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Diary N 16 1876

Moon's Meteordy

76 Feby 16	In the morning carreer;
Mch 12	3 days earlier ~
April 10	~
May 9	Morning not so much
June 4	3 days earlier ~
July 3	Morning with peat pain
" " 30	Morning

[pg: 3]

[pg: 4]

Continued from Diary No. 15

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]

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]

1876 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]

1876 April

[1:] and today, he sent me a paper
[2:] vis:

on 2d April 76	attaks	deaths
at Hilla on the 1st april	13	3
at Baghdad on 2d	22	18
from other causes	-	7
on 3d April
at Hilla on 2d april	10	7
at Baghdad on 3d	36	18
from other causes	-	4

[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:

[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]

1876 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

[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 called on Em
[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]

1876 April

on April 4th	Attacks	dead
at Nejef from 31 mch to 2d april	5	2
Hilla on 3d April	17	7
Baghdad 4th April other side	26	21
D - this side	6	2
D - from other causeon both sides	-	5

[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

[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

5 April 76	attacked	dead
Hilla yesterday	16	6
Baghdad today other side	21	19
" " this side	6	5
" " from other causes	-	10

[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]

	attacked	dead
at Hilla yesterday	17	5
Baghdad today other side	18>	12
D - this side	10	2

[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,

[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

	atta	died
on the 18th other side	49	41
this side	22	7
among the troops	1
from other causes	-	6
on 19th other side	59	49
this side	28	8
at Kezoomein on 17t	-	2
from other causes	-	9

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]

1876 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

[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]

1876 April

	attacked	died
On 20th April yesterday at Hilla	22	9
Baghdad today other side	34	41
this side	21	10
among the troops	2	1
other sickness	-	4
on 21st yesterday atHilla	58	17
at Nejef from 15 to 18	7	4
other side	96	46
this side	23	10
Kazoomein yesterday & today	-	8
other sickness	-	8
among the troops	1	-

[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 Emarine
[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

[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]

1876 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 Other fatal cases occurred
[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

[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

	atta	died
22d yesterday at Hilla	58	23
Baghdad Other Side	74	34
this side	33	12
from Other Sickness	-	10
Among the troops	-	11
23d Yesterday at Hilla	44	38
at Kazoomein	"	1
Baghdad Other Side	50	43
this side	38	13
from Other Sickness	"	3
Among the troops	1	"

[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

[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

	Atta	died
Friday the 28 April on Otherside of town	68	47
this side	26	18
Saturday 29th other side	73	42
this side	40	13

[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:

[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]

1876 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:

[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]

1876 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°

1876 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

14th Sund

[1:] from S. West & not a cool night,
[2:] but pleasant on the terrace;

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 ~

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

Baghdad to Gorna

[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 daughter & the house
[22:] daughter of Marona & servants)
[23:] being encamped there with
[24:] their sheep etc ~ went on
[pg: 207]

1876 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

[23:] At 1 AM. I went out of my cabin
[24:] & slept on the quarter Deck
[pg: 208]

therm@5.80 noon 102 4 P.m. 103

[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]

1876 June

[1:] and awfully hot sultry
[2:] nasty weather with great
[3:] many Mosquitoes, unable
[4:] to resist a minute in the
[5:] Cabin; ~

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 some
[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]

1876 June

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]

[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

	attacked	dead
13th at Hilla today	none	none
other side	2	"
this side	5	1
by other desease	"	4
14th at Hilla	none	none
other side	3	1
this side	4	2
by other desease	"	2

[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 ~

[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;

Gorna to Baghdad

[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]

1876 June

4th Tuesd

[17:] Light N.W. & fine, at 6 am
[18:] left the house called
[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:] 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

[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

[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

[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

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]

1876 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

Gorna to Baghdad

[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]

1876 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;

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

[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

[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]

1876 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

[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

[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:] at 7 ½ went on
[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.

[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]

1876 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 called
[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