the mail
[16:] at the Residency & steamed
[17:] to the Custom House;
[18:] Capt Dawning of the Comet & Mr.
[19:] Raitt came off on board; Capt
[20:] Warner & party are going to dine
[21:] on board & sleep too ~ I went
[22:] on shore at 3, called on EM delivered
[23:] letters she is not well has swelled
[24:] throat she tells me of a thief having
[25:] come into the inner small house
[26:] of the low wall of the house I
[27:] have hired next to them where
[28:] some Tilkeflies are living it was
[29:] on last Monday Midnight, she
[30:] heard a noise of something throwing
[pg: 15]

1876 Feby

[1:] down, I went & examined it
[2:] & in my opinion it must
[3:] be a cat in which came down
[4:] from the wall & dropped some
[5:] stones as the wall is very
[6:] old & stones are hanging on
[7:] to fall by the least touch,
[8:] I went away after 1/4 hour
[9:] went home saw father
[10:] only; called there on Medula
[11:] Sister then came Emilia
[12:] from Blockey’s, left @ 4 went
[13:] home, I do not feel well
[14:] am very weak from the Castor
[15:] oil ~ At 6 ½ called on EM
[16:] spent the evening, there are now
[17:] two Tilkeflies sleeping in the house
[18:] Franco & another with him
[19:] left at 11 came home, but could
[20:] not sleep the whole night;
[21:] it rained at 10 but lightly, cloudy
[22:] dark weather ~

19th Satur

[23:] Light Westerly & cloudy weather
[24:] it rained last night, but
[25:] not heavily, wet weather,
[26:] at 7 ½ AM. I came on
[27:] board, we hauled alongside
[28:] to discharge; Capt Warner
[29:] & party are still on board they
[30:] will go on shore after breakfast
[31:] Blockey has returned them
[pg: 16]
[1:] their passage & mess money
[2:] he gave them a free
[3:] passage; Viz Rps 200 ½ it amounted
[4:] exclusive of their luggage ~ at
[5:] 9 went on shore; called on Sister
[6:] Eliza at 10 & left to call on Blockey
[7:] but it begun to rain heavily
[8:] had to return from half way
[9:] & called at 11 on EMarine left
[10:] at 4 called on Carolina & Blockey
[11:] & came home at 6, weather
[12:] cleared up, I feel very week
[13:] & unable to eat anything; at
[14:] 7 ½ called on Medula and
[15:] left at 9 came home ~

20th Sund

[16:] Light N.W. & fine cold morning,
[17:] At 7 ½ am went to the Latin Church,
[18:] left at 8 ¼ called on EM for
[19:] ½ hour & called on Candida
[20:] and on Sister Eliza came home
[21:] breakfasted & at 11 called on
[22:] Naoom Abood, who has come
[23:] up in the London last trip
[24:] left @12 called on Blockey but
[25:] no body was at home, came
[26:] back & called on Medula there
[27:] was Blockey there, I left at 1 P.M.
[28:] called on Em till evening, at 5 there
[29:] came Naoom Abood & I left
[30:] 1/4 hour after as I know he
[31:] has since talk with Eliza about
[32:] Antone’s marriage & Fathalla ~
[33:] At 7 I called on Sayegh, there
[pg: 17]

1876 Feby

[1:] came Eliza Marine, & we left
[2:] at 9½, fine cold weather;

21 Mond The@ 6. 32 freezing

[3:] Light Cold N.W. & fine weather,
[4:] at 7 ½ AM. came on board,
[5:] We are discharging cargo,
[6:] River is rising little;
[7:] At 9 went home, at 11 called on Em
[8:] found her suffering awfully from
[9:] sorrow & grief & begun to weep
[10:] very bitterly all from Naoom Aboods
[11:] talk of yesterday evening, & she has
[12:] right to be so, I tryed very much to
[13:] quieten her & she became better,
[14:] left at 4 called on Sister Eliza there
[15:] were Medula & Emilia left at
[16:] 11 1/4 came home ~ at 6 1/2 called
[17:] on Em to spend the evening, but
[18:] at 8 Naoom Abood and his wife
[19:] called to spend the evening, I went
[20:] to Roofail’s room & thence went
[21:] home we perceived I was so
[22:] sorry & so Eliza must have been,
[23:] I hurried in at 9 ~

22nd Tuesd

[24:] Light N.W. and fine day, at
[25:] 7 1/4 AM came on board,
[26:] we are discharging &
[27:] will finish today to take
[28:] in cargo; sent a telegram
[29:] to Henry in answer of
[30:] his of yesterday, they
[pg: 18]
[1:] arrived at Basreh on Sunday
[2:] night & will have to wait
[3:] for the S. Glandale from
[4:] England with cargo for
[5:] us ~ went on stern at 9. I could
[6:] not breakfast for not feeling well at all
[7:] at 10 ½ called on EM; she told me
[8:] that Naoom & Mina left her last night
[9:] at 4 they did not speak regarding her
[10:] going to Anna or Antones marriage
[11:] but spoke about Basreh & how it is
[12:] so fine & good to live there & they
[13:] intend to reside in future there for
[14:] ever & so on ~ left at 3 ½ P.M.; went
[15:] to Yacoob the barrister & returned to
[16:] Sister Medula there was sister Eliza
[17:] left @ 4½ come home & Y. Sayegh called
[18:] & Fetuhi~ at 6 ½ I called on EMarine
[19:] spent the evening left @ 11¼ ~ fine
[20:] night & not cold ~
[21:] There is a rumour here that
[22:] plague has again broken out
[23:] at Hilla & many are dying it
[24:] is the same Sickness as that
[25:] of last may & Turkish Doctors
[26:] have gone to examine and
[27:] make reports accordingly,

23d Wedne

[28:] Light S. Ely & cloudy little,
[29:] At 7 ½ AM came on board
[30:] we are alongside to take in
[31:] cargo, the S. Baghdad too,
[pg: 19]

1876 Feby

[1:] which leaves tomorrow
[2:] morning; at 9 went on shore
[3:] Called on Candida, went home
[4:] breakfasted & called on Blockey
[5:] in office then called on Carolina
[6:] left at 11 ½ called on Em at 2 P.M.
[7:] Kass Philippus called on 1 hour
[8:] & went away at 4 ½ A. Sayegh
[9:] called we then left together
[10:] I went home ~
[11:] We hear that the Plague is
[12:] very bad at Hilla & the district
[13:] & the Doctors are going out
[14:] tomorrow again to see for
[15:] it, also Dr. Colvill as going
[16:] out also ~ at 6 I went over
[17:] to Sister Medula and dined
[18:] there & spent the evening
[19:] left at 9 ½ Raining little at
[20:] 11 it begun to rain heavily
[21:] all the night;

24th Thurs

[22:] Light N.W. & cloudy all over,
[23:] It rained last night in
[24:] plenty the streets are all
[25:] muddy & wet at 7 ½ am.
[26:] Came on board, we
[27:] are taking in cargo, took
[28:] 800 Bags of wheat for
[pg: 20]
[1:] London for the S. Agra, the
[2:] Baghdad is also taking
[3:] some with the flat ~ at
[4:] 10 went on shore breakfasted at
[5:] 11 called on Em & left at 12 came
[6:] on board to work; the S.
[7:] Baghdad left for Basreh
[8:] with the flat at 2 ½ P.M. clouds
[9:] breaking up & getting fine;
[10:] At 4 P.M. the Tell Affer left
[11:] down for Basreh deeply laden
[12:] with governt wheat from the
[13:] other side of the river as well
[14:] as the Baghdad had also wheat,
[15:] At 5 I finished work went on
[16:] shore with Roofaeel, went home
[17:] it rained for a little while & then
[18:] it cleared up & became fine,
[19:] At 7 I left home & called on Em
[20:] for letters spent the evening & left
[21:] at 10 ¾ & came on board, the
[22:] streets are very muddy ~ Capt
[23:] & Mrs. Downing (Joonah Holland’s
[24:] daughter) are going down with
[25:] us to Basreh on route to Bombay,
[26:] also Herry (Mrs Gaskin & Rosa
[27:] Blockey are accompanying them
[28:] to Basreh ~
[pg: 21]

1904 Feby 25th Frid

[1:] Light N.W. and fine weather,
[2:] at 5,,50 AM got under
[3:] weigh from Baghdad and
[4:] proceeded, River pretty high
[5:] and turbid ~ gave tickets to
[6:] Passengers; at 7,50 passed
[7:] Diala river ~ at 8,,15 passed
[8:] the S. Tell Affer going down,
[9:] at 8 we passed the S.V.
[10:] Mossul going up; ~ at
[11:] 9,,15 passed Ctesiphon,
[12:] we have alltogether 139 ½ passengers
[13:] (4 2C Cabin, Shekoory son of
[14:] Fathalla Abood to Basreh, Mostaphas
[15:] wife, & a Jew & a Turk) and
[16:] Capt & Mrs. Downing with
[17:] through passage to Bombay
[18:] but Mr. Downing has a free
[19:] passage only to Basreh, Mrs
[20:] Cowley & Mrs Gaskin and
[21:] children accompanying
[22:] her down ~ weighed the
[23:] passengers luggage &
[pg: 22]
[1:] finshed by 1½ P.m. ~ at
[2:] 1,,55 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[3:] Port ~ at 3,,50 came to
[4:] off Azizieh and landed 2 tons
[5:] of Coal for the Steam Launch
[6:] ElBurk which has left Basreh
[7:] 3 days ago with the weekly
[8:] Bombay mail the London
[9:] remained waiting to take in
[10:] cargo from the S. Glandale
[11:] from England sent out by
[12:] Dawd Sassoon ~ Left
[13:] Azizieh at 4,,50 ~ fine clear
[14:] weather & Modte N.W. wind;
[15:] I turned in at 9 but could not sleep
[16:] at all while the ship was going,
[17:] till 12 ½ when I could dose a little

26th Satur

[18:] At 2,,45 AM we arrived to Coot
[19:] landed 16 passengers and 19
[20:] packages, took 4 Tons Coal,
[21:] the S. Baghdad with flat had
[22:] got down here at 1 am; ~ the
[23:] Steam L. El Burk has just
[24:] arrived from Basreh, I turned
[25:] out not feeling well & having
[26:] had no sleep had to pay
[27:] the nacodas of Coal
[pg: 23]

1876 Feby

[1:] Boats for Coals brought to Coot
[2:] paid 384 Beshlics, I turned
[3:] in again at 5 but could
[4:] not sleep, the Dijleh
[5:] left Coot at 5,,50 Light
[6:] N.W. & fine clear weather
[7:] pleasant not cold at all;
[8:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed Ali Gherbi
[9:] village ~ At 1,,30 came to
[10:] for the City of London coming
[11:] up ~ Cowley & Henry came off
[12:] the London is very deep with the
[13:] cargo from the S. Glendale from
[14:] England & has about 145 passengers.
[15:] Haji Effendi (Custom House
[16:] Collecter) is in her going up ~ Mrs
[17:] Cowley cannot go up in the
[18:] London as all the cabins
[19:] are taken, at 2 we left &
[20:] proceeded ~ S. Ely wind but
[21:] fine, weather~ I fired at
[22:] some pigs below Ali Sherghi
[23:] at 3 & shot one dead on the
[24:] Western bank ~ new
[25:] moon today ~ At 8,,25
[26:] stopped at Deffass and sent
[pg: 24]
[1:] the Boat to get the bridge of
[2:] Amara open, then steamed
[3:] down & went alongside, landed
[4:] 38 passengers & over 60 packages,
[5:] Jeboory came to me, we then
[6:] went on shore saw Fathalla &
[7:] at 10 I came on board & turned
[8:] in ~

27th Sund

[9:] Light
[10:] at 4,,15 AM. Got under weigh
[11:] from Amara & proceeded ~
[12:] at 10 came to off Azeir to land
[13:] passengers with R.tickets 4
[14:] & allow 5 to visit the Tomb for
[15:] 1 Lira, Capt Holland’s daughters
[16:] & myself with Shekoory Abood
[17:] went on shore too, returned &
[18:] left at 10,,30 ~ at 1,,10 P.M.
[19:] came to off Gorna landed 10
[20:] passengers & one Bale and
[21:] left at 1,,35 P.M.; at 5.20
[22:] came to off Maghil, Mr. Carter
[23:] came off also, Yousif Marine,
[24:] they say the mail stear has
[25:] not yot arrived, they went on
[26:] shore & we proceeded to Basreh
[27:] at 5,,50 ~ The Mail Str. Nuballa
[28:] has arrived this evening she has
[29:] 905 packages for us, amongst
[pg: 25]

1876 Feby

[1:] which there are 116 cases Indigo
[2:] Capt Turner of the Nuballa
[3:] & Mr. Cunningham & Mr. Heliday
[4:] came off while we were
[5:] at dinner; ~ We worked the
[6:] whole night in discharging
[7:] the 93 Bales wool & took in
[8:] Bales of P. goods Ex.. S. Glandale
[9:] shipped through from England
[10:] I could not sleep from the
[11:] noise in the Holds, We took
[12:] also 10 Tons of coal sent
[13:] down from Maghil ~

28th Mond

[14:] Light N.W. & fine day but
[15:] getting warm a little ~
[16:] we discharged the 800 Bags of
[17:] wheat & took in through
[18:] cargo ~ At 8 I went to see
[19:] Antone, Yousif came there too &
[20:] We breakfasted together; I left
[21:] Antone at 10 went to the Custom
[22:] House to clear our through cargo
[23:] the S.V. Baghdad arrived down
[24:] at 10 ½ ~ We got the through
[25:] cargo from the Nuballah at
[26:] 12 am. it begun to come;
[27:] At 2 P.M. went over to Antone,
[28:] while there Abdulla Samhiry
[pg: 26]
[1:] Came to see me, we then came
[2:] on board; Capt Holland’s daughters
[3:] were all at Basreh went to see
[4:] Haji Effendies wife ~ Ali Effendi
[5:] Omary came on board he is going
[6:] up with us & took a 2 C.Cabin, some
[7:] passengers came off, we did not
[8:] get all our through cargo from
[9:] the mail St. & therefore cannot
[10:] leave tonight; ~ M. Carter &
[11:] Cadenhead dined with us ~
[12:] Fine weather & a light N.W.
[13:] At 10 I went over to Antone & soon
[14:] after I walked in to Basreh went
[15:] to see Abdulla Samhiry & then
[16:] went round the bazaar & came
[17:] out walking to Antone got
[18:] back by 12 ½ at 3 P.M. went
[19:] on board, gave tickets to many
[20:] passengers who came on
[21:] board, all the 3 Cabins forward
[22:] been taken 5 Indians in one,
[23:] Ali Effendi Omari in another
[24:] and the son of Saleh Daniel
[25:] Sasson in the third, Arteen
[26:] Beghdassar also going
[27:] up in a 1st C.Cabin ~ Capt
[28:] Hollands daughter & Capt
[29:] Downing all went up
[pg: 27]

1876 Feby

[1:] to Maghil ~ Antone Marine
[2:] come to me this evening
[3:] we took in 905 through
[4:] Packages from the Nuballa
[5:] including 116 Cases Indigo
[6:] and 306 Bales P.goods and
[7:] Copper of the Glandale’s
[8:] through cargo the ship got
[9:] very deep drawing 4 feet
[10:] and 5 ½ Inches ~ At 7,,35
[11:] weighed & proceeded to Maghil
[12:] came to, Capt Howard &
[13:] myself went on shore I
[14:] went to see Yousef & Michael
[15:] at 10 I came on board,
[16:] Copt Holland with his daughter
[17:] Carry & Mary &children
[18:] came off at 11
[19:] Downing & his wife Joona
[20:] they leave to Bombay by
[21:] the mail Str Nuballa
[22:] on Thursday morning ~
[pg: 28]
[1:] At 11,,10 P.M. got under weigh
[2:] from Maghil & proceeded
[3:] against an Ebb tide ~

March 1 Wedn

[4:] Light N.W. & fine, at 4 AM
[5:] We came to, the strap of the
[6:] cold water pump broke &
[7:] had to take it off, at 6,,25
[8:] proceeded ~ at 8,,30 dropped
[9:] letters at Gorna and went on
[10:] gave tickets & finished with
[11:] the passengers; we have in
[12:] all 102 passengers;~ Worked
[13:] Very hard in writing the glendale’s
[14:] & mail Str. cargo ~ At 2,,45
[15:] P.M. stopped & land 1 ½ Jewesses
[16:] at Azeir & went on at 2,,50.
[17:] We are going very slow being
[18:] too deep ~ At 8,,10 P.M. landed
[19:] a dying sick passenger at
[20:] Kalat Saleh & went on at 8,,15
[21:] we are are going very slow
[22:] having over 120,000 Okes of
[23:] cargo ~
[pg: 29]

1876 March

2 Thursd

[1:] Light Ely wind & cloudy all
[2:] over ~ at 3,,30 am. came to
[3:] at Amara landed 16 ½ passengers
[4:] and 4 Bales, Took in 12 Tons
[5:] of Coal, Jeboory came to me
[6:] I tryed to sleep at 5 but could
[7:] not, The Engineers are fitting
[8:] the piece of strap to the air
[9:] Pump & working at it, we are
[10:] waiting to finish; at 9,,45
[11:] finished the work in Engine
[12:] room weighed & proceeded
[13:] from Amara, we had hauled
[14:] off to the middle of the Stream
[15:] & I did not go to see Fathalla;
[16:] Gave tickets to 33 ½ Amara
[17:] passengers ~ Weighed the
[18:] passengers luggage, strong
[19:] S. Ely wind & heavy swell
[20:] in the river ~ Clouds breaking
[21:] up; river is falling, the
[22:] wind has fallen a little, at
[23:] 6,,15 passed Ali Sherghi, going
[24:] very slow & the Boiler is
[25:] running aften on account
[pg: 30]
[1:] of the turbid water ~

3d Frid

[2:] At 2 AM landed a passenger at
[3:] Ali Gherbi & went on ~ Light
[4:] N.W. & fine morning ~ at
[5:] 4,,25 P.M. came to at Coot
[6:] Amara landed 6 passengers
[7:] took in 12 Tons of Coal; ~ A
[8:] Koord named Fathalla Khan
[9:] Nephew of Abbass Koolie Khan
[10:] our friend, came to me on board
[11:] he came from the part of Abbass
[12:] Khan who is at Khanakin
[13:] to take away all the Koords here
[14:] as Abbass Khan has been
[15:] invested by the Persian Governt
[16:] as Governor of Koordistan in
[17:] place of his uncle Hussein
[18:] Koolie Khan ~ We left Coot
[19:] at 7,,10 drawing 4.6 ½ inches,

4th Saturd

[20:] At 9,,10 AM. we came to at Umel
[21:] Ajaj for the S. City of London
[22:] coming down, Cowley and
[23:] Janny son of Fetoohi came off
[24:] Henry has taken leave to
[25:] stop at Baghdad for 3 or 4
[26:] trips to enjoy himself
[pg: 31]

1876 March

[1:] in going out either to
[2:] Mossul or somewhere else
[3:] the London is not loaded
[4:] she has about 12,000 okes
[5:] but has over 150 passengers,
[6:] Thabet Pasha going down
[7:] in her as moteserrif for
[8:] Amara in place of Behjet
[9:] Bey having been dismissed,
[10:] We got under weigh at
[11:] 1,,15 AM; at 5,,30 passed
[12:] Memlah ~ Light N.W. &
[13:] fine weather; I heard this
[14:] morning from Coot passengers
[15:] that some 7 or 8 persons have
[16:] been attacked & died by Plague
[17:] some days ago at Coot it
[18:] is very curious this kind of
[19:] disease that nobody can
[20:] ascertain what it is really,
[21:] I paid the ship’s people
[22:] their wages for February,
[23:] At 4 P.M. we passed
[24:] Azizieh Fort; at 7,45
[25:] passed Baghdadieh Fort,
[pg: 32]
[1:] We are going better today,
[2:] making 24 Revolutions per
[3:] minute, river is rising a
[4:] little ~

5th Sund

[:] 5th
[:] Sund
[5:] Light S. Ely & cloudy all over
[6:] Gloomy weather ~ At 5,,45
[7:] passed Ctesiphon ~ it begun
[8:] to rain at 7 steadily, at 8,,40
[9:] passed Diala river, still raining
[10:] lightly & strong wind ~ at
[11:] 10,15 landed a Deckman at Gherarah
[12:] with letter to Blockey ~ Strong
[13:] S. Ely winds clouds breaking up;
[14:] At 11 ½ it got again Very Cloudy
[15:] & a strong shower of rain came
[16:] down ~ 0,,45 P.M. stopped
[17:] & landed the mail at the House
[18:] of Colonel Nixon & then steamed
[19:] on to the Custom House, landed
[20:] the passengers; ~ at 1,,10 I
[21:] went on shore ~ called on Em delivered
[22:] letters there were Yousif & Elias Sayegh
[23:] I left after 5 minute went home to see
[24:] Father Emilia Menusha & Henry,
[25:] Henry is
[26:] preparing to go to Hwedir tomorrow
[27:] with Mr Clarke & Mr. Sansom of
[28:] Lynch Brother, I left after 10 & called
[29:] again on Em, but I was not feeling
[30:] well. left at 3 called on Medula
[31:] for 1/2 hour & then called on Blockey,
[pg: 33]
[:] March
[1:] & carolina left at 5 came home,
[2:] Yousef & Elias Sayegh called on
[3:] us, at 7 I went over to EM spent
[4:] the evening but I could not speak
[5:] could not feel well at all had
[6:] to leave by 10 ~ Cloudy weather
[7:] & raining ~

6 Mond

[:] 6
[:] Mond
[8:] Light N.W. & cloudy raining
[9:] all the night & the morning
[10:] came on board at 7 ½ am
[11:] the S. Mossul is inside
[12:] raining continually ~
[13:] Elias Sayegh has left the
[14:] S. Mossul four days ago &
[15:] has been employed at
[16:] Jebra Asfar’s House as
[17:] an assistant Clerke under
[18:] Jeboory Asfar with 5 Liras
[19:] per month, a piece of silk
[20:] has been missed from the
[21:] through cargo of the Mossul
[22:] worth about 17 Liras & Omer
[23:] Pasha wants Elias to pay
[24:] for it because he receives
[25:] & discharges the cargo & keeps
[26:] the keys of the Holds ~
[27:] We are discharging cargo ~ at
[28:] 9 went on shore, Henry mr.
[29:] Clerke & Mr. Sansom are
[30:] going out to Hwedir at 10
[31:] but the Weather is cloudy
[pg: 34]
[1:] & ground very muddy place
[2:] the rain ~ at 10 I went over
[3:] to Em spent the day had some
[4:] lettuce left at 4 ½ P.M. called on
[5:] Sister Eliza saw Dr. Pais there
[6:] & Fetuhi left at 5 ½ after dinner
[7:] At 7 went over to Medula there
[8:] came the Assyrian Bishop, I
[9:] left at 9 ½ weather cleared
[10:] up & became fine Moonlight
[11:] night ~

7th Tuesd

[:] 7th
[:] Tuesd
[12:] Light S. Ely & cloudy weather,
[13:] At 7 ½ AM came on board,
[14:] we are discharging cargo;
[15:] went on shore at 9 called on
[16:] Candida for ½ hour, I have got
[17:] two guns which I want to buy
[18:] from Saleh Chiawish a central
[19:] fire doubled Barrel & a Rifle by
[20:] Henry’s Patent a very nice one
[21:] but the price of both is about 40
[22:] Liras ~ at 11 called on Em spent
[23:] the day left at 3 ½ P.M. went over to
[24:] Medula but was not at home
[25:] went to call on Carolina but met
[26:] her going to our house, so I
[27:] went to the Khan to see Mr.
[28:] Tartt’s little steam Launch
[29:] he is building for himself came
[30:] home ~ at 1 called on EMarine
[31:] spent the evening ~ left at 11
[32:] fine weather N.W. breeze,
[:] Engl

8th Wedne

[:] 8th
[:] Wedne
[33:] Light N.W. & fine morning,
[34:] At 7 ½ AM. came on
[pg: 35]
[:] March
[1:] board we are still landing
[2:] cargo; at 9 I went on shore
[3:] called on Candida for ½ hour
[4:] went home to breakfast &
[5:] at 11 called on Em, I wanted to
[6:] go out for a walk as far as the
[7:] South gate as I get no walk
[8:] at all & do not feel well, so
[9:] Eliza insisted on my going out
[10:] with Roofail which I did
[11:] left at 4 P.M. went home found
[12:] Henry had come back from
[13:] Hwedir; I took Roofail
[14:] & the two dogs Fina and
[15:] Angry (Yousef’s dogs) but I
[16:] had great bother in keeping
[17:] them quiete from the street
[18:] dogs & we got to outside the
[19:] gate of Babel Sherki & back
[20:] in passing the gate the
[21:] dogs begun to quarrel with
[22:] others and an Arab Stationed
[23:] at the gate as Mamoor of
[24:] the Kassabkhana (the
[25:] Buthechery) got up with
[26:] a stone to throw on Fina
[27:] I interfered & he rushed at
[28:] me abusing & shaking me
[29:] I would have knocked him down
[30:] but there were many other
[31:] Arabs who would have
[32:] been ready to interfere &
[pg: 36]
[1:] I knew what would have
[2:] been the Consequence if I had
[3:] struck him, but I told him
[4:] that I will soon shew him
[5:] so we walked back & I went
[6:] to Hamadies house to get
[7:] him to take a policeman
[8:] & got the Arab to be sent
[9:] to the Toofengchi Bashi
[10:] Haji Ahmed Agha, but Hamad
[11:] was not to be found, I went
[12:] through the streets & coffee
[13:] shops to look for him, I sent
[14:] the Dogs home with Roofaeel
[15:] but they wont follow him
[16:] Fina ran away back & Roofaeel
[17:] followed her I took angry
[18:] home & found Fina returning
[19:] with Roofaeel, I went to
[20:] Hamad’s house sent him
[21:] to get a policeman from
[22:] the station near Mr. Wilson’s
[23:] house & I came home walked
[24:] & went over to dine with
[25:] Blockey & Carolina by
[26:] whom I was asked yesterday
[27:] but I was in a great sorrow
[pg: 37]
[:] March
[1:] & trouble of mind & so
[2:] tyred from walking about
[3:] shortly after Hamadi
[4:] came & said that him &
[5:] the Zaptyeh got the man
[6:] who insulted me, they brought
[7:] him to our house but I
[8:] was not there, so they went
[9:] to the Constable of the
[10:] station at Kadi el Hajat quarter
[11:] a man called Abbass Agha
[12:] who took a security from
[13:] the arab until tomorrow
[14:] but Abbass Agha who Knew
[15:] me since last year at
[16:] the Quarantine of Diala
[17:] asked Hamadi to beg from
[18:] me for his part to let the
[19:] man go on Condition that
[20:] he will send him to
[21:] me tomorrow to apologize
[22:] I then Consented ~ at
[23:] 9 ½ I left Blockey & came
[24:] home turned in ~

9th Thursd

[:] 9th
[:] Thursd
[25:] Light S. Ely & fine weather
[pg: 38]
[1:] at 7 ½ am Came on board,
[2:] worked in giving Bills etc,
[3:] at 9 the Zaptyeh brought
[4:] me the arab who assaulted
[5:] me & he begged my pardon
[6:] & apologized I talked and
[7:] reprimanded him & so
[8:] dismissed them away,
[9:] I went home at 9 breakfasted
[10:] & at 10 called on Em for
[11:] 1 hour left at 11 came on
[12:] board ~ The S.S. Mossul
[13:] left for Basreh at 11, she
[14:] had few passengers &
[15:] little cargo but loaded
[16:] with governt wheat ~
[17:] At 1 P.M. the S. S. Comet
[18:] passed up going to Frejat
[19:] with the Resident on
[20:] a pleasure trip ~ I worked
[21:] very hard ~ I bought today
[22:] the central fire gun from
[23:] Saleh Chiawish for 25
[24:] Liras & paid him the money
[25:] Naoom Abood came on board
[26:] to see me, we have very
[27:] few passengers ~ at
[pg: 39]
[:] March
[1:] 6 P.M. I went on shore
[2:] with Roofaeel called on
[3:] Eliza Marine for 10 minutes
[4:] & came home, they are
[5:] preparing to go out to Hwedir
[6:] tomorrow morning, Henry
[7:] Emilia Alice, Blockey
[8:] Carolina & the children
[9:] & I was awfully vexed for
[10:] I have to wait until Blockey
[11:] & Carolina come to have
[12:] our dinner, & had to wait
[13:] till 7 ½ when they came
[14:] & we had our dinner I
[15:] then left home at 8 ½
[16:] called on Em for letters &
[17:] spent the evening left at
[18:] 12 ½ I came on board,
[19:] Modte S. Ely breeze
[20:] but fine weather
[21:] with clear moon light
[22:] night ~
[pg: 40]

10 Friday

[:] 10
[:] Friday
[1:] Strong S. Ely wind & heavy swell,
[2:] at 6 ½ AM. got under
[3:] weigh, after taking on board
[4:] Haji Abdulrahman Pachachi
[5:] and all his family women
[6:] & children about 20 persons
[7:] to Ctesiphon free & they will
[8:] come back in the “London;
[9:] At 8,,5 passed Diala river,
[10:] gave tickets to passengers, at
[11:] 9,,40 came to at Ctesiphon &
[12:] landed Haji Abdulrahman
[13:] and followers ~ Left at 10 ~
[14:] We have in all 44 passengers,
[15:] weighed the passengers luggage,
[16:] Weather got cloudy & wind
[17:] not so strong ~ At 2,,45 P.M.
[18:] passed Baghdadieh Fort;
[19:] At 5,,5 passed Azizieh ~
[20:] Strong S. Ely & cloudy ~
[21:] Weather is thretening with lightning
[22:] & thunder ~ at 8 ½ a strong
[23:] shower of rain came down
[24:] from broken clouds ~ At 9,,45
[25:] came to for the “London” coming
[pg: 41]
[:] March
[1:] up from Basreh having left
[2:] on Tuesday evening Cowley
[3:] & Jany came off, the London
[4:] has about 95,000 Okes & 112
[5:] passengers, Behjet Bey the
[6:] Motserrif of Amara is going
[7:] up being relieved by Thabet
[8:] Pasha; the London passed
[9:] the Phrate coming up at Azeir
[10:] being very deep with the
[11:] Mails cargo (Camilla) &
[12:] she met the Mossul going
[13:] down this morning at 10
[14:] am. at Aboo Dookar; ~ We
[15:] left at 10,,20 & proceeded,
[16:] at 11,,20 passed Memlah ~

11 Satur

[:] 11
[:] Satur
[17:] Light N.W & fine weather, at 3,,40 AM
[18:] Came to at Coot, landed 8 passengers
[19:] & 22 packages; the S. Phrate
[20:] passed up just before getting
[21:] to Coot, very deeply loaded,
[22:] At 5,,50 we left Coot;
[23:] at 9,,40 stopped at Sheikh Saad
[24:] and landed 3 passengers and
[25:] went on at 9,,50, Strong
[26:] N.W. cold wind ~
[pg: 42]
[1:] At 0,,40 P.M. came to at
[2:] Ali Gherbi landed 5 passeng
[3:] & 8 Dubbes empty & left
[4:] at 1,,10 ~ Weather getting
[5:] cloudy with rain in the distance,
[6:] at 5 passed Ali Sherghi ~
[7:] A very strong shower of rain
[8:] came down in torrents at
[9:] 5,,10 with thick black clouds
[10:] it lasted about 25 minutes;
[11:] at 7 weather cleared up and
[12:] became fine, with moonlight
[13:] night which rose at about
[14:] 7 1/4 ~ At 8,,30 we passed
[15:] the S.V. TellAffer going up she
[16:] has taken part of the through
[17:] cargo which the Phrate left
[18:] behind & could not bring all
[19:] At 9 stopped at Deffass &
[20:] sent for the Bridge of Amara
[21:] to be opened then steamed down
[22:] & went alongside landed
[23:] 5 passengers and 86 packages,
[24:] Jeboory came to me then we
[25:] went on shore saw Fathalla &
[26:] returned on board at 12 ~

12th Sund Bd

[:] 12th
[:] Sund
[:] Bd
[27:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[28:] at 2,,50 AM. got under weigh
[29:] from Amara & proceeded
[pg: 43]
[:] March
[1:] At 8,,25 landed 3 passengers
[2:] at Azeir took in 2 ½ & went
[3:] on at 8,,40 ~ We took 15 ½
[4:] passengers from Amara ~
[5:] At 11,,40 stopped at Gorna
[6:] and landed 11½ passengers &
[7:] sent a telegram to Carter &
[8:] went on at 11,,55; at 4 P.M
[9:] came to off Maghil, Capt
[10:] Holland went on shore, Yousef
[11:] With Naoom Serkis & Shekoory
[12:] Abood are on the other side
[13:] at Yousef’s ground Shebyeh,
[14:] شعيبية Also Antone & Michael
[15:] have gone out shooting at
[16:] Garmat Ali the S. “Mossul”
[17:] is here at the Turkish Grainary
[18:] discharging wheat she arrived
[19:] last night & has not yet
[20:] gone to Basreh ~ The Austrian
[21:] Lloyed S. Sphinx is also here
[22:] arrived some days ago & taking
[23:] wheat for Jedda ~ We
[24:] left for Basreh, came to
[25:] find the mail star Calcutta
[26:] arrived since friday she
[27:] has 992 packages for
[pg: 44]
[1:] us and all is discharged
[2:] in 7 Boats which came
[3:] alongside but all are light &
[4:] smal Packages about 346 Bags
[5:] of Tobacco amongst them, we
[6:] did not work at night as we
[7:] will leave on Tuesday, so
[8:] as to get some more cargo from
[9:] Basreh, ~ Antone is at Maghil
[10:] & so I remained on board ~

13th Mond

[:] 13th
[:] Mond
[11:] Light N.W. & fine morning;
[12:] we begun to take in the through
[13:] cargo & discharge too;
[14:] Antone, Naoom Serkis & Shekoory
[15:] Abood came down to me from
[16:] Maghil they went away then Yousef
[17:] came down, he saw and took
[18:] my new Central fire gun which
[19:] I bought from Saleh Chiawish
[20:] for 25 Liras he liked it very
[21:] much ~ at 10 I went over to
[22:] Antone there came Michael,
[23:] We then went on board the
[24:] Dijleh to show them the Guns
[25:] Antone went away, then Abdulla
[26:] Samhiry came to see me
[27:] we are taking some cargo
[28:] from Basreh & others ~
[pg: 45]
[:] March
[1:] At 3 P.M. Abdulla Michael
[2:] and me went to Antone,
[3:] I returned at 5 worked on
[4:] board and then at 6 went
[5:] over to dine with Antone
[6:] Michael is also there dining
[7:] & sleeping ~ the S. V. Baghdad
[8:] with flat left for Baghdad
[9:] At 4 P.M.~ fine weather
[10:] with light N.W. breeze, at
[11:] 9 ½ I came on board ~
[12:] We have taken all the Mails
[13:] cargo & others from Basreh;

14th Tuesd

[:] 14th
[:] Tuesd
[14:] Light N.W. & fine ~ We are
[15:] doing nothing today except
[16:] that we took 100 Bags of
[17:] Tobacco this morning ~ I
[18:] went at 10 to see Antone
[19:] & came back at 12; Calm
[20:] with no air & Thermo @ 75;
[21:] We got few passengers ~
[22:] Naoom Serkis is going to
[23:] Coot Amara with us &
[24:] Shekoory Abood to Baghdad
[25:] both in 2 C.Cabin ~ Antone
[pg: 46]
[1:] came off ~
[2:] At 4 P.M. we weighed &
[3:] proceeded up from
[4:] Basreh with the first flood
[5:] tide making & at 4,,20
[6:] the strap of air pump broke
[7:] (which was mended last trip) just
[8:] at Maghil, we dropped anchor
[9:] & remained to mend it
[10:] we send to get 10 Tons more of
[11:] Coal from Maghil in a Boat
[12:] I went on shore to Michael
[13:] for ½ hour & came back ~
[14:] Mr. Carter & Yousef Came
[15:] off, Yousef dined with Naoom
[16:] Serkis & Shekoory & went
[17:] away @ 8 ½, the Engineers
[18:] are working in the piece of
[19:] strap to mend without
[20:] interruption ~

15 Wednes

[:] 15
[:] Wednes
[21:] At 1,,30 AM. finished mending
[22:] the Strap, got under weigh
[23:] from Maghil & proceeded
[pg: 47]
[:] March
[1:] at 8,,25 stopped at Gorna
[2:] landed 2 ½ passengers & went
[3:] on at 8,,35 ~ We have in
[4:] all 65 passengers (15 with
[5:] through tickets) at 2 P.M.
[6:] stopped at Azeir & took in
[7:] 9 passengers Jews (6 with
[8:] through tickets & went on
[9:] at 2,,10 ~ S. Ely wind but
[10:] fine rather warm; at
[11:] 6,,20 landed a man at Kalat Saleh
[12:] & went on ~ Light N.W. and
[13:] fine night; River high;
[14:] at 12 came to at Amara
[15:] landed 19 passengers & 6 Bales,

16 Thursd

[:] 16
[:] Thursd
[16:] Jeboory came on board, I then
[17:] went to see Fathalla for ½
[18:] hour then came Naoom &
[19:] Shekoory too ~ We left
[20:] Amara at 1,,20 AM; ~
[21:] Light N.W. & fine morning,
[22:] Gave tickets to 33 ½ Amara
[23:] passengers, ~ at 10 weighed
[24:] the passengers Luggage,
[pg: 48]
[1:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed Ali
[2:] Gherbi, the S. Baghdad in sight
[3:] ahead going up, at 4,,15 we
[4:] passed her she has the flat
[5:] in tow; Light S. Ely breeze
[6:] & cloudy in some parts;

17th Friday

[:] 17th
[:] Friday
[7:] At 3,,30 AM. came to at Coot
[8:] landed 2 passengers (Naoom
[9:] Serkis & his servant) and
[10:] 2 Bags coffee, took in 5 tons
[11:] of Coal ~ there is no sickness
[12:] here as last trip some 7 or 8
[13:] persons died from the some
[14:] epidemic as last year supposed
[15:] to be Plague ~ we left
[16:] Coot at 6,,20 S. Ely breeze
[17:] & cloudy weather; at 1 P.M.
[18:] it begun to rain till nearly
[19:] 2½ but not very strong ~
[20:] At 3 passed Memlah Cloudy
[21:] breaking up; At 7,,40 passed
[22:] the S. City of London going down
[23:] but she did not stop it was
[24:] at Um Sneyem ~ S. Ely wind
[25:] cloudy all over & dark; river
[26:] still rising steadily ~

18th Satur

[:] 18th
[:] Satur
[27:] At 2,,45 AM. we passed Azizieh
[28:] Fort ~ Light N.W. & fine
[29:] cool morning ~ The river
[pg: 49]
[:] March
[1:] is falling to the great sorrow
[2:] of the Agriculturists it has
[3:] not yet reached to a sufficient
[4:] hight to enable the drales to
[5:] irrigate the country already
[6:] sown with wheat & Barley from
[7:] Baghdad down as far as
[8:] Amara it required about
[9:] 3 feet more and it would
[10:] have done great benefit to the
[11:] pure cultivators who are waiting
[12:] wth great anxiety for this rise
[13:] 5 days more and it will destroy
[14:] all the seeds on the ground
[15:] for it will not grow any
[16:] more even should there come
[17:] high rises it well be of no
[18:] benefit, the Consequence
[19:] will be a scarcity of grain
[20:] & the price will rise, but
[21:] they say that the upper
[22:] country North of Baghdad
[23:] their harvest will be a
[24:] plentyful one~ at 6,,45
[25:] passed Baghdadieh Fort
[26:]
[27:]
[28:] standstill, & wants about
[pg: 50]
[1:] 5 feet to reach to the level
[2:] of the bank; weather became
[3:] cloudy ~ At 4 P.M. passed
[4:] Ctesiphon; at 6,,20 passed
[5:] Diala river; at 9,,55 came
[6:] to at Baghdad; ~ At 10 I went
[7:] on shore, Shekoory abood his
[8:] servants and Hamadi with
[9:] the goat & two young ones of Eliza
[10:] Marine brought back with me
[11:] from Maghil, we all landed
[12:] & walked home; but I went to Eliza
[13:] with the goat they were asleep,
[14:] I gave them the letters, heard
[15:] from Eliza that here has been
[16:] several cases of Plague on the
[17:] other side of the river about 6 or
[18:] 8 persons died since last
[19:] week & they say that few Cases
[20:] occurred in the Jews quarter,
[21:] & all the people are in a great
[22:] funk some Christans are
[23:] thinking of making Quarantine
[24:] in their house, I left at 11 ½ come
[25:] home; I felt so week & so sorry
[26:] as I was not well this trip was
[27:] thinking & dreading about the
[28:] Mahomedan revolution against
[29:] the Christians as the Mahdan
[30:] subjects do not wish to carry
[31:] on the new Sultan’s firman
[32:] issued lately etc etc;
[pg: 51]

1876 March 19th Sund

[:] March

[:] 19th
[:] Sund
[1:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather
[2:] at 7 AM. I went to the Latin
[3:] Church, saw great many people
[4:] talking about the Plague ~
[5:] left church at 8 with Henry
[6:] & we called on Carolina &
[7:] Blockey they seem to be afraid
[8:] too ~ left @ 9 called on Mr
[9:] Ruben Eram & Arteen to
[10:] whom I have been for a long
[11:] time left @ 10 came home
[12:] to breakfast at 11 called on Em
[13:] today is a holy day of Sent Joseph
[14:] many people called on us; found
[15:] at Eliza, Stifan & Fetoohi Kasperkhan
[16:] then came Hannosh Tessy J. Sayegh
[17:] Elias Serkis & Dawd Oossy & they
[18:] are all talking about the Plague
[19:] they say that is working in the
[20:] other side of the river out of town
[21:] in the Fahama quarter (people
[22:] living in wretched hovels under
[23:] Huts & very miserably fed
[24:] some say that
[25:] Buffaloes in town have some
[26:] decease & through them this
[27:] sickness is caused, the
[28:] Authority have taken
[pg: 52]
[1:] measures to send all Buffaloes
[2:] out of town, & the fahama
[3:] quarter are to quit the place
[4:] & be sent out in the desert;
[5:] The S.V. “Comet” left at 2 P.M.
[6:] for Basreh with Colonel Nixon
[7:] & his family & Capt Warner
[8:] & family on board apparently
[9:] running away from the plague
[10:] they took tents & provisions
[11:] & paid all hands for two
[12:] months wages in advance
[13:] but Dr. Calvill has remained
[14:] here to see after this sickness,
[15:] he says that it will not be
[16:] very bad this year in Baghdad
[17:] but next year it will be
[18:] worse ~ I left Eliza at 3 P.M. called
[19:] on Medula there came Blockey
[20:] Naoom Abood & Bolus etc, I
[21:] left & called on Eliza Sister
[22:] then called on Candida came
[23:] home, every house & every
[24:] person is talking about this
[25:] sickness & the Christians
[26:] are in a great panic ~ at
[27:] 7 called on Em spent the
[28:] evening there came Rezooki
[29:] Serkis & his wife they went
[30:] at 9; I left at 12 came
[pg: 53]
[:] March
[1:] house light N.W. & fine
[2:] night;
[:] (see later dates)

20th Mond

[:] 20th
[:] Mond
[3:] Light N.W. & fine, at 7am
[4:] came on board, the Tell Affer
[5:] is inside discharging, ~ Capt
[6:] Holland tells me that Calvill
[7:] thinks there will be quarantine
[8:] established on the Steamers
[9:] on their arrival at Basreh, but
[10:] he is opposed to it because
[11:] the Turks do not carry it
[12:] well & strict, the same
[13:] as last year, ~ We hear of
[14:] no more cases of Plague
[15:] for the last two or three
[16:] days; at 9 ½ the S.V. Baghdad
[17:] with flat arrived from
[18:] Basreh; at 10 I went home
[19:] to breakfast; Emilia is in
[20:] a great funk because the Residents
[21:] & family have bolted to Basreh,
[22:] & is byeing provision etc ~
[23:] at 11 called on Em left @ 2 P.M.
[24:] went home took Henry &
[25:] Roofail & went to the bazaar
[26:] to bye things for Antone
[27:] came home at 4 found
[28:] Menoosha Henry’s wife
[pg: 54]
[1:] had just been confined of
[2:] a daughter, all my sisters
[3:] here & Menoosha’s mother etc,
[4:] they all dined with us except
[5:] Carolina went away; Stifan
[6:] called to spend the evening,
[7:] fine clear night with
[8:] light N. Wester;
[:] Called Louisa

21st Tuesd

[:] 21st
[:] Tuesd
[9:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[10:] at 7 AM came on board,
[11:] we are discharging cargo;
[12:] at 8 ½ I called on Blockey and
[13:] Carolina; he tells me that the
[14:] London arrived at Basreh
[15:] Sunday evening the mail
[16:] steamer Euphrates is broken down
[17:] on her way up at Gwader it
[18:] is the fortnightly mail which
[19:] we will meet this time, but
[20:] perhaps she will arrive late,
[21:] I left with
[22:] together to our house & breakfast
[23:] at 10. At 11½ I called on Em, I sat
[24:] in Roofaeels room making a frame
[25:] & then called Chemooni wife of
[26:] Gharghis & Sidy Tessy, then came Mily
[27:] wife of Naoom Serkis I was shut
[28:] up with Roofaeel in his room till
[29:] 3 ½ P.M. when they went away
[30:] I was so disapointed & tyred at
[31:] 4 left went home, I could not
[32:] dine for not feeling well, Celesta
[33:] dined with us; I went to my
[34:] room was called by Roofaeel, &
[35:] at 7 ½ I went over to Emarine
[pg: 55]
[:] March
[1:] spent the evening left 11½ came
[2:] home ~ Light N.W. & fine
[3:] night ~

22d Wed

[:] 22d
[:] Wed
[4:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[5:] it is getting warm, at 7am
[6:] came on board, we are discharging
[7:] cargo ~ no news with
[8:] regard to the Plague and no
[9:] fresh cases we hear lately
[10:] at 9 went on shore called on Candida
[11:] left & went home saw there Eliza
[12:] Marine, ~ At 11 I called on Em &
[13:] spent the day left at 4 P.M. called
[14:] on Sister Eliza there came Henry
[15:] we left at 5 went home; at
[16:] 7 called on Medula Sister left
[17:] at 9 ½ came home, fine weather
[18:] but rather getting warm,

23d Thursd

[:] 23d
[:] Thursd
[19:] Light N.W. & fine, at 7 am
[20:] came on board; the S.V.
[21:] Phrate left at 5 ½ AM for
[22:] Basreh, loaded with governt
[23:] grain ~ We are taking
[24:] cargo but there are not much,
[25:] No cases of Plague they say
[26:] have occurred in the opposite side
[27:] since 4 days, the whole number
[28:] of deaths did not exceed 30 &
[29:] measures are taken by the
[pg: 56]
[1:] Authority to stop its spreading,
[2:] at 9 I went on shore breakfasted
[3:] & at 9 ½ called on Em left @ 11 came
[4:] on board worked in giving Bills
[5:] of Lading, weather warm Thermo:
[6:] 76 at 12 AM ~ Eliza has received
[7:] a Telegram from Fathalla from
[8:] Amara in which he says that if
[9:] there are plague here to come down
[10:] to Amara as there are none at
[11:] Amara, & has paid for a reply,
[12:] she answered that there has been
[13:] no cases for the last 4 days &
[14:] if any thing happens a quarantine
[15:] in the house will be better
[16:] than leaving town,” and the
[17:] telegram was sent at 10 am;
[18:] We took pretty good number of
[20:] packages ~ We heard now
[21:] that a Quarantine has been
[22:] established for all the steamers
[23:] going down to Basreh, at
[24:] Gorna the order came today
[25:] from Constple to Padmani
[26:] they have complied with the
[27:] request of the authorities of
[28:] Basreh; ~ but I think Basreh
[29:] is already infected if such
[30:] is the case they have no
[31:] right to put us in quarantine
[pg: 57]
[:] March
[1:] but this is desired I think by
[2:] the Consul general of Baghdad
[3:] our famous Coll Nixon who
[4:] run away to Basreh for
[5:] fear from the Plague;
[6:] We are going to start at 8 P.M.
[7:] so as to catch the Phrate &
[8:] get down before her perhaps
[9:] we may pass Gorna without
[10:] being put in Quarantine
[11:] but I don’t believe this ~
[12:] at 4 ½ I went on shore with
[13:] Roofaeel called on Em informed
[14:] her of our quarantine, left at
[15:] 5 ½ went home, I heard that
[16:] two or three cases of Plague
[17:] has taken place among the
[18:] Jews but they do not know
[19:] the disease, they vomit &
[20:]
[21:] dined & left home at 6 ½
[22:] called on Em for letters; at
[23:] 8¼ Hamadi came to
[24:] fetch me as we are going
[25:] to leave I left & came on
[26:] board, Hamadi tells me
[27:] that he heard 8 person
[pg: 58]
[1:] have been attacked and
[2:] died today in the opposite
[3:] side of the river; we took
[4:] in 5 Tons more of Coal;
[5:] Rezooki Abood and his aunt
[6:] Medool are going with us
[7:] to be landed at Ctesiphon
[8:] Mr. Lansom is going back
[9:] to Basreh also Mr. Jules Weber
[10:] is going down en route to Europe
[11:] to his country in Switzerland;
[12:] We waited for the mail it came
[13:] on board at 9;
[14:] Dr. Calvill’s report is that 15 cases
[15:] of Plague has taken place today
[16:] in the opposite side, and two
[17:] in this side but this latter is
[18:] doubtful ~
[19:] At 10 P.M. we got under weigh
[20:] from Baghdad & proceeded,
[21:] dark but clear night,
[22:] with a light N.W. breeze;

24 Frid

[:] 24
[:] Frid
[23:] At 0,,20 AM. came to at Ctesiphon
[24:] landed Rezooki Abood Medool
[25:] & 4 servants, & left at 0,,45
[pg: 59]
[:] March
[1:] at 6 AM passed Baghdadieh
[2:] Fort; gave tickets to passengers,
[3:] we have in all 80 passengers
[4:] Light S. Ely breeze, but fine,
[5:] at 8 passed Azizieh Fort;
[6:] We have only 23 passengers
[7:] for Basreh & the rest for
[8:] Coot & Amara ~ Weighed
[9:] the passengers luggage;
[10:] at 10,,50 passed the S.
[11:] V. Mossul going up deeply
[12:] laden with cargo and
[13:] passengers ~ At 11,,30 met
[14:] the S. London coming up, we
[15:] came to at UmSneyem, Cowley
[16:] & Janny came off there is
[17:] no news of any plague at
[18:] Coot, Amara or Basreh, the
[19:] London is light, has about
[20:] 40000 Okes Basreh Cargo &
[21:] 50 Tons of Coal & about 26
[22:] passengers; I gave Janny
[23:] a letter to Henry & one addressed
[24:] to Roofaeel; we left at
[pg: 60]
[1:] 0,,10 P.M; at 0,,30 we came
[2:] & to repair something in
[3:] the Engine room which got
[4:] out of order; at 1 P.M.
[5:] proceeded; weather became
[6:] cloudy warm with light S. Ely
[7:] air; at 3 passed Memlah
[8:] Station; breeze increased a
[9:] S. Easter, clouds travelling about,
[10:] at 5 we beheld the smoke
[11:] of the S. Phrate ahead, she has
[12:] just left Coot ~ at 7,,10 came
[13:] to at Coot landed 41 packages
[14:] and 22 ½ passengers; took in
[15:] 3 Tons of Coal, the Phrate has
[16:] left Coot at 5 P.M. ~ The
[17:] news of the Plague here which
[18:] I have been able to obtain
[19:] from several people and the
[20:] most accurate report is
[21:] that this decease sprung
[22:] out here about a month
[23:] ago without being imported
[24:] from any other place, there are
[25:] none on the Hye river, neither
[26:] at Kalat Sekar nor at Hye
[27:] Village or Shetrah (from
[28:] whence it was brought
[pg: 61]
[:] March
[1:] last year to Coot) and
[2:] during this last month
[3:] the total death have been
[4:] nearly 50 it ranges to one
[5:] or two deaths daily, the
[6:] people of Coot are leaving
[7:] the place some of them, &
[8:] today there have been 4
[9:] deaths, some of these people
[10:] get the Carbuncle and
[11:] some without, only with
[12:] fever etc; ~ We left
[13:] Coot at 9, fine weather &
[14:] calm ~
[:] see further on
[:] noon 80
[:] 4P.m. 84

25 Satur Th@6. 50 noon 79 4P.m. 90

[:] 25
[:] Satur
[:] Th@6. 50
[:] noon 79
[:] 4P.m. 90
[15:] At 3.45 AM landed 4 passengers
[16:] and money at Ali Gherbi and
[17:] went on at 4 ~ At 5,,30 we
[18:] passed the S. Phrat under
[19:] steam going down she had
[20:] left Baghdad & on Thursday
[21:] morning ~ Light S. Easter
[22:] and fine weather; at 11,,25
[23:] we arrived to Amara found
[24:] the bridge not Cut no body
[25:] seems to have seen us until
[26:] we came nearly on top of
[pg: 62]
[1:] the bridge had to turn
[2:] round & await until it opened
[3:] went alongside landed
[4:] 29 passengers & 108 packages;
[5:] Jeboory came to me; he asked
[6:] me about the plague at Baghdad
[7:] I told the people all about
[8:] it, We went there to Fathalla
[9:] yesterday the answer of theirs
[10:] no body here know about the
[11:] Quarantine established at Gorna
[12:] for us, I sent Hamadi to the
[13:] Telegraph Office to enquire
[14:] & he found that it is true the
[15:] Quarantine people have Come
[16:] up from Basreh yesterday
[17:] Gorna; There is nothing at
[18:] Amara & no sickness at
[19:] all ~ At 1,,10 P.M. We left
[20:] Amara, the S.V. Phrate
[21:] arrived there at about 1,,40 ~
[22:] Light S. Ely & fine, River
[23:] has overflowed in some parts
[24:] the embankments in the
[25:] Marshes made an offensive
[26:] smell ~ at 6,,30 landed a
[27:] Jewess & child at Azeir &
[pg: 63]
[:] March
[1:] went on at 6,,35 ~
[2:] This Quarantine establishment
[3:] at Gorna was desired by Nasser
[4:] Pasha (the governor of Basreh)
[5:] who telegraphed to Constantinople
[6:] to ask for it, I had heard
[7:] it last sunday from Arteen
[8:] Erame the Inspector of Telegraph
[9:] when we called on him with
[10:] Henry, but Padmani was
[11:] opposed to it, he represented
[12:] to Constple, the unecessity
[13:] of it as it will stop the trade
[14:] in the river etc, but it not
[15:] succeed, the order came
[16:] on Thursday (the day before
[17:] yesterday) for its establishment
[18:] To please Nasser Pasha, all
[19:] the people & steamers must
[20:] suffer this disgusting regulation
[21:] as we have seen it so
[22:] often before ~ At 9,,35
[23:] came to off Gorna, found
[24:] no Quarantine established
[25:] here, landed 6 Bales and
[26:] inquired they said that
[pg: 64]
[1:] the quarantine staff
[2:] have left Basreh in Balams
[3:] since yesterday coming up,
[4:] & not yet arrived ~ at 10,,5
[5:] Weighed & proceeded ~

26 Sund

[:] 26
[:] Sund
[6:] At 2,,30 A.M. we arrived at Basreh
[7:] I dropped anchor at 5 we
[8:] sent the mail on shore, we
[9:] then heard that the quarantine
[10:] guards 10 men were only sent
[11:] up yesterday in the Balam and
[12:] the Doctor Kolmar & others are
[13:] not gone yet but going today
[14:] in the steam Launch El
[15:] Bark to Gorna, no body
[16:] expected us here so early,
[17:] I went to Antone at 6, and
[18:] got the news; he says Nasser
[19:] Pasha is in a great funk &
[20:] has asked for permission from
[21:] Constanple to live at Zobeir
[22:] & establish a telegraph to Basreh
[23:] no news about any more cases
[24:] of plague, but the last telegraph
[25:] received by Coll Nixon yesterday
[26:] from Calvill is the one we
[27:] heard on the night of our
[28:] departure from Baghdad
[pg: 65]
[:] March
[1:] The S.V. Comet has gone down
[2:] to Fao with Coll Nixon & family,
[3:] Mr Robertson Carter etc, to meet
[4:] Major Champain the Anglo-
[5:] Persian Dirrector of Telegraph,
[6:] I gave Antone his letters and came
[7:] on board at 7 ~ At 7 ½ we weighed
[8:] & proceeded to Marghil for
[9:] coaling; Light sultry air
[10:] and warm weather;
[11:] Then @ 7 ½ 80 in my cabin;
[12:] The S.S. Timsah from England
[13:] of Gray Mackenzie and the
[14:] S.S. Coina are lying at Basreh,
[15:] went on shore at Maghil
[16:] saw Michael; Yousef Marine
[17:] & Mujel (the French Engineer of
[18:] Baghdad) are in the opposite
[19:] side he is taking the view
[20:] of Maghil; ~ Yousef says
[21:] that he believes Basreh
[22:] must be infected with plague
[23:] At 10 the S. Phrate arrived
[24:] she came to at Maghil to
[25:] land the Wheat at the Turkish
[26:] Granary ~ I went to Yousef to
[27:] pass the time, we took
[pg: 66]
[1:] in 25 Tons of Coal; ~ At about
[2:] 1 P.M. the ElBurk came up to
[3:] Maghil, she waited at Basreh
[4:] for Dr. Kolmar & quarantine
[5:] people to take them to Gorna
[6:] but they did not come, as they
[7:] had a Mejlis discussing about
[8:] this sickness & so the steam
[9:] launch came up; Yousef says
[10:] that perhaps they have discovered
[11:] that Basreh is infected and
[12:] no Quarantine will be establish,
[13:] at 2 ½ I received the answer
[14:] of my telegraph to Henry he
[15:] says “This side perfect health
[16:] other side very few less than
[17:] before all well London departure
[18:] undecided salams” ~ At 3
[19:] We left for Basreh; S. Ely
[20:] breeze cloudy all over very
[21:] warm & Sultry weather;
[22:] I went on shore to Antone, the
[23:] Quarantine Doctor has sent for
[24:] the steam Launch to Maghil
[25:] to go up in her to Gorna and
[26:] establish quarantine on both
[27:] rivers for 21 ½ days as the official
[28:] report is Antone tells me
[29:] that Asche told him today
[pg: 67]
[:] Mch
[1:] that there have been 20 cases
[2:] of Plague yesterday at Baghdad
[3:] but only 3 deaths occurred,
[4:] Nasser Pasha went out
[5:] to Zobeir today he is in great
[6:] fear of the plague; I came
[7:] on board at 6 would not stop
[8:] to dine with Antone ~ Mr.
[9:] Weber dined with us & slept
[10:] on board ~ A strong westerly
[11:] wind blew at 8 with dark
[12:] thretening clouds ~ the
[13:] St. Launch came down at 10 from
[14:] Maghil to take up the quarantine
[15:] people ~ it rained for a little
[16:] while during the night ~

27th Mond

[:] 27th
[:] Mond
[17:] Light S. Ely & and little cloudy,
[18:] the ElBurk has not gone up yet,
[19:] the mail str will leave Bushire
[20:] today a new ship the Rajpootana
[21:] as the regular Str (Euphrates)
[22:] broke down at Gwader;
[23:] at 7 ½ went to the Custom House
[24:] to see Haji Effendi ~ at 8 the
[25:] ElBurk left with the Quarantine
[26:] people for Gorna ~ at
[pg: 68]
[1:] 11 I went to see Antone, there
[2:] came Abdulla Samhiry to
[3:] see me, he reports that Calvill’s
[4:] telegrams to Coll Nixon is
[5:] 30 cases yesterday, 18 on
[6:] Saturday & 15 on friday
[7:] & 12 deaths at Hilla yesterday
[8:] this shows that the desease
[9:] is on the increase ~ I sent
[10:] a telegram this morning to
[11:] Henry ~ at 3 ½ P.M. the S.V.
[12:] Comet came up from Fao
[13:] with the Colonel & party on
[14:] board, she went alongside
[15:] her Depot (Robertson’s house)
[16:] I called on board & left Abdulla
[17:] & Antone; the wind shifted
[18:] to a N.W. at about 3 P.M. it
[19:] was S. Ely since we left Baghdad
[20:] and this increases the plague
[21:] whenever the wind shifts to
[22:] a S. Easter; I went to dine at
[23:] Antones at 6 there came Dr.
[24:] Pais to dine also, Mr. Hadens
[25:] the Postmaster of Baghdad who
[26:] came down with Colonel
[27:] Nixon also called we spent
[28:] the evening ~ Colonel
[pg: 69]
[:] Mch
[1:] Nixon & wife, Capt & Mrs Warner
[2:] & Mr. Warner’s sister, Mr. &
[3:] Mrs Rout are all going to take
[4:] up their lodging at Robertson’s
[5:] house and Mr. Robertson is
[6:] going to spend a month up
[7:] at Shushter as he will
[8:] have no room to live in the
[9:] house, also Antone Marine
[10:] is going to live up at Maghil
[11:] with Yousef & come down
[12:] daily to his office down
[13:] below, this will remain
[14:] so until the sickness ceases
[15:] at Baghdad ~ at 9 ½ I
[16:] came on board ~

28th Tuesd

[:] 28th
[:] Tuesd
[17:] Light Southerly air & fine calm
[18:] Weather ~ but at 8 it shifted
[19:] to a N Wester breeze ~ Mr. Pais
[20:] came off to me, he has order
[21:] from Bombay to be shifted
[22:] from Baghdad to some other
[23:] stations this is a new order
[24:] by govnmt to shift their servants
[25:] about not to live them long
[26:] time in one place; I am
[pg: 70]
[1:] very sorry for it, as he is so
[2:] well known now in Baghdad
[3:] but he wants to serve his 15 years
[4:] so as to get one third of his pay as
[5:] pention, & he has about 4 ½
[6:] years yet to serve, he has been
[7:] here 10 years already;
[8:] We took in cargo from Basreh,
[9:] about 300 packages ~ At 2 P.M.
[10:] I received a telegram from Henry
[11:] in answer to mine of yesterday
[12:] he says “other side increasing
[13:] very slowly this side none, London
[14:] friday, all well Blockey living
[15:] Nakib’s Garden Salams” ~ But
[16:] Abdulla writes to me & says
[17:] the official report is that yesterday
[18:] there occurred 25 cases 11 out
[19:] of which died, at Hilla 20 cases
[20:] but 5 deaths; at 3 P.M. the
[21:] mail S. Rajpootana arrived a large
[22:] steamer of 2000 Tons she has 645
[23:] packages for us; ~ Capt Warner
[24:] of the S.V. Comet called on board,
[25:] Mr. Mackenzie has arrived
[26:] in the Rajpootana from Bushire
[27:] he is to go to Baghdad to take
[28:] up his place as the Firm
[29:] of Gray Mackenzie & co and
[30:] agent of the B.I.S.N.Cpy he
[31:] called on board, with Mr.
[pg: 71]
[:] Mch
[1:] Caningham ~ Antone called
[2:] to me on board this evening
[3:] on his way to Maghil to
[4:] stay with Yousef & Mr. Robertson
[5:] leaves this evening to Shushter
[6:] up the Karoon for a month
[7:] Mr. Cadenhead accompanied
[8:] him, and lives the Colonel
[9:] & family in his house
[10:] at 8 wind shifted to East

29th Wednes

[:] 29th
[:] Wednes
[11:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[12:] Antone came down from Maghil
[13:] called on board; the ElBurk
[14:] came down to take Coll. Nixon
[15:] & family up to maghil to
[16:] spend the day with Carter,
[17:] through cargo came alongside
[18:] we are taking it, gave tickets
[19:] to passengers ~ at 2 P.M.
[20:] went on shore to Antone there
[21:] came Pais & then Abdulla
[22:] Samhiry I hear that the
[23:] report of Dr. Calvill of yesterday
[24:] was not comprehended
[25:] well he says that 16 & 13
[26:] cases occurred & 28 deaths
[27:] but confused & appears the
[pg: 72]
[1:] plague is working its way
[2:] to the other side (our side)
[3:] at 3 I came on board with
[4:] Abdulla worked gave tickets
[5:] & bills etc ~ A French Doctor
[6:] Dr. Arnold from Constple
[7:] who came to search and
[8:] make reports regarding the
[9:] Plague is going up with
[10:] us to Baghdad ~ We have
[11:] lots of passengers;
[12:] At 5,,5 P.M. got under weigh
[13:] from Basreh & proceeded
[14:] with the flood tide, Antone
[15:] Marine Mr. Weber & Mr.
[16:] Sansom going with us to
[17:] land at Maghil; landed
[18:] the above party at Maghil
[19:] I went on, gave tickets to
[20:] passengers but did not finish
[21:] them as it got dark; fine
[22:] night moon 3 days old
[23:] Light N. Wester breeze.
[pg: 73]
[:] Mch
[1:] At 10,,50 stopped at Gorna
[2:] landed a passenger and letters
[3:] & went on at 11, the Quarantine
[4:] is established in two places
[5:] on the mouth of the Euphrates
[6:] on Gorna side & the other
[7:] up above Gorna at Mezera
[8:] on the East bank above the
[9:] Date trees ~

30th Thurs

[:] 30th
[:] Thurs
[10:] Light
[11:] At 4,,25 landed a passenger at
[12:] Azeir & went on at 4,,30 AM
[13:] gave tickets to passengers
[14:] be have altogether 124 (3 2d C class
[15:] Cabin a Doctor Jelovitz & his wife
[16:] and a Jew Yacoob Mekemmel and
[17:] 1st C. Dr. Arnold) ~ at 8,,40 we
[18:] landed Selloomy Effendi at Kalat
[19:] Saleh & went on;
[20:] At 11 a passenger from Basreh, he
[21:] comes from Hassa being sick
[22:] with a pernicious fever, died
[23:] on board ~
[24:] At 2 P.M. arrived to Amara
[25:] landed 10 passengers ~ Jeboori
[26:] came to me, I went out to
[27:] him & saw Fathalla also
[pg: 74]
[1:] Dr Arnold to optain new
[2:] with regard to the sickness
[3:] if any here or in the surrounding
[4:] neighbourhood but there is
[5:] none & not the sign of it
[6:] I received a notice in Arabic
[7:] from Abdulla Samhiry
[8:] he informs me, that there
[9:] were 200 cases of plague &
[10:] 20 deaths out of them yesterday
[11:] at Baghdad, and all in the
[12:] other side of the river &
[13:] that the Sickness at Hilla
[14:] is increasing; ~ We took
[15:] in some cargo Coal & passengers
[16:] & left at 4 P.M. ~ gave
[17:] tickets to 41 ½ passengers from
[18:] Amara ~ Light Easterly and
[19:] fine night ~

31st Friday

[:] 31st
[:] Friday
[20:] Light S. Ely & little cloudy; at
[21:] 5,,25 AM. landed 2 ½ passengers
[22:] at Ali Gherbi & took in one
[23:] & went on at 5,,30; no plague
[24:] is reported here at all; weighed
[25:] the passengers luggage ~
[26:] strong S. Ely & cloudy Sultry
[27:] weather ~ at 3 I shot a pig
[pg: 75]
[:] Mch
[1:] at Aboo Nakhal on the West bank
[2:] within 150 yards ~
[3:] At 5,,45 P.M. arrived to Coot
[4:] landed 10 passengers and
[5:] 12 Bales cloth, the S.V. Ressafah
[6:] is here going down, she has
[7:] few passengers but nearly
[8:] all for Amara, Dr. Arnauld
[9:] & myself went to see the Kaymakam
[10:] of Coot to obtain information
[11:] regarding the plague here but
[12:] this person was lying & could
[13:] not obtain the through information
[14:] from him or others who were
[15:] present also Mostaph was there
[16:] & he backed the Governor, he
[17:] only said that the desease has
[18:] been here since 2 months but
[19:] that for the last 15 days there
[20:] has been none at all, so
[21:] Dr. Arnauld left him in disappointment
[22:] & was angry for not telling him
[23:] the truth, we came on board
[24:] & I got the true news from
[25:] our Watchman Rashed &
[26:] from other Koords, they Said
[27:] that the sickness is still
[28:] raging as usual since
[pg: 76]
[1:] 1 ½ month ago & have died
[2:] about 30, & yesterday here
[3:] 4 Cases, today 3 cases some
[4:] are recovering, but among the
[5:] Koords are much more some
[6:] vomit blood & get the buboes on
[7:] the joints, groin under arms
[8:] on the Arms & on the necks
[9:] those on the necks recover often
[10:] the desease is only at Coot and
[11:] no where else, none at Kalat
[12:] Suker or
[13:] arabs, even Selman son of
[14:] Monsoor Pasha has made
[15:] Quarantine on the Hye
[16:] river to prevent people from
[17:] going over to the other Side,
[18:] a Jew told us that over 100 have
[19:] died since last month and and it
[20:] is on the increase, about 20
[21:] passengers came from Coot
[22:] & nearly all running away
[23:] Dr. Arnauld advised Capt Holland
[24:] not to take Any passenger
[25:] but he would not listen he
[26:] even denyes & believes what
[27:] the Merchant Arabs of
[pg: 77]
[:] Mch
[1:] Coot tell him that there is
[2:] none, & does not even
[3:] believes in it, he want to
[4:] ship wool if there is any, but none
[5:] has arrived to town yet
[6:] from outside as it is early
[7:] yet; all the houses here have
[8:] got small flags flying on the
[9:] top of their houses which
[10:] indicates that they have a
[12:] sick person in the house,
[13:] even our men discovered a
[14:] case of plague in our Coal
[15:] Depot with a very large buboe
[16:] on his arm; ~ We took in
[17:] Coal & passengers and left
[18:] at 7 ½ P.M. S. Ely wind
[19:] but fine;

April 1 Satur

[:] April
[:] 1
[:] Satur
[20:] At 0,,10 AM came to for
[21:] the City of London coming down
[22:] Cowley & Janny came off
[23:] Janny says they have few
[24:] passengers about 60, but only
[25:] 16 for Basreh & little cargo
[26:] they are going to remain
[pg: 78]
[1:] in Quarantine 21 days
[2:] he says in Baghdad people are
[3:] not afraid much, & the sickness
[4:] is only in the opposite side
[5:] few cases every day, some
[6:] Doctor as Beck, Parlady, Yousef
[7:] Bey, Omer Bey etc says that
[8:] it is not the real Plague
[9:] & the Pasha is seconding them,
[10:] Henry also writes to me so,
[11:] At 1,,5 we proceeded ~
[12:] At 4,,30 passed Memlah; Modte
[13:] Ely & cloudy all over; gave
[14:] tickets to 22 Coot passengers
[15:] I had the money washed afterwards
[16:] put into the bags, the passengers
[17:] are mostly all running away
[18:] from Coot; weather became
[19:] very gloomy & it rained a little
[20:] wind became strong S. Ely &
[21:] cloudy sultry weather, Paid
[22:] the ship’s wages after breakfast
[23:] for March & worked hard in
[24:] closing accounts;
[25:] At 2,,5 PM passed Azizieh
[26:] Fort; at 5,,45 passed Baghdadieh
[27:] Fort; weather became thretening
[28:] with distant lightning, strong
[29:] S. Easterly wind & cloudy ~
[pg: 79]
[:] April
[1:] I hear now from our Coot
[2:] passengers that at Hye Village
[3:] the plague is also working;

April 2d Sund

[:] April
[:] 2d
[:] Sund
[4:] At about 3 AM. Stopped at Ctesiphon
[5:] took in Haji Derwish Ali who
[6:] came out to meet his brother
[7:] Abdulmejid coming back from
[8:] the Haj & landed Abdulkerim
[9:] Kubba to his friends who came
[10:] out to meet the Pilgrims &
[11:] went on at 3,,15 ~ at 5,,30
[12:] passed Diala; ~ landed a
[13:] Deckman at Gherarah with
[14:] letters to Blockey & went on,
[15:] Light S. Ely breeze and Sultry
[16:] weather; we passed Mr.
[17:] Canberaugh Mr. Clark & Caldtin
[18:] in the Keradah under tents
[19:] dropped a letter for them, we
[20:] than passed Blocky & Carolina
[21:] in the Nakib’s Garden they
[22:] are living there; & met my
[23:] Sisters & Henry riding out
[24:] to them ~ at 8,,50 we
[25:] landed the mail at
[26:] the old Residency house
[27:] & went on, landed passengers
[28:] I went on shore at 9 ½
[pg: 80]
[1:] called on Em to deliver letters, heard
[2:] from her that some cases of plague
[3:] ocurred on this side too for the
[4:] last two or three days at
[5:] Sadrieh & at Babel Sheikh
[6:] & every body is afraid & some
[7:] Christians are preparing for
[8:] a quarantine in their houses;
[9:] I went home saw my father
[10:] & Menusha heard that among
[11:] the Christians too the plague
[12:] has appeared, the daughter
[13:] of Dr. Latini has had it she
[14:] had fever for 3 days & yesterday
[15:] got the bubo on the neck
[16:] under the Jaw; soon after
[17:] I received a note from Henry
[18:] from the Nakib’s Garden where
[19:] Blockey is living saying that
[20:] while going out this morning
[21:] with my Sisters they saw
[22:] 8 graves being dug outside
[23:] the Babel Sherghi for 8 dead
[24:] bodies he sends to me to get
[25:] information, I run out called
[26:] on Eliza Sister for few minutes
[27:] gave letter she not being
[28:] well having taken cold &
[29:] then went to Mr. Ashill he
[30:] told me that 28 Cases occurred
[31:] yesterday & 20 deaths on
[32:] both sides of the town
[pg: 81]
[:] April
[1:] and Latini’s daughter and
[2:] the daughter of the son of
[3:] Keryacoz Keliddin are attacked
[4:] with plague this is in the
[5:] Christian quarter near
[6:] Sugel Ghazel; I left & came
[7:] home wrote back to Henry
[8:] to inform him I then called
[9:] on Eliza Marine for one hour
[10:] she preparing for a Quarantine
[11:] in Candida’s house called
[12:] on Candida for few minutes
[13:] & went home sent Hamadi
[14:] to Babel Sheikh to ask for the plague
[15:] if any have taken place, I
[16:] to Mrs. Pais told her all about
[17:] Pais changement & he has to
[18:] go away etc all what he told
[19:] me at Basreh to tell her, left
[20:] at 2 came & called on Emarine
[21:] I received from Henry an other
[22:] letter telling me not to get the
[23:] Masons to work in our house
[24:] tomorrow (as we are repairing
[25:] the house for the last 9 days)
[26:] & that Blockey is coming
[27:] back this evening to town,
[28:] at 5 left Eliza came home
[29:] at 6 Emilia Alice & Henry
[pg: 82]
[1:] Came back from the Nakib’s
[2:] garden with Blockey and
[3:] Carolina in the Dijlehs Launch
[4:] I have made up my mind not
[5:] to go down this trip & Blockey
[6:] thinks of not sending the
[7:] Dijleh ~ at 7 ½ I called on Em
[8:] spent the evening left at 11
[9:] come home, Light S. Ely
[10:] & cloudy ~

3d Mond

[:] 3d
[:] Mond
[11:] Light S. Ely & cloudy ~ at 6
[12:] am I came on board, prepared
[13:] some kit & my money sent
[14:] on shore; Capt Holland came &
[15:] told me why did Blockey come
[16:] back yesterday from the
[17:] Garden & who has been
[18:] frightening him, I told him
[19:] what Henry saw in going out
[20:] yesterday morning, & people
[21:] say that plague is increasing
[22:] he laughed at it & left my
[23:] Cabin in anger; I left the
[24:] ship at 9 came home; went
[25:] then I called on Medula
[26:] every body is afraid of it, even
[27:] Aboods family, Bolus Magho
[28:] & Jebra Asfar are praparing
[29:] to shut their doors in a day
[30:] or two, came home breakfasted
[31:] & called on Sister Eliza
[pg: 83]
[:] April
[1:] at 11 she is in great way about
[2:] Janny & wants him back,
[3:] from the London, she is not
[4:] well being in bed with cold
[5:] & fever; while there Blockey
[6:] came in I had not
[7:] seen him & was going to
[8:] him he came to quiten Eliza
[9:] & tell her that he will
[10:] telegraph for the London
[11:] to live her cargo in a Boat
[12:] & come back from Gorna,
[13:] & said that there is nothing
[14:] in town it is all lies and
[15:] humbug & people are
[16:] exaggerating much & that
[17:] he is sorry for having come
[18:] back from the Nakib’s Garden
[19:] I had a long talk with him
[20:] & told him that he must not
[21:] statisfy himself with what
[22:] the Mahdan merchants say
[23:] to him, they are bound
[24:] to deny the deaths sickness
[25:] by their law & religion
[26:]
[27:] to speak anything he said
[28:] that we are the principal persons
[29:] who frightened the people
[pg: 84]
[1:] I then asked him what he is
[2:] going to do with the Dijleh this
[3:] time as I am not going to remain
[4:] 21 days in Quarantine at
[5:] Gorna in that marshy place
[6:] & hot weather, & besides launching
[7:] at Coot & mixing with the
[8:] people, he said the Dijleh will
[9:] also come back, and he is not
[10:] going to take any more cargo
[11:] for Basreh not to take anything
[12:] neither cargo or passengers for
[13:] Basreh; but for Amara & Coot etc,
[14:] & he is telegraphing down to
[15:] send to Gorna the through cargo
[16:] in a large Boat etc; I left
[17:] Blockey @ 12 ½ & while coming
[18:] home a tremendous hard rain
[19:] came down I took refuge under
[20:] a gate, the Streets were deluging
[21:] I had to wade in it about 6
[22:] Inches deep came home found
[23:] our Court yard full with water
[24:] & every place wet the rain
[25:] lasted ½ hour, I left @ 1 P.M.
[26:] called on Emarine & left at 5 called
[27:] on Candida talking on nothing
[28:] else but plague, left & came
[29:] home sent to enquire from
[30:] Mr. Ashill the quarantine report
[31:] of the number of deaths etc yesterday
[pg: 85]
[:] April
[1:] and today, he sent me a paper
[2:] vis:
[3:] this comprising both sides of
[4:] the town of Baghdad ~ I called
[5:] on Medula at 7; I hear that
[6:] Latini’s daughter is getting on
[7:] well the attack was light,
[8:] left @ 9 ½ come home, fine night
[9:] wind shifted to a N. Wester
[10:] they have have nothing but
[11:] S. Ely breezes & cloudy with
[12:] an oppressive sultry weather,

4th Tuesd Cont:

[:] 4th
[:] Tuesd
[:] Cont:
[21:] Light N.W. & fine, clouds passing
[22:] on at 6 ½ AM. came on board
[23:] Capt Holland came he says we
[24:] are not to take any cargo for
[25:] Basreh, & passengers if they
[26:] like to remain in Quarantine
[27:] they may do so, he asked me
[28:] to telegraph to Cowley we
[pg: 86]
[1:] made a long arabic one,
[2:] to ask him about all the
[3:] particulars of the quarantine
[4:] & how has he made with
[5:] his down cargo etc; ~ In
[6:] the bazaar I do not hear
[7:] Anything about plague &
[8:] no body seems to care much
[9:] it is only in our quarter and
[10:] among the christians that they
[11:] are so terror struck I went
[12:] home at 9 ½ & heard that a man
[13:] was attacked at Sugel Ghazel &
[14:] died immediately, I further
[15:] heard that an other man got
[16:] the same at the Jama el Khasaki
[17:] but in the course of the day
[18:] heard that both were not plague
[19:] the first was a appoplexy because
[20:] he died soon after & the second
[21:] is recovered alright at 11 called
[22:] on Em found her awfully frightened
[23:] on account of the death of that
[24:] man at Sugel Ghazel, their servant
[25:] Franco leaves today for Mossul for
[26:] two or three months; I left @ 4 P.M.
[27:] called on Sister Eliza found there
[28:] Medula,, Eliza is better but coughs
[29:] still, left @ 5½ called on Mr. Ashill
[30:] with Meekha our tindal waited
[31:] but he did not come, left to
[32:] come home I found him in
[pg: 87]
[:] April
[1:] the streets went back with
[2:] him at his door met Joseph
[3:] Tonietti whom I had not
[4:] seen for the last 3 months
[5:] we stood & had long talk
[6:] about the plage, Ashill has
[7:] not got the paper yet from
[8:] the Quarantine regarding the
[9:] cases of plague but promised
[10:] to send it to me, I came
[11:] home dined & called at 7 ½
[12:] on Candida there was Phelix
[13:] Tonietti, heard that Sheffo
[14:] is very bad she had a long illness
[15:] & is drinking Sarsaparilla
[16:] & was brought from the garden
[17:] yesterday half dead or paralysed
[18:] & Calvill said that she will
[19:] not recover, left at 9 ½ came
[20:] home fine night light
[21:] N.W. but clouds passing
[22:] about;

5 Wednes

[:] 5
[:] Wednes
[23:] Light Westly & little cloudy,
[24:] We have still the Masons
[25:] & Carpenters repairing the
[26:] house, Henry is looking
[27:] after the work, at 6 ½
[pg: 88]
[1:] AM. I came on board, we
[2:] are discharging cargo, Capt
[3:] Holland went out to Diala
[4:] to Weber’s farme where all
[5:] his family are living for
[6:] the last 20 days for a change
[7:] & will come in tomorrow,
[8:] At 9 went on shore
[9:] she is making Kaads & Klecheh for
[10:] Amara left @10 came home breakfasted
[11:] & called on Medula left @ 11 called
[12:] on Blockey found Carolina very much
[13:] frightened since the news heard
[14:] on last Sunday & so were all the
[15:] Christians, that Jebra Asfar and
[16:] Abood & other families were
[17:] on the point of shutting themselves
[18:] in their houses, they had prepared
[19:] every thing in the Shape of
[20:] provisions etc, but now they
[21:] are waiting to see if the sickness
[22:] a severer there ~ Blockey read
[23:] to me a letter he got from Finnis
[24:] regarding my antiques I had
[25:] given him to sell, left @ 12 ½
[26:] called an Eliza Marine, there was Kass
[27:] Phillippus, I remained till 5 P.M. as
[28:] Eliza got unwell a little having taken
[29:] cold but got better afterward went
[30:] home, Mr. Ashill sent me the
[31:] report of the cases of Plague
[32:] which took place yesterday
[pg: 89]
[:] April
[:] on both sides
[1:] Henry, Yousef Sayegh & myself got
[2:] on the terrace to see the
[3:] Masons working till sunset
[4:] at 7 ½ called on Em wind shifted
[5:] to light S. Easter at 8 but remained
[6:] fine with moon light 10 days
[7:] old I left @ 10 ~

6th Thursd

[:] 6th
[:] Thursd
[8:] Light S. Ely & cloudy all over,
[9:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board, the
[10:] S.V. Mossul is living for Basreh
[11:] she has few passengers; we
[12:] took in some cargo for Amara
[13:] & Coot, went on shore at 9 breakfasted
[14:] found a paper from Mr. Ashill a
[15:] report of yesterday’s cases of plague
[16:] The Bridge is cut open on account
[17:] of the river rising fast &
[pg: 90]
[1:] is over 15 feet high, it wants 4 1/2
[2:] feet to reach the lever of the wharf
[3:] in the custom house; the sickess
[4:] is still bad in the other side
[5:] in the Fahama quarter, but
[6:] it is light in this side at
[7:] Awena, Sadryeh & Babel Sheikh
[8:] at 9 ½ called on Em left at 11 &
[9:] came on board the ship, cloudy
[10:] all over ~ The S.V. Mossul
[11:] left at 0,,15 P.M. very light &
[12:] with very few passengers for
[13:] Amara etc & some soldiers,
[14:] Guiseppina daughter of my sister
[15:] Eliza & wife of Lorence (clerk of the
[16:] Mossul) went down with him
[17:] as the Mossul is going to Quarantine
[18:] this time; the river is still
[19:] rising ~ At 4 ½ P.M. I left the
[20:] Ship with Roofail and called on Em
[21:] for ½ hour then went home, I took
[22:] back Eliza’s money 150 T.Liras from
[23:] Huzkiel Malum Eliahoo as I am afraid
[24:] of the plague & it may become worse
[25:] I called on Eliza sister there was
[26:] Madalena but on my way thither
[27:] I met Mr. Achill he had just received
[28:] the Bulletine of today’s cases of
[29:] plague, it is thus ~
[pg: 91]
[:] April
[5:] I heard that Sheffo (the Mossullee
[6:] woman of bad repute) died this
[7:] evening & the Corps was taken
[8:] to the Chaldean Church and
[9:] then interred outside the North gate
[10:] but some say she died of plague
[11:] some from other desease as she
[12:] was ill before ~ I left Eliza & came
[13:] home, then went to Carolina
[14:] where Emilia & Alice were too
[15:] Carolina is frightened & cannot
[16:] sleep or eat anything and first
[17:] wanted to go down with us
[18:] to meet the London & come
[19:] up in her, she & Blockey but
[20:] then they changed their mind
[21:] they are going out to Diala
[22:] for few days, I left them
[23:] & came home, dined and
[24:] At 7 ½ called on Em. spent the
[25:] evening S. Ely wind & cloudy
[26:] all over left at 12 I came on
[27:] board the river is still rising,
[:] from Plague ~
[pg: 92]

7th Frid

[:] 7th
[:] Frid
[:] in Quarantine
[1:] S. Ely & cloudy all over, but lightly,
[2:] At 5,,30 AM. Got under weigh
[3:] from Baghdad & proceeded
[4:] Blockey & Carolina & Mr. and
[5:] Mrs. Tartt are going down with
[6:] us to Gherareh, but Blockey
[7:] & Carolina are to land & go to
[8:] the Nawab’s garden where Dr.
[9:] Calvill is giving them a picnic
[10:] & spend nice day, at 6,,40 came
[11:] to at the Garden of the Nawab
[12:] & landed them, at 7 weighed
[13:] & proceeded; at 7 ½ passed
[14:] Diala river gave tickets to
[15:] passengers, at 8,,30 came
[16:] to at Ctesiphon & landed 14 passengers
[17:] they come to visit the tomb
[18:] Suleiman the Barber of the
[19:] Prophet Mahomed all the
[20:] Barbers come out at this time
[21:] of the Season & most of them for
[22:] a pleasure party, there are
[pg: 93]
[:] April
[1:] good many people here, and
[2:] all come down in Boats &
[3:] in the Turkish Steamers going
[4:] to Basreh ~ at 9 left Ctesiphon,
[5:] wind is now a N. Wester but
[6:] cloudy yet ~ We have 15 ½
[7:] passengers in all (14 for
[8:] Ctesiphon, 13 Coot, 2 Sheikh Saad
[9:] 26 ½ Amara, & 20 for Basreh to
[10:] be left in quarantine;
[11:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[12:] the river is very high and
[13:] has reached up to within a
[14:] foot below the embankments,
[15:] At 1,,20 passed the S.V.
[16:] Phrate bound up, she is deep
[17:] and has good many passengers,
[18:] At 2,,30 passed Azizieh,
[19:] Fort ~ cloudy all over with
[20:] few drops of rain, but calm
[21:] at 4 it begun to blow a
[22:] Strong S. Easter with little
[23:] rain & remained blowing hard
[24:] with rough sea on in the
[25:] river ~ at 7,,20 passed
[26:] Memlah station very strong
[pg: 94]
[1:] S. Ely & heavy sea on;
[2:] At 7,,30 came to an anchor below
[3:] Mehdie, it blew so strong &
[4:] became dark cloudy with
[5:] Lightning, that we could not
[6:] go on & the swell in the river
[7:] very heavy ~ It rained during
[8:] the night and blew hard ~

8th Satur

[:] 8th
[:] Satur
[9:] Wind begun to die away & became
[10:] fine at 3,,30 AM. got under
[11:] weigh & proceeded; Light N.W.
[12:] & little cloudy ~ at 6 came
[13:] to at Coot landed 13 passengers
[14:] and 7 packages, found the S.
[15:] V. Mossul arrived here since
[16:] yesterday noon and is
[17:] Coal ~ The Plague is still raging
[18:] here three fourths of the inhabitants
[19:] have fled away, there are very
[20:] few people left here, the Koords
[21:] are the Most victims to this
[22:] disease & daily deaths averages
[23:] from 2 to 5 ~ In the Hye river
[24:] & villages there are no sickness
[25:] this year, they say, last year,
[26:] it raged there with fury at Hye
[27:] Kalat Segar & Shetrah but
[28:] there is none there this year
[29:] Lots of houses are desolated
[pg: 95]
[:] April
[1:] here & shut Seyd Hussein
[2:] ibn el Hakim fell yesterday
[3:] & his son five days ago, nearly
[4:] all the relation of Moolla
[5:] Kherallah my friend who is
[6:] now at Amara, are dead ~
[7:] Calm cloudy sultry weather,
[8:] and miryads of flies came to
[9:] the ship from the shore
[10:] they have had rain here too,
[11:] the Mossul will not leave
[12:] before noon after finishing
[13:] the discharge of Coal; we
[14:] took in 5 Tons of Coal & now
[15:] Captain want 2 Tons more,
[16:] They say that at Bedrah and
[17:] Jessan the plague has broken
[18:] out two or three days ago,
[19:] but there are none among
[20:] the Arabs outside, except
[21:] one tribe the Megassis
[22:] south of Coot they had few
[23:] cases ~ We did not take
[24:] the 2 Tons of Coal it a Misunder
[25:] stood order ~ At 7,,40 got
[26:] under weigh from Coot and
[27:] proceeded ~
[28:] At 11,,5 landed 2 men at
[29:] Sheikh Saad & went on at 11,,15
[pg: 96]
[1:] at all & nor at any other
[2:] tribes in the vicinity ~
[3:] At 1,,35 P.M. came to at
[4:] Ali Gherbi landed 3 packages
[5:] & took in 3 for Amara ~
[6:] a Modte N. Wester wind let
[7:] in & weather clearing up;
[8:] Left at 1,,55; at 4,,45 passed
[9:] Ali Sherghi ~ Weather became
[10:] very fine & a cold N.Westery
[11:] wind ~ the river has overflowed
[12:] the embankments in some parts
[13:] from Coot & downwards this
[14:] is the first high rise in the
[15:] season, but it has come down
[16:] rather late, for the cultivators
[17:] were anxcious for it for the
[18:] last 15 days ~
[19:] At 8,,15 stopped at Deffass
[20:] & sent for the Bridge of Amara
[21:] to be cut open; we then
[22:] steamed down & went alongside
[23:] landed 30 ½ passengers &
[24:] all the cargo we had for
[25:] Amara, Jeboory came to me
[26:] gave him letters, & then went on
[27:] shore to Fathalla, he tells me
[pg: 97]
[:] April
[1:] that the London has left the
[2:] Quarantine at Gorna this
[3:] morning & coming up, ~
[4:] There no sign of any sickness
[5:] here at all, the Amara people
[6:] are dreding from Coot
[7:] that the plague may not be
[8:] imported here by the people
[9:] who come down; at 11 ½
[10:] I came on board fine clear
[11:] & cold night with light
[12:] N.Wester & moon light night;

9th Sund

[:] 9th
[:] Sund
[13:] Light N.W. & cloudy little, at
[14:] 5 AM. the City of London arrived
[15:] from the Quarantine at Gorna
[16:] she brings the two mails, the
[17:] weekly & our Mail which
[18:] arrived on Friday, she landed
[19:] her cargo in a Boat brought
[20:] up by Yousef Marine with
[21:] the ElBurk & has brought
[22:] back her through cargo &
[23:] Treasure, Jany & Cowley came
[24:] on board they left the quarantine
[25:] yesterday at 9 AM; ~
[26:] At 5,,45 We got under
[pg: 98]
[1:] Weigh & proceeded down;
[2:] At 10,,35 passed Azeir, Variable
[3:] breezes & cloudy in some parts;
[4:] At 1,,10 P.M. rounded and
[5:] came to at Mezera above
[6:] Gorna, at the end of the Date
[7:] trees on East bank, where
[8:] the Quarantine is established,
[9:] there are about 25 Sailing
[10:] Boats and the S. Ressafah
[11:] all alongside the bank, the
[12:] staff are very few not
[13:] exceeding 20 poor miserable
[14:] Soldiers of Basreh and Jwad
[15:] Agha at their head (a
[16:] friend of mine) as agent of
[17:] the quarantine, and only
[18:] about 4 or 5 tents and as
[19:] many Huts of mats on
[20:] shore, the land is wet with
[21:] the flood tide, we hauled
[22:] alongside the bank abaft
[23:] all the other crafts to await
[24:] the through cargo to come
[25:] up from Basreh, I telegraphed
[26:] to Henry informing him
[27:] our arrival here & we may
[pg: 99]
[:] April
[1:] perhaps leave back tomorrow,
[2:] Capt Holland sent also a telegram
[3:] to Lynch Brothers at Basreh
[4:] to say that we arrived and
[5:] waiting the cargo; we landed
[6:] our 20 passengers on shore
[7:] to live in Quarantine under
[8:] Huts or Tents, & have nothing,
[9:] else for Basreh; Three or
[10:] four cases of Plague took
[11:] place yesterday at Gorna
[12:] which were fatal; yesterday
[13:] an arab tracker belonging
[14:] to one of the Boats in quarantine
[15:] died in a very short illness
[16:] he fell at dawn early & died
[17:] at sunrise, so the people
[18:] who died at Gorna yesterday
[19:] had the same attack & died
[20:] shortly after, like many
[21:] other people who died in
[22:] Baghdad & elsewhere without
[23:] showing any sign of
[24:] Buboes or remaining long
[25:] time ill, this is very
[pg: 100]
[1:] strange that it should
[2:] occurr every where and it
[3:] is for the last three or four
[4:] months since I head of one
[5:] or two cases like this
[6:] in Baghdad as if it were a
[7:] stroke of Appoplexy ~
[8:] Hassan Effendi the Custom
[9:] House officer came to see me
[10:] he is also awfully afraid of this
[11:] sickness at Baghdad & Gorna
[12:] he says they have informed by
[13:] telegraph to Dr. Kolmar of the
[14:] Basreh quarantine about the
[15:] two deaths here & he is coming
[16:] up to see about it & perhaps
[17:] the Quarantine will shifted
[18:] from here as Gorna is aleady
[19:] infected ~ at 6 the S.V.
[20:] Mossul came down & went
[21:] alongside astern of the Ressafah
[22:] & ahead of us ~ Light N.W.
[23:] but cloudy ~ at about 10 while
[24:] I was asleep I awoke at noise
[25:] of the whissle of the ElBurk
[26:] arrived from Basreh, she went
[27:] alongside below us, I
[pg: 101]
[:] April
[1:] came out found Youssef Marine
[2:] & Antone and the Postmaster
[3:] Mirza Mahd Ali, the latters
[4:] came to take the mail down
[5:] we landed it I went on shore
[6:] & spoke with them it was
[7:] dark & mixed with them except
[8:] Antone was afraid to come
[9:] nearer to me even his letters
[10:] he did not want first to
[11:] take them from, as he says
[12:] Coll. Nixon had told him
[13:] to take care not to mix
[14:] himself with us Yousef
[15:] towed one Mehayleh with
[16:] him full with through
[17:] cargo Ex. S.S. Nuballa and
[18:] some passengers and there
[19:] are about 7 more Boats
[20:] coming up the through cargo
[21:] is 875 packages, Antone
[22:] says that by Calvills telegrams
[23:] after our departure there has
[24:] been no increase of cases
[25:] of Plague at Baghdad &
[26:] says that even Colvill
[pg: 102]
[1:] now begins to doubt whether
[2:] it is the real plague, but
[3:] I cannot be sure of this report,
[4:] Coll Nixon & the Comet are
[5:] still living at Robertson’s
[6:] House Mr. Carter has been
[7:] very ill his heart stopped
[8:] beating for some time & he
[9:] is very weak still; Antone
[10:] & the mirza returned in the
[11:] ElBurk at 11 ½ for Basreh
[12:] Dr. Kolmar also came up
[13:] with them, he tells me that
[14:] the cases of Gorna cannot
[15:] be from this disease for it
[16:] was so sudden; he went
[17:] to Gorna, as he lives there;
[18:] Yousef pitched his small shooting
[19:] Tent below us about 50 yards,

10th Mond. Bd

[:] 10th
[:] Mond.
[:] Bd
[20:] Light N.W. & cloudy ~ I took a
[21:] Doze of Salts for I feel very
[22:] billious giddy & want of appetite
[23:] for the last 15 days it is all
[24:] from the thought fear & sorrow
[25:] of the Plague; ~ a Meheylah
[26:] came alongside the bank
[27:] landed the cargo & some
[pg: 103]
[:] April
[1:] 15 passengers for us & then
[2:] withdrew we approached
[3:] along the bank & took it in,
[4:] At 9 I received a telegram from
[5:] Roofaeel Sayegh by Gorna, he says
[6:] that the sickness is increasing
[7:] & that Dr. Latini’s daughter is
[8:] dead on Friday last, I also
[9:] received at the same time
[10:] a telegram from Henry who
[11:] sent it to Basreh & Abdulla
[12:] forwarded it to Gorna to
[13:] me he says that on Friday
[14:] there were 49 cases & on
[15:] Saturday 60 cases on both
[16:] sides, no body has made a
[17:] quarantine & they are alright
[18:] I answered him an other
[19:] one to be sent by Abdulla
[20:] from Basreh ~ a fine
[21:] N.W. wind blew all the day
[22:] & was so nice & Cool, the
[23:] Atmosphere cleared up the
[24:] clouds; Yousef on shore near
[25:] us attendending the Boats
[26:] discharging we finished the
[27:] & Meheylas by 5 P.M. &
[pg: 104]
[1:] are waiting for one Boat
[2:] more to arrive the Hadidyeh
[3:] Guiseppina & her husband Lorence
[4:] walked down to us & went
[5:] back; ~
[6:] At about 5 P.M. I received an
[7:] other telegram from Henry in
[8:] Arabic, that yesterday (Sunday
[9:] 74 Cases occurred out of which
[10:] 30 died & mostly in the other
[11:] side, all well; I am astonished
[12:] how it has so increased more
[13:] than double the number for
[14:] the last 3 days, every body was
[15:] in hope of hearing its decrease
[16:] as the time advances for April
[17:] is the worst month for this
[18:] epidemy ~ Carter has also just
[19:] telegraphed to us & wants to
[20:] know when we leave so as
[21:] to send us his letters by the
[22:] ElBurk, we are only waiting
[23:] for one more Boatload of Cargo
[24:] to come up, ~ Light N. Wester
[25:] & fine clear night & cool
[26:] weather; We have no guards
[27:] from Quarantine or any
[28:] person looking on, every
[pg: 105]
[:] April
[1:] body can walk about wherever
[2:] he likes, Yousef & me stood
[3:] talking on the bank then I
[4:] came on board to turn in at
[5:] 8 ½ ~

11th Tuesd

[:] 11th
[:] Tuesd
[6:] Light N. Wester & fine weather,
[7:] we are waiting for the Boat
[8:] Hadydyeh & the Str. Launch
[9:] from Basreh with Carters letters;
[10:] Weather got cloudy towards
[11:] noon but the wind is a Modte
[12:] N. Wester~ at 2 P.M. the
[13:] Boat arrived with the ElBurk
[14:] towing her from Sweyb river
[15:] whe she was met Mr. Mackenzie
[16:] was coming to go up with us to
[17:] Baghdad but I see he has not
[18:] come, I wrote to Abdulla
[19:] a letter by the ElBurk which
[20:] leaves this tomorrow Morning
[21:] with Yousef, asking him to
[22:] telegraph to me to Amara
[23:] regarding the plague at Baghdad;
[24:] We took in the cargo from
[25:] the Hadydieh ~ I heard from
[26:] the Telegraph clerke the Armenian
[27:] Awakin that yesterday’s
[28:] cases at Baghdad were 60
[pg: 106]
[1:] I don’t know if he is certain,
[2:] I saw also Dr. Kolmar who
[3:] paid a visit to the Quarantine
[4:] this evening, he says he wrote
[5:] to D Arnaud to come down
[6:] & examine the places on the
[7:] river as there is at Coot plague,
[8:] Weather got cloudy all
[9:] over one piece as if it is going
[10:] to rain & breeze is a very
[11:] Light N. Wester; We hauled
[12:] little off & are ready to
[13:] start in the morning; at
[14:] 10 Capt Holland received a telegram
[15:] from Alfred dated the 10th he
[16:] says “they are all well, plague
[17:] increasing, Phrate at Ctesiphon
[18:] short of Coal, & the river is rising
[19:] very much ~

12th Wednes

[:] 12th
[:] Wednes
[20:] Light N.Wester & cloudy all
[21:] over, gloomy weather, at 4,,45 AM.
[22:] got under weigh from the
[23:] quarantine at Gorna and
[24:] proceeded; We have in all
[25:] 24 Deck passengers and
[26:] about 66,000 Okes cargo ~
[pg: 107]
[:] April
[1:] At 10,,20 passed Azeir, going
[2:] very slow, river high like
[3:] when we came down; at
[4:] 3 P.M. passed Saleh ~ Light S. Ely
[5:] breeze & cloudy all over mist
[6:] lightly ~ River has overflown
[7:] the desert both sides;
[8:] At 9,,40 came to at Amara
[9:] landed 1 passengers; took in 14
[10:] tons of Coal; Jeboori came to
[11:] me we went to Fathalla, there
[12:] are news here by telegrams from
[13:] Baghdad from merchants to
[14:] their agents telling them not
[15:] to buy anything as the market
[16:] is standstill on account
[17:] of the increase of plague
[18:] I got a telegram from Abdulla
[19:] Samhiry sent through Awakin
[20:] of Gorna telling me that
[21:] on Tuesday there has been
[22:] 46 cases & 35 deaths there is
[23:] nothing in the Christian Quarter
[24:] and the river is rising very
[25:] much,” They talk here
[26:] of shifting the Quarantine
[pg: 108]
[1:] & establish it here just
[2:] above Amara as this place
[3:] is exempt from sickness,
[4:] but they say that at Coot
[5:] no body remained they have
[6:] flew away as the plague
[7:] has played the devil with them
[8:] and I cannot understand how
[9:] our Captain insist on stopping
[10:] there to take in Coal & wool
[11:] if there is any it is very
[12:] dangerous for all of us &
[13:] the passengers, as the desease
[14:] is getting very contagious
[15:] there ~ I returned on board
[16:] at 11 ½ cloudy all over &
[17:] light variable breeze we
[18:] took in here 20 Bales of wool,

13th Thursd

[:] 13th
[:] Thursd
[19:] At 1,,30 AM got under weigh from
[20:] Amara, cloudy all over, at
[21:] 2,,15 came to above Deffass
[22:] it got gloomy dark & begun
[23:] to rain ~ at 5,,30 proceeded
[24:] still raining lightly & cloudy
[25:] all over ~ At 1 P.M. passed
[26:] Ali Sherghi, river very high
[pg: 109]
[:] April
[1:] & ship going slow clouds
[2:] breaking up; North Easterly
[3:] breeze ~ At 4,,30 passed
[4:] Flefleh Fort ~ weather got
[5:] Squally with distant rain
[6:] & detached clouds and a cool
[7:] increasing northerly breeze ~
[8:] blowing ~ at 7,,35 came
[9:] to abrest of Ali Gherbi landed
[10:] 4 passengers; inquired if they
[11:] have any wool for shipment &
[12:] found that there are about 90 Bales
[13:] We remained at anchor for the
[14:] night & in tomorrow morning
[15:] will go alongside & take it in,
[16:] They have no Sickness here
[17:] whatever, I was told at Amara
[18:] that there were few cases here
[19:] but it turned out to be a lye,
[20:] I am glad that we shall be
[21:] at Coot tomorrow by midnight
[22:] & Copt Holland does not want
[23:] to stop there if
[24:] help it ~

14th Friday

[:] 14th
[:] Friday
[25:] S. Ely wind & cloudy all over
[26:] it rained little last night
[pg: 110]
[1:] early this morning went
[2:] Alongside the village of Ali
[3:] Gherbi and shipped 61 Bales
[4:] of wool; & 5 Skins Ghee, left
[5:] At 7,,50 ~ the river is very high
[6:] it has in many places overflowed
[7:] the embankments especially
[8:] below Sheikh Saad, in some
[9:] places it extends very far in
[10:] land forming a reqular sea,
[11:] S. Ely wind and cloudy all over,
[12:] At 2 P.M. we came at
[13:] Sheikh Saad and took in
[14:] 133 Bales of wool; We heard
[15:] here that all the people have
[16:] fled from Coot even the Governer
[17:] run away to Bedra & there
[18:] are very few people left many
[19:] have come here, and I think
[20:] the plague will be arrested
[21:] by the dispertion of the
[22:] inhabitants ~ I saw great many
[23:] people of Coot traders etc here
[24:] At 6 we left Sheikh Saad
[25:] too 6 passengers, 3 for Coot & 3 for
[26:] Baghdad, weather Squally &
[27:] black clouds howelling ~ at
[28:] 7 the wind shifted to fine N.W.
[29:] Cool weather, clouds broke up
[pg: 111]
[:] April
[1:] & begun to settle down, fine
[2:] Clear night; We want to take
[3:] in 20 Tons of Coal from the Boats
[4:] bound up to Baghdad but the
[5:] Southerly wind has favored
[6:] their sailing up & they have
[7:] passed Sheikh Saad yesterday
[8:] morning, they must have
[9:] reached Coot by this time,
[10:] but I hop to catch them below
[11:] Coot so as not to be obliged
[12:] to stop there for Coaling;
[13:] An Indian woman a passenger
[14:] got confined this evening of a
[15:] son we put her in a Cabin
[16:] forward ~ at 9 we came to
[17:] an ancher for the night at
[18:] Um el Aroog, weather is partly
[19:] clear & partly cloudy but the
[20:] Capt does not wish to go on;

15th Satur Thu@6. 60 Noon 70 4 P.m. 74 Conf

[:] 15th
[:] Satur
[:] Thu@6. 60
[:] Noon 70
[:] 4 P.m. 74
[:] Conf
[21:] Modte N.W. breeze & fine Cool clear
[22:] weather, at 3,,35 AM. got
[23:] under weigh from Um el Aroog
[24:] and proceeded, at 8 we
[25:] met the Coal Boat going up
[pg: 112]
[1:] at Gardyeh Came to, to
[2:] take in Coal out of her; ~
[3:] The S.V. Tell Affer passed on
[4:] her way down at 8,,30 loaded
[5:] with grain ~ A small tribe
[6:] are encamped here at Gardieh
[7:] on the West bank but about
[8:] 200 yads in land from where
[9:] we are lying, they are called
[10:] the Megassis the very same
[11:] tribe of which I head at Coot
[12:] that they have the plague
[13:] too & the only tribe who got
[14:] it this year in these parts of
[15:] the river, on being questioned
[16:] they declared that they have
[17:] had no more cases since two
[18:] months ago & then it was
[19:] among two families only in
[20:] two tents & they all died none
[21:] of them survived, but that they
[22:] have none none, our people
[23:] & passengers mixed with
[24:] them very freely on the bank
[25:] & buying jewels Twist, wool
[26:] & ghee, I warned often our men
[27:] not to buy or mix with them
[28:] as they may become infected
[pg: 113]
[:] April
[1:] but I could not master them
[2:] all, some of them took the
[3:] hint but not so much,
[4:] Until an hour or two after,
[5:] we all saw a Corps issuing
[6:] out of the Arab Tents Carried
[7:] by 4 men towards the
[8:] desert to be buried our men
[9:] than came to reason and
[10:] begun to think Seriously
[11:] they drove away the Arabs
[12:] this showes clear that the
[13:] disease still prevails among
[14:] them ~ After taking in
[15:] 20 Tons of Coal from the Boat
[16:] weighed & proceeded from
[17:] Gardyeh at 0,,45 P.M;
[18:] At 2,,35 came to off Coot
[19:] landed 5 passengers & money
[20:] in a Boat (Shekoory Oohyed who
[21:] came up with us from Basreh to
[22:] look after the money & accounts
[23:] of Seyd Hussein el Hakim who
[24:] was attacked with plague 8 days
[25:] ago; and one from Amara and
[26:] Mahd Reda Khanac
[pg: 114]
[1:] Yahya and Seyd Joffer el Hakim
[2:] are from Sheikh Saad) the
[3:] people of Coot gathered on the
[4:] bank but there were not
[5:] one tenth part of their usual
[6:] number, some passengers
[7:] wanted to came off for Baghdad
[8:] but Capt Holland refused every
[9:] thing no even the Boat men
[10:] in the Launch were to land or
[11:] have communication, we heard
[12:] that Seyd Hussein is dead
[13:] as well as his son, and could
[14:] obtain no true news regarding
[15:] the plague but it was clear
[16:] enough that the signals they
[17:] have of small flags on a pole
[18:] stuck on the top of every house
[19:] indicating sickness exists
[20:] in that house there were more
[21:] than 10 flags flying, we received
[22:] letters only and weighed and
[23:] proceeded at 3 ~ they have
[24:] news at Coot by the Tell Affer, that
[25:] the embankment & Sudds of Seyfyeh
[26:] and Goorneyra above Baghdad have
[27:] again broken & the water overflowed
[28:] the desert & surrounded the
[29:] town, the Pasha & others are
[pg: 115]
[:] April
[1:] out trying to shut them;
[2:] fine clear weather with
[3:] Modte N.W. breeze; at sunset
[4:] the wind died away but remained
[5:] fine & Cool night ~

16 Sund Thu@6. 59 Noon 77 4 P.m. 79

[:] 16
[:] Sund
[:] Thu@6. 59
[:] Noon 77
[:] 4 P.m. 79
[6:]
[7:] & fine, at 1,,40 AM. we passed
[8:] Memlah; the river is still
[9:] very high in a level with the
[10:] bank, & in some places it
[11:] has overflowed ~ At 2,,15 P.M.
[12:] passed Azizieh, Light N.W.
[13:] breeze or rather calm with clouds
[14:] hanging on & rising from the
[15:] west & Northern hemisphere
[16:] the river is very high and very
[17:] turbid muddy, this rise must
[18:] have been
[19:] both Rain and snow melting,
[20:] We are passing through all the
[21:] islands, those of Toweel, Humenyah
[22:] & Baghdadieh ~ at 6,,15 passed
[23:] Baghdadieh Fort, in passing,
[24:] through the island opposite
[25:] Baghdadieh I shot a large Pig
[26:] on the East bank at the upper
[27:] end of the Island which fell
[pg: 116]
[1:] dead on the shot ~ calm
[2:] weather with few dark clouds
[3:] hanging on; ~

17th Mond.

[:] 17th
[:] Mond.
[4:] Light N.W. and cloudy
[5:] At 6,,45 AM. passed Ctesiphon
[6:] We saw five or six tents on the
[7:] Barooda side below it & some
[8:] people of Baghdad arabs from
[9:] Ras Ghereya & Owena about 30 or
[10:] 40 they wanted to go up with us
[11:] but offered only 2 Besh, We went
[12:] on ~ The river is at a standstill
[13:] but high & in a level with
[14:] the banks ~ At 9,,15 passed
[15:] Diala river, the East side
[16:] above Diala is full with
[17:] water for in land which
[18:] broke into from Goomeyrah
[19:] etc above Baghdad; I find the
[20:] water is only as far as Gherarah
[21:] & none further up, they say the
[22:] arabs that this overflow is
[23:] from the Diala river; ~ The
[24:] river is falling, it is about
[25:] 6 inches below its highest
[26:] rise; the Island of Rustomiah
[27:] is under water ~ The Date trees
[28:] which are outside the door of
[29:] Gherarah Garden are in the
[pg: 117]
[:] April
[1:] water it
[2:] far as the very door of the
[3:] Garden; at 10,,35 landed a
[4:] Deckman at Gherarah with
[5:] letters & went on; cloudy Sultry
[6:] but Modte N.W. breeze ~
[7:] At 1 P.M. came to at Baghdad
[8:] the City of London is alongside
[9:] the Custom House ~ Went on
[10:] shore with Jany from the London
[11:] I called & delivered letters to Em;
[12:] heard that the plague is still
[13:] raging on both sides but mostly
[14:] on the other side, they say on
[15:] Friday & Saturday last they had
[16:] 159 cases & 102 deaths, I left & came
[17:] home, heard so many different
[18:] news, they say that the news
[19:] of this plague is so different every
[20:] body speaks something even
[21:] the Doctors are in opposition
[22:] to each other & there has been
[23:] so much exaggeration that one
[24:] can with great difficulty believe
[25:] what people say, the Bridge
[26:] is cut open since we left last
[27:] trip & the Authorities have
[28:] stopped all communucation,
[29:] with the other side no
[30:] Boats or goffas can go
[pg: 118]
[1:] across, but they do it secretly
[2:] or with a bribe to the police
[3:] guards & so on; They say that
[4:] the people appointed to go round
[5:] the quarters & visit house to
[6:] find out the sickness are very
[7:] mean people & some are
[8:] mokhtars of the quarters
[9:] with two or three women with
[10:] them to examine the females
[11:] too are writing down every
[12:] sickness even if a person
[13:] has cold or headach or sore
[14:] eyes as plague & so they
[15:] increase the cases of plague
[16:] in the daily report, they have
[17:] done so with Shemmi the other
[18:] day (my uncle’s wife) she had
[19:] only a sore face, they striped her
[20:] & examined her & so with
[21:] Tombaci & Staimo who had
[22:] a very trifle sore head etc were
[23:] registered as cases of plague,
[24:] among the Jews there have
[25:] been very few cases; it is
[26:] mostly in Babel Sheikh
[27:] Sedryeh, Fad Kambar Ali &
[28:] these places; It has now
[29:] broken out among the Troops
[30:] & there have been 2 or 3 cases,
[31:] also 2 cases at Kazoomein
[pg: 119]
[:] April
[1:] They say also that it is gone
[2:] now to Kerkook and even
[3:] to Suleimanyeh there have
[4:] been few cases; the quarantine
[5:] is taken off from Salahyeh
[6:] & placed at Nebi Yoonis about
[7:] 4 hours from Mossul; it
[8:] has spred every where now
[9:] all over the surrounding places
[10:] around Baghdad; some people
[11:] calling on us for the Easter
[12:] holyday I left & called on
[13:] Medula; there I heard more
[14:] news from people, I left and
[15:] called on Emarine, Medoola
[16:] got sick & vomiting with
[17:] giddy head so also is Guiseppina
[18:] daughter of Medula but it
[19:] is from the cold & change of
[20:] weather etc, came home at
[21:] 5 at 7 ½ called on Em, Medoola
[22:] is better she is relieved &
[23:] feels well left at 12 & came
[24:]
[25:] but little cloudy ~
[:] Diala and breaking embankments

18th Tuesd

[:] 18th
[:] Tuesd
[26:] Light N.W. & fine at 7 AM. came
[27:] on board, we are discharging
[28:] wool over the “London,” the
[pg: 120]
[1:] river fell about one foot,
[2:] I hear that the two sudds of
[3:] Frejat & Goomeyrah did break
[4:] but that of Frejat is shut &
[5:] they are shuting Goomeira
[6:] today, the Pasha attending in
[7:] person & has taken active
[8:] measures, but there is not much
[9:] damage done & the water
[10:] has reached to the Middle
[11:] gate but not so much it
[12:] will soon be socked & dried
[13:] up ~ at 8 ½ left & called on
[14:] Blockey & Carolina, the Damascus
[15:] Post just arrived; Blockey says
[16:] that he is not going to let the
[17:] London touch at Coot this
[18:] time going down, she leaves
[19:] next Friday with the fortnightly
[20:] mail while there Holland
[21:] called they then went to the office
[22:] I left at 10 called on Medula to
[23:] see how Guiseppina is, she is still
[24:] in bed with little fever & head
[25:] giddy it is a billious attack
[26:] Henry went to fetch Dr. Colvill
[27:] went home, breakfasted and at
[28:] 11 called on Em she does not feel
[29:] well too, having headach also
[30:] billious complaint; while
[pg: 121]
[:] April
[1:] there Catterina wife of Rezooki called
[2:] I left @1 ½ called on Candida there
[3:] were female Visitors left @ 2 called
[4:] on Eliza Sister, Arteen not being
[5:] well having had fever but
[6:] is alright now; left @ 3 called
[7:] on Mrs Pais but she was not at
[8:] home I had a message to give
[9:] her from Pais part at Basreh
[10:] came home, at 4 ½ P.M. called
[11:] on Em. found her still not
[12:] feeling well with headach
[13:] but not so bad, Sussan came
[14:] there left @ 6 ½ come home
[15:] at 8 called on Medula, Dr. Colvill
[16:] has been today to see her &
[17:] said it was nothing she will be
[18:] well in few days & sent her
[19:] on opening medicine to work
[20:] her & de serenge in the morning
[21:] to be given with Castor oil
[22:] I left @ 10 came home, a slight
[23:] shower of rain came but
[24:] then it cleared up & became
[25:] fine ~ Henry does not want
[26:] to go down even this trip
[27:] to join the London & Blockey
[28:] wanted him to go, but Henry
[pg: 122]
[1:] wants next trip & so Janny
[2:] is going this trip instead;

19th Wedn

[:] 19th
[:] Wedn
[3:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[4:] at 7 AM came on board, the
[5:] river is falling; we are discharging
[6:] cargo; The Mossul leaves Gorna
[7:] today she takes the through cargo
[8:] & returns like we did ~ at 9 Henry
[9:] Roofaeel Sayigh & I called on Mrs
[10:] Pais left & called on Medula to see
[11:] Guiseppina she has little fever &
[12:] the medicine has not worked her,
[13:] went to breakfast, a German Jew
[14:] Tailor called Aaron died from
[15:] plague yesterday & there are many
[16:] cases among the Jews about 6 or 7
[17:] cases daily, the most part of the
[18:] Mahomedan inhabitants are against
[19:] quarantine & they do not believe
[20:] in it & are thretening Padowani
[21:] & the other quarantine Doctors
[22:] because they put any house that
[23:] has got the plague in Quarantine
[24:] & prevent people from coming
[25:] out of it,
[26:] At 1 called on Em. She took Caster
[27:] oil & feels better but weak, left
[28:] at 4 P.M. called on Medula found
[29:] there all my sisters & G. Tonetti
[30:] & Stifan, Guiseppina is still with
[31:] the Medicine & serenge have not
[pg: 123]
[:] April
[1:] worked her & D. Colvill cannot come
[2:] out as he is writing it is the Post
[3:] day for Damascus ~ came home
[4:] as 5 At 7 ½ called on Candida
[5:] & left @10 came home; Light
[6:] N.W. breeze & fine weather,

20th Thursd

[:] 20th
[:] Thursd
[7:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
[8:] at 7 AM came on board, the
[9:] river is falling gradually by
[10:] inches ~ Sent money to the
[11:] Office; at 8 ½ left the Ship called
[12:] to see Guiseppina Medula’s daughter
[13:] & she is the same having slight fever
[14:] came
[15:] at 10 called on Em. it is getting warm
[16:] we sat in the Iwan, had some tiffin
[17:] left at 3 ½ went to the bazaar & on
[18:] board saw the S. Phrate getting
[19:] under weigh to Basreh, she has
[20:] few passengers mostly for Amara
[21:] she left at 5, the London is
[22:] taking in some cargo for Amara
[23:] & Gorna only, nothing for
[24:] Basreh & is not going to stop
[25:] at Coot except landing some
[26:] passengers & goes away, Janny
[27:] goes this time too in Henry’s
[28:] place; I came home Yousef
[29:] Sayegh came, Guiseppina is
[30:] better D Calvill has been to see
[pg: 124]
[1:] her
[2:] I went to see Mr. Achille but he
[3:] was not at home ~ at 7 ½ called
[4:] on Em but could not stay I did not
[5:] feel well left at 10 ~
[6:] Fine weather with light N.W.
[7:] breeze; ~ The number of cases
[8:] and deaths from Plague were

21st Friday

[:] 21st
[:] Friday
[20:] Light N.W. & fine weather but
[21:] calm ~ at 7 AM. came on board,
[22:] the City of London left for Gorna
[23:] & back at 5 AM. Henry went as
[24:] far as Gherarah in her where she
[25:] takes a Horse for Mr. Sansom I
[26:] sent Yousefs Dog Angry down to
[27:] him ~ few Jews went down
[28:] in her to Azeir with Return Tickets
[29:] @ 18 Bashlics, but the Quarantine
[30:] has put a stop to it in
[31:] the Conference of the Doctors of
[32:] yesterday’s sitting they don’t
[33:] allow the Jews to go down in
[34:] crowds but very few number
[35:] can go, & Capt Holland says
[pg: 125]
[:] April
[1:] that D Colvill told him yesterday
[2:] that the Pasha has got a
[3:] wigging from Constple and
[4:] for not taking strict measure
[5:] the wool is not allowing any
[6:] more to be brought up from
[7:] Any where and Quarantine is
[8:] made at half way to Kazoomein
[9:] also at Hilla, Nejef Kerbela
[10:] & other places ~ At 9 went on
[11:] shore called to Medula saw Guiseppina
[12:] she is well came to breakfast at 10
[13:] called on Em, the cucumbers are
[14:] just come in, we had some for
[15:] tiffin it is selling at 40 Piast per oke
[16:] left at 4 ½ P.M. went to call on Sister
[17:] Eliza but was not at home, called
[18:] on Mr. Achille he was not at home
[19:] came home, at 6 called again on
[20:] Mr. Ashill & was not at home, ~
[21:] At 7 ½ called on Medula there was
[22:] Sussan came to sleep there Guiseppina
[23:] is alright weather cloudy
[24:] little with Easterly breeze,
[25:] left at 9 ½ came home turned
[26:] in Emarine was at us but I did
[27:] not know it they were sitting in
[28:] Menusha’s home ~

22d Satur

[:] 22d
[:] Satur
[29:] Light Ely breeze & cloudy
[30:] little, at 7 am came on
[31:] board; The New Collector
[pg: 126]
[1:] of Baghdad Custom House
[2:] arrived yesterday from Constple
[3:] by the S. Meskeneh which
[4:] arrived at Saglawyeh & he crossed
[5:] over from Kher, also two
[6:] other Doctors came to see about
[7:] the Plague they foruse the Commission
[8:] of the Sanitary Comittee ~ at
[9:] 9 went on shore called on Carolina did
[10:] not see Blockey left @ 10 called to
[11:] see Medula, Guisippina is well only
[12:] the bowels do not work ~ at 11 called
[13:] on Emarine; she tells me that
[14:] Werdah her servant had a strong
[15:] fever last night with headach
[16:] & sore bones & has it still, we
[17:] were afraid that it may not be
[18:] the plaque but how could she
[19:] have got it she goes very seldom
[20:] out of the house to the bazaar
[21:] to buy meat only once in two days,
[22:] Roofail fetched Dr. Pere Damiene
[23:] he came & recommended violet flowers
[24:] & nothing else; in the afternoon,
[25:] she felt better little, every body abstained
[26:] from going near her or touching
[27:] her until they see the consequence,
[28:] left at 4 called to see Eliza but was
[29:] not at home ~ I had called on
[30:] Mr. Ashille this morning and got
[31:] from him the report of the cases
[32:] of plague of yesterday & day before
[pg: 127]
[:] April
[:] Hilla
[1:] This shows an increase in Comparison
[2:] to other days, but on this side
[3:] it is not increasing much, but
[4:] than Nobody knows what is
[5:] happening in the different quarters
[6:] of the town the authorities do not
[7:] keep a strict search none
[8:] at Babel Skeikh or amongst
[9:] the Arab quarters are any
[10:] quarantine people taking measures,
[11:] At 7 ½ called on
[12:] Werdeh has a slight fever and
[13:] headach but feels better, left @ 4
[14:] came home, Light S. Ely and
[15:] little cloudy ~
[pg: 128]

23d Sunday

[:] 23d
[:] Sunday
[1:] Light N.W. or variate breeze
[2:] little cloudy, I went at 8 AM to Em
[3:] to see how is Werdeh she has still
[4:] little fever this must be cold from
[5:] washing clothes on Friday & exerting
[6:] herself, gave her a dose of salts,
[7:] at 8 ½ went to the Latin church,
[8:] left @ 9 called on Eliza Sister
[9:] Took Fetoohi & went to call on
[10:] Fathalla Abood, Henry came to, as his
[11:] son Nessory has got married
[12:] about 3 days ago with the youngest
[13:] daughter of Reesha Andrea the
[14:] marriage was conducted very privately
[15:] & without the usual ceremony,
[16:] I heard there from Fathalla Abood
[17:] that the people of the other side
[18:] of the river have presented a
[19:] petition to the Pasha signed
[20:] by about 200 men asking
[21:] him to allow the communication
[22:] to be established between both
[23:] sides of the town as they want
[24:] to look after their business &
[25:] trade etc, but the Pasha has
[26:] submitted this to the grand
[27:] Mejlis for Consideration ~
[28:] left & came home Blockey called
[29:] on us, I went then & called
[30:] on Carolina there came
[pg: 129]
[:] April
[1:] Blockey, D Calvill has told
[2:] Blockey that the plague is
[3:] also working at Nasryeh
[4:] and at Diwanyeh, he has
[5:] advised Blockey for next year
[6:] to go to England with all
[7:] his family as he thinks that
[8:] the plague will be very bad
[9:] next year here, ~ I heard yesterday
[10:] that the plague has showed
[11:] itself at Amara too, telegrams
[12:] came to merchants from there,
[13:] called on Medula, Guiseppina
[14:] is well ~ called at 1 P.M. on Em
[15:] Werdeh is still with slight fever
[16:] but feels better & wants to eat the
[17:] salts worked her well, left at 5
[18:] came home saw G. Tonietti told him
[19:] that Eliza wanted to see him to see
[20:] Werdeh & if anything should be
[21:] done to her, he went over, ~
[22:] 2
[23:] at the fadwa of Jama Khasaki
[24:] daughters of Moolla Said a
[25:] black man who prays in the
[26:] Mosques & washes the dead
[27:] bodies this man died about 10
[28:] days ago from washing the
[29:] dead who are attacked
[pg: 130]
[1:] by plague & now his family
[2:] are dying one after the other
[3:] the third daugher is also attacked
[4:] & will not live; at Sugel
[5:] Ghazel & behind the Latin
[6:] Church in a Derboona the
[7:] family of Seyd Beker they lost
[8:] about 5 persons in the same
[9:] house, the most number of
[10:] cases that is happening on this
[11:] side is at Babel Sheikh, Ras el
[12:] Sagyeh, Oweyna & at Khan el
[13:] Lamend, it is now every where
[14:] working except in the Christian
[15:] quarter & no other cases occurred
[16:] among the Christians except
[17:] Latini’s daughter died & the
[18:] daughter of the son of Keryacoz
[19:] recovered this happened about
[20:] 20 days ago; the Mahomedans are
[21:] astonishing at his & the cause
[22:] why it is not working among
[23:] christians, this shows that
[24:] the cleanliness & the mode
[25:] of living do great deal and
[26:] assist in preventing sickness,
[27:] At 7 ½ called on Candida &
[28:] left at 9 came home, warm
[29:] night no air & little cloudy
[30:] but no so warm in my room;
[pg: 131]

1876 April 24 Mond

[:] April
[:] 24
[:] Mond
[1:] Modte Easterly & cloudy
[2:] sultry weather; @ 6 ½ am called
[3:] to see how Werdeh is she is better,
[4:] but weak came on board ~
[5:] Capt Holland did not come
[6:] Ali our Pilot crossed over from
[7:] the other side early this morning
[8:] he stole himself over & came
[9:] on board, he relates to me
[10:] the fearful ravages which
[11:] the plague is making in
[12:] the other side & in his quarter
[13:] and says that the quarantine people
[14:] do not know the number of
[15:] cases not one fifth is entered
[16:] in their daily registry, lots
[17:] of people bury their dead
[18:] secretly & some in their
[19:] houses, but there is lots
[20:] of exaggeration one does
[21:] not know which to believe
[22:] there are lots of quarters not
[23:] visited by quarantine authority
[24:] At 9 went home at 11 called on Em
[25:] found Werdeh alright she has
[26:] no fever; a squally weather
[27:] at 1 P.M. a sudden shift of
[pg: 132]
[1:] wind to N. Wester with some
[2:] rain & thick black clouds passed
[3:] over & then it cleared up
[4:] & became fine & cool with
[5:] light N.W. left at 4 called on
[6:] Sister Elisa left @ 5 came home,
[7:] At 7 ½ called on Medula found
[8:] Guiseppina well but still in ~
[9:] bed, left @ 9 ½ fine clear weather
[10:] & Cool N.W. breeze ~
[11:] The Jews have been prohibited
[12:] from going to Azeir by quarantine
[13:] authority because they may
[14:] carry the sickness thither
[15:] none have gone yet but very
[16:] few in the “London” there
[17:] were lots going with us ~
[18:] The number of cases of plague on
[19:] the 22 & 23 are
[pg: 133]
[:] April
[1:] Lots of Mossullies Christians have
[2:] gone to Mossul today, some
[3:] of our and the London’s crew
[4:] left too ~

25th Tuesd The@6.59

[:] 25th
[:] Tuesd
[:] The@6.59
[5:] Light N.W. and fine clear
[6:] weather & cool atmosphere
[7:] very clear, at 7 AM. came on
[8:] board the river is rising a
[9:] little ~ one fatal case happened
[10:] at Rasghereyeh a Dyer who dies
[11:] clothes he lives some where below
[12:] the French Consulate, and two
[13:] others in a Derboona behind the
[14:] Latin Church, ~ The Nakib Seyd
[15:] Selman & his family has gone
[16:] to his gardens at Aboo Seida
[17:] and great many other people
[18:] At 9 went on shore at 10 ½ called on Em
[19:] found Werdeh recovered & is alright
[20:] left at 4 P.M. called on Sister Eliza
[21:] came home, weather became
[22:] little cloudy with Easterly
[23:] breeze & Cool but cleared up
[24:] afterwards at 7 ½ Pm called
[25:] on Emarine fine Cool weather
[26:] left @10 ½ ~

26th Wednesd Therm@6. 60

[:] 26th
[:] Wednesd
[:] Therm@6. 60
[27:] Light Wester & fine clear
[28:] Cool morning ~ at 7 AM
[pg: 134]
[1:] Came on board ~ We have
[2:] painted the ship she looks
[3:] very clean;
[4:] At 8 AM. the S. Mossul arrived
[5:] she is very deep having about 100
[6:] passengers mostly Indians &
[7:] Persians from the mail steamer
[8:] & some Sepoys Relief for the
[9:] British Residency Mons Bertrande
[10:] a new french Chancelier arrived
[11:] in her to relieve Mons Seyoofy
[12:] who is going back to Beyrooth
[13:] tomorrow by the Euphrates in
[14:] the Meskeneh from Saglawyeh
[15:] she also brought up some
[16:] wool from Coot of Mahd Reda
[17:] Alhanack & reports that
[18:] there are very few people at
[19:] Coot but sickness is less
[20:] (that is because there are no
[21:] body there) Dawd Ferrani also
[22:] came up from Bombay bringing
[23:] me some Shots & Tooth Brushes
[24:] went on board the Mossul saw
[25:] Guiseppina & Lorence, I hear that
[26:] Seyd Hussein el Hakim is not
[27:] dead but he recovered from the
[28:] attack, went home breakfasted
[29:] and called on Medula, Guiseppina is
[30:] well but her bowels wont work
[31:] unless with a seringe, left
[pg: 135]
[:] April
[1:] & called at 11 on Em found her in bed
[2:] not feeling well since last night
[3:] from sorrow, grief, which I could not
[4:] make out why, I left at 1 P.M.
[5:] came home & laid up till 5, then
[6:] called on Sister Eliza for few minutes
[7:] & came home did not go out ~
[8:] fine weather clear cool and
[9:] light N. Wester breeze, ~

27th Thursd

[:] 27th
[:] Thursd
[10:] Light N.W. and fine cool Morning
[11:] at 7 AM. came on board ~ my
[12:] father received a letter this
[13:] morning from Abbass Kooli
[14:] Khan our old friend and
[15:] Governor of Kurdistan, enclosing
[16:] 3 letters one for the Pasha of
[17:] Baghdad, one for Kaymakam Pasha
[18:] & one for Mahd. Effendi ibn
[19:] Jemeel which I sent with
[20:] Hawadi, Abbass Khan is now
[21:] invested with the Governorship
[22:] of Kurdistan & he comes to
[23:] drive away his uncle Hussein
[24:] Kooli Khan, but this latter I
[25:] think has run away to the
[26:] Turkish territory, Abbass
[27:] Khan they say is at Bakuba
[28:] now & wants the
[pg: 136]
[1:] answer of these letters very
[2:] quick ~
[3:] We have taken no cargo yet,
[3:] as we are going to Gorna
[4:] & back all for the Sake of
[5:] taking mail down & up ~
[6:] At 8 ½ went on shore called on Medoola,
[7:] came home breakfasted & at 9 called
[8:] on Emarine she is in bed unwell,
[9:] she had slight fever last night
[10:] & head ach with sore bones she passed
[11:] a little blood too but she won’t speak as yesterday
[12:] I left at 11 & came on board ~
[13:] We took some cargo but only
[14:] to Gorna; & some to Amara &
[15:] few packages for Coot, first
[16:] Capt Holland did not want to
[17:] stop at Coot, but now has
[18:] allowed cargo & passengers to
[19:] come ~ River is at a stand
[20:] still~ The S. Baghdad is going
[21:] down today with the flat in
[22:] tow loading grain from other
[23:] side, and some passengers have
[24:] gone in her from the other side
[25:] as they cannot cross over to this
[26:] side, but I see good many
[27:] Goffas pass
[28:] the day with people being ferried
[29:] across but the policemen
[30:] are bribed with few piasters
[pg: 137]
[:] April
[1:] at nighttime the passage
[2:] is much easier & more
[3:] frequent; ~ At 3,,20 P.M. the
[4:] S.V. Baghdad left for Basreh
[5:] with the flat;
[6:] 3 female slave belonging to Seyd
[7:] Ahmed ibn Seyd Eassa close to
[8:] our house died today from the
[9:] Plague, ~ The report of the cases
[10:] in town are thus –
[pg: 138]
[1:] But we cannot reply on this
[2:] statement as the Doctors do not
[3:] visit the quarters themselves
[4:] but thrust on the mokhtars &
[5:] other official people who exaggerate
[6:] & others try to hide as much as
[7:] possible and many persons have
[8:] buried their dead even in their
[9:] own houses ~ I heard that
[10:] the mother & wife of the Nakib
[11:] Seyd Selman died today on their
[12:] out of town to encamp in the
[13:] desert East of Baghdad from
[14:] the plague, great many
[15:] people have fled out trade
[16:] is very dull in fact it is stand
[17:] still ~ At 5 P.M. went on shore
[18:] with Roofaeel saw Eliza Marine she
[19:] is in bed & feel head ach & feverish
[20:] with pain in stomach & both
[21:] groins & passed a little blood she
[22:] is afraid that it may
[23:] left @ 6 called on Medula & then
[24:] went home dined, recommended
[25:] Henry to telegraph to me at Gorna
[26:] and left @ 8 called on Em she is
[27:] still the same but feels little
[28:] better passed the evening & left
[pg: 139]
[:] April
[1:] at 12 & came on board ~ fine
[2:] night clear but calm &
[3:] rather warm, we are very
[4:] light having very little cargo
[5:] & few passengers;

28th Frid

[:] 28th
[:] Frid
[6:] Light
[7:] We are detained this morning
[8:] Blockey sent to tell Capt Holland
[9:] so last night & do not know
[10:] the cause, we were going
[11:] to start at 4 AM. Capt Holland
[12:] went to Blockey to see the
[13:] cause; I went on shore at
[14:] 6 called to see how Eliza marine
[15:] is, she feels better gave her a dose
[16:] of Seidlitz to work her, she feels
[17:] headach & giddiness went then
[18:] home for few minutes &
[19:] returned to Eliza for few minutes
[20:] & came on board at 7; Capt
[21:] Holland came back & says that
[22:] Dr. Calvill is going down with
[23:] us to Gorna to see Mrs. Nixon
[24:] who is unwell has the liver
[25:] Complaint I suppose & we
[26:] start at 9, I went on shore
[pg: 140]
[1:]
[2:] home but it was not ready yet
[3:] so I left called to see Eliza she
[4:] is the same Complains of head
[5:] ach, & feverish she is very much
[6:] afraid & weeping too, the Seidlitz
[7:] did not work her but once; I left
[8:] @ 9 came on board; warm
[9:] weather ~
[10:] The third case of Plague among the
[11:] Christians being a young boy the
[12:] son of Jammoo el Mermerchi
[13:] who was attacked the day before
[14:] yesterday & is very bad today;
[17:] At 10,,15 got under weigh and
[18:] proceeded; Mr. George Smith
[19:] and Dr. Calvill came on board
[20:] & are going down with us
[21:] to Gorna to meet the Comet,”
[22:] We have in all 54 passengers
[23:] (Dr. Calvill & 3 servants are free)
[24:] but nearly all our passengers
[25:] are Jews for Amara about 33
[26:] of them ~ At 11,,45 passed
[27:] Diala river; Meekha Tindal,
[28:] & Moorad Deckman have brought
[pg: 141]
[:] April
[1:] their wives with them & back
[2:] because they are afraid of
[3:] the plague in their quarter
[4:] but we have charged them
[5:] passage money; At 1 P.M.
[6:] passed Ctesiphon ~ At 5,,30
[7:] passed Baghdadieh Fort, Light
[8:] S. Ely cloudy warm & Sultry
[9:] weather; at 7,,10 passed
[10:] Azizieh Fort, I see some Arabs
[11:] have got mosquito curtains
[12:] rigged up they must have got
[13:] plenty mosquitos here ~
[14:] at passed Memlah;

29th Saturd The@6.72°

[:] 29th
[:] Saturd
[:] The@6.72°
[15:] At 3,,50 AM. came to off Coot
[16:] landed 6 passengers 10 packages
[17:] & money in the Boat; there are
[18:] very few people here they have
[19:] all fled away & all the Koords
[20:] too, they say they have had no
[21:] cases of plague for the last 3
[22:] or 4 days that is because there
[23:] are no people to be attacked
[24:] at 5 left Coot; S. Ely
[25:] light air & cloudy little ~
[26:] At 5,,45 came to for the
[pg: 142]
[1:] City of London coming up
[2:] Cowley & Jany came off, the
[3:] London is deep she has about
[4:] 80,000 okes, (70,000 the through
[5:] cargo of Bombay & about 6000
[6:] wool from Amara) and about
[7:] 40 passengers, Jany says that
[8:] he heard Cholera has broken
[9:] out at Basreh & 4 or 5 cases daily
[10:] occurs, the London is going to
[11:] take wool from Coot, at 6,,30
[12:] We weighed & proceeded ~
[13:] At 9,,20 landed 3 packages at
[14:] Sheikh Saad & money, they have
[15:] no plague at all here this year
[16:] although great many people
[17:] of Coot have come here; at
[18:] 9,,35 proceeded ~ At 0,,10 P.M.
[19:] passed Ali Gherbi ~ at 7
[20:] came to at Amara landed
[21:] 33 passengers & all the
[22:] cargo we had except 43
[23:] packages for Basreh;
[24:] The S. Baghdad is here with flat
[25:] arrived today at 10 AM. & taking
[26:] in wood, two marine soldiers
[27:] are attacked with the plague
[pg: 143]
[:] April
[1:] on board the Baghdad these people
[2:] belong to the other side of Baghdad
[3:] they wanted to land them at
[4:] Amara but were refused to
[5:] accept them to the Hospital,
[6:] Jeboory sent for his letters, he
[7:] was afraid to come to me, but
[8:] he came afterward, I went on
[9:] shore to Fathalla, there is no
[10:] sickness here whatever &
[11:] no cases of plague as we had
[12:] heard at Baghdad; came on
[13:] board at 10 we hauled off
[14:] to the stream, fine night
[15:] clear weather;

30 Sund The@5.72 noon 88

[:] 30
[:] Sund
[:] The@5.72
[:] noon 88
[16:] Light S. Ely fine morning ~ At 3,,50
[17:] P.M. got under weigh from Amara
[18:] & proceeded, the S. Baghdad had
[19:] left about 3 hours before us
[20:] I changed my flannel shirt today it
[21:] got warm & cannot bear it longer,
[22:] At 8,,45 passed the S.S. Ressafah
[23:] going up she has good many
[24:] passengers, she comes from
[25:] Basreh, I have a letter in a
[26:] bottle for Mahmood Agha
[pg: 144]
[1:] the Captain; at 9 passed
[2:] Azeir & at 9,,20 passed the
[3:] S.V. Baghdad going down ~
[4:] warm day, Light S. Easterly
[5:] wind ~ At 11,,20 boarded &
[6:] came to at the Quarantine
[7:] station above Gorna but this
[8:] time higher up above the Boats
[9:] & steamers (S. Phrate & Tellaffer)
[10:] in quarantine here and about
[11:] 55 Sailing Boats, I sent a
[12:] telegram to Henry in Arabic
[13:] Holland sent one to Carter & D.
[14:] Colvill also telegraphed I suppose
[15:] to Coll Nixon ~ At 9,,15 P.M.
[16:] the S.V. Baghdad arrived & went
[17:] down near the other Turkish
[18:] steamers & put in Quarantine
[19:] the wind shifted to a Modte
[20:] N.Westerly; We were told that
[21:] the two cases of sickness which
[22:] took place on board the “Baghdad”
[23:] at Amara as I was told yesterday
[24:] were not plague but sickly
[25:] fever & the men recovered &
[26:] are working on board alright
[27:] Dr. Kolmar came up to us
[28:] this evening Dr. Colvill and
[29:] myself went on shore to
[pg: 145]
[:] April
[1:] see him, we sat on the ground
[2:] & had a long talk I was interpreting
[3:] for Dr. Colvill talking about
[4:] the plague & the baseless idea
[5:] of establishing quarantine here
[6:] Since every body can go to
[7:] Basreh by many other ways
[8:] overland & Kolmar confessed
[9:] it, & assures us that great
[10:] many people have gone to
[11:] Basreh by the desert from
[12:] every where, & he cannot keep
[13:] this quarantine with the few
[14:] guards he has, the line of Boats
[15:] & steamers extends about a
[16:] mile along the bank, but
[17:] Colvill hopes that it will not
[18:] remain long he shall talk
[19:] about it when he goes up to
[20:] Baghdad and he dreds for
[21:] next year’s spring, but not
[22:] this year as the epidemy
[23:] is not so severe this year,
[24:] But they were talking about
[25:] the importation of wool
[26:] & how to manage that
[pg: 146]
[1:] when all the Bales will
[2:] come down pressed, have
[3:] to open & fumigate them
[4:] the best thing would be not
[5:] to press them but send them
[6:] down loose as we take
[7:] them in going up; because
[8:] Lord Derby had telegraphed
[9:] to Colvill regarding the
[10:] wool & inquired what measures
[11:] were going to be taken here
[12:] before shipping the wool for
[13:] England, the people in England
[14:] do not approve of the Quarantine
[15:] being established in Egypt
[16:] as it will anoy & interfere
[17:] with their trade, Kolmar has
[18:] got no instruction from Baghdad
[19:] regarding the wool & how he
[20:] is to act he fears it very
[21:] much as it will cause great
[22:] risk if he exposes the wool
[23:] here in the desert which will
[24:] be liable to plunder and
[25:] damage ~ Hassan Effendi
[26:] & Awakin came off to
[27:] us Awakin has not been
[28:] able to send my telegram
[pg: 147]
[:] April
[1:] to Baghdad as the weather
[2:] is squally & much Lightning
[3:] is going on at Semawa but
[4:] will forward it as soon as
[5:] he is able, he received no telegram
[6:] for me from Baghdad, I expect
[7:] two & am very anxious
[8:] for them, a heavy squall
[9:] with rain came down which
[10:] obliged us to interrupt our
[11:] conversation & take shelter
[12:] on board & the party returned
[13:] to Gorna ~ at 7 a very
[14:] heavy squall came on the
[15:] whole sky became very dark
[16:] cloudy with incessant
[17:] lightning & the wind blowing
[18:] half a gale from Westward
[19:] drove the ship close to the
[20:] bank a very theretening weather
[21:] as dark as pitch with flash
[22:] of Lightning & drops of rain
[23:] at 9 it begun to rain heavily
[24:] & blow hard, just at this
[25:] time the Str. Launch
[pg: 148]
[1:] ElBurk arrived from
[2:] Basreh bringing the mail,
[3:] Michael came up in her,
[4:] being very dark rainy and
[5:] blowing we went on shore
[6:] brought Michael on board,
[7:] he said that the S. Mesopotamia
[8:] arrived from England this
[9:] afternoon & Yousef will
[10:] come up with her cargo on
[11:] Wednesday & the Comet
[12:] is coming up here on her
[13:] way, they passed her at
[14:] Deir, I gave Michael’s letters
[15:] he went back quick & the
[16:] ElBurk left for Gorna to
[17:] take shelter in the Custom
[18:] House for the night; it
[19:] begun to rain steadily &
[20:] the wind dying away;
[21:] The rain lasted till midnight

May 1 Mond

[:] May
[:] 1
[:] Mond
[22:] Light Ely air but clear weather,
[23:] at 6 AM. the El Burk came up
[24:] from the Custom House of Gorna
[25:] with Michael & the Mirza on
[26:] board to take the mail
[27:] they waited until it was
[pg: 149]
[:] May
[1:] fumigated; the S.V. Comet came
[2:] up from Basreh at 6 ½ but
[3:] she remained down below
[4:] the quarantine, near where
[5:] we were last trip & Colonel
[6:] Nixon is afriad to come further
[7:] up he wrote to Colvill to tell
[8:] him so but Colvill sent to
[9:] tell him that he can come
[10:] right up to us as it was arranged
[11:] yesterday with Voolhear
[12:] about it; The ElBurk left
[13:] for Basreh at 7 with the
[14:] mail, we are to remain
[15:] here & take the Mesopotamias
[16:] cargo which will come up
[17:] on Wednesday; I sent a
[18:] telegram to Henry in English
[19:] with Michael via Basreh ~
[20:] The Comet steamed up at 9 & came
[21:] to alongside the bank astern
[22:] of us, Coll Nixon his wife Capt
[23:] Warner Mr. & Mrs Rait &
[24:] Mr. Carter landed they walked
[25:] up to us with Dr. Colvill
[26:] Kolmar being with them, they
[pg: 150]
[1:] took shelter from the son
[2:] in a Hut they sat on chairs
[3:] Mrs. Nixon is well now, ~ I
[4:] felt very sick immediately after
[5:] breakfast & had to leave the
[6:] table & have up all my breakfast
[7:] it is must the cold I took
[8:] last night during the rain,
[9:] I saw Paris he tells me that he
[10:] is going away & another apothecary
[11:] has came in his place, & he must
[12:] go away to Bombay ~ The Comet
[13:] is going up to Baghdad on Saturday
[14:] after the arrival of the mail
[15:] from Bombay; Mrs Warner &
[16:] her sister stayed behind at Maghil
[17:] At 10,,30 the Comet returned
[18:] for Basreh after they got all on
[19:] board, ~
[20:] I have a bad cold on my head & bones
[21:] & stomach is not yet right; ~ I
[22:] am wondering how I dont receive any
[23:] telegrams, Awakin wrote to tell me
[24:] that the wire was again interrupted
[25:] since last night & it opened today
[26:] at about 2 P.M; It is very warm
[27:] to sleep in my Cabin & the air
[28:] is on the other side of the vessel (on
[29:] Port side) Dr. Colvill & Mr. George Smith
[30:] slept on the quarter Deck tonight
[pg: 151]

1876 May 2d Tuesd

[:] May
[:] 2d
[:] Tuesd
[1:] Light N.W. air & fine but warm
[2:] morning ~ Awakin of the telegraph
[3:] of Gorna writes to me today & says
[4:] that the wire broke again yesterday
[5:] at about 4 P.M. just as he was receiving
[6:] my telegram from Henry ~ my
[7:] cold is still very bad in my head
[8:] my nose is running down fearfully,
[9:] At 3 P.M. I received two telegram
[10:] on from Roofaeel in which he tells me
[11:] to inform Amara they are alright & well
[12:] no sickness in their quarter; the
[13:] other from Henry all were sent
[14:] on Sunday the 30th ulto he says
[:] side of town
[14:] And they are all well at home;
[15:] Holland also got one from Blockey
[16:] telling him to wait & bring
[17:] up Mesopotamias cargo from
[18:] Basreh ~ A fine Modte
[19:] N. Westerly breeze prevails tonight
[20:] with clear weather & Moonlight
[21:] night 8 days old, we are
[22:] waiting for the Mesopotamia’s
[pg: 152]
[1:] Cargo which left Basreh yesterday
[2:] & today in the Meheylas;

3d Wednes Conf:

[:] 3d
[:] Wednes
[:] Conf:
[3:] Light N.W. & cloudy weather, last night
[4:] it blew & strong N.W. squally with
[5:] little rain & thunder, I had a
[6:] very miserable night of it the
[7:] Mosquitoes were very troublesome
[8:] they bit me fearfully in the cabin,
[9:] & my cold in my head & nose
[10:] still very bad, it was very warm
[11:] too in the cabin; At 11 I
[12:] received a telegram from Henry
[13:] he says that on Sunday in the
[14:] other side it was the same as
[15:] previously but on our side 43
[16:] cases & 23 deaths, most of the
[17:] people have fled out, it is
[18:] working much among the
[19:] Jews & the Quarantine reports
[20:] of cases are not true & he is
[21:] thinking of making Quarantine
[22:] in the house & he does not
[23:] think he will come down in
[24:] the London this trip ~ I answered
[25:] him telling him that it is
[26:] not requisite yet to shut
[27:] themselves up in the house
[28:] and as the disease will be
[pg: 153]
[:] May
[1:] disappeared naturally very
[2:] soon & we leave probably
[3:] Friday & the Comet leaves for
[4:] Baghdad on Saturday; ~
[5:] Light variable airs & sultry cloudy
[6:] weather, we are waiting yet the
[7:] cargo of the Mesopotamia to
[8:] come & wondering how late it
[9:] is as it has left Basreh on
[10:] Monday evening; ~ Wind is
[11:] shifting about a S. E. light
[12:] air sprung this evening ~
[13:] at 7 ½ P.M. the S. Tell Affer
[14:] lit her fire & proceeded to Basreh
[15:] having completed her 15 days
[16:] quarantine here (and not 21
[17:] as we understood before) ~
[18:] At about 10 the S. ElBurk came
[19:] up from Basreh with Yousef Marine
[20:] on board he brung a whole lot of
[21:] small cases from the Mesopotamia
[22:] for Holland Engineers etc a case
[23:] of Beer for me which I wrote to
[24:] him to bring me & my Books
[25:] which he got me out from
[pg: 154]
[1:] England by the Chief Engineer
[2:] of the Mesopotamia 14 volumes
[3:] of Histories & adventures etc they
[4:] costed me £ 9.10.6; I received
[5:] letters from Antone Marine
[6:] Abdulla Samhiry & Michael,
[7:] Yousef came on board of us
[8:] he sat in my cabin & with
[9:] D.Colvill & mixed freely nobody
[10:] is here or if any now are
[11:] preventing the intermixing
[12:] of all people, he went at
[13:] 11, the Boats some of them
[14:] arrived with the cargo and
[15:] landed it on the bank;

4t Thurs Conf:

[:] 4t
[:] Thurs
[:]
[16:] Light Easterly & warm day
[17:] but fine weather, we took
[18:] in the cargo, Yousef put his
[19:] little tent at a short distance
[20:] astern of us; Two large Boats
[21:] with Mesopotamia’s cargo came
[22:] at 10 & we are taking it in
[23:] very fast ~ Wind shifted to West
[24:] light but not warm; I
[25:] went several times & sat in Yousef’s
[26:] tents & he came on board too ~ We
[27:] employed Coolies here who brought
[29:] the cargo on board & finished it
[30:] all by 7 P.M. we have about
[pg: 155]
[:] May
[1:] 70,000 Okes, (582 packages of
[2:] the Mesopotamias cargo & 34 Parcels
[3:] & 15 Bags Coffee from Basreh ~
[4:] It is very warm in cabin unable
[5:] to stay in it, we have no passengers
[6:] at all from Basreh, at 9 we
[7:] lit the fires to start at midnight
[8:] for Baghdad & Yousef too goes
[9:] back in the ElBurk ~
[10:] one case of plague in a Native wheat boat
[11:] from Baghdad 13 day on the way down & a
[12:] tracker
[13:] has got it
[14:] 3 days ago
[15:] in quarantine

5th Friday Ther@5.78 Noon 90°

[:] 5th
[:] Friday
[:] Ther@5.78
[:] Noon 90°
[16:] At 1,,30 AM. Got under weigh
[17:] from the quarantine above Gorna
[18:] & proceeded ~ at 5,,30 passed
[19:] Azeir, very warm Sultry weather
[20:] and calm ~ We have only 3
[21:] Arab passengers; Weather became
[22:] cloudy all over, at 9 we stopped
[23:] & Capt Holland send a Binocular
[24:] glass to Selloomy Effendi at
[25:] Kalat Saleh & went on;
[26:] At 2,,35 P.M. came to at
[27:] Amara landed 1 passenger,
[28:] clouds breaking up; Went on
[pg: 156]
[1:] there saw Fathalla, they say
[2:] there that the Plague is decreasing
[3:] in Baghdad but I dont believe it
[4:] they have no accurate news
[5:] the Mahomedans; We took
[6:] nothing from here, there is
[7:] lots of wool by Captain would
[8:] not ship from anywhere
[9:] except from Coot because
[10:] Blockey Telegraphed to him
[11:] so at Gorna ~ At 3,,45
[12:] we left Amara; we took
[13:] in 21 ½ passengers for Baghdad
[14:] (Hyder Effendi the Kadi being dismissed
[15:] & going up with us) ~ Light
[16:] N.W. & Sultry warm weather,
[17:] but towards 8 it cleared up
[18:] with Light N.W. & Cool weather
[19:] fine moonlight night;
[20:] At 11 we passed the S.V. Mossul
[21:] going down ~

6 Satur Conf

[:] 6
[:] Satur
[:] Conf
[22:] Light N.W. & little cloudy ~ at 6
[23:] AM. passed Ali Gherbi~ at
[24:] 10,,50 passed Sheikh Saad, lots
[25:] of Bales of wool on the bank but
[26:] Capt Holland did not stop to take
[27:] it, he wants to fill up at Coot
[28:] Very warm Calm & Sultry
[pg: 157]
[:] May
[1:] weather, overcast cloudy ~
[2:] At 5,,20 P.M. came to at
[3:] Coot, landed one passenger,
[4:] there is plenty of wool here to
[5:] ship to Baghdad mostly of Lynch
[6:] which Blockey telegraphed to
[7:] Gorna to Capt Holland to ship
[8:] only from here; I saw Seyd
[9:] Hussein ibn Seyd Selman el
[10:] Hakim he is alright recovered
[11:] from the plague he got two
[12:] buboes one under his arm &
[13:] other on his stomach, the
[14:] plague has declined here
[15:] for the last 4 or 5 days no
[16:] fresh attacks but there are
[17:] very few people here the
[18:] greatest part have gone out
[19:] but there are more people
[20:] now than last trip up when
[21:] we did not stop ~ Easawee
[22:] the son of Elias Easa had his
[23:] four daughters & sons attacked,
[24:] with plague & the whole 4
[25:] recovered, (one is Rosa the
[pg: 158]
[1:] daughter of Marianne Marine
[2:] his former wife) I enquired
[3:] much about the sickness here
[4:] & they say that it is much
[5:] declined since 4 days & have
[6:] none attacked, but the old ones
[7:] are dying now, I saw a
[8:] man passed who is just recovered
[9:] & unable to walk, an other
[10:] death occurred just in a small
[11:] house opposite the ship a
[12:] female died at sunset she
[13:] was attacked 10 days ago,
[14:] We are taking in wool but
[15:] not letting many people of
[16:] Coot to come on board &
[17:] we are taking no passengers
[18:] to Baghdad, ~ Yacoob the
[19:] son of Easawee came down
[20:] yesterday in the “Mossul”
[21:] from Baghdad, he brought
[22:] me a letter frow Henry
[23:] which Lorence son of Aziz
[24:] gave him for me; this boy
[25:] says that the Mossul had
[26:] Jews for Azeir about 250
[27:] of them & are runing away
[28:] because the plague has
[pg: 159]
[:] May
[1:] spred in their quarter, and
[2:] on the passage down there
[3:] were two cases of plague
[4:] on board among the Jews;
[5:] Henry writes to me & sends
[6:] me the account of the plague
[7:] from the 28th Ulto to the 2nd inst:
[8:] he is coming down in the
[9:] London which leaves on
[10:] Sunday (tomorrow) he
[11:] says the Jews are now more
[12:] afraid & leaving Baghdad to
[13:] every wehere in the Villages etc,
[14:] but it has not increased since
[15:] we left Baghdad the cases
[16:] which occurred are thus
[:] side of river
[pg: 160]
[1:] Shekoory Oohyed who came
[2:] down yesterday from Nasryeh
[3:] by Shetreh & Hye, he says
[4:] that near Hye in a small
[5:] Village only there is plague,
[6:] and at Hye Village there
[7:] are few Cases, but no
[8:] where else, Kalat Sekar
[9:] is free this year from plague,
[10:] but at Nasryeh & Sugel
[11:] Sheyookh there are very few
[12:] cases ~
[13:] A light S. Ely breeze sprung up
[14:] at 8 P.M. & clouds cleared up;
[15:] but got again cloudy afterward;

7th Sund

[:] 7th
[:] Sund
[:]
[16:] After taking in 430 Bales of wool
[17:] & filling the after house on Deck
[18:] at 3 AM. got under weigh from
[19:] Coot & proceeded, Light S. Ely
[20:] & cloudy all over Sultry warm
[21:] weather; we found two passengers
[22:] on board who came from Coot last
[23:] night on board, notwithstanding
[24:] Capt Holland’s distinct refusal
[25:] to take them on board, he
[pg: 161]
[:] May
[1:] therefore landed them at
[2:] Mehdie at 9, they are wool
[3:] merchants who shipped wool
[4:] last night for Abdulssalam
[5:] Khdeiry; at 10,,40 passed
[6:] Memlah, ~ S. Ely breeze &
[7:] cloudy all over, at 5 P.M. we
[8:] came to below Humenyeh for
[9:] the City of London coming down
[10:] she is full with Jews for
[11:] Azeir; Cowley & Henry came
[12:] off the London has 240 Jews for
[13:] Azeir with Return tickets, they
[14:] are all runing out of Baghdad
[15:] but the cases are few amongst
[16:] the Jews perhaps 3 or 4 deaths
[17:] daily the Bridge is going to
[18:] be put across, at the other
[19:] side it seems the plague is
[20:] declining & so at Hilla
[21:] but at our side the Attacks
[22:] increased & mortality is few,
[23:] no Cases has happened,
[24:] amongst the Christians
[25:] except one Mossully Boy
[26:] ibn Jemmoo who died
[pg: 162]
[1:] few days ago, the London
[2:] has about 120 Bales of
[3:] Lynch’s pressed Bales of
[4:] wool but it cannot leave
[5:] the Quarantine before they
[6:] are all opened & washed
[7:] I dont know how Blockey
[8:] has sent them down;
[9:] At 5,,45 We weighed & proceeded
[10:] at 6,,30 came at Humenieh
[11:] for a squall with very thick
[12:] dust coming on, but the wind
[13:] was not strong, the dust so
[14:] thick that we could not
[15:] see the Ship’s length;
[16:] Henry tells me that last
[17:] Sunday they had a very squally
[pg: 163]
[:] May
[1:] thretening weather in Baghdad
[2:] with rain & large hail and
[3:] Suddenly a thunderbolt
[4:] fell with such a tremendous
[5:] noise like so many guns
[6:] it fell in Messrs. Hector’s house
[7:] on a Date tree which set
[8:] it on a flame under the Date
[9:] tree lays lots of Iron Bars
[10:] for sale, my father has never
[11:] see the like before since he
[12:] has been in Baghdad, all the
[13:] people were very frightened
[14:] from the noise, from my
[15:] Sister Eliza’s house the servant
[16:] had to poor buckets of water
[17:] on the Date tree to extinguish
[18:] the Smoke which was rising,
[19:] At 7,,55 weather cleared up
[20:] weighed & proceeded ~ At 8,,45
[21:] the weather got very dusty
[22:] & not able to see ahead &
[23:] cloudy above had to come to
[24:] an Anchor;
[pg: 164]
[1:] At 10,,15 dust cleared up
[2:] but remained cloudy, got
[3:] under weigh & proceeded ~
[:] on 30 April

8th Monday Ther@5.75 noon 88 4 P.m. 88

[:] 8th
[:] Monday
[:] Ther@5.75
[:] noon 88
[:] 4 P.m. 88
[4:] At 1,,15 AM. passed Azizieh;
[5:] At 4,,20 passed Baghdadieh
[6:] Fort ~ Light S. Ely & cloudy
[7:] hazy nasty weather; River
[8:] is rising gradually, at 11 passed
[9:] Bostan ~ At 0,,40 P.M. passed
[10:] Ctesiphon, At 3 passed Diala
[11:] river just above Diala we
[12:] met great many Jews living
[13:] under arab tents & huts they
[14:] have run away from the plague
[15:] in their quarter at Baghdad,
[16:] at 3,,15 a sudden shift of wind
[17:] changed to Modte N. Wester;
[18:] other lot of Jews we passed on the
[19:] bank in the Arab Villages below
[20:] Gherarah Garden, and near the
[21:] Kher & some in Boats going
[22:] down; ~ at 6,,30 stopped
[23:] at the Residency & landed
[24:] the mail, saw my Sisters &
[25:] Blockey all standing in his
[26:] house; Dr. Colvill & Mr.
[27:] George Smith landed too
[pg: 165]
[:] May
[1:] and we steamed to the
[2:] Custom House, I went
[3:] onshore called on Emarine
[4:] to deliver letters, found them all
[5:] well, the plague seems to be
[6:] diminishing & no cases has
[7:] yet happened in our quarter
[8:] as in the whole Christian
[9:] quarter, except some among
[10:] the Jews & these are running
[11:] away out of town to every
[12:] where in the desert left and
[13:] went home found only my
[14:] father all the rest are at
[15:] Blockeys & going to dine &
[16:] sleep there they send to ask
[17:] me to go there to dine but
[18:] would not so my father &
[19:] I dined alone & at 8 called on
[20:] Emarine spent the evening
[21:] went first on the top of the
[22:] house but found it rather
[23:] chilly came down to the
[24:] room but was warm, left
[25:] at 12 ½ P.M. came turned in
[26:] my room but was very
[27:] warm & plenty of
[pg: 166]
[1:] Mosquitoes troubled me
[2:] & could not sleep;
[3:] The Bridge has been put
[4:] across since yesterday &
[5:] people are going & coming between
[6:] both side, the cases of
[7:] plague on the
[8:] and no body seems to care now
[9:] much about it, it seems that
[10:] it is declining as it is so
[11:] on the other Side & at Hilla;

9th Tuesd. Bd.

[:] 9th
[:] Tuesd.
[:] Bd.
[19:] Light N.W. & fine but warm
[20:] morning at 7 am. came on
[21:] board, the Ressafah is
[22:] inside of us discharging,
[23:] left at 8 ½ went on shore called
[24:] on Blockey saw there Emilia Medula
[25:] & Menusha & children, Medula is
[26:] gone there with Giuseppina to stay
[27:] 3 is 4 days for a change for Giuseppina
[28:] as she was not well few days ago,
[29:] saw Blockey too, asked him to send
[30:] me money to pay the ship for
[pg: 167]
[:] May
[1:] April left at 10 came home to
[2:] breakfast at 10 ½ called Em we
[3:] sat in Iwan it being very warm
[4:] left at 4 P.M. called on Sayegh but
[5:] no body was at home, called on Eliza
[6:] Sister & left at 5 came home at
[7:] 6 ½ went over & dined with them
[8:] Stifan came to pass the evening
[9:] and at 10 I left I came on Board
[10:] Light N.W. & warm in my
[11:] room & plenty of mosquitoes;

10th Wednes

[:] 10th
[:] Wednes
[12:] Light N.W. & fine but rather
[13:] calm at 7 AM came on board
[14:] with the money & paid the
[15:] Ship for April, we begun to
[16:] discharge cargo wool etc, the
[17:] Ressafeh is taking passengers
[18:] & Jews for Azeir are still
[19:] going down & many are
[20:] yet going out to the Arabs
[21:] left @10 went home breakfasted
[22:] a Jew Isack ibn Ezra Zeelkha
[23:] came to me wanting 200 Liras &
[24:] gives mortgage of some gold
[25:] ornaments for 3 months, I went
[26:] over to Eliza Marine & told her of
[27:] it to put her money which has
[28:] been lying idle for the last
[29:] month, I took the gold ornaments
[pg: 168]
[1:] & went with Roofaeel to Show
[2:] it & value it went to Khan
[3:] Geghan to Murkar & to his
[4:] brother Boghos went with the
[5:] latter to his house with an
[6:] other Jew they weighed & Valued
[7:] the things & found it come to
[8:] only 150 Liras I took them &
[9:] went to Eliza the Jew come &
[10:] took some more gold ornaments
[11:] from him & then I wrote the
[12:] Bond in my name for 91 days
[13:] from today & took interest
[14:] 7 Liras for the 200 Liras & I mentioned
[15:] in the bond the quantity of Ornaments
[16:] & that if the money is not paid
[17:] at the time due I shall sell
[18:] them, while working this Mariam
[19:] wife of Toni Tessi called for an
[20:] hour & went away, we sat in
[21:] the room had tiffen & left at 5
[22:] called on Sayegh but nobody was
[23:] there went home J Sayegh called
[24:] at 8 I called on Em we sat on the
[25:] terrace it being warm & calm
[26:] moon rose at about 9 had Tea
[27:] & longtalk & left at 12 came
[28:] home turned in, in my room
[29:] I wrote a letter to Henry this
[30:] evening sent it to the Ressafeh
[31:] with Mahmood captain
[32:] to Coot which leaves tomorrow
[pg: 169]
[:] May
[1:] morning ~ I heard that the
[2:] Jews have only lost 56 persons
[3:] in all from the plague from
[4:] beginning to now ~ It
[5:] is on the decline now the
[6:] mortality has been on this
[7:] side on the 7th 14 & on the 8th,, 18
[8:] persons and on the 9th 14 ~
[:] Eng 1
[:]
[:]

11th Thursd

[:] 11th
[:] Thursd
[9:] Light westly Sultry warm
[10:] weather, at 7 AM. came on
[11:] board, we begun to discharge
[12:] we cannot go away tomorrow
[13:] as we have not finished
[14:] & will start on Sunday ~
[15:] went on shore at 9 called on Candida
[16:] left @ 9 ½ went home & breakfasted
[17:] at 10 ½ called on Em sat in
[18:] Iwan it is very warm, I feel
[19:] very giddy & sleepy, Eliza wants
[20:] to pay visit on Fathhalla Abood
[21:] to Congratulate them on their
[22:] son Nessoorie’s marriage some
[23:] time ago, I left at 3 P.M. come
[24:] on board found the ship full
[25:] with Jews going down to Azeir
[26:] although we are not going
[27:] till Sunday, the Captain
[pg: 170]
[1:] has allowed them to come,
[2:] their dirty kit & themselves
[3:] made the Ship so awfully
[4:] stinky & such a smell was
[5:] Saturating the ship & the
[6:] heat beside I could not write
[7:] so left @ 3 ½ & went to call
[8:] on Carolina saw there my
[9:] sisters all the 4, & some visitors
[10:] women of Kasbarkhan. I
[11:] left at 4 came home laid up
[12:] as I feel still very giddy, at
[13:] 5 called on Em she has
[14:] just returned from Abood’s
[15:] house Candida had gone with
[16:] her too, I left at 6 ½ came home,
[17:] after dinner at 8 called on
[18:] Candida very warm weather
[19:] sultry calm & unable to
[20:] stay below but people are
[21:] afraid to sleep on top of the
[22:] house on account of the
[23:] Plague, & of catching fever,
[24:] altough it is time to go up
[25:] left @10 come home, found
[26:] my room very warm ~

12th Frid

[:] 12th
[:] Frid
[27:] Light N. Wester breeze &
[28:] clouds passing about
[pg: 171]
[:] May
[1:] At 7 AM came on board, we
[2:] have not yot finished discharge
[3:] & no Custom House
[4:] today being Friday ~ clouds
[5:] clearing away, our ship
[6:] is full with Jews with their
[7:] Kit ~ at 9 went on shore, Emilia
[8:] & Alice came home this morning
[9:] from Carolina’s, at 10 ½ I called
[10:] on Em we sat in room it being
[11:] cooler than in the Iwan had
[12:] some tiffin at 5 P.M. Naoom
[13:] Abood called there & I left at 6
[14:] came home ~
[15:] I heard yesterday that an
[16:] official telegram came to
[17:] the Pasha informing the
[18:] Murder of the Prussian and
[19:] French Consuls at Salonica
[20:] by the Mahomedans, it was
[21:] about a christian woman
[22:] who wanted to turn Mahomedan
[23:] & the Consuls went to the Serai
[24:] to demand her etc & after
[25:] leaving the Serai the Mahomedans
[26:] Cut them almost to pieces
[27:] the French & Prussian Governt
[28:] have sent ther war ships
[pg: 172]
[1:] there to demand the murderer
[2:] to be given up to them etc,
[3:] At 7 ½ I called on Medula
[4:] Sister found there G. Tonietti
[5:] was there Medula had a very
[6:] bad headach but she got better
[7:] by applying Lavander, arak
[8:] etc, Guiseppe says that the
[9:] Inspector of Quarantine
[10:] Padwani has resigned &
[11:] he will get a pension now
[12:] for having served about 40
[13:] years Dr. Arnauld is going
[14:] out on a tour to the Euphrates
[15:] to make some researches
[16:] of the epidemy of Plague
[17:] Guiseppe is employed for the
[18:] time being as a clerke to
[19:] the Quarantine commission
[20:] to write their reports out I
[21:] think @150 B.per month, at
[22:] 10 I left & came home slept
[23:] in my room, ~ Marine’s have
[24:] gone up to sleep on the top
[25:] of the terrace but in the Beytoona
[26:] as it is very warm below
[27:] all the people would have
[28:] gone up, if they were not
[pg: 173]
[:] May
[1:] afraid of the plague, but
[2:] the air is light & cool
[3:] N. Wester;
[:] Eng 1
[:] touched well

13th Satur

[:] 13th
[:] Satur
[4:] Light Westly breeze & cloudy
[5:] all over sultry weather ~
[6:] at 7 AM. came on board
[7:] we are discharging cargo,
[8:] H.M.S. Comet arrived
[9:] last night at 11 ½ P.M. with
[10:] the Resident and family
[11:] on board, but they are afraid
[12:] to land, & preventing people
[13:] from going alongside;
[14:] our ship is full with Jews going
[15:] to Azeir at 18 Beshlics and
[16:] all caused by the fright of
[17:] the plague; at 9 went to breakfast
[18:] left @9 ½ called on Em sat
[19:] in room weather cloudy nasty
[20:] sultry thick clouds & no
[21:] sun to be seen, left @ 12 came
[22:] on board found the ship aufully
[23:] crowdy with Jews. found
[24:] that I have lost my cabin
[25:] doors Key went back to fetch
[26:] it at Marines but was not
[pg: 174]
[1:] there, I came on board opened
[2:] it with an other key, I found
[3:] that I lost it from my pocket
[4:] having a hole in it; we
[5:] finished discharge by 12,
[6:] took in few packages for
[7:] Amara Coot etc; ~ River
[8:] begun to rise rapidly today
[9:] I had very little work as there came
[10:] very little cargo so at 4 ½ P.M. I
[11:] left the Ship with Roofaeel called
[12:] on Emarine for one hour, she
[13:] bathed at home today, left &
[14:] called at home found there
[15:] Mr. Pais of the Comet, I called on
[16:] Medula for ½ hour & came
[17:] home dined & at 7 ½ called on
[18:] Em on the top of the house,
[19:] it being very warm Calm & cloudy
[20:] all over Sultry weather, it was
[21:] about 8 ½ when I went to look over
[22:] the street to see at Sayegh Room
[23:] (oorsy) there were Mariam Sayegh
[24:] with her brothers & mothers sitting
[25:] at the Window all opened on
[26:] the street with the lights they
[27:] have which caused every passer
[28:] by to see them distincly especially
[29:] Mariam sitting close to
[30:] the window when I saw
[pg: 175]
[:] May
[1:] a man coming to pass and
[2:] he stood looking & hearing the
[3:] talk he stopped in the darkness
[4:] to look at them & when any
[5:] body used to happen to walk
[6:] pass, he used to walk on &
[7:] then return again, & presently
[8:] an other one joined him coming
[9:] out from the derboona & they
[10:] walk on also towards our
[11:] house whenever any body
[12:] used to pass, & then they both
[13:] came & got into the derboona
[14:] we were wondering what they
[15:] intend, at last Eliza went &
[16:] told the slave servants to
[17:] go out & shut the derboona
[18:] as soon as they went to open
[19:] the door of the house, I saw
[20:] them ushered of out of the
[21:] derboona & walked away
[22:] towards our house & never
[23:] Came back again, we
[24:] got very figety about this
[25:] & could not make out
[pg: 176]
[1:] their purpose, whether
[2:] it was to look at Sayegh’s
[3:] people or try to steal into
[4:] the derboona & to some house,
[5:] the moon rose at 12 & the
[6:] clouds cleared up & became
[7:] fine but still warm; I
[8:] Left @ 12 ½ & came on board
[:] touched well

14th Sund

[:] 14th
[:] Sund
[9:] At 4 AM. we got under weigh &
[10:] proceeded the family of Bolus
[11:] Magho came on board early
[12:] to land them at Gusseiba where
[13:] they are encamped, I did not
[14:] sleep not a minute for I
[15:] could not & it was late when
[16:] I turned in, ~ Landed Mr.
[17:] Tartt at Ghrara & went on
[18:] at 6 passed Diala, at 6,,40
[19:] landed Bolus Magho’s family
[20:] with Kereker Kooroodi at
[21:] Goosseiba & went on; at
[22:] 7 passed Ctesiphon, I begun
[23:] to give tickets to the passengers
[24:] All nearly Jews for Azeir
[pg: 177]
[:] May
[1:] with Return tickets @ 18 Besh
[2:] each, Passed Baghdadieh
[3:] at 11,,15 the weather is very
[4:] warm I finished giving tickets
[5:] to passengers at 12 overhauled
[6:] them & booked all their tickets,
[7:] I took care in walking &
[8:] mixing with them, and in
[9:] receiving the money I rubbed
[10:] hands with oil & then had
[11:] Vineger to smell & rub my
[12:] hand for fear of their being
[13:] infested with plague; at
[14:] 1 P.M. we passed Azizieh;
[15:] We have in all 205 passengers
[16:] (viz 8 to Azeir 26 ½ Amara, 32 Azeir
[17:] 99 ½ Azeir with Return ticket &
[18:] 39 for Basreh to be landed in
[19:] the quarantine) ~ At 5,,40
[20:] passed Memlah ~ at 6,,40
[21:] came to below Mehdie for
[22:] the City of London coming up,
[23:] Cowley & Henry came off
[24:] the London is deep with the
[pg: 178]
[1:] Mesopotamia & through
[2:] Cargo she has about 83,000
[3:] & over 60 passengers, she
[4:] took little wool from Coot,
[5:] the plague is still there
[6:] but very few Cases occurs
[7:] & not every day, At 7,20
[8:] got under weigh & proceeded,
[9:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[10:] At 10 came to alongside at
[11:] Coot landed 8 passengers and
[12:] about 10 packages took in 7 tons
[13:] of Coal, I found it very warm
[14:] sleeping in my Cabin & no
[15:] air at all, They say here that
[16:] the plague is going away very
[17:] few cases they have now &
[18:] people of Coot are begining to
[19:] return from outside ~

15th Mond Ther06.76

[:] 15th
[:] Mond
[:] Ther06.76
[20:] At 4 AM. got under weigh from
[21:] Coot, Light N.W. but warm
[22:] Sultry weather with some
[23:] clouds; at 7.25 landed money
[24:] at Sheikh Saad & went on
[25:] At 7,,35; at 10,,5 passed
[26:] Ali Gherbi,~ Modte N.W.
[pg: 179]
[:] May
[1:] breeze ~
[2:] At 4,,35 P.M. Stopped at
[3:] Deffass to await the opening
[4:] of the Bridge at Amara,
[5:] then at 4,,40 steamed down
[6:] to Amara landed 26 ½ passengers
[7:] and 25 packages, some
[8:] soldiers & quarantine people
[9:] & a Doctor came to the bank
[10:] to take care from landing
[11:] any Jews on shore, the Doctor
[12:] came on board & went on
[13:] Deck he just looked &
[14:] said that here is no sickness
[15:] & were allowed to communicate
[16:] with the shore the Amara
[17:] people are afraid very much
[18:] I went on shore saw Jeboory
[19:] & Fathalla & came on boord
[20:] We left Amara at
[21:] 6 ~ The S. S. Tell Affer is
[22:] here taking in wool & going
[23:] up ~ At 7,,30 came to
[pg: 180]
[1:] for the night just below
[2:] Aboo Sedra, very light N.W.
[3:] or calm weather, but fine
[4:] no clouds ~ Weather calm
[5:] and very warm with plenty mosqitoes

16th Tuesd

[:] 16th
[:] Tuesd
[6:] At 0,,30 AM. the S. S. Phrat passed
[7:] on her way up to Baghdad, she
[8:] completed her 15 days quarantine
[9:] & went to Basreh bringing the
[10:] weakly through cargo ~ Very
[11:] warm & sultry, I was unable
[12:] to sleep in the cabin, was
[13:] prespiring awfully ~ At 4,,10
[14:] got under weigh & proceeded
[15:] a light N.W. breeze sprung
[16:] up; at 7,,45 came to at
[17:] Azeir & landed the Jews; two
[18:] or three cases of Plague occurred
[19:] at Azeir among the Jews but
[20:] they recovered ~ at 9,,35 left
[21:] Azeir, Modte N.W. & hazy
[22:] dusty weather; the wind &
[23:] dust increased so much that
[24:] we could not see ahead ~
[25:] At 9,,5 P.M. came to at
[26:] the Quarantine station
[27:] above Gorna, the Strs, Mossul
[pg: 181]
[:] May
[1:] and Ressafah are here &
[2:] a whole lot of Boats, very
[3:] thick fine dust & wind
[4:] strong N. Wester; We found
[5:] 7 tons of Coal which the London
[6:] left behind we took it on
[7:] board, Lynch’s pressed Bales
[8:] of wool about 170 are piled
[9:] up here & covered with mats
[10:] & watchmen placed at them
[11:] no rules or regulation’s now
[12:] is carried on here with regard to
[13:] the Quarantines every body
[14:] & every ship or boat can mix
[15:] freely with each other,
[16:] the Mossul will Complete
[17:] her 15 days the day after
[18:] tomorrow & will go down
[19:] to Basreh, & her people are
[20:] coming on board the Dijleh
[21:] & our people go to them
[22:] no guards are seen here,
[23:] we landed 40 passengers here
[24:] Indians & persians, they had
[25:] to carry their kit themselves
[26:] & go down about ½ mile
[27:] to live under Huts if there
[pg: 182]
[1:] were any for I was told that
[2:] they had none ready, and
[3:] the quarantine charge a
[4:] Beshlic a day from every
[5:] passenger; the wind &
[6:] dust begun to die away toward
[7:] evening, it remained rather
[8:] cloudy; I could not sleep in cabin
[9:] the Mosquitoes were very troublesom
[10:] at 11 the S. Launch ElBurk
[11:] came up stopped down at
[12:] the quarantine station the
[13:] boy of the Postmaster only
[14:] came up in her to take the
[15:] mail he brought me a
[16:] letter from Antone in which
[17:] he writes to me to say that
[18:] Mr. Robertson came back
[19:] from the Karoon river on
[20:] the 6t Inst he reports the
[21:] plague appeared at Shushter
[22:] too & the Persian Govert have
[23:] estabished quarantines at
[24:] Mahomerah & Bushire, he
[25:] sends a copy of a public telegram
[26:] which they have received
[27:] it is thus ~
[28:] “Viena 13 may Serious risings
[29:] in Bulgaria Christians in Turkey
[pg: 183]
[:] May
[1:] becoming uneasy consequent
[2:] upon present excited state
[3:] Mahomedan population,
[4:] Constantinople 13 Mahomed
[5:] Rushdi appointed Grand Vizier
[6:] in place Nedim Pasha, and
[7:] Hussein Awnee Pasha becomes
[8:] Minister of war” all this
[9:] is caused through the rising
[10:] & still continued war of
[11:] the Christian Herzegovinian
[12:] & the Turkish troops are getting
[13:] liked in every engagement
[14:] and this late news of the
[15:] murder of the two Consuls
[16:] Prussian & French in Salonica
[17:] by the Mahomedans
[18:] which I mentioned on the
[19:] 12th ~

17th Wedn. The@5.80 noon 90 4 P.m.91

[:] 17th
[:] Wedn.
[:] The@5.80
[:] noon 90
[:] 4 P.m.91
[20:] Light air cloudy Sultry weather
[21:] & warm; I expect two telegrams
[22:] from Baghdad which ought to
[23:] have been sent yesterday
[24:] but the Telegraph line is
[25:] broken between Hammar
[26:] & Gorna since yesterday
[pg: 184]
[1:] morning & till noon today
[2:] was not established; we
[3:] are waiting for our cargo to
[4:] come up from Basreh, ~
[5:] Arteen
[6:] the Mossul he came from
[7:] Baghdad & going to his place
[8:] at Basreh (with Calothi as
[9:] agent for the Merchants of Baghdad)
[10:] Very warm & Sultry day
[11:] with very light breeze;
[12:] at sunset the breeze shifted to
[13:] south & then South East but
[14:] very light, at 8 a Boat with Coal
[15:] 20 Tons & about 2 Tons Logwood
[16:] of Lynch arrived from Basreh
[17:] and at 9 an other Boat with
[18:] cargo arrived we took in the
[19:] Logwood at night ~ I slept
[20:] on the Quarter Deck for
[21:] the first time it being very
[22:] warm in Cabin;

18th Thursd

[:] 18th
[:] Thursd
[23:] Light air & Sultry, at 6 Am a light
[24:] N.W. breeze sprung up; we
[25:] are taking in Coal & cargo
[26:] from the Boats ~ I sent
[pg: 185]
[:] May
[1:] Hamadi to Gorna to inquire for
[2:] my telegrams & if the line
[3:] is in good order so as I can
[4:] send one to Baghdad ~ at
[5:] 12 I received two telegrams one from
[6:] Henry sent on tuesday he says these
[7:] arrived tuesday noon & leave on
[8:] Sunday, the plague is the same
[9:] as I left Baghdad & no other news
[10:] one telegram from “Shawl” ie
[11:] Em also sent on tuesday, but the
[12:] wire was broken; Abdulla
[13:] Samhiry sends me a notice from
[14:] Basreh to inform me that on
[15:] Sunday there were 94 cases &
[16:] 42 deaths and Monday 76 cases
[17:] & 51 deaths in boths sides of the
[18:] town ~ an other cargo boat
[19:] with cargo arrived at noon;
[20:] and other large one arrived in the
[21:] afternoon all Bales of P.goods &
[22:] Lynch’s cargo casks of Alum
[23:] about 20 Tons of Logwood &
[24:] a Boat loat of iron Hoops;
[25:] Dr. Kolmar came this evening
[26:] he tells me that he is going to
[27:] let the 170 Bales of Lynch’s
[28:] pressed Bales of wool which
[29:] are landed here by the London
[pg: 186]
[1:] to be sent to Basreh without
[2:] opening them ~ at sunset
[3:] the El Burk arrived with Yousef
[4:] Marine, he brought the
[5:] Bombay mail & some letters,
[6:] he pitched his two Tents far
[7:] below our place, I went to
[8:] see him, he says that they
[9:] have hired the Mesopotamia
[10:] for the Turkish Government
[11:] to take grain to Jeddah
[12:] about 1250 Tons @ 2 ½ Liras per Ton
[13:] & she is loading now, it is
[14:] better than keeping her
[15:] at Basreh waiting for the
[16:] wool to get down; ~ Hassan
[17:] Effendi Custom House Officer of
[18:] Gorna & Awakin came to see
[19:] us the latter tells me that
[20:] at Amara they have had a
[21:] case of plague on a person
[22:] who came down from Coot
[23:] the day before yesterday &
[24:] they have put his house in
[25:] Quarantine ~ We took in
[26:] cargo from the Boat till 10
[27:] P.M. it is awfully warm
[28:] not a breath of air and
[pg: 187]
[:] May
[1:] plenty of Mosquitoes ~

19th Friday

[:] 19th
[:] Friday
[2:] Very light N.W air & warm
[3:] morning, We begun early to
[4:] take in the cargo, but the
[5:] day is so fearfully hot I
[6:] cannot sit a minute in my
[7:] Cabin the sun being on my
[8:] side (starboard) until the
[9:] afternoon ~ We are getting
[10:] very deep ~ I wrote letters to
[11:] Antone Marine, Abdulla
[12:] Samhiry & Michael to send
[13:] with Yousef ~ I went often to
[14:] Yousefs tent had tea & passed the
[15:] day; the Mossul is going down
[16:] to Basreh tomorrow evening
[17:] & will take her passengers too
[18:] she has been here since the
[19:] 6t Inst ~ We got very deep
[20:] finished loading by 8 P.M.
[21:] & left one Boat load filled
[22:] with 400 Bundles of Hoop
[23:] Iron of Lynch’s, we are drawing
[24:] 4 feet 5 Inches; breeze
[25:] shifted to a light S. Ely
[26:] & weather became cloudy

20th Saturd The@5.82 noon 94 4P.m. 92

[pg: 188]

[:] 20th
[:] Saturd
[:] The@5.82
[:] noon 94
[:] 4P.m.
[1:] Light air very warm and great
[2:] many mosquitoes troubling
[3:] us, light the fires @ 1 Am
[4:] at 3 got under Weigh and
[5:] proceeded ~ Light N.W.
[6:] breeze & Sultry with few
[7:] clouds ~ We have only 7 passengers
[8:] from Gorna; at 7,,35 passed
[9:] Azeir all the Jews we saw on
[10:] the bank none are going
[11:] back; at 11½ we picked Sheikh
[12:] Nesser & 5 followers from
[13:] above Kalat Saleh to Amara,
[14:] Nesser & wadi are again
[15:] up in arms disputing Among
[16:] themselves for the Sheikhship
[17:] & wadi is richer has got
[18:] the most part of the tribe
[19:] to his side; a Modte N.W.
[20:] wind is blowing ~ at 5,,15
[21:] P.M. came to at Amara
[22:] land 4 passengers and besides
[23:] Nesser & his 5 followers
[pg: 189]
[:] May
[1:] Jeboori came to me, went on
[2:] shore saw Fathalla & Hanosh
[3:] Oossany, the case of plague
[4:] they had here few days
[5:] ago on a person coming from
[6:] Coot is recovered, but they
[7:] took great care here they put
[8:] his house in quarantine
[9:] & stationed guard at their
[10:] door; ~ We took no
[11:] wool from here being
[12:] too deep, ~ We are to
[13:] tow a large Boat here
[14:] arrived from Basreh
[15:] with the Wool Press
[16:] of Lynch arrived per
[17:] Mesopotamia & shipped
[18:] for Baghdad with 17 tons
[19:] Coal in her; at 6,,35
[20:] got under weigh from
[21:] Amara & proceeded
[pg: 190]
[1:] with the large Boat in
[2:] tow, this Boat belongs
[3:] to Ali our Pilot hired to
[4:] Baghdad for 500 Beshlics
[5:] Light N.W. breeze &
[6:] fine weather; I slept in
[7:] the Cabin as there is plenty of
[8:] wind ~ We are going very slow
[9:] on account of the towing
[10:] the large Boat with Machinery
[11:] for the pressing of wool; Capt
[12:] Holland is going to tow her
[13:] right up to Baghdad ~

21st Sund. Ther@5.70 noon 87 4 P.m. 90

[:] 21st
[:] Sund.
[:] Ther@5.70
[:] noon 87
[:] 4 P.m. 90
[14:] Modte N.W. & fine Cool morning,
[15:] at 6 AM. passed Ali Sherghi,
[16:] gave tickets to 16 Amara passengers
[17:] (4 for Coot) ~ River is rising
[18:] it is about one foot below the
[19:] bank ~ At 3,,25 P.M. passed
[20:] Ali Gherbi ~ Light Westerly
[21:] breeze & thick black clouds
[22:] on the Northern quarters &
[23:] some above us ~ At 10,,30
[24:] We came to an Anchor it
[25:] got very cloudy & dark;
[pg: 191]
[:] May
[1:] At 4 AM. got under weigh &
[2:] proceeded ~ Modte S. Ely breeze
[3:] & cloudy all over Sultry weather,

22 Mond. Ther@5.73 noon 95 4 P.m. 93

[:] 22
[:] Mond.
[:] Ther@5.73
[:] noon 95
[:] 4 P.m.
[4:] At 6,,45 came to for the
[5:] City of London coming down;
[6:] Cowley & Henry came off the
[7:] London has about 120 passengers
[8:] (40 Jews for Azeir) Henry says
[9:] the plague is fast declining
[10:] he brought me all the daily
[11:] reports, and at Coot is nearly
[12:] finished ~ at 7,,30 we got
[13:] under weigh & proceeded ~
[14:] at 12 the wind became a strong
[15:] N. Wester & weather cloudy ~
[16:] dusty sultry and gloomy ~
[17:] At 3,,50 P.M. came to at Coot
[18:] landed 4 passengers ~
[19:] No fresh attacks are reported
[20:] here they say since last week
[21:] & these even recover after
[22:] having fever, people are
[23:] returning fast to Coot
[24:] at Hye village it has left
[25:] off too after causing
[pg: 192]
[1:] very few attacks & also
[2:] few of Kalat Sekar but in
[3:] these two places, it must
[4:] have been imported there as
[5:] the sickness took place late
[6:] in the season & not like last
[7:] Year; ~ We took in 15 Tons
[8:] of
[9:] Bales of wool (73 Bales)
[10:] and 6 passengers ~ at 7,,45
[11:] left Coot & proceeded we
[12:] got very deep 4,,5 fore and
[13:] aft & towing the Boat against
[14:] a high rise of the river
[15:] our progress is very slow
[16:] but we know that we must
[17:] remain in Baghdad to take
[18:] the next fortnightly mail
[19:] due on Friday next weak
[20:] the 2d June ~ At about 12
[21:] came to an anchor for the night
[22:] on account of having the Boat
[23:] on tow ~ Modte N.W. & cool
[24:] weather;

23d Tuesd The@5.67 noon 83 4 P.m. 86

[:] 23d
[:] Tuesd
[:] The@5.67
[:] noon 83
[:] 4 P.m. 86
[25:] Modte N.W. & fine cool morning
[26:] at 4 AM. got under weigh &
[27:] proceeded, we are going very slow
[pg: 193]
[:] May
[1:] at 12 passed Memlah
[2:] Station; Modte N. Wester &
[3:] Cool wind passing white
[4:] detached clouds; ~ at 4
[5:] P.M. a strong N. Westerly wind
[6:] with Squal & dust but soon
[7:] passed away & clouds begun
[8:] to disperse ~

24th Wednesd The@5.64 noon 84 4 P.m. 84

[:] 24th
[:] Wednesd
[:] The@5.64
[:] noon 84
[:] 4 P.m. 84
[9:] Light N.W. & fine Cool morning;
[10:] At 5,,35 AM. passed Azizieh
[11:] Fort, it is unusualy Cool for
[12:] the last three days; and we are
[13:] going awfully slow having
[14:] the boat on tow ~
[15:] At 7,,30 came to at Abdulla
[16:] the frame of the Engine on Starboard
[17:] side broke ~ repaired it and
[18:] left at 8,,40; at 12 passed
[19:] Baghdadieh Fort; the Boat
[20:] is assisting us with her sail
[21:] in some reaches when the
[22:] wind is our favor; the river seems
[23:] to be falling it is about 2
[24:] feet below the embankment,
[25:] We passed some Jews families
[26:] among the Arabs on the
[pg: 194]
[1:] banks at Gutnieh and
[2:] Dawar they have fled from
[3:] the plague in their quarters
[4:] but some wanted us to take
[5:] them up but we could not
[6:] stop ~ weather got cloudy
[7:] few drops of rain fell, &
[8:] is still thretening, it must
[9:] be raining some where
[10:] it is cloudy & black all
[11:] around with distant
[12:] lightning; at 8,,35 we
[13:] were obliged to come to at
[14:] Khennasah, it became very
[15:] black cloudy with lightning
[16:] all around & over us and it
[17:] must be raining in several
[18:] parts distant ~
[:] Owl

25th Thursd The@5-60 noon – 4 P.m.-

[:] 25th
[:] Thursd
[:] The@5-60
[:] noon –
[:] 4 P.m.-
[19:] Modte N.W. it cleared a little after
[20:] it had rained very little during
[21:] the night & at 2,,40 AM. got
[22:] under weigh from Khennasah
[23:] & proceeded, weather cleared
[24:] up & became very fine with
[25:] a Modte N.W. & cold morning
[26:] just like one of the fine mild
[27:] cold mornings in winter ~
[28:] At 7,,30 passed Ctesiphon;
[pg: 195]
[:] May
[1:] At 10,,55 passed Diala river
[2:] some more Jews are still encamped
[3:] here with the Arabs on the bank;
[4:] At 1,,20 P.M. stopped at Gherarah
[5:] landed a Deckman with letters
[6:] and cast the Boat off to let
[7:] her come up herself and we
[8:] went on; at 3,,30 landed the
[9:] mail at the Residency and
[10:] steamed to the Custom House
[11:] landed the passengers (20 in
[12:] all) ~ The Tell offer is alongside
[13:] arrived yesterday piled up with wool
[14:] & the Phrate is loaded with
[15:] Pressed Bales of Yousef Goorje’s
[16:] wool & some Jews & will
[17:] leave tomorrow for Basreh,
[18:] I went on shore at 4 called & delivered
[19:] letters to Em they are sitting in the
[20:] Serdab since last sunday but it
[21:] is dampy & cold yet, left @ 4 ½ called
[22:] at home found Sister Medula there
[23:] she has been here for the last 5 days
[24:] as she is not well & weak she
[25:] came for a change of air; The
[26:] Plague is exists but not so
[27:] much as before, it is
[28:] declining about 15 Cases took
[pg: 196]
[1:] place yesterday this side
[2:] & as many on the other side,
[3:] I heard that Midhat Pasha
[4:] has been sent to Salonica to
[5:] settle the affair of the murder
[6:] of the french & prussian
[7:] Consuls by the Mahomedan
[8:] population and the Governer
[9:] of Salpnica has been hanged
[10:] by order of the Sultan, ~
[11:] Recruits have been demanded
[12:] by the Turk government from
[13:] here and one Rejiment of
[14:] cavalry and one of Infantry
[15:] have left for the Herzegovina
[16:] Insurections ~
[17:] At sunset Eliza Sister and
[18:] Stifan called, the latter remaining
[19:] to dine with us, I could not
[20:] eat at all not feeling well,
[21:] At 7 3/4 called on Em on the
[22:] terrace but found too cold
[23:] to stop being dressed lightly
[24:] & not feeling well I left at 10
[25:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[26:] turned in, in my kefeshkan
[27:] which was nice & cool during
[28:] the night ~

26 Frid

[:] 26
[:] Frid
[29:] Light N.W. & fine Cool morning
[1:] At 6 ½ AM. came on board
[pg: 197]
[:] May
[1:] At 7 ½ I dropped in a Goffa to
[2:] Blockey & Carolina & left at
[3:] 9 ½ called on Candida & came
[4:] home found a telegram from
[5:] Henry for me he tells me that
[6:] they have left last night
[7:] from Gorna deeply laden;
[8:] at 10 ½ I called on Em sat in
[9:] Iwan & had long talk & read
[10:] letters had some tiffin & left
[11:] at 6 P.M. come home, found
[12:] Medula had gone to her home
[13:] & Emilia went over to Carolina
[14:] to pass the evening, G Tonietti
[15:] called to see us for ½ hour
[16:] At 7 ½ I called on Sayegh from the
[17:] terrace it is Cool on the terrace
[18:] they sleep up for the last weak,
[19:] at 9 ½ I left ~
[20:] Light N.W. & fine Cool night
[21:] we are all sleeping below yet,

27th Satur

[:] 27th
[:] Satur
[22:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning
[23:] At 6 ½ AM. came on board,
[24:] the S.S. Phrate left for Basreh
[25:] yesterday at 9 Am; Mr.
[26:] Georje Smith of the British
[27:] Museum went down in
[pg: 198]
[1:] her on his way back home,
[2:] as I was told that he was
[3:] advised not to proceed to
[4:] Nineveh now to excavate
[5:] as the state of Turkey is
[6:] very unsettled now on account
[7:] of the Insurections in the
[8:] Herzegovina, Bulgaria & Albania
[9:] etc, having now declared
[10:] war against Turkey and
[11:] the affair of Salonica etc,
[12:] caused great disturbance &
[13:] agitation among the Mahomedan
[14:] population & the Christians
[15:] are very uneasy in all the
[16:] Turkish town, ~ at 9 went
[17:] on shore; called on Sister Eliza &
[18:] came home breakfasted
[19:] at 10 ½ called on Em she had been
[20:] bading at home sat in Iwan
[21:] left at 5 went home had my hair cut
[22:] & shaved & had a warm bath at
[23:] home ~ at 7 ½ called on Em on
[24:] the terrace is nice & cool, but they
[25:] are all sleeping in the Beytoona
[26:] left at 11 ½ came home turned in
[27:] in my room lots of Mosquitoes
[:] owal

28th Sund

[:] 28th
[:] Sund
[28:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning
[29:] at 6 ½ AM. went to Latin church, called
[30:] then on Mons Achille he gave me
[31:] all the Lists of the plague for many
[pg: 199]
[:] May
[1:] days I had not got them; He has no
[2:] news about the Salonica affair
[3:] it is kept very secret & strict by
[4:] the Turk Government, left & called
[5:] on Sayegh then with Yousef Sayegh
[6:] went & called on Asfars saw
[7:] Jeboory Asfar & his father Hannosh
[8:] the rest are all in their garden
[9:] out at Cherd el Pasha; talking
[10:] about the Plague they said
[11:] that it is diminishing fast
[12:] few cases are taking place,
[13:] yesterday there were 12 attacks &
[14:] 13 deaths on the other side, and
[15:] 25 attacks & 2 deaths on this side,
[16:] left & came home at 10 ½ called
[17:] on Blockey Carolina is over at
[18:] Medula breakfasting there & so
[19:] Emilia Menusha & Alice &
[20:] Blockey is going there too, We
[21:] left together I then called
[22:] on Sister Eliza, left at 12 called
[23:] on Em sat in Serdab it being
[24:] hot today, there came the Assyrian
[25:] Bishop & then Bolus Serkis at 6
[26:] left came home and at 7 ½ called on
[27:] Medula I squared up with her as I
[28:] was sorry about her going away on
[29:] Friday from our house, left at
[30:] 9½ come home; I slept on the
[31:] top of our house for the
[pg: 200]
[1:] first time it is nice and
[2:] Cool;

29th Mond

[:] 29th
[:] Mond
[3:] Light N.W. & fine Cool morning
[4:] At 6 ½ AM. came on board
[5:] We hauled alongside to discharge
[6:] cargo, & the “Tell Affer” hauled
[7:] out; ~ The Constanple Post arrived
[8:] yesterday, I received my arabic
[9:] Papers the Jewayeb by Ahmed
[10:] Faris (the Editor) it is full
[11:] with the affairs of the Turkish
[12:] & Christian insurection, massacre
[13:] & revolt etc; also the affair
[14:] of Salonica, Orfa, and the
[15:] outbreak of Montenegro who
[16:] joined the Herzegovinians etc,
[17:] At 9 went home found Sister
[18:] Medula there, came to spend the
[19:] day we breakfasted & at 11 called
[20:] on Em read all the news in
[21:] the Arabic Paper to her left
[22:] at 4 ½ P.M. came home,
[23:] Stifan called & dined with us
[24:] at 9 they went away, ~ Light
[25:] N.W. & fine night but not
[26:] cool, moonlight 6 days old

30th Tuesd

[:] 30th
[:] Tuesd
[27:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[28:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board
[29:] we are discharging cargo
[pg: 201]
[:] May
[1:] the Jews are in holy days yesterday
[2:] and today, they have commenced
[3:] to come to town as the plague
[4:] is declining fast; at 8 went
[5:] on shore called on Medula &
[6:] then on Candida went home,
[7:] to breakfast and at 10 ½ called on Em
[8:] she was asleep in serdab, we sat talking
[9:] and while so heard guns of
[10:] salutes
[11:] Turkish battery; they fired 101
[12:] guns, I begun to think what
[13:] could be the cause & for what
[14:] purpose, we sent to inquire
[15:] & heard in the bazaar that
[16:] the Son of Sultan Abdulmajid
[17:] (Sultan Moorad), has been
[18:] proclaimed Sultan to throne
[19:] of Turkey & his uncle Sultan
[20:] Abdulaziz has Abdicated
[21:] this is what the European
[22:] powers wanted to have done
[23:] for a long time & Abdulaziz
[24:] wanted his son to be made
[25:] Sultan, I received a letter from
[26:] Henry from Gherarah sent at
[27:] 11 & received at 1 P.M. to say
[pg: 202]
[1:] they arrived & will be shortly
[2:] in, I left with Roofaeel to
[3:] ascertain about the proclamation
[4:] of the Sultan, came on board,
[5:] The Pasha had a Council of
[6:] all the principal people &
[7:] approved of the proclamation
[8:] of the new Sultan Moorad
[9:] & so telegraphed to Constple that
[10:] all the population & govenment
[11:] servants are willing and
[12:] approved it; ~ The City of London
[13:] arrived at 2,,5, she has about
[14:] 81,000 okes & 64 passengers,
[15:] bringing wool from Maghessil
[16:] & Coot; Henry come on board we
[17:] went home, I then called on Em
[18:] a while there Henry called we
[19:] left together called on Sister
[20:] Eliza there were Medula Emilia
[21:] & Alice & Stifan are to dine
[22:] there they wanted us to dine
[23:] too but excused & left at Sunset
[24:] came home at 7 ½ I called on
[25:] Em & had to leave at 10 for some cause
[26:] & come home ~ Light N.W.
[27:] but not Cool, Illumination
[28:] in town & in some parts of
[29:] the streets & minarets &
[30:] guns fired up till 9 o clock
[31:] but the air shifted to a calm
[pg: 203]
[:] May
[1:] nasty S Easter, Every body
[2:] in town & the Government
[3:] people seems to be very pleased
[4:] with the new proclamation
[5:] of the Sultan & they know
[6:] that it is done by the foreign
[7:] powers who insisted in
[8:] this changement;
[:] Owal

31st Wed

[:] 31st
[:] Wed
[9:] Light air & Sultry ~ at 5 ½ AM
[10:] came on board, paid the Ship
[11:] for May ~ The Consuls called
[12:] on the Pasha this morning
[13:] in fulldress & they have
[14:] been invited to dinner this
[15:] evening at the Nejibyeh garden
[16:] with most of the Europeans
[17:] at 10 went home breakfasted & called
[18:] with Henry on Blockey & Carolina
[19:] Blockey is also going to dine at
[20:] the Pasha with Coll. Nixon, also
[21:] Dr. Colvill Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hector
[22:] (nephew of Alex Hector) Mr. Johnston
[23:] (late of Hector’s House) Mr. Tartt etc,
[24:] we left at 12 ½ I called on Em
[25:] in serdab had long talk & then
[26:] tiffened left at 5, called on Medula
[27:] there was Henry come home, after
[28:] dinner I passed over to Sayegh
[pg: 204]
[1:] we then went out took Yousef
[2:] Sayegh & Roofaeel Sayegh &
[3:] Stiphan Andrea and went out
[4:] to the bazar which was all illumi=
[5:] nated & Shops opened by a
[6:] strict order from the Government
[7:] & these that do not open
[8:] their shops they shall be fined
[9:] the Attateer bazar with all
[10:] shops opened & Lanterns &
[11:] Lamps hanging, with crowds
[12:] of people passing & so all
[13:] the rest of the bazar every
[14:] shops has decorated it with
[15:] what it contains weather
[16:] pice goods silk & other fine
[17:] stuffs we went to the midst
[18:] of the bridge & came back
[19:] called on Carolina to take
[20:] Emilia & Alice home there
[21:] was Mrs. Tartt, we took a glass
[22:] of Sodawater each of us & left
[23:] At 9 ½ the Residency street is
[24:] nearly covered with small
[25:] lamps by Lynch’s house Blockey
[26:] Mirza Hali, the Residency
[27:] & Nawab Nader Agha ~
[28:] but by this time all shops were
[29:] closed & finished ~ Light air
[pg: 205]
[:] May
[1:] from S. West & not a cool night,
[2:] but pleasant on the terrace;

June 1 Thurs.

[:] June
[:] 1
[:] Thurs.
[3:] Light air & Sultry, little cloudy,
[4:] at 6 AM came on board, we
[5:] took in 162 Bales of Lynch’s
[6:] pressed Bales of wool ~ and some
[7:] cargo for Coot and Amara
[8:] at 9 went on shore to breakfast &
[9:] I have a tremendous headach my
[10:] head is spinning ~ At 9 ½ called on
[11:] Em I applied cold water on the
[12:] head & smelling salts, left at 12
[13:] came on board, very hot day the
[14:] sun is awfully hot; We took
[15:] some more cargo for Amara
[16:] till 2 P.M. ~ River falling
[17:] fast ~ S. Ely breeze & warm
[18:] Naoom Abood called to see me
[19:] on board at 4 ~ at 5 I left the
[20:] Ship with Roofaeel & called on Em
[21:] for ½ hour & went home, dined
[22:] & left @ 8 called on Em on the
[23:] terrace, great Illumination
[24:] tonight took place, better
[25:] than last night, all the
[26:] shops were opened and
[27:] illuminated & all along
[pg: 206]
[1:] the river bridge & every
[2:] Government Office, Roofaeel
[3:] & the Children & slaves Werdeh
[4:] & Benefsheh went out for a walk
[5:] as far as the end of bazar &
[6:] came back, light S. Ely breeze
[7:] & warm at 11 ½ I left and
[8:] came on board, found the
[9:] shops still opened & people
[10:] crowded & making merry
[11:] in the bazars, I turned in
[12:] in my cabin but found it
[13:] very warm, this is the third
[14:] & last day of illumination
[15:] in town ~
[:] Eng 2;
[:] near noon

2d Friday The@5-80 Noon 97 4 P.m. 101

[:] 2d
[:] Friday
[:] The@5-80
[:] Noon 97
[:] 4 P.m. 101
[16:] Light Southerly air & Sultry, at 4,,20
[17:] Am got under weigh from Baghdad
[18:] at 6 passed Diala ~ at
[19:] 7,30 stopped at Ctesiphon and
[20:] landed Bolus Magho’s family
[21:] (his
[22:] daughter of Marona & servants)
[23:] being encamped there with
[24:] their sheep etc ~ went on
[pg: 207]
[:] June
[1:] At 7,,35 ~ Gave tickets to
[2:] 69 ½ passengers ~ at 12
[3:] passed Baghdadieh Fort,
[4:] weighed the passengers luggage,
[5:] very warm day & calm
[6:] Sultry weather ~ At 1,,50
[7:] P.M. passed Azizieh Fort;
[8:] River falling some shoal
[9:] places commence to appear;
[10:] At 3,,30 passed the S.V. Mossul
[11:] going up deeply laden with
[12:] wool piled high up on the
[13:] Decks & house, & has some
[14:] Jews, Return passengers from
[15:] Azeir & going slow
[16:] at 6,,55 passed Memlah,
[17:] at 11 arrived to Coot landed
[18:] 22 passengers and 39 packages
[19:] Very warm weather I turned
[20:] in in my Cabin but the heat
[21:] was intense & the Mosquitoes
[22:] full in the cabin

3d Saturd

[:] 3d
[:] Saturd
[23:] At 1 AM. I went out of my cabin
[24:] & slept on the quarter Deck
[pg: 208]
[1:] but the Mosquitoes were so
[2:] many thousands of them I
[3:] had a Curtain but could not
[4:] sleep more than two hours
[5:] at 4 AM. we got under
[6:] weigh from Coot & proceeded
[7:] a south Westerly breeze sprung
[8:] up at 8 but not wind ~
[9:] At 10,,10 stopped at Ali Gherbi
[10:] & took in 3 passengers from
[11:] the Goffa for Amara &
[12:] went on at 10,,15; At 5 P.M.
[13:] came to at Amara landed
[14:] 41 passengers & cargo, took
[15:] in Coal, and 124 Bales of wool
[16:] for Lynch Brothers for Basreh,
[17:] at 25 okes per Beshlic from three
[18:] shippers, I went to see Fathalla
[19:] & Jeboory, they have had here
[20:] Illuminations too for the
[21:] proclamation of Sultan
[22:] Moorad, we have to stop here
[23:] for the night as we finished
[24:] taking wool by 9, I went
[25:] again to Fathalla for an
[26:] hour, ~ Wind died away
[27:] & became very calm
[pg: 209]
[:] June
[1:] and awfully hot sultry
[2:] nasty weather with great
[3:] many Mosquitoes, unable
[4:] to resist a minute in the
[5:] Cabin; ~
[:] noon 102
[:] 4 P.m. 103

4th Sund. Bd.

[:] 4th
[:] Sund.
[:] Bd.
[6:] Light S. Easterly & warm Sultry
[7:] weather ~ at 4 AM. got under
[8:] weigh from Amara & proceeded,
[9:] At 8,,55 stopped at Azeir &
[10:] landed 3 Jew passengers &
[11:] took in 4 Huzkeil Gareh’s son
[12:] they are running away to Basreh,
[13:] as the plague is amongst the
[14:] Jews here, 3 died yesterday
[15:] from it, besides others
[16:] time before; at 9,,10 got
[17:] under weigh & proceeded ~
[18:] very warm Sultry weather with
[19:] light S. Wester ~ At 11,,50
[20:] rounded & came to at the
[21:] quarantine above Gorna,
[22:] the S.V. Phrate only here &
[23:] some 30 Boats with grain;
[24:] we found here 5 Mehaylah
[25:] laden with cargo for us to
[pg: 210]
[1:] take in, it is from the Custom
[2:] House of Basreh for merchants
[3:] of Baghdad & Boat load with
[4:] 22 Tons Coal ~ at 1 1/2 P.M.
[5:] the ElBurk arrived she came
[6:] to fetch the mail down,
[7:] I received a letter from Antone,
[8:] At 2 P.M. I received a telegram
[9:] from Henry dated today,
[10:] he says sickeness is very much
[11:] decreased, London leaves friday
[12:] next & no other news;
[13:] the ElBurk left at about 3 P.M. for
[14:] Basreh she brought Dr. Kolmar up
[15:] & took him back too, he pays very
[16:] little attention to the Quarantine
[17:] here & so the people employed
[18:] here they allow free communication
[19:] & mixing with every body, some
[20:] of our passengers went to Gorna
[21:] the family of the Kadi 5
[22:] persons & two other females
[23:] they went down in a Balam
[24:] yesterday, no body is looking
[25:] after the Quarantine, in
[26:] fact it is useless to mention
[27:] every incident, but to form
[28:] a better idea one must
[pg: 211]
[:] June
[1:] Consider as if there is no
[2:] Quarantine established, but
[3:] only kept here for punishment
[4:] to suffer the heat insects
[5:] & scarcity of provision ~
[6:] We are discharging the Wool
[7:] on shore & taking in the
[8:] cargo Mostly cakes of Sugar,
[9:] Bales of P. goods & coffee etc,
[10:] towards sunset it became very
[11:] Calm & warm not a breath
[12:] of Air & prespiration running
[13:] down Continually, I took a
[14:] cold water bade but found it
[15:] worse, we took our dinner
[16:] with great difficulty the
[17:] mosquitoes & heat were
[18:] most intense; very heavy
[19:] dew commence to fall,
[20:] the decks were wet as if it
[21:] was raining, I never suffered
[22:] or so the heat, mosquitoes
[23:] and dew all together acting
[24:] in their highest degree ~
[25:] my bed and myself were
[pg: 212]
[1:] saturated with heavy sticking
[2:] dew, not a soul could get
[3:] a moment’s rest, whether on
[4:] board of us, our cargo boats,
[5:] or the whole others in quarantine
[6:] people were mad leading
[7:] in the river, walking about
[8:] & cursing & swearing towards
[9:] 11 a very thick fog or mist
[10:] rose & advanced gradually
[11:] from the Southern horyzon
[12:] & advanced towards us, until
[13:] we were regularly covered
[14:] with it & all the country
[15:] was covered just like fogs
[16:] in the winter morning, we
[17:] could not see the banks,
[18:] then the dew became heavier
[19:] so much that the water was
[20:] dropping through the thick
[21:] quarter Deck owning &
[22:] so we passed our night
[23:] I kept Constantly fanning
[24:] myself in bed so as to be
[25:] able to breath, towards
[26:] morning it cooled a little
[pg: 213]

1876 June 5th Mond. The@5.90 noon 99 4 P.m. 99

[:] June
[:] 5th
[:] Mond.
[:] The@5.90
[:] noon 99
[:] 4 P.m. 99
[1:] Very light N. Wester but Sultry
[2:] weather; it got little cooler
[3:] in the morning, but the
[4:] little air we had begun to die
[5:] away towards 8 AM. I am
[6:] changing place Constanlly,
[7:] so as to be able to write
[8:] this mornings journal but
[9:] it is all the same, as to
[10:] resist a minute in my
[11:] Cabin is impossible, for
[12:] the sun is striking on it
[13:] made it as hot as a furnace,
[14:] We are taking in coal &
[15:] the remaining cargo in two
[16:] Boats alongside the ship,
[17:] I sent a telegram to Henry
[18:] this morning ~
[19:] Mr. Georje Smith (of the British
[20:] Museum) and his assistant a
[21:] young person called Mr. Mathews
[22:] they came down in the “Phrate’
[23:] to go back to England by
[24:] the recommendation of Coll:
[25:] Nixon on the plea that the
[26:] country being unsettled
[pg: 214]
[1:] now in Turkey to enable him
[2:] to resume his researches in
[3:] Nineveh, are both going back
[4:] with us to go by Mossul as
[5:] the weather here & the heat are
[6:] unbearable, they both took
[7:] 1st C Cabins & mess with us,
[8:] At about 4 P.M. a Modte N.W.
[9:] blew but not cool & kept for
[10:] the whole night, at sunset
[11:] two more Boats arrived from
[12:] Basreh with Lynchs cargo, &
[13:] then Captain received a telegram
[14:] from Carter to say that the
[15:] ElBurk leaves Basreh tomorrow
[16:] afternoon bringing us the
[17:] mail & some passengers;
[18:] The night was better than last
[19:] night as a reqular N.W. blew
[20:] during the night & I slept well;

6th Tuesd. Ther @5.85 noon 96 4 P.m.

[:] 6th
[:] Tuesd.
[:] Ther @5.85
[:] noon 96
[:] 4 P.m.
[21:] Light N.W. & fine; took in the
[22:] two boats of cargo this morning
[23:] towards 11 a fine dust begun
[24:] to rise from the West &
[25:] gradually the weather became
[26:] dusty but lightly and
[pg: 215]
[:] June
[1:] wind moderated, but the
[2:] flies & mosquitoes are still
[3:] very troublesome as soon as
[4:] one gets out of the wind ~
[5:] two more boats with Cargo came
[6:] from Basreh it is mostly
[7:] Lynch’s Cargo Ex: S. Mesopotamia,
[8:] we are getting awfully deep,
[9:] & have to take lots of Jews
[10:] back from Azeir & wool
[11:] besides, ~ wind died away
[12:] in the afternoon but begun
[13:] again at sunset with dust
[14:] getting thicker, it cooled a
[15:] little after sunset but the
[16:] Mosquitoes are most awfully
[17:] thick & troublesome, we
[18:] are waiting for the ElBurk
[19:] with the mail to start,
[20:] drawing 4 feet 3 inches
[21:] a modte N.W. wind blew the
[22:] whole night, but the Mosquitoes
[23:] were wilder then any other day
[24:] thing we never met before in
[25:] the river, my cabin had thousands
[26:] all the ship every where was
[27:] full, no body could have
[pg: 216]
[1:] a moments rest, in spite of
[2:] the wind they would stick on
[3:] a person with great daring;
[4:] we are waiting anxiously for
[5:] the ElBurk, I turned in with
[6:] my close on at 12, but the
[7:] Mosquitoes even got inside
[8:] the Curtain ~

7th Wednes

[:] 7th
[:] Wednes
[9:] Light air and mosquitoes are
[10:] awfully annoying they are
[11:] by millions one cannot do
[12:] any single thing but has got
[13:] to drive them away, falling
[14:] & beating them all the while
[15:] our men used to plunge
[16:] in the river desperatly at
[17:] night time ~ still no sign
[18:] of ElBurk yet; at 7,,30 AM
[19:] the ElBurk arrived towing two
[20:] Balams one with luggage of
[21:] 34 Indian passengers in her
[22:] & the mail & some treasure
[23:] I got Yousef to my Cabin to
[24:] settle accounts of cargo &
[25:] take & give receipts etc, we
[26:] got the fire up, received
[27:] letters from Michael, Antone
[pg: 217]
[:] June
[1:] and Abdulla Samhiry they
[2:] give me all the news about
[3:] the reign of the new Sultan
[4:] Moorad ~
[5:] At 9,,30 AM. got under weigh
[6:] from Gorna & proceeded
[7:] awfully glad to get away
[8:] from this bloody hell,
[9:] the Mosquitoes are fearful
[10:] now in my Cabin and
[11:] every where; We have in all
[12:] 42 passengers; very hot day
[13:] light N.W. Mosquitoes are
[14:] most awfully troublsome
[15:] my cabin is full & I cannot
[16:] work in writing; at 2 P.M.
[17:] came to at Azeir to take in
[18:] the return Jew passengers of
[19:] our Ship & the Londons a
[20:] tremendous rush and Confusion
[21:] took place for securing room
[22:] a very hot nasty weather
[23:] & the Jews have been wearied
[24:] here ~ at 2,,30 the S.
[pg: 218]
[1:] Tell Affer passed
[2:] down she came to at Azeir
[3:] for some passengers; At
[4:] 3,,10 left Azeir, the Jews are
[5:] very filthy & have very bad
[6:] smell, they are very closely
[7:] packed none allowed forward
[8:] it is reserved for the Mohamedan
[9:] & other Amara passengers ~
[10:] Overhauled the Jews & found
[11:] we have 128 with Return
[12:] Ticket (73 ½ of the Dijleh & 54 ½
[13:] of the London) and took 21 ½
[14:] for Amara & one for Coot
[15:] & 1 for Baghdad ~ took a
[16:] cold water bath ~ a modte
[17:] N.W. is blowing during the night
[18:] with fine moonlight 15 days
[19:] old, I am completely knocked
[20:] down from the Suffering of
[21:] heat & the Mosquitoes which
[22:] have not yet disappeared from
[23:] the ship ~

8th Thursd ther@5.80 noon 102 4 P.m. 105

[:] 8th
[:] Thursd
[:] ther@5.80
[:] noon 102
[:] 4 P.m. 105
[24:] Modte N.W. & fine night at 1 AM.
[25:] Came to at Amara and
[26:] landed 23 ½ passengers, and
[27:] 62 packages Cargo ~
[pg: 319]
[:] June
[1:] went on shore saw Fathalla,
[2:] but Jeboory has gone to near
[3:] Kalat Saleh for wool; fine
[4:] Cool night ~ We took in
[5:] lots of passengers & Jews etc
[6:] & left Amara at 3,,5 ~
[7:] Gave tickets to Amara passengers,
[8:] 30 ½ (3 Ali Gherbi Mahd Effendi mudeer
[9:] & 3 for Coot & 24 ½ for Baghdad)
[10:] at about noon the wind pushened
[11:] up to & strong N. Wester & kept
[12:] blowing all the time;
[13:] At 5,,45 P.M. came to off
[14:] Ali Gherbi & landed the 4
[15:] passengers & left at 6,,10
[16:] Strong N. Wester hot wind
[17:] our progress is detained on
[18:] account of the strong wind which
[19:] kept up the whole night;

9th Frid

[:] 9th
[:] Frid
[20:] Modte N.W. & fine weather ~
[21:] River is falling fast ~ at
[22:] 7,,15 AM. passed the S. Mossul
[23:] going down she had some
[24:] pressed Bales of wool only
[25:] & no passengers, the Residency
[26:] Sepoys which were relieved
[pg: 220]
[1:] two months ago are going
[2:] down in her; I saw Guiseppina
[3:] my niece going down with
[4:] her husband Lorence (a clerk
[5:] in the Mossul) ~ at 8,,5
[6:] came to at Coot, landed 4 passengers
[7:] There are no more Sickness
[8:] here at all for the last 15 days
[9:] no fresh cases; We took in
[10:] coal and 63 Bales wool ~
[11:] left at 11 took 9 passengers
[12:] an Italian Doctor of Quarantine
[13:] who was sent to make the
[14:] researches about the plague on
[15:] the Euphrates arrived her
[16:] by the Hye is going up with
[17:] us he is called Dr. Zaviziane
[18:] we gave him a 2d C. Cabin, but
[19:] paying for Deck & Captain
[20:] asked me to ask him to
[21:] mess with us until Baghdad
[22:] Modte N.W. wind & fine but
[23:] warm wind ~ At 7.55 P.M.
[24:] passed Memlah station
[25:] calm evening but not
[26:] very warm; at 8,,30 we
[27:] came to for the City of London
[28:] coming down, Cowley and
[29:] Henry came off she has
[pg: 221]
[:] June
[1:] left Baghdad this morning;
[2:] I hear that Sultan Abdulaziz
[3:] has bled himself to death
[4:] about 5 days ago from
[5:] despair he opened two
[6:] Veins from each of his
[7:] arm & let it bleed until
[8:] he died ~ at 9,,25 weighed
[9:] & proceeded, Dr Arnold
[10:] is in the London going
[11:] down on his way back
[12:] to Constple; ~ I slept on
[13:] the Quarter Deck Light N.W. air
[14:] & cool night;

10th Saturd The@5.80 noon 95 4 P.m.

[:] 10th
[:] Saturd
[:] The@5.80
[:] noon 95
[:] 4 P.m.
[15:] Calm sultry morning and
[16:] warm with few spots of
[17:] clouds hanging on, we are
[18:] going slow as wer are too
[19:] deep; At 8,,10 stopped at
[20:] Azizieh landed a letter to the
[21:] Kaymakam & went on at
[22:] 8,,15 ~ Light N.W. breeze
[23:] sprung up; At 12 passed
[24:] Baghdadieh Fort ~
[pg: 222]
[1:] at 5 P.m. we stopped and
[2:] landed a man called Eassa
[3:] who was attacked with
[4:] plague as Dr. Zaviziano
[5:] found him out this man
[6:] has come with him from
[7:] Nasryeh; he got the fever
[8:] yesterday & today but nothing
[9:] has come out yet, we
[10:] landed him & his companion
[11:] at Oweyn & went on,
[12:] Calm sultry weather &
[13:] warm; at 9,,25 passed Ctesiphon,
[14:] I turned in, in my Cabin as I
[15:] Khan Bolus Magho & family
[16:] are going up with us from
[17:] Goosseiba ~ at 10,,10 came
[18:] to below Goosseiba & took in
[19:] Bolus Magho & family 17
[20:] persons all women & children
[21:] and left at 10,,40 very warm
[22:] in Cabin & plenty of Mosquitoes
[23:] & sunflies I could not
[24:] sleep at all ~

11th Sund

[:] 11th
[:] Sund
[25:] at 0,,30 AM. passed Diala,
[26:] at 4,,20 came to at Baghdad
[27:] landed all the passengers
[28:] at 5 I dressed & went on
[pg: 223]
[:] June
[1:] shore called & delivered letters
[2:] to Em; I left then & went home
[3:] then I went to church at 6 ¼ am.
[4:] left @ 7 ¼ called on Emilia
[5:] left @ 9 came home breakfasted
[6:] S. Blockey called on us, it
[7:] is true about Sultan Abdulaziz
[8:] having committed suicide
[9:] he opened a vein on his arm
[10:] & let it bleed to death
[11:] at 11 I called on Medula
[12:] there called on Blockey & Carolina
[13:] Capt Holland called there
[14:] also left at 1 P.M. called on Em
[15:] read letters etc & left at 3 1/2
[16:] P.M. called on Sayegh then
[17:] on Sister Eliza came home
[18:] had a cold bath, we dined
[19:] on the top of the house, at
[20:] 7 1/2 called on Emarine fine
[21:] light N.W. breeze moon
[22:] rose at 11; I left at 11½, & came
[23:] home turned in being very
[24:] tyred ~

12th Mond

[:] 12th
[:] Mond
[25:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[26:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board
[27:] We are discharging cargo
[28:] only the S.V. Baghdad is here
[29:] alongside ~ I left at 8 1/2 &
[30:] went to call on Mr. Pais son
[pg: 224]
[1:] only his wife left and came
[2:] home at 10 ½ called on Em, found
[3:] her little unwell complains of
[4:] weakness & palpitation unable
[5:] to eat we had tiffin at 2 P.M. she
[6:] got better left at 4 P.M. called on
[7:] Eliza Sister but was not at
[8:] home, came home;
[9:] my Dog Fina which I got from
[10:] Y. Marine 2 years ago, has been
[11:] Confined yesterday of 5 pups
[12:] by Angry her brother Youseff’s
[13:] Dog; ~ I had a cold Bath and
[14:] after dinner Called on Medula
[15:] sister on top of the house fine
[16:] nights with very light air,
[17:] The Pleyad (7 stars) has appeared
[18:] on the 5th Instt and the air has
[19:] became nice & Cool and a
[20:] regular N. Wester breeze has
[21:] set ~ left at 10 came home

13th Tuesd.

[:] 13th
[:] Tuesd.
[22:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[23:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board,
[24:] we are discharging cargo ~
[25:] the London arrived at Gorna
[26:] on Sunday noon and Henry
[27:] telegraphed to me to say
[28:] that the Weather is fine
[29:] there & their departure is
[30:] not yet known are waiting
[31:] for cargo ~ Quarantine
[32:] is not taken off yet;
[pg: 225]
[:] June
[1:] The Plague is declining very
[2:] fast by the Sanitary report
[3:] I get always from Mr. Ashille
[4:] but I cannot depend on it
[5:] for the plague must have
[6:] ceased by the end of May
[7:] as it is usual the case
[8:] but the Quarantine officials
[9:] are exaggerating so as
[10:] to keep the quarantine
[11:] longer at Gorna & make
[12:] money by it; ~ The Mokhtars
[13:] or head men of the different quarters
[14:] in town have made out
[15:] certificates today signed by
[16:] many people to testify that
[17:] no cases of plague are
[18:] occurring in town ~
[19:] at 9 went on shore called on
[20:] Medula & at 10 called on
[21:] Sister Eliza left at 11 called
[22:] on Em; we had tiffen the
[23:] watermelons are in for
[24:] sale at 20 P. per mound &
[25:] so also all other fruit left
[26:] at 5 P.M. went home had a
[27:] cold bath at 7 ½ called on
[28:] Sayegh; fine night with
[pg: 226]
[1:] modte n.w. breeze left
[2:] at 10 ~

14th Wed

[:] 14th
[:] Wed
[3:] Modte N.W. & fine Cool
[4:] morning, at 6 ½ AM came
[5:] on board, we have not
[6:] yet finished discharging
[7:] at 8 left & called on Blockey
[8:] saw only Carolina left at 9
[9:] came home breakfasted & called
[10:] on Em. at 10 ½ sat in Serdab made
[11:] my Cartridges with Roofaeel
[12:] had tiffin watermelons apples &
[13:] figs left at 4 ½ P.M. called on
[14:] Sister Eliza there came Medula
[15:] sister I left & came home
[16:] had a cold Bath, at 7 ½ called
[17:] on Em. fine Modte N.W.
[18:] breeze left at 11 ~ the wind
[19:] freshened up during the
[20:] night, a strong N. Wester

15th Wed

[:] 15th
[:] Wed
[21:] Strong N.W. & fine morning
[22:] at 6 AM. came on board,
[23:] we finished our discharge
[24:] of cargo today took yesterday
[25:] Lynch’s pressed Bales of
[26:] wool about 150 on Deck;
[27:] At 8 ½ went home, called on Medula
[28:] for ½ hour; at 9 called on Em & left
[29:] at 11 ½ came on board; ~
[30:] The S.V. Baghdad left for
[31:] Basreh at 10 without towing
[32:] a flat & empty with
[pg: 227]
[:] June
[1:] no cargo or passengers ~ Strong
[2:] N.W. wind & dusty weather;
[3:] we took in very little cargo for
[4:] Amara mostly & some for
[5:] Gorna, the Quarantine is not
[6:] taken off yet although very
[7:] few cases occurred on the
[8:] We have very few passengers,
[9:] Naoom Abood called on me at
[10:] 5 P.M. at 5 ½ I went on shore
[11:] called on Em but was at church
[12:] as today is a Holyday of the
[13:] Corpus Domini, went home
[14:] and at 7 ½ called on Em. had a
[15:] sorry affair & been very angry about the
[16:] going to church though promised to
[17:] be at home by 6 ~ We had then
[18:] some watermelon, nice Cool
[19:] air left at 12 & came on
[20:] board, Fallooyee & Medula went
[21:] out to the garden of Moshi Bahar
[pg: 228]
[1:] where Gerghis Tessy & his family
[2:] are staying they will come back
[3:] tomorrow ~ I turned in,
[4:] in my cabin but found it
[5:] Very warm ~
[:] Eng 1

16th Friday The@5. 77 noon 94 4 P.m. 94

[:] 16th
[:] Friday
[:] The@5. 77
[:] noon 94
[:] 4 P.m. 94
[6:] Modte N.W. & fine weather,
[7:] At 4 AM. got under weigh
[8:] from Baghdad & proceeded,
[9:] at 5,,55 passed Diala River
[10:] gave tickets to passengers,
[11:] at 6,,55 passed Ctesiphon;
[12:] gave tickets to 51 ½ passengers;
[13:] weighed Luggage at 10 ~ at
[14:] 11,,30 passed Baghdadieh Fort;
[15:] at 1,,40 P.M. passed Azizieh;
[16:] At 6,,45 passed Memlah
[17:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
[18:] At 8,,35 came to for the
[19:] City of London coming up.
[20:] Cowley & Henry came off, the
[21:] London has about 50,000 Okes
[22:] but mostly wool from Amara
[23:] & Coot, they Complain also
[24:] of the quantity of Mosquitoes
[pg: 229]
[:] June
[1:] at Gorna, She has brought
[2:] up all the remainder of
[3:] the Jews from Azeir about
[4:] 60 of them; Antone Marine
[5:] has sent some Public news
[6:] as well as Abdulla Samhiry
[7:] to Henry it is thus ~
[8:] “London 7th June His Royal
[9:] Highness Prince of Whale recovered
[10:] illness gone Sandringham for rest,
[11:] Vienna 7th June the new Sultan
[12:] granted amnesty six weeks
[13:] Armistice to negociate with
[14:] insurgents ~
[15:] London 8th Rumours of
[16:] divergence policy between
[17:] Turkey Egypt arising from
[18:] Known enmity between
[19:] Moorad and Khedive been
[20:] denied it is announced
[21:] Berlin accession of new Sultan
[22:] will require fresh agreement
[23:] with Northern Powers ~
[24:] London 9th Russian funds
[25:] falling strong feeling uneasiness
[26:] owing Movement Servian
[pg: 230]
[1:] Troops toward frontier,
[2:] Russia strongly warned
[3:] Servia against disturbing
[4:] peace her Iron Clad “Sultan”
[5:] Edinbourgh arrived malta”
[6:] At 9,,15 we weighed & proceeded
[7:] At 11,,20 came to at Coot landed
[8:] 14 passengers & about 28 packages
[9:] the S.V. Ressafah is here
[10:] coming up from Basreh;

17th Satur The@5.75 noon 93 4 P.m. 95

[:] 17th
[:] Satur
[:] The@5.75
[:] noon 93
[:] 4 P.m. 95
[11:] The S. “Ressafah” left Coot at 1 AM.
[12:] she has many Jews from Azeir
[13:] & has cargo & wool; at 3,,45
[14:] we got under weigh & proceeded
[15:] strong N.W. & fine Cool morning,
[16:] at 8 the wind increased very
[17:] strong and became dusty ~
[18:] at 10,,10 passed Ali Gherbi;
[19:] at 5 P.M. easied Engines at
[20:] Deffass & whisseled to open the
[21:] Bridge at Amara, went alongside
[22:] of Amara & landed 30 passengers
[23:] & cargo, took in Coal; I went
[24:] on shore to Fathalla, Jeboory is
[25:] not here has not come back
[26:] yet from Kalat Sultan he has
[27:] gone to purchase grain came
[28:] on board ~ at 6,,50 left
[pg: 231]
[1:] Amara we took in 23 ½ Jews
[2:] for Azeir, 6 to Kalat Saleh
[3:] (Nesser & followers & Telloomy
[4:] Effendi mudeer of Shetrah) and
[5:] 6 women prostitutes for
[6:] Gorna; at 9,,40 came to at
[7:] Kalat Saleh landed the 6 passengers
[8:] and remained at anchor for
[9:] the night ~ Modte N.W. &
[10:] fine weather I slept in my
[11:] Cabin;

18th Sund The@5.74 noon 87 4 P.m. 93

[:] 18th
[:] Sund
[:] The@5.74
[:] noon 87
[:] 4 P.m. 93
[12:] Modte N.W. & fine, at 4 Am.
[13:] got under weigh & proceeded,
[14:] At 6,,25 came to off Azeir &
[15:] landed 23 ½ passengers ~ there are
[16:] few Jews yet here they are
[17:] coming from Amara & Basreh
[18:] at 7 left Azeir & proceeded
[19:] at 9,,5 passed the S.S. Phrate
[20:] going she is deep & has some
[21:] passengers she comes up
[22:] from Basreh;
[23:] At 9,,30 rounded & came to
[24:] Above the quarantine at Gorna
[25:] the S.S. Tell Affer, “Baghdad”
[pg: 232]
[1:] and Mossul are lying here
[2:] below us doing quarantine,
[3:] Dr. Arnauld the Sanitary doctor
[4:] who came from Constple to look
[5:] after the plague & who came
[6:] down in the London” this time
[7:] is living on board the “Mossul
[8:] Very few Boats are here ~
[9:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[10:] At about 4 ½ P.M. I walked
[11:] down to the Mossul to see
[12:] Guiseppina & her husband Lorence
[13:] saw also Dr. Arnauld & came
[14:] back took a Cold Bade ~ Light
[15:] N.W. & hazy weather; We have
[16:] not yet got any Coal or cargo
[17:] here ~ The weather got cool
[18:] during the night, I slept on the
[19:] quarter Deck ~

19th Mond The@5.75

[:] 19th
[:] Mond
[:] The@5.75
[20:] Light N.W. & fine Cool weather,
[21:] found it very Cool & pleasant
[22:] during the night, very few
[23:] mosquitoes are about here,
[24:] the most of them are Confined
[25:] in places where there is no
[26:] wind blowing ~ at about
[27:] 4 AM. Yousef Marine’s Balam
[28:] arrived from Basreh with
[pg: 233]
[:] June
[1:] arabs & the Boy of the Post
[2:] Office to fetch the mail
[3:] as the “ElBurk is under repairs,
[4:] I received two letters one from
[5:] Antone & one from Abdulla
[6:] Samhiry, they send me the
[7:] following Public news regarding
[8:] Turkey ~
[9:] “May 25th the *Softas asked late
[10:] Sultan disburse from public
[11:] treasury L5,000,000 and reduce,
[12:] Civil list L1,000,000 yearly, they
[13:] asked that a parliament instituted
[14:] and a European minster finance
[15:] nominated ~ Paris may 27th
[16:] great activity prevails in
[17:] English arsenals, It is reported
[18:] there is fresh Carlist insurection
[19:] Spain ~ May 29th Official
[20:] Russian General Tchernaiff
[21:] been appointed Commander
[22:] in chief of Servian Army ~
[23:] May 30th Turkish revolution
[24:] received favorably in political
[25:] and financial world and
[26:] it is thought that it will
[27:] facilitate Solution of Eastern
[pg: 234]
[1:] question, it is generally thought
[2:] the new Turkish Ministry
[3:] will be Composed as follows
[4:] Midhat Pasha grand Vizier,
[5:] Khalil Pasha minister of foreign
[6:] Affairs, Sadik Pasha minister
[7:] of Finance;”
[8:] The following news which I received
[9:] last trip from official telegrams
[10:] which were also sent to me by
[11:] Antone & Abdulla and insert them
[12:] here so as to correspond with
[13:] the date of the month ~
[14:] “May 30th the Turkish Sultan
[15:] has been deposed today, and
[16:] his nephew
[17:] Effendi was informed that the
[18:] Sultan is deposed, and have
[19:] appointed Moorad Effendi as
[20:] Sultan in his place ~
[21:] May 31 the deposition of the
[22:] Sultan has been welcomed in
[23:] all Europe ~
[24:] June 1st the deposition of the
[25:] Sultan was carried on with
[26:] quiteness and Abdulaziz is
[27:] now a prisoner, the London
[28:] Papers say that the deposition of
[29:] the Sultan will be agreeable
[30:] for the solution of the Turkish
[pg: 235]
[:] June
[1:] difficulties ~
[2:] London 1st June deposition of
[3:] Sultan Turkey on 29th Ulto brought
[4:] about this way, the ministers
[5:] of state after vainly soliciting
[6:] reforms in order replenish
[7:] war treasury from privy purse
[8:] determinated Sultans deposition
[9:] the palace was thereupon
[10:] beset by troops and heir
[11:] presumptive Moorad Effendi
[12:] was proclaimed Sultan at
[13:] war office before all the
[14:] ministers the Sheikh ul Eslam
[15:] being Spokesman, Suleiman
[16:] Pasha having intimated to
[17:] Abdulaziz Khan the Nation
[18:] deposed him, Conveyed him
[19:] together family and household
[20:] including 53 Boatsful
[21:] women to old Seraglio, the
[22:] heir presumptive Moorad
[23:] Effendi occupied Dolma –
[24:] Bakcha Palace, this manifesto
[25:] hourly expected Christian
[26:] patriots paid homage to him
[27:] England, France, Italy have
[28:] recognised revolution, the
[29:] Changes is Considered anti-
[pg: 236]
[1:]
[2:] the recall of General Ignatiff
[3:] Russian Ambassadore is un~
[4:] Confirmed Northern powers
[5:] intended have presented Memorandum
[6:] on 30th Ulto but now been postponed,
[7:] St: Petersbourgh 1st June the
[8:] journal de St: Petersbourgh dwells
[9:] difficulties which beset path
[10:] of new Sultan & declared necessity
[11:] his yielding wishes great powers”
[12:] Then comes the news which I
[13:] have entered on the 16 Instt. already,
[14:] and further Antone & Abdulla
[15:] send me this morning the following
[16:] news by telegram which they
[17:] received also officially ~
[18:] “Constantinople 15 June Grand
[19:] Vizier adressed letter concluded
[20:] friendly terms to Prince Milan
[21:] which appoints delegate Confer with
[22:] Servian envoy
[23:] “Vienna 15th probable there will
[24:] be interview between Czar and
[25:] Emperor Joseph at Warsaw ~
[26:] “London 15 the “Nord” a Russian
[27:] Organ published, Brussels Contains
[28:] Article virulently attacking
[29:] policy England ~
[30:] “Constaple 16th June, Last night
[31:] ministers were assembled in
[pg: 237]
[:] June
[1:] Council of grand Vizier, a
[2:] recently dismissed officer having
[3:] entered Council room armed
[4:] with revolver suddenly shot
[5:] dead Hussein Owny Pasha
[6:] minister of war, and Rashid
[7:] Pasha minister of foreign affairs
[8:] seriously wounded Kaiserly
[9:] Pasha minister of marine
[10:] Killing aid de Camp and Servant
[11:] Midhat Pasha grand vizier
[12:] Assasin arrested,
[13:] London 16th war office order
[14:] issued largely extends age for recruits
[15:] British Army excepting Cavalry
[16:] object being replace the 21 years
[17:] men” ~
[18:] I could not write to Antone or
[19:] Abdulla for the Balam went
[20:] back quick with the mail to
[21:] Basreh & had no time;
[22:] Wind freshened up, and weather
[23:] dusty all over but no dust falling
[24:] at 10 AM. a coal Boat with 20
[25:] tons arrived for us; A very fine
[26:] thick dust came on & covered
[27:] all around so that the sun could
[28:] not be seen & filled the ship
[29:] every where it lasted till
[30:] late at night ~ at 4
[pg: 238]
[1:] P.M. I received a telegram
[2:] from Henry he says that they
[3:] arrived yesterday & will leave
[4:] in 10 days more (taking our
[5:] mail down) all well &
[6:] no plague at all reported;
[7:] I felt unwell this afternoon
[8:]
[9:] stomach I could not eat any
[10:] thing at dinner, & could
[11:] not sleep on the quarter Deck
[12:] it was blowing very strong
[13:] during the night, I had to
[14:] go into my Cabin but the
[15:] Mosquitoes are very troublesome
[16:] so that I felt very weak in
[17:] the morning ~

20th Tuesd. The@5.80 noon 89 4P.m.

[:] 20th
[:] Tuesd.
[:] The@5.80
[:] noon 89
[:] 4P.m.
[18:] Modte N.W. & fine weather
[19:] Guiseppina & Lorence came to
[20:] see me in the morning on
[21:] the bank; at about 10 the dust
[22:] came on again so thick that
[23:] the steamers down at the Quarantine
[24:] could hardly be seen the
[25:] air became very light ~ we
[26:] received only one cargo Boat
[27:] yesterday evening it being
[28:] 69 packages of through cargo
[29:] from the mail steamer
[pg: 239]
[:] June
[1:] “Euphrates” & there is no more
[2:] cargo I suppose, we are
[3:] doing nothing & only waiting
[4:] for the mail which arrived
[5:] on Saturday at Basreh &
[6:] Mr. Carter I presume keeps
[7:] us here waiting all the time
[8:] until it pleases him to send
[9:] it to us, it is always done
[10:] so; at 6 P.M. dust begun
[11:] to settle down, but the Ship
[12:] every where was smothered with
[13:] it, a very light air prevails,
[14:] Dr. Kolmar came to see me,
[15:] he related to me all the
[16:] scandalous affairs that
[17:] the Captain of the TellAffer Capt
[18:] Piére a frenchman & Capt
[19:] Dominici of the Mossul
[20:] are carrying on against him
[21:] it is disgusting to hear
[22:] Complaints are going on by
[23:] telegrams to Baghdad from
[24:] both parties but no
[25:] notice seems to be taking
[26:] of it there ~ Modte n.w.
[27:] wind blew throughout the
[28:] night but the atmosphere
[pg: 240]
[1:] is not clear from Dust;

21 Wednes

[:] 21
[:] Wednes
[2:] Modte N. Wester blowing,
[3:] and dusty it came on so
[4:] thick that the sun is partially
[5:] covered by it, we are waiting
[6:] the arrival of the mail;
[7:] At 8 AM. the S. ElBurk
[8:] arrived from Basreh bringing
[9:] the mail & Mr. Mackenzie
[10:] going up with us to Baghdad
[11:] to join their house there
[12:] Yousef did not come he
[13:] send me a letter to say that
[14:] he has had the fever, Antone
[15:] & Michael wrote to me
[16:] letters Antone sends me
[17:] some more public news
[18:] of not much importance
[19:] We light the fires and got
[20:] ready to start;
[21:] At 9,,30 AM. got under weigh
[22:] from the quarantine and
[23:] proceeded, very thick dust
[24:] cannot see 100 yards off
[25:] we have only 6 ½ passengers
[pg: 241]
[:] June
[1:] and 96 packages (69 being
[2:] through cargo) ~
[3:] At 1,,25 P.M. came to at
[4:] Azeir to take in the remaining
[5:] Return Jews; left at 1,,50
[6:] we left none here except
[7:] few Basreh people; We took
[8:] 56 R.tickets & 12 ½ without
[9:] (9 1/2 Amara & 3 Baghdad) ~
[10:] the Weather is getting clearer
[11:] as we get higher up the
[12:] river & are escaping the
[13:] dust; but towards evening
[14:] it became thicker & thicker
[15:] till about 8 when it cleared
[16:] up ~ At 10,,25 came to
[17:] at Amara landed 12
[18:] passengers, we took in
[19:] some Cargo (36 Bales wool
[20:] & some Hides) I went to
[21:] see Fathalla, Jeboori has
[22:] not yet come from outside
[23:]
[24:] very strong N.W. wind is
[25:] blowing ~
[pg: 242]

22 Thursd

[:] 22
[:] Thursd
[1:] At 0,,10 AM. left Amara
[2:] & proceeded ~ Strong
[3:] N.W. wind ~ at 6 gave tickets
[4:] to Amara passengers
[5:] in all 63 (19 of which being with
[6:] Return tickets of Azeir people)
[7:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Ali Gherbi
[8:] at 2 stopped the ship a
[9:] Jew boy had his hand caught
[10:] in the hole of the shaft of the
[11:] Port wheel between the shaft
[12:] and the Iron plate bullwork
[13:] got it released with not
[14:] much injury, the wind
[15:] shoved the Ship against the
[16:] bank & had to take an
[17:] anchor out ahead & weighed
[18:] & proceeded at 3,,30 ~ Very
[19:] strong wind is blowing ~ Capt.
[20:] Holland has put some Jews in
[21:] the fore Cabins & in one aft
[22:] so as to have room on the
[23:] Deck house aft for wool from
[24:] Coot but all our Holds
[25:] are empty & they can store
[26:] over 500 Bales, & there will
[27:] not be more than 200
[pg: 243]
[:] June
[1:] Bales at Coot altogether
[2:] I think ~ at 7,,45 passed
[3:] Sheikh Saad ~

23d Friday

[:] 23d
[:] Friday
[4:] At 2,,30 AM arrived to
[5:] Coot, landed 1 passenger
[6:] & commenced to take in
[7:] wool, Light N. Wester &
[8:] fine morning;
[9:] At 7,,35 the S.Ressafah
[10:] arrived from Baghdad having
[11:] no passengers but wool
[12:] on the Deck, Abdulkadur
[13:] Bey son of Mahomed Pasha
[14:] arrived in her for Coot as
[15:] Kaymakam to suceed
[16:] this one here Aziz Effendi
[17:] who is shifted to Ancra
[18:] above Mossul;
[19:] he is going up with us has
[20:] taken a 1st C.Cabin but I charged
[21:] him only 40 Bashlics ~ as
[22:] we were getting under weigh
[23:] to proceed from Coot at
[24:] 8¼ a letter has been received
[25:] by Seyd Hamoodi from
[pg: 244]
[1:] Baghdad to ship 50 Bales
[2:] of wool & Capt went alongside
[3:] & took them in ~ at 9,,35
[4:] left Coot, wind freshening up,
[5:] we took 12 ½ passengers from
[6:] Coot, the S.Phrate left Coot
[7:] on her way up yesterday morning
[8:] (6 days from Basreh) ~
[9:] At 4,,50 P.M. passed Memlah
[10:] at sunset we beheld the smoke
[11:] of the S. Phrate ahead of us
[12:] at 11,,30 passed her under steam
[13:] at Zeljeh ~

24th Satur Ther@5.78 noon 93 4 P.m. 95

[:] 24th
[:] Satur
[:] Ther@5.78
[:] noon 93
[:] 4 P.m. 95
[14:] Light N.W. & fine weather, at
[15:] 2,,20 AM. passed Azizieh ~
[16:] at 5,,30 passed Baghdadieh;
[17:] We are going remarkably well
[18:] being light in a good trim
[19:] drawing 3,,4 & the current
[20:] not strong at all ~ at 1,,15
[21:] P.M. passed Ctesiphon ~
[22:] At 3,,25 passed Diala River,
[23:] At 3,,30 came to arrange floats
[24:] on Port wheel and at 4,,20 left
[25:] At 5,,20 landed a deckman
[26:] at Gherarah & went on ~
[27:] At 7,,15 landed the mail at
[28:] Coll Nixon’s house & then
[29:] steamed to the Custom
[pg: 245]
[:] June
[1:] house landed passengers
[2:] at 7 ½ I went on shore
[3:] called & delivered letters to
[4:] Emarine; but first called at
[5:] home saw Henry & sister Emilia
[6:] Menusha Alice & father they were
[7:] at diner I then went over to Em
[8:] spent the evening heard from
[9:] Eliza that Roofaeel her son
[10:] has joined Lynch’s house on
[11:] Friday (yesterday) Blockey
[12:] sent Henry to her to ask her
[13:] to send Roofaeel in office
[14:] since two years Fathalla had
[15:] written to Blockey & asked me to speak
[16:] to him regarding Roofaeel but Blockey
[17:] had no vacant place & then
[18:] subsequently he took Jany
[19:] my nephew, I spoke afterwards
[20:] with Blockey & Eliza also twice
[21:] asked him but he always
[22:] promised to take him as
[23:] soon as an opportunity offers
[24:] which he did yesterday, I have
[25:] been glad to see Roofaeel there
[26:] as he will learn something,
[27:] Eliza was not well this last weak
[28:] from sorrow & grief etc, I left at
[29:] 12 ½ come home ~
[30:] Light N.W. & fine cool night

25th Sund

[:] 25th
[:] Sund
[31:] Modte N.W. & fine morning, at
[32:] 6 am. went to the Latin Church,
[33:] left with Henry Naoom Abood
[pg: 246]
[1:] called on us, the Constple Post
[2:] arrived yesterday evening,
[3:] received the Arabic Papers
[4:] in which there is the account
[5:] of Abdulazisis suicide Committed
[6:] by himself & the accession to
[7:] the throne of Sultan Moorad,
[8:] the Firman of Sultan Moorad
[9:] to the governors of the Province’s
[10:] arrived yesterday & was read
[11:] this morning at about 8
[12:] in the Serai & then a Salute
[13:] of 21 guns was fired ~ Henry
[14:] & me called on Medula then
[15:] on Naoom Abood, on Mrs. Naoom
[16:] Serkis & on Candida after
[17:] breakfast I called on Blockey
[18:] & Carolina left @ 1 P.M. called
[19:] on Emarine, there came Naoom
[20:] Abood he left at 2 ½, at 3 Looloo
[21:] wife of Dowd oossy called I left
[22:] called on Sister Eliza & came
[23:] home at 4 Mr. Pais called on
[24:] us at 5 I called on Emarine
[25:] for ½ hour ~ at 7 went over with
[26:] Henry & dined at Stifan & Medula
[27:] came home at 9, fine cool
[28:] night & light N.W. breeze,

26th Mond

[:] 26th
[:] Mond
[29:] Light N.W. & fine morning ~
[30:] at 6 AM. came on board ~
[31:] the S.V. Phrate arrived yesterday
[32:] at 3 P.M. from Basreh
[pg: 247]
[:] June
[1:] the London is lying outside
[2:] of us; Cowley has lost a
[3:] bundle of treasure 500 Besh:
[4:] supposed to have been stolen
[5:] from the Treasury by a
[6:] Koordish Coolie who discharge
[7:] cargo, he has been put in
[8:] prison but has not yet
[9:] been proved against him
[10:] at 8 Henry & me went to the
[11:] School of Industry to have some
[12:] white shoes made for us but
[13:] the fellow asked 10 Besh so
[14:] we left & had them made
[15:] in the bazar, went home to
[16:] breakfast at 10 called on Em
[17:] she has headach & cold, took
[18:] tiffin, I left at 4 ½ P.M. came
[19:] home ~ Mr. Mackenzie
[20:] & Mr. Caubrough called on us
[21:] to see my father & sister,
[22:] at 7 I called on Sayegh &
[23:] left @ 10, Light N. Wester
[24:] & fine night moon 5 days
[25:] old ~

27th Tuesd

[:] 27th
[:] Tuesd
[26:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning
[27:] at 6 AM. came on board
[28:] we finished discharge;
[29:] the London goes away
[30:] tomorrow she has wool
[pg: 248]
[1:] & about 550 Bags simsim
[2:] & other cargo for Coot & Amara
[3:] in all over 65,000 Okes, the
[4:] Quarantine is not yet taken
[5:] off at Gorna ~ Cowley asked
[6:] me to go today with him
[7:] to the Serai to the mejlis
[8:] about the robbery of a Bundle
[9:] of Treasure 500 Beshlics from
[10:] the City of London by the Koordish
[11:] Coolies, at 9 went to see Medula
[12:] & then came home breakfasted
[13:] at 10 called on Em & at 12 ½
[14:] left being sent for by Cowley
[15:] I went to the Serai to the
[16:] Mejlis el Jenayeh, they were
[17:] taking the evidence of the
[18:] Koords & Londons people two
[19:] Deckmen & a stearsman,
[20:] by the clerks & writing it
[21:] down there was Mahboob
[22:] Agha the Kowass Bashy
[23:] of the Residency in place
[24:] of Ahmed Agha the vice
[25:] consul (who is utterly useless
[26:] & cannot speak or do any
[27:] thing at all) a Persian or
[28:] two Kowasses from the
[29:] part of the Persian Consul
[30:] it took 5 hours in Corroborating
[31:] & writing the evidence
[32:] etc etc, I went to see
[pg: 249]
[:] June
[1:] Abdulrahman Bey the
[2:] President of the Mejlis
[3:] of Jenayeh & others he is
[4:] now the head of all and
[5:] is a friend of mine who
[6:] came up with us twice
[7:] from Basreh two years
[8:] ago he was in a very large
[9:] room with other high
[10:] Officials, he told me that
[11:] an order had come today
[12:] from Constple to get up
[13:] a subscription from
[14:] the head men & wealthy
[15:] people of Baghdad for carrying
[16:] on the war in Roumelia
[17:] and up to now they have
[18:] got about 500 Liras the
[19:] affairs of Roumelia he
[20:] says is going very bad
[21:] for Turkey; I left & went
[22:] to the mejlis it was so
[23:] awfully warm & the
[24:] stench & bad smell from
[25:] the people confined
[pg: 250]
[1:] there when no air at
[2:] all could be breath we
[3:] found it very disagreeable
[4:] We left at 5 P.M. went
[5:] below to the Halai Beky
[6:] (the head constable of Police)
[7:] we put two more Coolies
[8:] in prison one is Ali the
[9:] Tindal of the Koordish Coolies
[10:] whom he employs in the
[11:] steamers & the supposed
[12:] robber called Aboo Senoon
[13:] we then left the Serai;
[14:] I came home had a
[15:] cold bade ~
[16:] at 4 1/2 I called on Em on top of the
[17:] terrace fine moon light
[18:] had watermelon, Roofaeel
[19:] wrote the letters & sent them
[20:] to Henry at home I left at
[21:] 11 ½ came home ~ Light
[22:] NW. breeze ~

28th Wedn

[:] 28th
[:] Wedn
[23:] Light N.W. & fine ~ At 4 ½
[24:] the City of London left for
[25:] Basreh ~ at 6 I came on
[26:] board the S. Phrate is inside
[27:] discharging ~ At 8 went on
[28:] shore called in office to see
[29:] Blockey & then called on Carolina
[30:] left at 9 ½ breakfasted and
[pg: 251]
[:] June
[1:] At 10½ called on Em, had tiffin left
[2:] At 5 P.M. come home had a cold
[3:] bade at 7 ½ called on Sister Eliza
[4:] it is very warm calm weather
[5:] unusually warm today &
[6:] I think the Sam will set
[7:] in about the 7th July ~ at
[8:] 10 left came home, found
[9:] it very warm on the top
[10:] of the house as there is
[11:] no breeze;

29th Thursd.

[:] 29th
[:] Thursd.
[12:] Holyday of St Peter & Paul
[13:] Light N.W. breeze & fine
[14:] morning ~ at 6 am. came
[15:] on board, we have taken
[16:] in 325 Bales of Lynch’s wool
[17:] since tuesday; Went on shore
[18:] at 8 called on Sayegh there came
[19:] Sister Medula & Catterina of Rezook
[20:] Serkis left went home breakfasted
[21:] at 11 called on Em at 3 P.M Lidy
[22:] my aunt called I left at 4 ½ went
[23:] home, Sister Eliza & G. Tonietti
[24:] called he says that Plague
[25:] has broken out on 22d of this
[26:] month at Sakiz in the district
[27:] of Micri on the Persian frontier
[28:] near Suleimanyeh ~ I took
[29:] a cold bade, and at 7 ½ called
[30:] on Medula left at 9 ½ came
[pg: 252]
[1:] home a light S. Ely breeze
[2:] & warm weather, towards
[3:] midnight it blew a Strong
[4:] N. Wester ~

30th Frid

[:] 30th
[:] Frid
[5:] Modte N. Wester freshening
[6:] up, at 6 AM. I came on board
[7:] We heard yesterday that the
[8:] dismissed grand Vizier Mahmoud
[9:] Nedim Pasha has been
[10:] hanged & Yousef Azed Din
[11:] Effendi son of Sultan Abdul
[12:] Aziz has been killed at Constanple
[13:] Mahmood Nedim was
[14:] tryed and executed for his
[15:] guilt as he was the cause
[16:] of the Turkish ruin both
[17:] him & the Sultan pulled
[18:] together in gathering the
[19:] money for themselves ~
[20:] at 8 AM went home found
[21:] there Eliza Marine left @ 9
[22:] I went at 10 I called on her
[23:] sat in serdab & left & 5 P.M. had
[24:] a cold bade and at 7 ½ called
[25:] on Sayegh & left at 9 ½
[26:] Modte N.W. & fine breeze,

1st July Saturd

[:] 1st
[:] July
[:] Saturd
[27:] Modte N.W. & fine morning,
[28:] At 6 AM. came on board,
[29:] Saturd
[30:] I want to pay the Ship
[pg: 253]
[:] July
[1:] but Blockey has no money
[2:] to send me ~ he did send after
[3:] I had paid the ship except the
[4:] officers, at 10 I went on shore
[5:] breakfasted and at 11 called on
[6:] Em she had bathed at home
[7:] we had tiffin & I left at 3 ½ P.M.
[8:] went home had a warm bath
[9:] Eliza called on Mily wife of Naoom
[10:] Serkis as it was a Holy day of
[11:] Bolus Serkis on Thursday ~
[12:] At 7 ½ I called on Em fine breeze
[13:] & fine moonlight 10 days old,
[14:] left at 12 come home,

2d Sund.

[:] 2d
[:] Sund.
[15:] Light Southerly breeze but fine
[16:] weather, few clouds passed
[17:] on last night; at 6 AM went
[18:] to the Latin Church, left at 7
[19:] called on Fetoohi Kesbarkhan
[20:] left at 8 called on Blockey &
[21:] Carolina Blockey got a telegram
[22:] from the City of London she
[23:] arrived to Gorna on Saturday
[24:] having grounded at Hamraya
[25:] for 12 hours, & will leave
[26:] Gorna tomorrow, she will
[27:] have about 1000 packages,
[28:] Mr. Mackenzie & Conbraugh
[29:] have invited to breakfast
[30:] today at 11, my father, Emilia
[31:] Alice, Blockey Carolina
[pg: 254]
[1:] Dr. Calvill Mr. Clarke, Capt
[2:] Holland & Alfred but Capt
[3:] Holland & my father are
[4:] not going, left at 9 called
[5:] on Hollands, Mr. Holland is
[6:] not well, saw only him
[7:] & Alfred & Mrs. Gaskin left
[8:] at 9 ½ came home breakfasted
[9:] and at 11 called on Eliza Marine
[10:] she does not feel well, Takooyee
[11:] daughter of Antone Sayegh called &
[12:] also Yacoob Oossy, I left at 2 ½
[13:] called on Sayegh & then on Medula
[14:] left at 3 ½ came home, at 4 called
[15:] on Emarine, while there Naoom
[16:] Abood called he talked about his
[17:] going to live at Basreh with
[18:] his wife etc, he left at 5 I left
[19:] at 6 went home had cold bade
[20:] at 7 ½ called on Medula & left
[21:] at 9 ½ fine night with light
[22:] N.W. breeze ~

3d Mond Bd

[:] 3d
[:] Mond
[:] Bd
[23:] Light N.W. & fine morning, at
[24:] 6 AM. came on board, paid
[25:] money to the crew for provision
[26:] etc; We took in 350 Bales Wool
[27:] of Jebra Asfar & 100 Bags gallnuts
[28:] Went on shore at 9 at 10 ½ called on
[29:] Em in Serdab, at 2 P.M. Candida
[30:] called & went away, we had tiffin
[31:] I left at 4 feeling very tyred & week;
[32:] took a cold bade in the evening
[33:] at 7 ½ called on Emarine, fine
[34:] moonlight night & cool, at
[35:] 11 left came home but could
[36:] not sleep at all and felt the
[pg: 255]
[:] July
[1:] Mosquitoes very bad on the terrace;
[2:] heard the disturbance & noise
[3:] in Toma Lacas house & Rezooki
[4:] Serkis & found out that poor
[5:] Reesha Andrea died at this
[6:] time it was about 11 ½, he
[7:] was always unwell Complaining
[8:]
[9:] he had the Asthma being
[10:] fat & stout, & the docters think
[11:] it must be some blood which
[12:] got congealed on his chest;
[13:] I remained awake being
[14:] unable to sleep all the
[15:] night ~ Very Light breeze
[16:] & fine weather;
[:] Eng 1
[:] 1
[:] died ~

4th Tuesd

[:] 4th
[:] Tuesd
[17:] Light N.W. & fine, at 6 am
[18:] left the
[19:] on Eliza Marine enquired about
[20:] Reesha’s death & went on
[21:] board at 6 ½ ~ River is
[22:] falling fast; we are getting
[23:] very deep with the wool
[24:] we have now 675 Bales;
[25:] at 9 went home to breakfast &
[26:] at 10 called on Emarine left @ 12 Came
[27:] on board ~ Very few passengers
[28:] are Coming ~ We took in
[29:] some more wool & other
[pg: 256]
[1:] cargo at 5 P.M. I went on
[2:] shore called on Em for ½
[3:] hour & then went to call on
[4:] Medula but was at Reesha
[5:] Andrea’s house called to se
[6:] Sister Eliza left @ 6 ½ came
[7:] home, left at 8 to come
[8:] on board called on Em spend
[9:] the evening took her letters
[10:] fine Moonlight night &
[11:] light N.W. breeze; at 12 left
[12:] & came on board the ship
[13:] turned in in my cabin,
[14:] we have Mostapha Effendi
[15:] the mudeer of the Quarantine
[16:] going down with us to
[17:] Gorna to the Quarantine
[18:] has taken a 1st C. passage,
[:] (1)Eng 1

5th Wednes

[:] 5th
[:] Wednes
[19:] Light N.W. & fine ~ at 4,,10 AM
[20:] got under weigh from Baghdad
[21:] at 5,,5 came to a shoal
[22:] above the grove sent to sound
[23:] grounded took an anchor
[24:] ahead & hove to; gave
[25:] tickets to passengers, we
[pg: 257]
[:] July
[1:] have only 50½ passengers in all
[2:] at 8,,50 floated & proceeded
[3:] easy ~ At 9,,15 landed
[4:] Mr. Tartt at Gherarah & went
[5:] on ~ At 9,,55 passed Diala
[6:] River: ~ Weighed passengers
[7:] Luggage ~ at 11,,15 passed
[8:] Ctesiphon ~ at 4,,10 P.M.
[9:] passed Baghdadieh Fort;
[10:] at 6,,15 P.M. passed Azizieh
[11:] Fort ~ Light N.W. and fine
[12:] weather ~ at 9,,30 passed the
[13:] S.V. Tell Offer going up ~

6th Thursd The@5.78 noon 98 4P.m. 97

[:] 6th
[:] Thursd
[:] The@5.78
[:] noon 98
[:] 4P.m. 97
[14:] At 0,,30 AM passed Memlah
[15:] at 1 we touched at Hamraya
[16:] and grounded worked the
[17:] whole night in getting off
[18:] took anchers fore and aft
[19:] and hove, this place is getting
[20:] bad the channel is on the
[21:] west side ~ Lots of Mosquitoes
[22:] & sunflies troubled us last
[23:] night ~ at 10,,45 floated
[24:] gathered chains & proceeded
[25:] from Hamraya, Very strong
[26:] breeze blowing ~
[pg: 258]
[1:] At 2,,15 P.M. came to for the
[2:] City of London Coming up Cowley
[3:] & Henry came off, Haji Effendi
[4:] is going to Baghdad in the
[5:] London, she has over 1000 packages
[6:] (240 only from the mail) and
[7:] about 100 passengers, Sarah
[8:] the wife of
[9:] Oossany & Sister of Stifan
[10:] Andrea is going up she does
[11:] not know about her brother
[12:] Reesha’s death, Henry brought
[13:] me some Public news sent
[14:] by Abdulla Samhiry but of
[15:] not much importance, the
[16:] Servians & Montenegro are
[17:] prepared for a serious war
[18:] against Turkey the telegram
[19:] is of the 28 ulto, & all the Powers
[20:] are trying to bring on an
[21:] amicable settlement and
[22:] Advising Turkey to bring on
[23:] a reconciliation etc etc, at
[24:] 3 weighed and proceeded ~
[25:] At 3,,40 came to at Coot
[26:] landed 13 passengers and 4
[27:] packages ~ Abdulkadur
[28:] Bey, the new Kay makan
[29:] of coot & his brother Joffer
[30:] Bey came to see kit on
[pg: 259]
[:] July
[1:] board ~ at 5,,20 left
[2:] Coot, strong N. Westerly
[3:] wind ~

7th Frid

[:] 7th
[:] Frid
[4:] Modte N.W. and fine weather,
[5:] at 4,,20 AM. landed a passenger
[6:] at Ali Sherghi & went on;
[7:] We passed Ali Gherbi at
[8:] 0,,25 AM. ~ at 8,,35 came
[9:] to at Amara landed 30½
[10:] passengers & few packages
[11:] We breakfasted & then I went out
[12:] to see Fathalla saw Jeboory
[13:] there, he is seedy a little feels
[14:] billious from having been
[15:] outside exposed in the sun
[16:] Hannosh Oossany came there
[17:] too but he does not know about
[18:] Reesha’s death I told him he
[19:] was dangerously ill Fathalla
[20:] knows it as Eliza Mentioned
[21:] it in her letter to him, came
[22:] on board, we took in 49 Bales
[23:] of wool of Hannah for Lynch
[24:] Brothers; at 11,,20 left
[25:] Amara & proceeded ~
[26:] We came in again to the
[27:] dusty Atmosphere of fine
[28:] sand but no so thick as
[pg: 260]
[1:] it was last trip we can see
[2:] as far as the distance of 400
[3:] years about ~ at 4,,50 P.M.
[4:] passed Azeir;
[5:] At 7,30 we rounded & came
[6:] to above the Quarantine at
[7:] Gorna, the S.V. Ressafah is here
[8:] & will leave tonight for Basreh
[9:] after Completing her 25 days here
[10:] I sent all the letters of Antone
[11:] Marine & Michael with Hannosh
[12:] the Sheikh of Ressafah & wrote
[13:] a letter to Antone, I also sent
[14:] two parcels for Guiseppina
[15:] & her husband Lorence in the
[16:] Mossul ~ Modte N.Wester
[17:] & little dusty; I could not
[18:] sleep in my Cabin from the
[19:] Mosquitoes, I had to go to
[20:] an other Cabin on Port side
[21:] where I had the fresh wind but
[22:] till 2 am. before I could get
[23:] a little sleep;

8th Satur

[:] 8th
[:] Satur
[24:] the S.Ressafah left for Basreh
[25:] at 1 am. ~ Modte N. Wester
[26:] & sultry morning; at 8 the
[27:] S. Launch ElBurk arrived to
[28:] fetch the mail down bringing
[29:] 5 or 6 passengers, Ahmed
[30:] who was Henry’s servant &
[pg: 261]
[:] July
[1:] then became Kewass at Robertson
[2:] has left his latter & is employed
[3:] at Yousef Marine came up
[4:] in her, I received a note from
[5:] Antone, a long letter with some
[6:] Public news from Abdulla
[7:] Samhiry, regarding the war
[8:] of Servia against Turkey, the
[9:] ElBurk left again at 9 AM.
[10:] weather very dusty more
[11:] than yesterday; we received
[12:] nothing from Basreh yet no
[13:] cargo or Coal has come up
[14:] except 15 Tons which was left
[15:] here of the London’s; ~ Received
[16:] a telegram from Carter to Say
[17:] that the mail will come
[18:] up tomorrow & a Boat of
[19:] cargo left today too & that
[20:] we will be able to leave
[21:] tomorrow by midnight,
[22:] we landed all the Wool on the
[23:] bank today, thick dust
[24:] all the day, & a light N.W.
[25:] breeze ~

9th Sund

[:] 9th
[:] Sund
[26:] Modte N.W. and fine weather
[27:] wind increasing ~ we
[28:] landed the rest of the cargo,
[29:] The dust begun to smother us
[30:] at about 9 & became so
[pg: 262]
[1:] very thick that we could
[2:] not see the opposite bank
[3:] one cargo boat only came
[4:] up from Basreh having left
[5:] on Friday we took it in,
[6:] At 1 P.M. I took my gun &
[7:] Took Mahomed Stearsman &
[8:] went out to walk to mezera
[9:] & back in a desert marshy
[10:] ground in the thick dust it
[11:] is awfully disgusting it nearly
[12:] blinded us & having found
[13:] nothing to fire at came on
[14:] board, the ship cabins and
[15:] every where are full with dust
[16:] I took a cold bade, Mostapha
[17:] Effendi the Bash mudeer of
[18:] Quarantine came back on
[19:] board to live with his servants
[20:] & Khalil Effendi mudeer of
[21:] Amara quarantine, they
[22:] are going with us to Amara;
[23:] At 8 P.M. the ElBurk arrived
[24:] Yousef Marine came up in
[25:] her bringing the mail I
[26:] received a letter from Antone
[27:] & Michael ~ We received
[28:] a Coal Boat with 20 tons
[29:] & employed taking it during
[pg: 263]
[:] July
[1:] the night ~ I slept in a
[2:] Cabin on the Port side,

10th Mond

[:] 10th
[:] Mond
[3:] at 1½ AM I was rased by Capt Holland
[4:] to say that he is going to get
[5:] under weigh as the Mossul
[6:] has passed on her way up to
[7:] Baghdad at 1 AM. & we want
[8:] to get ahead of her so I
[9:] got Yousef on board to sign
[10:] receipts of the Cargo & wrote
[11:] few lines to Antone &
[12:] Abdulla Samhiry, & we
[13:] light the fires, we have
[14:] only 60 packages of Cargo,
[15:] At 4,,45 AM. we got under
[16:] weigh from Quarantine &
[17:] proceeded ~ at 8,,50 passed
[18:] Azeir, the thick dust begun
[19:] to come again ~ But it got
[20:] lighter after passing Abdulla
[21:] ibn Ali; the Mossul must
[22:] be close ahead of us but cannot
[23:] see her on account of the
[24:] dust ~ at 4 P.M we
[pg: 264]
[1:] sensed her smoke ½ hour
[2:] ahead of us, above Aboo Sedrah
[3:] the Mossul arrived at Amara
[4:] at 4,,55 The Dijleh arrived at
[5:] 5,,15 landed 3 passengers besides
[6:] Mostapha Effendi & his
[7:] two servants he will come
[8:] up in the London, his ticket
[9:] being through to Baghdad
[10:] but we have
[11:] to his desire in not charging
[12:] him any Extra passage;
[13:] Went on shore saw Fathalla,
[14:] Jeboory came on board, Received
[15:] 500 shamies from Mahd
[16:] Nefiseh for Mr. Wetty by
[17:] an order on him which was
[18:] given to Henry last trip;
[19:] Fathalla asked on board by
[20:] Capt Holland to settle a
[21:] dispute about an old
[22:] Boat which the Ship
[23:] touched Slightly on the
[24:] shore; the Mossul
[25:] will not leave before
[26:] us & waiting for
[27:] us, so at 7,,15 we
[pg: 265]
[:] July
[1:] got under weigh &
[2:] proceeded ~ We have
[3:] about 20 passengers taken
[4:] from here amongst whom
[5:] Gherirah wife of Sheikh Sheja
[6:] & her daughter Herryeh &
[7:] little son Hmood, Shejah
[8:] is supposed to be coming
[9:] he is released from his
[10:] exile at Constple & they
[11:] are going to meet him,
[12:] the Mossul got under
[13:] weigh from Amara about
[14:] 10 minutes after we did
[15:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[:] 13,577 1/2
[:] 29,970
[:] 55 1/2

11th Tuesd The@5. 80 noon 97 4 P.m.102

[:] 11th
[:] Tuesd
[:] The@5. 80
[:] noon 97
[:] 4 P.m.102
[16:] Light N.W. breeze & fine ~
[17:] At 6,,15 AM. passed Ali
[18:] Gherbi ~ gave tickets to
[19:] 26 ½ Amara passengers
[20:] at 3 ½ P.M. while steaming just
[21:] above the Cutting I saw a Pig going
[22:] up the East bank I shot it dead
[23:] within 200 Yards, it fell down to
[24:] the river from the top of
[pg: 266]
[1:] the high bank & never moved
[2:] At 5,,10 P.M. came to at
[3:] Coot landed 2 passengers
[4:] Commeced to take in wool,
[5:] Capt Holland & myself paid a
[6:] visit to Abdulkadur Bey the
[7:] Governer; we took in 250 Bales
[8:] Wool & finished by 10 but Capt
[9:] Holland is going to wait & take
[10:] on 90 Bales of Eassa Nesaf, no
[11:] sign of the “Mossul” yet; At
[12:] about 11,,35 the S.V. Mossul
[13:] arrived to Coot & went alongside
[14:] We took in 59 Bales of wool
[15:] more ~
[:] Mother died See
[:] 13th.

12th Wednes

[:] 12th
[:] Wednes
[16:] At 0,,45 AM got under weigh
[17:] from Coot & proceeded ~
[18:] Light N.W. breeze & fine
[19:] gave tickets to 16 Coot passengers
[20:] at 6,,15 detained at Mehdi 15
[21:] minutes in shoal water & at
[22:] Hamraya 15 minutes getting over
[23:] the Shoal; at 8,,15 passed
[24:] Memlah ~ at 10,,
[25:] Grounded at Sheresh took an
[26:] anchor ahead & hove floated
[27:] & proceeded at 11,,15; At 5,,15
[28:] P.M. we came to for
[pg: 267]
[:] July
[1:] the City of London Coming
[2:] down just above Shejir
[3:] (Humenieh reach) Cowley
[4:] & Henry came off; they have
[5:] left this morning, & have 300
[6:] Bales of wool, Henry brought me
[7:] my Papers the Illustrated &
[8:] the Jewaeeb, they left at 5,,50
[9:] while we repaired the wheel
[10:] & left at 6,,10 ~ At 7,,35
[11:] passed Azizieh, Light N.W.
[12:] breeze & fine weather;
[13:] At 11 passed Baghdadieh

13th Thursd

[:] 13th
[:] Thursd
[14:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[15:] At 6,,35 AM. passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] at 8,,50 passed Diala river,
[17:] at 10,,10 landed a Deckman
[18:] at Gherarah & went on
[19:] at 11 We passed the SS. Telloffer
[20:] deeply laden with wool
[21:] for Basreh and aground
[22:] at the Popular grove ~
[23:] At 0,,15 landed the mail at the
[24:] Residency & steamed to the
[25:] Custom House landed the
[26:] passengers, I went on shore
[pg: 268]
[1:] called & returned letters to Emarine
[2:] in serdab left after ½ hour went
[3:] home, called then on Sister
[4:] Medula but had gone to Hanna
[5:] Andrea’s house the mother
[6:] of Stephan died on tuesday
[7:] she has been in bed for the
[8:] last year she died from
[9:] long age & complained of
[10:] nothing she was 87 years
[11:] old ~ Called on Sister Eliza
[12:] saw there Emilia & Carolina
[13:] left at 2 P.M. went home & then
[14:] called on Em there was Bolus Serkis
[15:] he went away, read letters etc,
[16:] the Mossul arrived at about
[17:] 5 P.M. after us; I left at 6
[18:] went home had bade; at 7 1/2
[19:] called on Medula Sister
[20:] Stifan was not there he came
[21:] at 9 being very sorry for the
[22:] loss of his brother & mother
[23:] all within few days, it is really
[24:] a great blow to him, he is
[25:] the only business man
[26:] left now to carry on their trade
[27:] and other affairs, left at 10 ½
[28:] came home light N.W.
[29:] & fine weather Cool
[30:] during the night ~
[pg: 269]

14th Frid

[:] 14th
[:] Frid
[1:] Modte N.W. & fine Cool
[2:] morning ~ at 6 am came
[3:] on board; ~ Wrote & at 8
[4:] dropped down in a Goffa
[5:] to Blockey saw him & Carolina
[6:] & left at 9 ½ came home to
[7:] breakfast at 10 ½ called on Em
[8:] had tiffin left at 4 ½ P.M. called
[9:] on Candida saw there Mariam
[10:] left & came home had a cold
[11:] bade, at 7 ½ called on Em fine
[12:] cool night agreable; left
[13:] at 11 come home;

15th Satur

[:] 15th
[:] Satur
[14:] Modte N.W. & fine weather
[15:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board,
[16:] we are discharging cargo,
[17:] at 9 went on shore, Called on Medula
[18:] Sister, at 10 ½ called on Em left at 4
[19:] p.m. went & called on Sister Eliza
[20:] came home heard that the
[21:] son of Roofaeel Yaghchi called
[22:] Arteen of 3 years & 3 months
[23:] old died just now from
[24:] Swelled throat of 3 or 4 days
[25:] duration it chocked him
[26:] up, it is called diphteria, Paris
[27:] saw him yesterday & found
[28:] out the swelled throat he
[29:] was well to the time of his
[30:] death, this is the third son
[pg: 270]
[1:] all so young it is mostly
[2:] from carelessness from
[3:] the neglect of the mother
[4:] Catterina & father too, I am
[5:] to tell Eliza of it she went to
[6:] Catterina at once; I took a
[7:] cold bade & after dinner at
[8:] 4 1/2 caled on Emarine she
[9:] says that great many people
[10:] were at Roofaeel’s house
[11:] & poor Catterina is very much
[12:] afflicted, I left at 10 ½ came home
[:] (1)

16th Sund.

[:] 16th
[:] Sund.
[13:] Modte N.W. & fine, we are
[14:] in the Saam wind now
[15:] since eight days, the wind
[16:] very hot & son too; at 6 ¼ AM
[17:] went to the Latin Church then
[18:] called on Fetoohi Kasbarkhan
[19:] took him & went over to
[20:] Hanna Andrea’s house great
[21:] many people were there visiting
[22:] to Condole them on the death
[23:] of the mother of Stephan we
[24:] left & called on Roofaeel Yaghchi
[25:] there also were many people,
[26:] men & women, all my sisters
[27:] & Eliza Marine etc, left at
[28:] 9 came home,with Fetoohi
[29:] Naoom Abood called on me
[30:] at 10 ½ I called on Eliza Marine
[pg: 271]
[:] July
[1:] left at 12 called on Blockey,
[2:] he got a telegram from Cowley
[3:] from Gorna they arrived
[4:] on Saturday (yesterday) noon,
[5:] left at 1 P.M. called on Mr.
[6:] & Mrs Pais left at 2 came
[7:] home, it is fearfully hot
[8:] the streets are like a furnace
[9:] & the wind very hot at 3 1/2
[10:] I went
[11:] left at 5 ½ came home had
[12:] a cold bade & called on Medula
[13:] at 7 ½ come home at 9 ~

17th Monday

[:] 17th
[:] Monday
[14:] Light N.W. & fine at 4 am.
[15:] I turned up called Roofaeel
[16:] Sayegh & we walked out
[17:] I had proposed this yesterday
[18:] to Roofaeel for the sake of
[19:] walking the son rose at
[20:] 5 when we were at Cherd
[21:] el Pasha went into the Garden
[22:] of Bahar & came out walking
[23:] by the river, come home
[24:] at 6 ½ washed dressed and
[25:] at 7 come on board, the
[26:] Mossul is inside of us
[27:] discharging. we took in
[28:] Bales of wool; went on shore
[29:] at 9 after breakfast called on Em
[pg: 272]
[1:]
[2:] bazar &
[3:] newly arrived from Vienna Eliza
[4:] took a pair & Alice, Pais called
[5:] on Eliza, we left at 5 1/2 I took a
[6:] cold bade, at 7 1/2 called on Yousef
[7:] Sayegh there was only Yousef
[8:] left at 9, very warm and
[9:] calm weather ~

18th Tuesd.

[:] 18th
[:] Tuesd.
[10:] Light N.W. & fine but warm;
[11:] at 6 AM. came on board,
[12:] we are taking wool & the
[13:] Mossul is loading too, to
[14:] go away on thursday ~ Went
[15:] on shore at 8 ½ called on
[16:] Sister Medula saw there Eliza
[17:] Sister Guiseppina & Fetoohi
[18:] left & came home breakfasted
[19:] at 10 called on Emarine left at 12
[20:] came on board, worked in giving
[21:] Bills of Ladings etc; I found it
[22:] awfully warm in Cabin;
[23:] Haji Abdulkadur Effendi is
[24:] going down with us as far Gorna
[25:] to fetch his family up from
[26:] Basreh as his child is unwell,
[27:] we are getting very deep ~
[28:] at 5 ½ P.M. went on shore
[29:] called on Em for a minute & went
[30:] home had a cold bade & at
[31:] 7 ½ called on Em. spent the
[32:] evening, left at 11 ¾ came
[pg: 273]
[:] July
[1:] on board, very light N. Wester
[2:] & fine weather;

19th Wednes The@5.82 noon 102 4 P.m.102

[:] 19th
[:] Wednes
[:] The@5.82
[:] noon 102
[:] 4 P.m.102
[3:] Light N.W. & fine, at 4 AM. got
[4:] under weigh from Baghdad
[5:] at 6 passed Diala river;
[6:] Gave tickets to passengers, we
[7:] have in all 41 (and Haji Effendi
[8:] Custom House officer of Basreh
[9:] & servant free to Gorna & back)
[10:] At 7,,20 passed Ctesiphon;
[11:] at 9,,30 came to at Ledj to
[12:] repair the Pump; at 10,,45
[13:] weighed & proceeded ~ At 1,,50
[14:] P.M. passed Baghdadieh Fort;
[15:] At 4 P.M. passed Azizieh
[16:] Fort, very hot on board, after
[17:] sunset the weather cooled
[18:] a little & wind light &
[19:] pleasant ~ At 9,,15 we grounded
[20:] at Sheresh, took an anchor out
[21:] astern & hove off till 10 ½ we floated
[22:] & remained for the night there
[:] 22,014
[:] 82,233
[:] 46
[pg: 274]

20th Thursd The@5.81 noon 102 4 P.m.104

[:] 20th
[:] Thursd
[:] The@5.81
[:] noon 102
[:] 4 P.m.104
[1:] Modte N.W. & fine weather, I
[2:] had to sleep in my cabin, at 4 AM.
[3:] sounded channel & proceeded at
[4:] 4,,30 ~ At 5,,30 passed Memlah,
[5:] at 6 came to at Hamraya
[6:] sent to Sound the Channel;
[7:] at 7,,40 weighed & proceed down
[8:] along the West bank; wind
[9:] freshning up; ~ Weighed the
[10:] passengers luggage, weather
[11:] got dusty a little; detained ½ hour above Coot
[12:] At 0,,5 P.M. arrived to Coot
[13:] landed 12 ½ passengers and
[14:] about 30 packages ~ I heard
[15:] that the Government has got
[16:] a good amount of subscription
[17:] for the Assistance of Government
[18:] at Constple to carry on the
[19:] war in Servia about 1500 £
[20:] will be collected from Coot &
[21:] it suburbs, at Baghdad they
[22:] have got over 10,000 £ up to now
[23:] the Nawab Akbalood Dawleh
[24:] gave 1000 £ from his own accord
[25:] although he is not a Turkish
[26:] Subject, the Nakib 600 Yousef
[27:] Goorji 500, Abdulrahman
[28:] Pachachy the president of the
[29:] Mercantile tribunal 350
[pg: 275]
[:] July
[1:] and so on the rest, Fathalla
[2:] Abood 100, Bolus Magho 25
[3:] Stephan Andrea 40 Matoz
[4:] Iskender 80 & so forth;
[5:] We took in 115 Bales of wool
[6:] from Seyd Hussein Consigned
[7:] to Hannosh Kroomy on
[8:] account of Lynch Brother &
[9:] 25 Okes per Beshlic & left
[10:] Coot at 3 P.M.~ At 7,,40
[11:] came to for the City of London
[12:] coming up, Henry & Cowley &
[13:] Misak Michael came on board
[14:] (this latter cames back from the
[15:] Quarantine of
[16:] the London has about 50,000
[17:] of the mail & Glendale’s Cargo
[18:] she left Gorna yesterday
[19:] morning Mostapha Effendi
[20:] Mudeer of Quarantine is
[21:] on board from Amara
[22:] At 8,,15 weighed and
[23:] proceeded ~ at 10,,45
[24:] came to at Ali Gherbi landed
[25:] 2 passengers & 8 packages
[pg: 276]
[1:] at 12 proceeded ~

21 Frida The@5.85 noon 100 4 P.m.

[:] 21
[:] Frida
[:] The@5.85
[:] noon 100
[:] 4 P.m.
[2:] Light N.W. & cloudy weather
[3:] one Sheet of clouds all over,
[4:] At 8,,10 came to at Amara
[5:] landed 31 ½ passengers all
[6:] we had left on board, & some
[7:] cargo, found the S.V. Baghdad
[8:] here with flat going up;
[9:] Jeboory came to me & I went
[10:] on shore to see Fathalla for
[11:] few minutes & came back,
[12:] At 10,,30 weighed & proceeded
[13:] the Baghdad with flat had left
[14:] at about 9 am for Baghdad ~
[15:] Weather became dusty Sultry
[16:] & hot
[17:] At 3,,50 P.M. passed Azeir ~
[18:] At 6,,30 we rounded & came to
[19:] at the Quarantine above Gorna
[20:] found some cargo on the bank
[21:] for us left by the London,
[22:] the Tell Affer which arrived here
[23:] day before yesterday she went
[24:]
[25:] as the Quarantine is taken
[26:] off, the Order came down yesterday
[27:] for 24 hours quarantine only
[28:] & today after all the Boats
[pg: 277]
[:] July
[1:] and Telloffer had been allowed
[2:] to go down a second order
[3:] came to make it last
[4:] 5 days, Dr. Kolmar came up
[5:] to us & said so, but he is
[6:] waiting for an answer to
[7:] his telegram in which he
[8:] said that all Boats had
[9:] proceeded down to Basreh;
[10:] Light Cool N. Wester breeze
[11:] and few mosqitoes are;

22d Satur

[:] 22d
[:] Satur
[12:] Light N.W. & fine clouds disappearing
[13:] Capt Holland received a telegram
[14:] from Blockey to say that quarantine
[15:] is reduced to 5 days and we are
[16:] return back as quick as
[17:] possible ~ We commenced
[18:] to land the wool & other cargo,
[19:] The Quarantine station is
[20:] shifted down to opposite the
[21:] Custom House of Gorna they
[22:] have taken away the Huts &
[23:] the little steam Boat “Allooss”,
[24:] as they have received order to
[25:] establish a quarantine below
[26:] Basreh to prevent communication
[27:] from Shushter where the
[pg: 278]
[1:] plague had been declared
[2:] about 1 ½ month ago, but none
[3:] exists now; A Coal Boat
[4:] came up from Maghil for
[5:] us today; At 3 P.M. the
[6:] Steam Launch ElBurk arrived,
[7:] Yousef Marine came up, also
[8:] the Wife servants children
[9:] & kit of Haji Abdulkadur
[10:] Effendi to meet him and
[11:] go up to Baghdad with us,
[12:] we gave the money to Yousef
[13:] I received letters from Antone
[14:] and Abdulla Samhiry &
[15:] I wrote to them also; Yousef
[16:] took the mail & returned at
[17:] 4, he left Ahmed his servant
[18:] to receive & ship the cargo in
[19:] Boats; ~ Light N.W. & warm
[20:] weather; at 5 ½ a large
[21:] Boat full with cargo arrived
[22:] it is the Glendale’s & other
[23:] cargo, came alongside &
[24:] We are taking it;

23d Sund

[:] 23d
[:] Sund
[25:] Light N.W. & fine, it was rather
[26:] Warm & dampy last night,
[27:] Begun taking in cargo &
[28:] Cool early this morning
[pg: 279]
[:] July
[1:] Weather became warm toward
[2:] noon, no place to go to, my
[3:] Cabin is very warm, & the
[4:] other places all cuquerded
[5:] by Haji Effendis family ~
[6:] at 2 P.M. the S.S. Meskeneh
[7:] arrived down to Gorna from
[8:] the Euphrates she had been
[9:] twice up this year to Meskeneh
[10:] but she has her Engine out
[11:] of order & wheel too ~ We
[12:] finished taking in Cargo
[13:] this afternoon about 5;
[14:] At 5 the S.S. Mossul
[15:] arrived from Baghdad having
[16:] left on thursday;
[17:] At 8 P.M. the S. ElBurk arrived
[18:] from Basreh with the mail
[19:] I received a letter from Antone
[20:] & one from Michael & answered
[21:] them, the ElBurk left at 9
[22:] to Gorna to start tomorrow
[23:] for Basreh with Dr. Kolmar;
[24:] We finished taking in cargo
[25:] at sunset drawing 3 feet 9 inch.
[26:] with very few passengers,
[pg: 280]

24 Mond

[:] 24
[:] Mond
[1:] At 2,,30 AM. got under weigh
[2:] from Gorna & proceeded
[3:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[4:] At 6,,15 passed Azeir ~ Gave
[5:] tickets to 15 ½ passengers; ~
[6:] wind freshened up towards noon
[7:] & became hazy dusty weather
[8:] At 3,,15 P.M. came to at Amara
[9:] landed 9 ½ passengers ~
[10:] We took in some cargo Wool
[11:] etc, I went to see Fathalla &
[12:] Jeboory, they came on board
[13:] too, took 7 tons Coal & left
[14:] At 5,,45; Gave tickets to 39
[15:] Passengers, We have the relatives
[16:] of Sheikh Shejah son of Faisal
[17:] who are going up to meet
[18:] him on his return from the
[19:] exile at Constple about 6
[20:] years ago, there are his sister
[21:] Teleeaa she is the wife of
[22:] Sheikh Wady also his wife
[23:] Beldeh, & his brothers wife
[24:] Feroozeh bint Ajeel & about
[25:] 15 followers ~ I worked
[pg: 281]
[:] July
[1:] today very hard in Compiling
[2:] and writing the cargo down
[3:] etc till 9 P.M. I had no
[4:] rest whatever & turned
[5:] in in my cabin ~ Modte
[6:] N.W. & fine weather;
[:] 27,909 3/4
[:] 72871
[:] 61 1/2

25 Tuesd

[:] 25
[:] Tuesd
[7:] Modte N.W. & fine, at 5,,10 AM.
[8:] passed Ali Gherbi ~ wind
[9:] increased & became hot
[10:] during the day, weighed
[11:] Passengers luggage, at
[12:] 4,,35 P.M. came to at
[13:] Coot took in 4 Tons of
[14:] coal; Took in 19 Bales of
[15:] wool & left at 7 ~ Took in
[16:] 6 passengers; ~ At 7,,15 we
[17:] grounded just above Coot
[18:] there are only 2 3/4 draaze
[19:] took anchers ahead & hove
[20:] to & steamed over the shoal
[21:] At 9,,30 floated & proceeded
[22:] Moon 4 days old ~

26 Wed

[:] 26
[:] Wed
[23:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[24:] at 4 AM. came to it Mehdie
[25:] sent to sound & at 4,,15
[pg: 282]
[1:] weighed & proceeded ~ passed
[2:] Memlah at 6,,10 ~ At 9,,10
[3:] We grounded at Deboony took
[4:] anchors out ahead & hove
[5:] to at 12 proceeded from
[6:] Deboony ~ Light N.W & warm
[7:] at noon & towards evening;
[8:] At 6,,20 P.M. we came to
[9:] for the London coming down,
[10:] Cowley & Henry came off,
[11:] the London is going to make
[12:] 5 days quarantine at
[13:] Gorna & then go to Basreh,
[14:] she has wool etcc & few
[15:] passengers, at 6,50 we
[16:] proceeded, very Calm and
[17:] warm weather at 7,,5 passed
[18:] Azizieh Fort; at 10 ½ passed
[19:] Baghdadieh Fort, light air
[20:] & warm weather with few
[21:] clouds hanging on the Eastern
[22:] quarters;

27 Thursd

[:] 27
[:] Thursd
[23:] Light NW. & fine with clouds
[24:] on East quarter ~ at 6,,40 A.M.
[25:] passed Ctesiphon ~ at 9,,5
[26:] passed Diala river; at 10,,25
[27:] landed a Deckman at
[pg: 283]
[:] July
[1:] Gherarah with letters to
[2:] Blockey & went on ~
[3:] At 0,,50 P.M. landed the
[4:] mail at Coll Nixon’s house
[5:] & steamed to the Custom
[6:] House, landed passengers
[7:] at 1 went on shore called & delivered
[8:] letters to Em & left at 2 went home
[9:] I turned in in my room for I had
[10:] a very bad head ach but found
[11:] it fearfully hot at 5 ½ had a cold
[12:] bade but could not dine at all
[13:] at 7 ½ called on Em we had something
[14:] to eat light N. Wester breeze at
[15:] 11 ½ left & come home ~

28th Frid

[:] 28th
[:] Frid
[16:] Light N.W. & fine, at 6 ½ am came
[17:] on board the SV. Baghdad & flat
[18:] are loading wool & will start
[19:] today; went on shore called on
[20:] Medula & on Candida after
[21:] breakfast called on Sister Eliza
[22:] left at 11 called on Carolina &
[23:] Blockey left at 1 P.M. called on Em
[24:] felt it very hot in the street
[25:] & I have a fearful headach all
[26:] the day had tiffin & left at 5 ½
[27:] had cold bade & at 7 ½ called
[28:] on Medula & left at 9 ½ light
[29:] N.W. & fine weather ~

29th Satur

[:] 29th
[:] Satur
[30:] Light N.W. & fine at 6 ½ am.
[31:] came on board; the S.V.
[pg: 284]
[1:] Baghdad left yesterday at
[2:] 10 AM with flat in tow
[3:] laden with wool & few
[4:] passengers~ we are
[5:] discharging cargo ~
[6:]
[7:] shore took Fetoohi Kasbarkhan &
[8:] called to Stephen Lynch’s house
[9:] (Mr. Khachik’s house) for the
[10:] Condolence of Mrs Khachik
[11:] who died on Wednesday last
[12:] from an illness, there were
[13:] Mr. Michael Minass her son
[14:] in law, his sons & some
[15:] Christian Priests, left and
[16:] called on Carolina for few
[17:] minutes then called on Medula
[18:] for few minutes and at 9 1/2
[19:] breakfasted at 10 ½ called on
[20:] Em left at 4 P.M. had a Cold
[21:] bade after dinner at 8 ½ called
[22:] on Em & spent the evening rather
[23:] warm left at 11 ½ & came,
[24:] home light N.W. & fine,
[25:] the S.V. Ressafah arrived
[26:] today at 10 AM from Basreh
[27:] she had few packages of
[28:] cargo ~

Sund 30 Bd.

[:] Sund
[:] 30
[:] Bd.
[29:] Light N.W. & fine ~ at 6 ½ AM.
[30:] went to the Latin Church then
[31:] called together on Em for an hour
[32:] left & called on Naoom Abood
[pg: 285]
[:] July
[1:] saw him his wife Mina
[2:] & his brothers & father, left
[3:] called on Medula Sister
[4:] came home breakfasted
[5:] & called at 11 on Blockey,
[6:] very hot day the streets are
[7:] burning with heat like
[8:] a furnace, every place is
[9:] warm left at 12
[10:] on Sister Eliza left at 1 P.M.
[11:] called on Candida left at 2 ½
[12:] & called on Em there came
[13:] her aunt Sedy & went away then
[14:] called Mily Naoom Serkis wife
[15:] & Sussan, I left at 5 ½ took
[16:] a cold bade, found my sisters
[17:] Eliza & Medula there,they went
[18:] away and Guiseppina daughter
[19:] of Eliza returned to dine and
[20:] sleep at us; at 7 ½ I called
[21:] on Candida, Very warm
[22:] weather light S. Ely &
[23:] calm weather, very nasty
[24:] every place is warm;
[25:] left at 9 ½ & came home;

31 Mond

[:] 31
[:] Mond
[26:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[27:] at 6 ½ AM. came on board
[28:] we are discharging cargo,
[29:] we were going to leave
[30:] on Thursday morning instead
[pg: 286]
[1:] of Wednesday, but now
[2:] it is changed, it is going
[3:] to be Wednesday, as the
[4:] S. Mesopotamia has arrived
[5:] to Maghil on Saturday
[6:] noon from Jeddah and
[7:] will load & go away to
[8:] England, ~ the London
[9:] arrived to Gorna on Saturday
[10:] noon too, she will make
[11:] the quarantine of 5 days
[12:] & then go to Basreh, & we will
[13:] have to do the same; ~
[14:] The Bahoorah (7 days excessive
[15:] heat) has set in yesterday ~
[16:] at 9 went on shore at 10 ½ called
[17:] on Em. felt it very warm & the
[18:] Serdab is not so cool, at 5 ½ P.M.
[19:] went on shore found my sisters
[20:] Eliza & Medula there also Guiseppina
[21:] had a cold bade; at 7 ½ called
[22:] on Medula, it is very hot
[23:] with evaporation of heat
[24:] rising from the ground
[25:] weather calm Cloudy very
[26:] nasty, swetting all over,
[27:] left at 9 ½, could not sleep
[28:] from the heat the bed
[29:] is as hot as fire swetting
[30:] all the night & cloudy
[pg: 287]

1876 Augt 1 Tuesd The@5.90 noon 109 4P.m.112

[:] Augt
[:] 1
[:] Tuesd
[:] The@5.90
[:] noon 109
[:] 4P.m.112
[1:] Light air & cloudy warm
[2:] Calm & nasty weather,
[3:] at 6 AM. came on board
[4:] to pay the ship for July,
[5:] Very warm on board ~
[6:] finished paying by 9 went on
[7:] shore to breakfast, we are
[8:] taking cargo mostly Bales of
[9:] Pressed wool etc; at 9 ½ called
[10:] on Em in Serdab left at 12 came
[11:] on board, very hot weather the
[12:] sun is like fire; the thermo
[13:] outside of my cabin at 2 P.M.
[14:] rose to 114 in the shade;
[15:] I felt it very warm during the
[16:] day the heat was most intense
[17:] Naoom Abood called on me
[18:] this afternoon; at 5 ½ P.M. I
[19:] went on shore called on Emarine
[20:] with a Jew Isack Ezra Zelkho
[21:] to give back Elizas 200 Liras
[22:] & take his gold pledge of ornaments
[23:] & Jewellery back as the 3 Month
[24:] term are up; I left after ½ hour
[25:] went home had a cold bade
[26:] dined and at 8 left called
[26:] on Em very light air but not
[28:] so hot as last night, had
[29:] some Watermelons & left at 11½
[pg: 288]
[1:] came on board, it is very
[2:] warm and calm;
[:] (1-)Eng1

2d Wedn

[:] 2d
[:] Wedn
[3:] Light N.W. & fine weather, at
[4:] 4,,20 AM. Got under weigh
[5:] and proceeded, at 6,,30
[6:] passed Diala river; gave
[7:] tickets to the passengers, we
[8:] have 53 ½ in all and a Doctor
[9:] of the Quarantine Dr.
[10:] going to Amara in a 1st C.Cabin;
[11:] At 7,,55 passed Ctesiphon
[12:] at 10 weighed the passengers luggage
[13:] At 1,,20 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[14:] Fort, very hot, weather calm,
[15:] the Thermometer at this time in my
[16:] cabin stood at 108, I cannot
[17:] Write or do anything; on the
[18:] Quarter Deck under the owning the
[19:] thermo was 117 at 2 P.M; At
[20:] 3,,5 we grounded above Azizieh
[21:] at Reddat took anchor Ahead
[22:] and sent to sound channel
[23:] at 7
[24:] proceeded down through the
[25:] channel, at 7,,45 passed
[26:] Azizieh ~ Very calm and
[pg: 289]
[:] Augt
[1:] warm, the Vapour which
[2:] is rising from the jungle
[3:] rendering the Atmosphere
[4:] very warm and moist till
[5:] 9 when it cooled down,
[6:] moon 12 days old;
[7:] At 12 we came to for the night
[8:] at Debooni, Very warm calm
[9:] and unable to sleep;
[:] noon 105
[:] 4P.m.110
[:] the Quart
[:] Deck
[:] Under
[:] Owning
[:] at 2 P.m.

3d Thursd The@5.87 noon 106 4P.m 109

[:] 3d
[:] Thursd
[:] The@5.87
[:] noon 106
[:] 4P.m 109
[10:] Light S. Ely, Calm & warm
[11:] morning, at 4,,30 AM got
[12:] under weigh and proceeded,
[13:] At 6,,20 passed Memlah;
[14:] 4 P.M 109 at 8 passed the S. V. Baghdad
[15:] aground at Umel Ajaj; she
[16:] has the flat in tow loaded
[17:] with wool, having left Baghdad
[18:] last friday at 10 AM; Light
[19:] N.W. breeze but warm &
[20:] at 8 the thermo stood to a 100.
[21:] At 8,,15 we grounded, took
[22:] anchor out ahead & hove to
[23:] floated & proceeded at 9,,40;
[24:] At 0,,15 P.M. we grounded just
[25:] a little above Coot opposite
[26:] the Garden but on the other
[27:] side, took anchor out ahead
[28:] shove to ~ The S. “Meskeneh
[pg: 290]
[1:] is at Coot on her way up to
[2:] Baghdad, she was up the Euphrates
[3:] river where she run two trips
[4:] up to Meskeneh; The Thermo
[5:] stood up to 118 at 12 Oclock
[6:] on the Quarter Deck under the
[7:] awning in the Shade;
[8:] At 2.30 P.M. the S.V. Meskeneh
[9:] left Coot & passed us going
[10:] up while we are aground
[11:] & heaving, she has on board
[12:] Haji Mahd Pasha the Commander
[13:] in cheef of Basreh troops under
[14:] Nasser Pasha, who has taken
[15:] his resignation as he cannot
[16:] stand any longer the misconduct
[17:] and debauchery of Nasser Pasha
[18:] at Basreh; A Capt Newman
[19:] who was some time ago in Hector’s
[20:] ship the Assur” is also going
[21:] up he came out in the “Glendale”
[22:] to look for cargo for London from
[23:] the part of Dawd Sasson;
[24:] At 7 after a hard heaving get
[25:] off by her stern anchor ~
[26:] Light N. Wester weather
[27:] is Cooling down; ~ We
[28:] remained at anchor for the
[29:] night as there is an other
[pg: 291]
[:] Augt
[1:] bad place ahead of us just
[2:] opposite Coot ~ I had to Sleep
[3:] in my cabin as they were
[4:] working on the quarter Deck
[5:] turned in at 12 but found
[6:] it very warm; ~
[:] 118 on
[:] the Quart
[:] Deck
[:] under
[:] owning
[:] at 12;
[:] 21,032 3/4
[:] 73,181
[:] 69 1/2

4th Frid The@5.84° noon 111 4P.m 115

[:] 4th
[:] Frid
[:] The@5.84°
[:] noon 111
[:] 4P.m 115
[7:] Light N.W. & fine morning ~
[8:] early got under weigh and
[9:] dropped down to Coot, landed
[10:] 8 passengers & 4 packages,
[11:] Took in Coals and left at
[12:] 6,,30 am; begun to get hot
[13:] and sultry, it get very hot
[14:] at noon unable to resist
[15:] any where on board, the ship
[16:] is like fire & the little if
[17:] any wind comes is hot hot
[18:] as a furnace, at 1,,50
[19:] P.M. landed a passenger
[20:] at Ali Gherbi & went on
[21:] at 2, ~ Wind shifted to a
[22:] very light S. Easter & got
[23:] hotter; In the afternoon the
[24:] heat got most intense especially
[25:] on my cabin side where the
[26:] sun was striking the whole
[27:] day & the Atmosphere dampy
[28:] and sticky it lasted till
[pg: 292]
[1:] 10 Oclock when the wind shifted
[2:] to a very light N. Wester,
[3:] the water very warm;
[4:] at 10 stopped at Deffass
[5:] to get the bridge of Amara
[6:] opened, then steamed down
[7:] went alongside landed 31 ½
[8:] passengers and some cargo,
[9:] It became again very calm
[10:] and warm, I could not give
[11:] the letters to the people in
[12:] my cabin not for a minute,
[13:] went to see Fathalla with Jeboory
[14:] & returned at 12;

5th Satur The@5. 88 88 noon 101 4P.m 105

[:] 5th
[:] Satur
[:] The@5.
[:] 88
[:] noon 101
[:] 4P.m 105
[15:] I turned in at 1 am but could
[16:] not sleep from the Calm
[17:] weather & heat ~ at 2,,30
[18:] we got under weigh & proceeded
[19:] at 6 in passing Kalat Saleh
[20:] saw many troops & the
[21:] Motserrif Thabet Pasha encamped
[22:] on the West bank he went
[23:] down to collect tribute
[24:] from the Arabs & from
[25:] Nesser; Very warm calm
[26:] & cloudy as yesterday the
[27:] horizon is surrounded with
[28:] clouds, I am so knocked
[29:] down, from
[pg: 293]
[:] Augt
[1:] that I have no force at all
[2:] & cannot write ~ at 8,,5
[3:] passed Azeir; at 8,,45 came
[4:] to for the City of London which
[5:] is going up, Cowley & Henry
[6:] came off, she left Basreh
[7:] yesterday evening, the quarantine
[8:] of Gorna is carried further
[9:] down at Sweyeb below
[10:] Gorna ¼ hour; but it is
[11:] very bad there as the Water
[12:] & position is much worst
[13:] than above Gorna; ~ Antone
[14:] sent me some Public
[15:] news of the 28, 29 & 30 ulto
[16:] it says that the health of
[17:] Sultan Moorad is very precarious
[18:] & he is not expected to live
[19:] & his death will happen shortly,
[20:] his brother Abdulhamid
[21:] will have to succeed him,
[22:] Cowley & Henry breakfasted
[23:] with us & left at 9,,30 very
[24:] light N.W. & cloudy sultry
[25:] weather; ~ at 12 am
[26:] passed Gorna & Steamed
[pg: 294]
[1:] down to above Sweb river
[2:] where the quarantine has
[3:] been shifted, a very hot
[4:] weather, calm Sultry &
[5:] oppressive, the river is very
[6:] dirty & green, found here
[7:] the ElBurk & two Boats
[8:] for our cargo being towed
[9:] up by the London, we begun
[10:] to discharge the Mesopotamia
[11:] cargo into the Boats 332 packages
[12:] to send them down quick as
[13:] she is going away about Monday,
[14:] we anchored in the middle
[15:] of the stream in the afternoon
[16:] it got so fearfully warm
[17:] that no
[18:] I was so rendered weak for
[19:] want of breathing & the
[20:] prespiration coming out
[21:] is something wondering how
[22:] a human being could resist
[23:] this heat, none of us three
[24:] Capt Hollard Mr. Wilson & I
[25:] could eat our dinner we
[26:] left the table from the heat
[27:] the ElBurk and Boats left
[28:] at 8 P.M. for Basreh; I
[29:] sent letters to Antone Marine
[30:] Michael & Yousef
[pg: 295]
[:] Augt
[1:] by Ahmed Yousef’s servant,
[2:] at 9 a light N. Wester
[3:] breeze sprung up, was
[4:] not so refreshing, I turned
[5:] in on quarter Deck but the
[6:] air blows right streight
[7:] on her bow so that I donot
[8:] get any but little of it
[9:] aft ~

6th Sund. The@5.86

[:] 6th
[:] Sund.
[:] The@5.86
[10:] Light N.W. & clouds on the
[11:] Easterns quarters, but they disappeared
[12:] shortly after, the breeze kept
[13:] during the day & so the heat
[14:] was not so intense as
[15:] the days before, the Bahoora
[16:] of 7 days duration must be
[17:] finished today; The breeze
[18:] kept thoughout the day from
[19:] N. Wester but was not cool or
[20:] refreshing a sort of mist
[21:] or dust prevailed in the
[22:] Atmosphere, the river water
[23:] is quiet warm as it is mixed
[24:] with the Euphrates water
[25:] which is clear and dark blue
[26:] coming from the marshes
[27:] we are lying at anchor in
[28:] the Middle of the Stream
[pg: 296]
[1:] it is no use bading in the
[2:] river water for it warms the
[3:] body instead of Cooling it,
[4:] in the afternoon the breeze
[5:] died away a little but sprung
[6:] up again towards 8 &
[7:] kept throughout the night
[8:] though not cool at all;

7th Mond

[:] 7th
[:] Mond
[9:] Light N.W. & Cool weather
[10:] at about 3 Am. the S.V.
[11:] “Mossul” passed on her way
[12:] up from Basreh, she looked
[13:] to be deep with few passengers
[14:] & was going slow ~ at
[15:] 6 we saw her above Gorna
[16:] at our former quarantine
[17:] station apparently taking
[18:] the wood which was on the
[19:] bank for their use, & she
[20:] left at 6¼ ~ Weather got
[21:] cloudy little, rising from
[22:] the East & scattering about
[23:] wind shifted to Easter then
[24:] again to N.W; and again kept
[25:] changing & shifting & dying
[26:] away, but it got very warm
[27:] at 9 no breeze at all dead
[28:] Calm & with such a hot
[29:] evaporation; every place is
[30:] warm on board, no rest
[pg: 297]
[:] Augt
[1:] could I get any where ~ This
[2:] heat lasted all the day today
[3:] with the clouds scattered about
[4:] even after sunset it remained
[5:] calm & sticky, it lasted
[6:] the whole night I could
[7:] not turn in till 10 oclock
[8:]
[9:] weather to cool down but
[10:] it did not I layed in my
[11:] bed with prespiration;
[12:] my bed & pillow got wet,
[13:] towards midnight a
[14:] puff of breeze from S. Easter
[15:] came it refreshed us a
[16:] little but died away after~
[17:] 5 minutes ~ We sent today
[18:] a man the watchman of the
[19:] Quarantine to the Clerk Selim
[20:] Effendi on shore with 4 Bottles
[21:] of Gin for him & telling him
[22:] if he will let us go down
[23:] tomorrow, promising to
[24:] stop at Maghil & Coal
[25:] till the day after tomorrow
[26:] where we shall have completed
[27:] the 5 days, but he seemed
[28:] to be afraid to do it
[pg: 298]
[1:] else he would have let us
[2:] go, ~ it is really a regular
[3:] torture for us this place
[4:] & weather and no body thinks
[5:] of taking this Quarantine
[6:] off ~

8th Tuesd The@5.90 Noon 101 4P.m.101

[:] 8th
[:] Tuesd
[:] The@5.90
[:] Noon 101
[:] 4P.m.101
[7:] Calm, Cloudy East & north
[8:] horyzon, sultry & very warm
[9:] morning, not a breath of
[10:] air to be felt ~ at 8 a light
[11:] N.W. breeze sprung up; ~ The
[12:] Dates are getting ripe here I
[13:] have eaten some for the first
[14:] time in the season ~ wrote
[15:] a letter to the Clerke Selim Effendi
[16:] to let us know if we can go
[17:] down today to Maghil;
[18:] In the afternoon it became so warm
[19:] calm & cloudy all over, hazy
[20:] Sultry & dampy, and lasted all
[21:] the night I could not turn
[22:] in to bed, I striped myself
[23:] & begun to throw buckets of
[24:] water over me & fan myself
[25:] till about midnight but
[26:] to no use, I was swetting
[27:] so awfully in bed, I had only
[28:] about two hours sleep during
[29:] the night, the clouds covered
[pg: 299]
[:] Augt
[1:] the whole sky as if it was
[2:] going to rain ~

9th Wednes The@5.90° Noon 101 4P.m.101

[:] 9th
[:] Wednes
[:] The@5.90°
[:] Noon 101
[:] 4P.m.101
[3:] Light N.W. breeze sprung
[4:] up this morning, the Clerke
[5:] came off at 5 am. gave us
[6:] our pratique & we gave
[7:] him a bond for 175 G.SP.
[8:] payable to the quarantine
[9:] for our 5 days stay here,
[10:] he got the passengers to pay
[11:] each 5 Besh: but only about
[12:] 10 paid & 18 were put down
[13:] as poor people; we light
[14:] the fire and got under weigh
[15:] at 6,,20 and proceeded to
[16:] Basreh our proper day of
[17:] departure should be tomorrow,
[18:] at 10,,45 passed Maghil
[19:] found the S. Mesopotamia
[20:] still here not left yet,
[21:] dropped letters & we went
[22:] in to Basreh to land the
[23:] passengers, very hot
[24:] but light N.W. breeze &
[25:] cloudy; at 11 came to at
[26:] Basreh landed the passengers
[pg: 300]
[1:] I went to see Antone who was
[2:] very anxious to see me; we
[3:] had long talks, & had tiffin, then
[4:] At 5 P.M. I took him and
[5:] went up to Maghil, saw there
[6:] Michael the Mesopotamia
[7:] is loaded & ready to start tomorrow,
[8:] Yousef came from Basreh
[9:] about 8 oclock we dined at
[10:] him & came on board at
[11:] 11, we are coaling 30 tons,

10th Thursd. The@5.88 Noon 100 4P.m.101

[:] 10th
[:] Thursd.
[:] The@5.88
[:] Noon 100
[:] 4P.m.101
[12:] Modte N.Wester & fine weather
[13:] the wind blew fresh since
[14:] yesterday noon without
[15:] intermission but not cool,
[16:] it was dampy & sticky; the
[17:] Mesopotamia left at 4 AM
[18:] at 6 Antone Yousif & I crossed
[19:] to opposite Maghil to Yousef’s
[20:] ground Shebyeh where he
[21:] is building a house for
[22:] himself to live in, they have
[23:] just begun to build over
[24:] the foundations but I did
[25:] not like the place much
[26:] nor Antone did but Yousef
[27:] wants to have his own
[28:] way, we came back and
[29:] the Dijleh left for
[30:] Basreh at 7 ½ Antone
[pg: 301]
[:] Augt
[1:] came down with me;
[2:] Dr. Kolmar sent to tell
[3:] us just now that he
[4:] has received telegram from
[5:] Constple telling him that
[6:] Quarantines have been
[7:] taken off from every where,
[8:] Gorna and the Persian
[9:] frontiers;
[10:] At 10 went over to Antone
[11:] found there Abdulla Samhiry
[12:] who came to see me we spent
[13:] the day till 5 P.M. when
[14:] I came on board, ~ The Mail
[15:] S. Muballa arrived at 5 ½
[16:] she passed Bushire yesterday
[17:] evening without stopping
[18:] there on account of the
[19:] quarantine; sent for the
[20:] manifest & Letters;
[21:] Modte N.Wester all the
[22:] day & little dusty all over
[23:] the Bahoorah must
[24:] have been out yesterday
[25:] Capt Turner of the Muballah
[26:] & Mr. Holiday clerke of Gray
[27:] Mackenzie called on board
[pg: 302]
[1:] At 6 ½ I crossed to Antone
[2:] to dine with him, a strong
[3:] N.W. wind blew and brought
[4:] lots of fine dust which
[5:] covered the sky & remained
[6:] so during the night,
[7:] At 9 ½ I came on board;
[:] everywhere;

11th Frid

[:] 11th
[:] Frid
[8:] Modte N.Wester & fine Cool
[9:] morning ~ We took in cargo
[10:] from Basreh yesterday about
[11:] 500 packages; the Muballa
[12:] has brought up 583 packges
[13:] for us and took other Cargo
[14:] from Basreh, weather begun
[15:] to be dusty since 9 am
[16:] & got thicker & thicker the
[17:] sun is covered by it, at 10
[18:] I went over to Antone;
[19:] came on board gave Bills of
[20:] Lading went again to Antone
[21:] at 12 a very thick fine
[22:] dust and a thick squall
[23:] came on it got so dark
[24:] yellow the dust very thick
[25:] penetrated every where
[26:] We could not see much
[27:] for not even the other
[pg: 303]
[:] Augt
[1:] side of the river, at 3 P.M.
[2:] went on
[3:] is full with dust, I worked
[4:] in writing & settling the
[5:] through cargo, Yousef Marine
[6:] came off then Antone came
[7:] we finished every thing by
[8:] sunset and are waiting
[9:] to clear up as it is dark
[10:] & the dust not settled
[11:] yet, we are drawing 4
[12:] feet fore & aft, at 9
[13:] weather begun to clear
[14:] up we have the fire light;
[15:] At 9,,35 P.M. got under weigh
[16:] from Basreh & proceeded easy,
[17:] dust not settled down yet
[18:] & we can scarcely see the
[19:] bank; ~

12th Satur

[:] 12th
[:] Satur
[20:] Light N.W. & fine morning
[pg: 304]
[1:] still cloudy on East quarters,
[2:] at 5,,10 AM. arrived to Gorna
[3:] landed 2 passengers & took
[4:] in 10 ½ went on at 5,,20 ~
[5:] We have in all 50 ½ passengers
[6:] at 10,,20 passed Azeir stopped
[7:] & took a 28 lbs weight of ours which
[8:] was lost on shore in the river
[9:] & went on; strong N. Wester
[10:] wind ~ detained from 1,,10
[11:] to 1,,40 P.M. at Abooroba in
[12:] shoal water & channel very
[13:] close alongside the West bank;
[14:] A strong N.W. blowing, we
[15:] have no dust here, as it is
[16:] all on the West & South
[17:] horyzon it looks like a
[18:] thick squall lying above
[19:] in a streight line left far
[20:] behind us; ~ at 9,, came
[21:] to at Amara landed 5
[22:] passengers ~ Jeboory came to
[23:] see me I went on shore to
[24:] Fathalla, he does not feel well
[25:] a little from his Chest Complains
[26:] we have taken no cargo
[27:] or Coal but only passengers
[28:] see Diary No. 17
[:] noon 99
[:] 4 P.m.107
[:] 34,955 1/2
[:] 81,474
[:] 98
[pg: 305]

1876

[:] Capt Downing of H.M’s S.V. Comet ~
[:] is lying off Basreh from the Gulf ~
[:] with 6000 shas to buy wool for Lynch Broth
[:] Raison took passage to Baghdad in Dijleh
[:] good many people dying daily ~ Doctor
[:] went out also D Calvill to enquire ~
[:] Holland) took passge down in the
[:] Dijleh to Basreh en route to Bombay ~
[:] went down in the London to supercede
[:] Behjet Bey~
[:] some 7 or 8 persons been attacked &
[:] died by Plage at Coot some days ago;
[:] Mossul & entered Jebra Asfar’s hous as cler
[:] by Thabet Pasha took his place;
[:] of March~
[:] the opposite side of town;
[:] Nixon & family escaping from Plague,
[:] & called Louisa
[pg: 306]
[pg: 307]
[pg: 308]
[pg: 309]
[1:] A daily Report of the number of
[2:] Cases of plague at Baghdad since it begun
[3:] working on the other side of Baghdad in the
[4:] quarter called Fahama, a idently imported
[5:] from Hilla where it was working since the
[6:] beginning of Feby 1876 ~
[:] 1876
[:] attacked
[:] died