Joseph Mathia Svoboda Diary 52
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[pg: 1]
[2:] Southerly breeze, & Cloudy all
[3:] over, & warm; At 7 am
[4:] I came to the Mejidieh from
[5:] Rufail's house
[6:] The sepoys of the Residency
[7:] & the french Vice Consul
[8:] for Mossul Mr. Dorvile
[9:] & other Persian passengers
[10:] have come from the quarantine
[11:] on board; ~
[12:] At 10 I called on Mr. & Mrs.
[13:] Bottomley, as I heard that
[14:] Mrs. Bottomley & her two little
[15:] girls are going to England
[16:] in the Goolistan next week
[17:] or 10 days; so I called to
[18:] see them; there was Capt.
[19:] Hanslow too, Also Mr. Darby
[20:] Mr. Ovesinko, & Capt Paramore
[21:] called; Mr. Bottomley tells
[22:] me that, he wont stay here
[23:] even long & will have
[24:] to leave, he is not at
[pg: 4]
[2:] that Lynch have treated him,
[3:] I came on board at 11 1/2
[4:] I saw Mr. Charle Dorvile
[5:] The french Vice Consul, he
[6:] is an old man of about
[7:] 55 or 60, he was at Jedda
[8:] for four years as Vice Consul,
[9:] he had left Paris four
[10:] months ago & came to
[11:] Constantinople & thence
[12:] by Bombay;
[14:] & proceeded; Southerly
[15:] Wind & Cloudy all over
[16:] blowing strong & dusty overcast
[17:] Weather ~
[18:] I finished with the Passengers
[19:] tickets; The Weather is very
[20:] disagreable warm & the
[21:] dust becoming thick ~
[pg: 5]
[1:] At 5 1/2 P.M. it became very
[2:] thick,& a hard shower of
[3:] rain begun to come down
[4:] with lightning & thunder,
[5:] the wind shifted to N. West,
[6:] & cooled the atmosphere; We
[7:] had furled the Awnings an
[8:] hour ago, & so all the pas
[9:] got wet down
[10:] below; ~ The rain ceased after
[11:] 10 minutes & the wind again
[12:] West round to East & S. East;
[13:] At 7 we were abliged to
[14:] anchor it became very dark
[15:] with thunder & lightning &
[16:] then an other heavy shower
[17:] Came down till 7 1/4; again
[18:] at 8 it rained for 1/2 hour
[19:] & remained cloudy & dark
[20:] At 11,,45 passed Gorna,
[22:] over warm ~
[23:] At 5.45 AM. passed
[24:] Azair ~ warm & dampy,
[pg: 6]
[2:] Passengers; (3 in 1st class
[3:] Mr. Dorvile the french Vice
[4:] Consul Haji Seyd Reza
[5:] from Burmah a traveller & Rezooki Bashoory
[6:] and one in 2d class the
[7:] sister of Mr. Yacoob Abdulla
[8:] Malcom) & 27 Sepoys through,
[9:] At 11,,50 landed one
[10:] Passenger at Kalat Saleh,
[11:] Very Sultry & cloudy day,
[12:] At 0,,50 P.M. Grounded
[13:] Above El Metchryeh Cannal
[14:] & had to take out an
[15:] anchor & hove off; At 1,,30
[16:] P.M. proceeded
[17:] At 7,,30 P.M. arrived at
[18:] Amara, landed 61/2 Passeng
[19:] &300 Coils of Hoop Iron
[20:] For the Woolen Press of
[21:] Weather very cloudy all over,
[22:] We took in 6 tons of coal
[23:] & shipped 23 Packges @ 12 Paras
[24:] for Baghdad;
[25:] Abdulkadur Khdery came
[26:] to me & the Sabian goldsmith
[27:] Zahroon; & we settled & paid
[28:] the latter 4 T Liras for
[pg: 7]
[1:] the silver Photo frame 75 Metcal
[2:] & the studs & links for Mr. Parry
[3:] @ 2 1/4 Krs the Metcal, the
[4:] Lira goes here at 47 1/2 Kerans,
[5:] We hauled out at 10 1/2 P.M.
[6:] & remained waiting for the
[7:] moon rise, it being very cloudy,
[8:] At 12 P.M. We proceeded,
[10:] wind is increasing in force &
[11:] has got quite cold ~
[12:] Gave tickets to 44 1/2 Amara
[13:] passengers;
[14:] At 8.30 AM. passed Ali
[15:] Sherghi; Clouds clearing up &
[16:] a N.W. breeze;
[17:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed the
[18:] S.S. Mossul & Barge going down
[19:] I saw Abduljebbar the lawyer
[20:] in her going to Basreh from
[21:] Coot ~
[22:] At 3,,45 passed Ali
[23:] Gherbi
[24:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[25:] weather ~
[27:] Cool weather ~
[28:] Passed the Bridge below
[pg: 8]
[2:] something has gone adrift ~
[3:] At 7 am arrived at Coot
[4:] landed 5 passengers, & 200
[5:] coils of Hoop Iron for Lynchs
[6:] Press, also 16 Bund Gunny Bags
[7:] for Khderys ~ Took in 6 Tons
[8:] of Coal; It has rained here
[9:] heavily for about an hour
[10:] last night ~ I left a letter
[11:] here for Henry;
[12:] At 9 We left Coot, Took
[13:] 8 Passengers; ~
[14:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed the
[15:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
[16:] down at the top of Um el Boomy
[17:] reach; Strong N.W. Wind
[18:] blowing;
[19:] At 7,,10 P.M. passed
[20:] Memlah & at 7,,20 anchored
[21:] it being very cloudy and
[22:] dark cloudy with Ely
[23:] breeze ~ It begun to rain
[24:] at 8 & kept it on all the night
[25:] it rains for about two hours
[26:] steadily, no wind it became
[27:] calm & rain coming down
[pg: 9]
[1:] at interval; The Captain did
[2:] not spread the awning & all
[3:] the passengers had to come
[4:] down; a very curious idea
[5:] when the weather is calm & we
[6:] are at anchor, not to put the
[7:] awnings ~
[9:] from above Memlah, the
[10:] rain having ceased & clouds
[11:] scattering about ~ A
[12:] light cold N.W. breeze and
[13:] is getting very fine;
[14:] At 2,,55 P.M. passed
[15:] Azizieh; Fine weather &
[16:] Modte N.W. Wind;
[17:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[18:] Fort ~ Light N.W. & fine cool
[19:] weather ~
[20:] I turned in to Sleep at 9 & after 1/2
[21:] hour awoke & could not Sleep
[22:] at all; I felt the flees awfully ,
[23:] & the cold in my head troubled
[24:] me; ~
[26:] Light N.W. breeze; I never slept
[27:] last night until this morning
[28:] when I felt sleepy, but was
[29:] too late, I got up at Semreh
[pg: 10]
[2:] from want of sleep;
[3:] The S.S. Phrat is in sight ahead
[4:] somewhere at Gusseiba, we
[5:] shall not be able to pass her,
[6:] River is rising, & being turbid,
[7:] At 8,,40 AM, passed
[8:] Ctesiphon; we are catching
[9:] up the Phrat fast, when
[10:] we were at Jaffer, she was
[11:] rounding Diala reach at
[12:] 11 3/4 AM, it is the rising of
[13:] the river which checked her
[14:] speed;
[15:] At 0,,40 P.M. passed
[16:] Diala river, we can see the Phrat
[17:] now plain ahead of us at
[18:] Rustumyeh, she is going very slow
[19:] Before getting to Gherrara while
[20:] we were at Badawyeh, she had
[21:] gained on us & she was at
[22:] the garden of Gherrara ~ There
[23:] is no Bridge across since
[24:] it got damaged by the late rise
[25:] about 1 1/2 month ago;
[26:] At 3,,40 P.M. I landed at
[27:] Gherrarah, also Rezeooki Beshoory
[28:] & Metty landed & we walked
[29:] in to Baghdad, arrived at
[30:] 4,,50; found Eliza unwell
[pg: 11]
[1:] she has had cold & fever etc
[2:] also Alexander in bed having
[3:] caught cold; & is funky &
[4:] afraid because there are some
[5:] typhoid fever in Baghdad
[6:] & Georgy Cowley died from
[7:] it but as I am told by my
[8:] wife who has been to see Mrs.
[9:] Cowley, that Georgy had got
[10:] very well & has had a relax;
[11:] which he gave cause to
[12:] having gone out in the desert
[13:] & played so many Games &
[14:] races etc, & this caused a
[15:] grave derangements in the
[16:] intestines & caused vomiting;
[17:] The Mejidieh arrived at 7 1/2
[18:] P.M. & she passed the Phrat
[19:] at Kerradah, the latter arrived
[20:] at about 9 P.M.; ~
[22:] at 7 1/2 am I called on Kerop
[23:] Setyan my Lawyer about
[24:] the small house, he says that
[25:] Emin wishes to have a settlement
[26:] by paying him something,
[27:] & if I allow him he will
[28:] finish it with him that way
[pg: 12]
[2:] I came on board, we are
[3:] alongside discharging Cargo;
[4:] They say we are leaving on Tuesday,
[5:] At 9 1/2 I went to call on Menusha
[6:] Henrys wife & then went home,
[7:] at 10 1/2 I went to the office to
[8:] see Mr. Parry & gave him the account
[9:] for the value of the silver frame
[10:] & links made by the Lubba
[11:] Silversmith Zahroon at Amara
[12:] which came to ~
[13:] 4 Liras & 2 Kerans; I saw
[14:] Alfred Holland in the Office,
[15:] also Johnny Artin etc; I
[16:] Came home at 11 am. I
[17:] feel much headache & weakness,
[18:] we breakfasted at 12,
[19:] At 2 1/2 P.M. in spite of my
[20:] headache & giddiness, I went
[21:] to take a warm water bath,
[22:] We have taken away the stove
[23:] & replaced the big Samawar
[24:] instead, it got hot & the
[25:] water in it also very hot,
[26:] as the weather is very mild
[27:] & warm; while I was washing
[28:] I felt my head going round
[pg: 13]
[1:] as if I was drunk; however
[2:] I know that I still had the heache
[3:] & cold in my head since I
[4:] went down last week, but
[5:] it seems that the warm
[6:] water made it worse, I
[7:] kept washing, but then I
[8:] felt that I was getting worse
[9:] & unable to continue, the
[10:] doors of the bathroom being
[11:] both secured inside, I tryed
[12:] to rise up & open the door
[13:] leading to our sleeping room
[14:] but my head got so giddy
[15:] & I was so week that I fell
[16:] down flat on the dirty water
[17:] which had not run down
[18:] through the pipe because
[19:] it had got chocked, I
[20:] then sung out for the servant
[21:] Zekki which did not
[22:] answer, I then sung out
[23:] for my wife Eliza about
[24:] three or four times & then
[25:] I ceased & lost conciousness
[26:] lying flat on the ground,
[27:] I only felt some body
[pg: 14]
[2:] all, I cannot recollect or
[3:] feel how I was brought out
[4:] to bed; I became conscious
[5:] then in bed when I saw
[6:] before me my wife, Alexander
[7:] his wife Mary, Dowd Ghazala,
[8:] also Antone Marine,
[9:] & Eliza was putting my flannel
[10:] & shirt on me, & they were
[11:] giving me Ether sulphuric
[12:] to drink & smell, & water
[13:] thrown on my face,~
[14:] It appears that our servant
[15:] sung out to my wife that I
[16:] was calling her, & Dowd
[17:] Ghazalla has been with her
[18:] talking, & they rushed on
[19:] to see what is the matter
[20:] & finding the door locked
[21:] they went to the other one
[22:] & with a knife lifted the
[23:] hook & found me sensless
[24:] on the ground & with difficulty
[25:] thus lifted me up & with
[26:] Alexander's assistance they
[pg: 15]
[1:] brought me to bed, I
[2:] then came to my sense & found
[3:] relieved, & was so astonished
[4:] at what happened to me,
[5:] without a serious cause for
[6:] it, unless it is the cold in my
[7:] head & the walk to town
[8:] from Gherrara yesterday
[9:] did it worse; as soon as
[10:] I was put in bed I saw that
[11:] Dr. Ramsay of the Residency
[12:] surgeon was sent for by
[13:] Antone Marine, he soon
[14:] came, & I explained all to
[15:] him & how I was unwell
[16:] in the down trip & had fever
[17:] & cold & was billious etc,
[18:] he sounded me, & then
[19:] said that it was nothing
[20:] he will send me a dose of
[21:] Coslomel to take at bed time
[22:] & must keep a strict diet
[23:] taking nothing but Soup
[24:] & milk, etc ~ How the news
[25:] spred about the town is astonishing,
[26:] all sent to ask about my state
[27:] my sister Emilia, Mrs. Cowley
[pg: 16]
[2:] people; even my sisters Eliza
[3:] & Medula being out encamped
[4:] in the Garden of Bahar
[5:] sent at night to enquire;
[6:] Antone came in the evening
[7:] I took soup only, & some milk
[8:] with sodawater~ at night
[9:] before turning in I took the
[10:] dose of Calomel~ I felt Sick
[11:] at midnight & then my
[12:] Bowels began to work;
[14:] all the night & this morning
[15:] too; I feel very weak, & a
[16:] bad headache, applied vinigar
[17:] & cold water on my front,
[18:] lots of people called to see
[19:] me, also Mr. Rappaport, he
[20:] advised me not to go down
[21:] this trip & he said he will
[22:] tell D. Ramsy not to let me
[23:] go; I had the fever all the
[24:] night until this morning;
[25:] Hannosh Dr. Ramsy & man
[26:] came to see me & report
[27:] to the doctor, He sent
[pg: 17]
[1:] to tell me to continue,
[2:] my diet as before, and
[3:] the doctor will come to
[4:] see me tomorrow at 10 AM,
[5:] Menusha & Louisa came
[6:] to see me, but none of my
[7:] sisters, they only send to
[8:] enquire how was I. -
[9:] Johny & Antone Marine called
[10:] I felt better after the bowels
[11:] had worked till this afternoon,
[12:] I took my soup in the evening,
[13:] & slept ~ The room is not
[14:] so warm ~
[16:] AM I dressed but feel very
[17:] weak & can hardly stand,
[18:] I took Alexander with me
[19:] & went on board, I sent
[20:] the money to the office, and
[21:] put all the rest of small
[22:] money in the big Iron safe,
[23:] also gathered my small
[24:] articles & kit & put them
[25:] in a Trunk & locked it, &
[26:] so prepared that
[pg: 18]
[2:] prevents me from going
[3:] down this trip, I gave to Metty
[4:] the key of my cabin & we
[5:] came home after 1/2 hour,
[6:] & I laid down; some more
[7:] people called; the Bishop &
[8:] Kass Toma Bahi, Antone Marine
[9:] & Shekoory Sayegh; ~ at 10 1/2
[10:] Dr. Ramsey came he saw
[11:] me & felt my pulse & found
[12:] me well he allowed me to
[13:] eat what I wish; & told
[14:] me that I must not go down
[15:] this trip & must take a
[16:] rest; & that he is going to
[17:] tell Mr. Parry the Agent So,
[18:] he left, we paid him @ 1/2 TLira
[19:] for each visit ~
[20:] I sent Alexander @ 3 P.M. to
[21:] Lynch's office to tell Mr. Parry
[22:] that the Doctor had prevented
[23:] me from going he took Johny
[24:] & they told him, he said that
[25:] D Ramsy had told him so,
[26:] & he informed Capt Hanslow
[27:] that I was not going,
[pg: 19]
[1:] I had soup & some roast meat
[2:] & potatoes for dinner ~
[3:] Metty came to see me & also
[4:] to know if I was not going,
[6:] & warm; The SS. Baghdad
[7:] arrived last night; I
[8:] feel still the cold in my head
[9:] my teeth are all aching me
[10:] & my throat, I can swallow
[11:] but with pain, it must have
[12:] been a very severe attack
[13:] of cold I got during those
[14:] hot nights last trip in
[15:] going down; ~ Some people
[16:] called; ~ my throat
[17:] & all the gums of my teeth are
[18:] paining me & red as blisters
[19:] I cannot swallow; ~
[21:] Clouds; I took a dose of fruit
[22:] Salt, as my bowels are not
[23:] working since Sunday after
[24:] the medicine I had taken;
[25:] The S.S. Mejidieh left
[26:] at about 5 AM ~
[pg: 20]
[2:] on my teeth & throat continues,
[3:] Johny & Artin & his wife
[4:] Serpohi called on us; also
[5:] Antone Marine & Mr. Rappaport
[6:] called to see me; at 5
[7:] P.M. a strong squall came
[8:] on with thick dust & the wind
[9:] shifted to N.W. & then after
[10:] an hour it cleared up; Shekoory
[11:] Sayegh called;
[13:] I feel still weak & my head
[14:] aching; with giddiness & a
[15:] sore throat & the gums of my
[16:] teeth ~ The Chaldean Priests
[17:] called on us ~ Also Père
[18:] Augustin who arrived from
[19:] Rome on Thursday last,
[20:] having left Monseigneur
[21:] Altmayer to go to Paris &
[22:] thence to Alsace to see his
[23:] parents; he came via
[24:] Brindisi to Alexandria
[pg: 21]
[1:] & to Jerusalem, Beyrout
[2:] & Damascus & thence on
[3:] a Camel's back by Post
[4:] in eleven days to Baghdad
[5:] but he suffered the journey
[6:] terribly for want of water
[7:] food & sleep ~ my cousin
[8:] Adoola called on us ~
[9:] Weather getting cloudy
[10:] by 3 P.M. & breeze S. Wester,
[12:] The S.S. Phrat left this morning
[13:] for Basreh ~ Alexander &
[14:] Mary went at 6AM down
[15:] in a goffa to my Sisters Eliza
[16:] & Medoola at Moshi Bahar's
[17:] Garden to spend the day,
[18:] Some Clouds are coming up
[19:] from the East & South;
[20:] Catherina Yaghechi came to call
[21:] to see how I am; ~ Also
[22:] Père Jean the acting superior
[23:] in Père Pierres absence ~
[24:] The S.S. Khalifah has passed
[25:] Gherrara at 5 P.M. Henry
[26:] sent me a letter, he heard of
[pg: 22]
[2:] Mejidieh they stopped with her
[3:] the day before; He has also
[4:] landed at Gherrarah &
[5:] called on me on his way for
[6:] few minutes; he has left my
[7:] letter & papers at Coot;
[8:] Alexander & Mary came back
[9:] from the garden at 6 1/2 P.M.
[10:] Light air & cloudy, but is
[11:] clearing up;
[13:] warm ~ Henry called on
[14:] me at 6 1/2 the Khalifah had
[15:] about 254 passengers and
[16:] 291,000 Okes ~ Antone Marine
[17:] Johny my nephew also called
[18:] at 8 AM ~
[19:] Weather very unsettled, cloudy
[20:] warm & air from S. Est, & N. Est;
[21:] At 3 1/2 some slight shower fell;
[22:] Henry called on us for an hour,
[23:] In the evening it rained very
[24:] slightly & remained cloudy
[26:] I feel well & little stronger,
[27:] at 8 AM we went to church
[pg: 23]
[1:] I met Henry there & Antone
[2:] Marine we then left and
[3:] called on Antone also on
[4:] Henry & on Yaghchies;
[5:] My wife, Alexander & Marie
[6:] went to the Pahlawans our
[7:] opposite neighbors, for the
[8:] bethrotal of their daughter
[9:] Mina with Michail son
[10:] of Beshara a Clerk in
[11:] Blockey Hotz's office by
[12:] invitation, I excused myself
[13:] from going, they returned
[14:] at 10 1/2 AM; ~ Warm
[15:] S. Ely breeze; & clouds;
[16:] At 2 1/2 P.M. Henry & his children
[17:] came to us & had tea; then Antone
[18:] came & then at 4. Henry Antone
[19:] & I left & Antone went to call
[20:] on Alice; & we went to see
[21:] Mrs. Cowley to condole her on the
[22:] death of her son George on the
[23:] 1st mal & I saw Charly her
[24:] oldest son there too, there is
[25:] now only him employed in the
[26:] Khalifah as chief mate &
[27:] the little son Victor
[pg: 24]
[2:] (Elias Sayegh) but was not at
[3:] home; so I came home ~
[4:] Mons. Rouet the French Vice
[5:] Consul called on us; also
[6:] Yacoob Oossy & Shekoory Sayegh,
[7:] This evening an awful scene
[8:] & a quarrel took place between
[9:] my son & his wife on the one
[10:] side & my wife & myself,
[11:] It appears that Marie has
[12:] an auful hatered against
[13:] my wife since 3 or 4 months,
[14:] she is very contanerous and
[15:] stuborn girl; it shows her
[16:] manners as far as family
[17:] connection is concerned,
[18:] the cause of it this evening
[19:] was that my wife told me
[20:] that it was not convenient
[21:] for Marie to sew in her gown
[22:] today being Sunday, &
[23:] I told her this smilingly,
[24:] she answered to me that
[25:] this is from my wife that
[26:] told me, & why then
[pg: 25]
[1:] did she wash clothes on
[2:] Christmas even with an
[3:] angry tone, & Alexander
[4:] joined her & both begun
[5:] to talk inpertinently, this
[6:] made me enraged, & I
[7:] talked strongly to them that
[8:] this sort of misbehaviour
[9:] cannot be tolerated; &
[10:] she must hold her tongue,
[11:] they both expressed their
[12:] utmost sorrow for having
[13:] come out here from Paris
[14:] & had they known it so,
[15:] they would not have come
[16:] out; I told Alexander that
[17:] he is at liberty to leave
[18:] tomorrow if he likes, I have
[19:] no impediment whatever,
[20:] In fact this lasted on hour
[21:] & made me so weak and
[22:] disgusted, that none of us
[23:] took any dinner; I felt
[24:] so touched at what happened
[25:] & so astonished at both
[pg: 25]
[2:] toward us, in a most daring
[3:] & disrespectful way, she
[4:] making expressions to my
[5:] wife of being a lyer and
[6:] other unbecoming words;
[8:] I was writing a strong letter
[9:] to Alexander warning him
[10:] of what he has caused last
[11:] night, but my wife prevented
[12:] me & so she & I sent for
[13:] Antone Marine & explained to
[14:] him all; he called Alexander
[15:] & spoke to him & advised
[16:] him to obey his father & mother
[17:] & to reprimand his wife to
[18:] keep the piece etc, but I
[19:] was firm & would not accept
[20:] all these promises unless
[21:] I see Marie coming to her
[22:] senses; & then I left the
[23:] house, Antone squared it
[24:] with Alexander & his mother
[25:] & then Alexander brought
[pg: 27]
[1:] his wife to kiss his mother etc,
[2:] I called on Henry on board
[3:] the Khalifah & there we
[4:] went to call on Mr. Rappaport
[5:] but he was not at home
[6:] we went to Henry's house where
[7:] I stayed & breakfasted;
[8:] Came home at 1 P.M.;
[9:] The S.S. Baghdad left this
[10:] morning, she took troops
[11:] down to Basreh about 150
[12:] men & war materials & the
[13:] General of Cavallery Mahomed
[14:] Pasha Daghestani; Since
[15:] the last battle which took
[16:] place a month ago, between
[17:] Abdulaziz son of Mahomed
[18:] ibn Rashid the Sheikh
[19:] of Shammar el Jebel and
[20:] Mubarek ibn Sobah Sheikh
[21:] of Kweit & the Sheikhs of
[22:] Montefik Sadoon & Abdulla
[23:] sons of Monsoor Pasha of
[24:] the Sadoon family & other
[25:] tribes in which the Sheikh
[26:] of Shemar el Jebel vanquished
[27:] and killed all these
[pg: 28]
[2:] of their followers & clans,
[3:] at a distance of about 14
[4:] days in land S. West of
[5:] Basreh, this war has caused
[6:] great political complication
[7:] between the English and
[8:] Turkish government, the
[9:] former is taking the part
[10:] of Mubarek el Sobah on
[11:] account of their aim to
[12:] possess Kweit, & the latter
[13:] is with the son of Rashid
[14:] having formed new tyes
[15:] of friendship & exchanged
[16:] presents etc, I hear that
[17:] three English men of war
[18:] are already at Kweit;
[20:] of the Turkish Toops also has
[21:] left for Basreh in the SS.
[22:] Phrat on te 19th about this
[23:] affair, & also regarding the
[24:] bribe which Mohsen Pasha
[25:] Wali of Basreh had taken
[pg: 29]
[1:] from Mubarek ibn Sobah
[2:] T.Liras 5000; to be in his favor,
[3:] I should give better report
[4:] on this affair further
[5:] when I will gather more
[6:] information, I am afraid
[7:] this affair will cause serious
[8:] complication in the Persian
[9:] Gulf ~
[10:] Henry called on us. he
[11:] says there was no cargo shipped
[12:] today in the Khalifah ~
[13:] A heavy shower of rain
[14:] fell this afternoon for 1/2
[15:] hour;
[17:] at 8 AM I went on board the
[18:] Khalifah to see Henry &
[19:] then went to Kerop Sethyan
[20:] in his office in Khan of
[21:] Defterdar with Shekoory
[22:] Sayegh about my affair
[23:] of the little house with Emin,
[24:] who has consented to take
[25:] 15 T Liras from me & finish
[26:] it altogether;
[pg: 30]
[2:] I went over to see Henry and
[3:] his family, as he leaves tomorrow,
[4:] The Khalifah is taking
[5:] some Jews to Azair, also
[6:] the Mejideh had taken some,
[7:] At 8 we came home, fine
[8:] Cool weather & light N.W. breeze,
[10:] little cloudy;
[11:] The S.S. Khalifah left at
[12:] 5 AM; Kass Toma Bahi called
[13:] on us; ~
[14:] My wife Eliza went to call on
[15:] Mrs Cowley ~
[16:] At 4 P.M. I went to father
[17:] Phillippus Maghak in the Armenian
[18:] Church & confessed to him
[19:] up in his room; It is over 5
[20:] years I think since I had done
[21:] so; I came back at 4 1/2;
[22:] Weather fine & cool, light N. Ely
[23:] breeze;
[25:] The S.S. Mossul arrived this
[26:] morning at about 3 AM.
[pg: 31]
[1:] Artin my nephew came to
[2:] see us he is inviting me from
[3:] the part of my two sisters
[4:] Eliza & Medoola to go out to
[5:] them in the Garden of Moshi
[6:] Bahar to spend few days,
[7:] Breeze shifted to N. Wester
[8:] At 4 P.M. I went again to Father
[9:] Philippus & Confessed & he
[10:] gave me the absolution so
[11:] as I can take the communion
[12:] tomorrow morning in
[13:] our Latin Church;
[14:] Alfred Holland called on
[15:] us before sunset, he came to
[16:] see me after my sickness;
[17:] Also Shekoory Sayegh;
[18:] At 6 A.M. my wife, Alexander
[19:] & Marie & I called on Antone
[20:] Marine till 8 P.M.,
[21:] I have a bad Cholic and
[22:] diarrhea I think from eating
[23:] much mulberry ~
[24:] I did not sleep at all tonight,
[25:] My bowels are working
[26:] with great pain ~
[27:] At midnight I begun to
[28:] go to the stool often
[pg: 32]
[2:] Church & took the Holy
[3:] Communion, Adminstered
[4:] by Père marie Joseph the old
[5:] man; at 5 I came home,
[6:] my bowels worked 7 times
[7:] since Midnight, & I had
[8:] the fever too; I feel very
[9:] weak;
[10:] Light S. Ely & fine; my
[11:] bowels worked from midnight
[12:] till 5 P.M. 22 times, I took
[13:] nothing but soup; I took
[14:] a dose of Castor Oil at 1 P.M.
[15:] to stop it but to no effect
[16:] it worked me bile & continues
[17:] the diarrhea, I have the
[18:] fever it comes & goes, and
[19:] cannot lift my head up,
[20:] Mr. Rappaport called on us
[21:] I came out & sat with him,
[22:] he insists that I should
[23:] call a Doctor;
[24:] Weather Cloudy, Warm &
[25:] S. Ely breeze;
[26:] I sent to Menusha & got
[pg: 33]
[1:] Some Chlorodine to take, I took
[2:] about 10 drops, it ceased for
[3:] 3 hours & begun again at
[4:] midnight, it is coming out
[5:] red, it is mixed with blood &
[6:] matter or bile; ~
[7:] Mahomed the Hamal of Henry
[8:] came to me in the evening, he
[9:] says that he heard there is going
[10:] to be a Quarantine on the S.S.
[11:] Mejidieh when she comes up
[12:] tomorrow at Gherrara, as
[13:] they say there has been two
[14:] cases of Plague found at
[15:] Basreh, & the order came
[16:] from Constple that after the
[17:] 20th Instt; all vessels that leave
[18:] Basreh are subject to 10 days
[19:] quarantine until further
[20:] orders; ~
[22:] my bowels are still working
[23:] me, up till noon it had worked
[24:] over 35 times altogether,
[25:] I have much pain on the
[26:] groin, below the navel in
[27:] the intestines, like so much
[28:] wind ~ I sent Alexander
[pg: 34]
[2:] Marine to ascertain about
[3:] the Mejidieh's Quarantine at
[4:] Gherrara; he came back & said
[5:] that it was true & the quarantine
[6:] people went out to Gherrara
[7:] to prepare the place, it is not
[8:] certain for how long & what
[9:] is the extent of the desease
[10:] in Basreh; Johny called on
[11:] us also & reported the same
[12:] thing, also Antone Marine
[13:] called; ~
[14:] We sent for Hannosh the
[15:] assistant attendant of Dr.
[16:] Ramsey & reported to him
[17:] about my dysentry & the
[18:] blood etc I am passing,
[19:] & if he thinks it is necessary
[20:] to Dr. Ramsey, he said it
[21:] does not require him, It is
[22:] a dysentry which will have
[23:] to keep strict diet taking
[24:] nothing but milk & soda
[25:] water, & some sage with
[26:] milk; & he will send me
[27:] 4 papers of powder to be
[28:] taken once every 4 hours
[pg: 35]
[1:] I took one at 5 1/2 & it stopped
[2:] the diarrhea for 3 hours, I took
[3:] a paper at 9 1/2, I took only
[4:] little sage & milk, my bowels
[5:] worked twice but the evaquation
[6:] was not blood; it was more
[7:] natural; I am taking milk
[8:] & soda water;
[10:] weather; I slept last night a
[11:] little, but had the fever every
[12:] now & then; as the intestines
[13:] are inflamed so the fever
[14:] comes naturally; my bowels
[15:] worked 4 times today from
[16:] 5 AM till 2 P.M. I took
[17:] the last powder at 2 P.M.
[18:] my bowels worked very thick
[19:] bile yellow; & I felt relieved,
[20:] The Mejidieh arrived at
[21:] Gherrara last night at about
[22:] 9 P.M. & stopped there; I
[23:] have no news from her;
[24:] Weather very sultry cloudy
[25:] & warm;
[26:] We sent for Hannosh Dr. Ramsey's
[27:] man, he prescribed me two
[pg: 36]
[2:] dysentry & told me he will
[3:] call tomorrow morning to
[4:] see how I am getting & if I
[5:] require Dr. Ramsey; ~
[6:] Yacoob son Mikha our Tindal
[7:] came to see me he was at Gherrara
[8:] to the Mejidieh & brought me
[9:] my papers & letters from
[10:] Henry, Rufail & Rezooki etc,
[11:] There is no accurate news
[12:] if plague has really taken
[13:] place at Basreh, when the
[14:] Mejidieh had left Basreh
[15:] there was no news at all,
[16:] Adoola my cousin is here
[17:] with us since yesterday &
[18:] she is sleeping with us tonight
[19:] too ~
[21:] getting cloudy; I am so very
[22:] weak today that I cannot
[23:] get up; my bowels worked
[24:] me twice at midnight &
[25:] at 2 P.M. also bile, I
[pg: 37]
[1:] took the powder this morning,
[2:] Hannosh came at 9 1/2
[3:] AM. I explained all to him, & he
[4:] said that should we wish
[5:] to get Dr. Ramsey, he will go
[6:] & ask him to come; ~ My Sister
[7:] Emilia called to see me, also
[8:] Menusha, Louisa & others,
[9:] Dr. Ramsey came he prescribed
[10:] the same powder which Hannosh
[11:] is giving me, to be taken
[12:] one every four hours if my
[13:] bowels continue working,
[14:] but if not to stop taking it,
[15:] & to put Linseed poultesses on
[16:] my belly on the groin of the
[17:] intestines & not take anything
[18:] but milk with sage, or milk
[19:] with rice; I can drink water
[20:] as much as I like; we paid
[21:] him his fees of 1/2 T. Liras &
[22:] 1 Mejidi to Hannosh ~ thus
[23:] it came to 1 1/2 Liras to him &
[24:] 2 Mejidi to Hannosh ~
[25:] I feel so awfully weak that
[26:] I can do nothing but
[pg: 38]
[2:] came from Henry from
[3:] Basreh dated today,
[4:] Svoboda, Baghdad
[5:] Ten days Quarantine Garmat
[6:] Ali, all well, Svoboda
[7:] We have no news at all here
[8:] about the cases of plague at
[9:] Basreh; ~ some more visitors
[10:] called, the Bishop also Regina
[11:] my niece (Mrs. Duncan Alexander)
[12:] Eliza daughter of Reesha Andria &
[13:] her sister Catterina widow of Rezooki
[14:] Serkis; ~ my bowels are not
[15:] working but the pain in the
[16:] intestines continues yet ~
[17:] Weather cloudy, sultry & warm
[18:] Breeze from N. Est ~
[20:] my bowels worked very little at
[21:] midnight the same as before
[22:] It seems that I am full of
[23:] Bile ~
[24:] Alexander went to
[25:] Gherrara early on his Bycicle
[26:] he came at 9 AM. having
[27:] been to the Mejidieh" she is
[pg: 39]
[1:] at anchor below the Bridge
[2:] & near the shore there are
[3:] only 2 or 3 guards; In the
[4:] Boat which came off there
[5:] were Abduljebbar the Lawyer
[6:] Yacoob Eassayi & his sister
[7:] in law the wife of Artin Eassayi,
[8:] Michel Yaghchi, & Toni
[9:] Angurly who are passengers
[10:] from Basreh, their relations
[11:] had also gone out to see them
[12:] from the bank; ~
[13:] Hannosh came to see me,
[14:] he advised me to take now an
[15:] other powder, so as to ensure
[16:] my bowels from working,
[17:] I did take; But I feel so
[18:] very weak, that I am so giddy
[19:] & cannot stand or walk,
[20:] The Wife of Kirikar Koorookchi
[21:] (daughter of Bolus Hanna Bash)
[22:] died today at about 10 1/2
[23:] AM from heart disease she
[24:] has been suffering for a long
[25:] time, her daughter the wife
[26:] of Artin Eassayi being on
[27:] board the Mejidieh in
[pg: 40]
[2:] she is on her way back down from
[3:] Basreh as her husband
[4:] Artin has left for London
[5:] to try & find a job for him
[6:] there;
[7:] Shekoory Sayegh, Eliahoo
[8:] Dennoos; Catterina mother of
[9:] Shekoory Sayegh & his wife
[10:] Terrooza & Antone Marine
[11:] called on us ~
[12:] My bowels has not worked
[13:] today since midnight, &
[14:] am taking nothing but milk
[15:] & soda water ~
[16:] Mr. Rappaport passed to see
[17:] me at 6 1/4 P.M. he did not come
[18:] up, & he says that the three
[19:] persons attacked by plague in
[20:] Basreh have died;
[21:] Light N. Ely breeze & fine moon
[22:] light 12 days old;
[23:] I took some Rice & milk only
[24:] but have no appetite ~
[25:] We are still sleeping in the
[26:] room;
[pg: 41]
[2:] some clouds coming on; I
[3:] slept well but feel very weak
[4:] still, as I eat nothing but milk
[5:] & some rice with it cooked
[6:] together;
[7:] Haji Ahmed Effendi
[8:] Maghazachi, the murder of
[9:] Kifil came to see me, I have
[10:] not seen him for the last 4
[11:] or 5 years, he came on leave
[12:] of one month, & have to see
[13:] Mr. Rappaport whom he
[14:] knows at Kifil;
[15:] I took few spoons of milk & Sage,
[16:] but with difficulty as I get so
[17:] sick of it & of the milk ~
[18:] At noon my bowels worked, it
[19:] had not worked since yesterday
[20:] noon; but this time it was
[21:] regular rather mild, but very
[22:] dark green & with very offensive
[23:] smell; I however felt relieved
[24:] Johny called, Also sister
[25:] Emilia came in
[26:] the afternoon; we sent for
[27:] Hannosh & explained to
[28:] him, & I told him that
[pg: 42]
[2:] so weak; he said that now
[3:] I can take some soup or
[4:] the yoke of an egg beatten with
[5:] milk & a small piece of
[6:] bread & so on; ~ I feel
[7:] better than any day;
[8:] Hannosh also told me that I
[9:] can take tomorrow some
[10:] boiled fish ~
[11:] I took my rice soup & toasted
[12:] bread with great relish this
[13:] evening; Light N.W. &
[14:] fine weather;
[16:] weather ~ At about 4 1/2 am
[17:] the S.S. Mossul & barge left
[18:] my bowels worked regular this
[19:] morning after taking milk
[20:] & beaten egg; but very offensive
[21:] I feel better than before ~
[22:] The abricots have appeared
[23:] since 5 or 6 days but they
[24:] are not so good yet;
[25:] My wife being very anxious
[26:] to know the news of the Plague
[27:] in Basreh on account of
[pg: 43]
[1:] her children; so we wired
[2:] to Rufail so yesterday ~
[3:] Sayegh Basreh
[4:] Anxious inform state
[5:] Sickness. Svoboda,
[6:] I took my breakfast of Rice
[7:] soup & some boiled Fish,
[8:] but soon after it worked my
[9:] bowels very offensive and
[10:] billious very yellow and
[11:] burning, it is relieving me
[12:] though ~
[13:] Mr. Yousif Asfar called to
[14:] see me; he says that the three
[15:] cases of plague at Basreh
[16:] ended fatally; (2 are even
[17:] of Asfars place; & one in the
[18:] Turkish Hospital on the
[19:] opposite side ~
[20:] H. Ahmed Effendi the Mudir
[21:] of Kiffil called again on me,
[22:] at 3 P.M. we received
[23:] the following answer
[24:] of yesterday's telegram
[pg: 44]
[1:] Svoboda Baghdad
[2:] Sickness mild altogether
[3:] five cases, all healthy love
[4:] Sayegh;
[5:] Eliza Erame also Shekoory
[6:] Sayegh called on us;
[7:] my bowels worked four times
[8:] today & all bile I felt relieved
[9:] I took for dinner Soup and
[10:] a peice of boiled fish ~
[11:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[13:] morning; Dr. & Mrs. Macri
[14:] called on us ~ I feel much
[15:] better & my bowels worked
[16:] this morning as usual;
[17:] Very warm & breeze is
[18:] shifting to S. Est & N. Est,
[19:] The S.S. Phrat arrived to
[20:] Gherrara this morning at about
[21:] 2 AM. & is detained there to
[22:] make 10 days Quarantine;
[23:] It is too warm to sleep in
[pg: 45]
[1:] the room, although it is getting
[2:] a little cool after midnight,
[3:] some people are gone up on
[4:] the top of the houses;
[6:] We are shifting down in
[7:] the Court Yard to sit &
[8:] putting the Serdabs to
[9:] right; ~
[10:] The Mejidieh will be out of
[11:] Quarantine on Tuesday evening,
[12:] from Gherrara ~
[13:] Weather Sultry & warm,
[14:] people are going on top of the
[15:] house ~
[17:] over dull weather, I
[18:] feel much stronger & my
[19:] bowels are Costive ~
[20:] At 8 AM we all went to
[21:] Church; I then took Alexander
[22:] & called to visit Deir Narsis
[23:] Degdan the Armenian Priest
[24:] whom I saw several times at
[25:] Deir el Zoor on my way to
[26:] Aleppo & back in 1891 & 1897
[27:] he arrived here about four
[pg: 46]
[2:] Kelek from Mossul for
[3:] the Armenian Church to
[4:] stay with Father Philippus
[5:] Maghak; We also called
[6:] on Mons Rouet by was not
[7:] at home, called on Menusha
[8:] where Marie had gone &
[9:] we came home, we then
[10:] called on Yacoob Oossy to
[11:] condole him on the death of
[12:] his daughter about 8 days
[13:] ago from a lung disease she
[14:] was about 13 days old,
[15:] Called also on the Pahlewan's
[16:] family for the Congratulation
[17:] of the daugher Mina's
[18:] bethrothal a fortnight ago;
[19:] Shekoory Sayegh, Father Philippus
[20:] & Deir Narsis & Antone Marine
[21:] called on us ~
[22:] at 4 P.M. I went & called
[23:] on Dr. Sturrock for the Congrat-
[24:] ulation of his marriage about
[25:] two months Ago. I then Called
[26:] on Mr. & Mrs. Parry our
[pg: 47]
[1:] Agent, Mr. Mongil was there,
[2:] they were very affable to
[3:] me & enquired how I was getting
[4:] on ~ I then called on
[5:] Sister Emilia at Alice's
[6:] there Alexander & Marie joined
[7:] & we left at 7 & came home,
[8:] Very nice & cool weather,
[9:] a N.W. Wind but cloudy;
[10:] formed very nice & cool sleeping
[11:] in the room all the night,
[12:] with doors & windows open;
[14:] Morning;
[15:] Sister Medula & Terrooza my
[16:] niece came in this morning from
[17:] the garden & they called on
[18:] us, they will all come in for
[19:] good next week; ~
[20:] I sent Alexander on his
[21:] Bycicle to Gherrara to the
[22:] Mejidieh to see if Metty has
[23:] paid the Ships wages for
[24:] April etc ~
[25:] At 4 P.M. I called on
[pg: 48]
[2:] him about my affair of the
[3:] little house & what my Lawyer
[4:] Kerop Sethyan is doing & wants
[5:] me to pay for every other
[6:] expences when he promised
[7:] by writing that he will clear
[8:] & finish the matter for the
[9:] 14 Liras he is taking etc etc;
[10:] Adoola &
[11:] Antone Marine called
[12:] on us;~
[13:] Light N. Ely & fine cool weather,
[15:] Cloudy, It was quite Cold last
[16:] night in the room;
[17:] At 8AM I went to call on
[18:] Asfar as being the anniversary
[19:] of the death of Safyeh Asfar
[20:] sister of Hannosh Asfar,
[21:] many people were there; I left at 9
[22:] with Alexander & called on
[23:] Menusha & then came home;
[24:] Sister Medula came to breakfast
[25:] with us; & went home at 1 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 49]
[1:] I went with Shekoory Sayegh
[2:] to Kerop Sethyan my Lawyer,
[3:] who has agreed to pay my
[4:] expenses there maybe for the
[5:] appointing a procurater
[6:] from the part of Emin's
[7:] member of families to settle
[8:] & annul the wakuf of the
[9:] little house; & I deposited
[10:] with Shekoory Sayegh 15
[11:] Liras to be paid to Emin
[12:] after getting all the necessary
[13:] papers & Ilaam etc,
[14:] At 4 P.M. Sister Medula
[15:] came to us to take Alexander
[16:] & Marie out with her to the
[17:] Garden until tomorrow
[18:] evening, they took tea &
[19:] left at 5 P.M. to go down
[20:] in the Goffa with Artin etc;
[21:] Eliza went to Asfar & at
[22:] 6 I went to Antone when
[23:] Eliza had gone & we came
[24:] home at 7 P.M. ~
[25:] Light N.W. & fine; I do not
[26:] feel well & got the indigestion
[27:] in the stomach on account
[pg: 50]
[2:] kind of food yesterday & today,
[3:] I have flatulency & pain in the
[4:] intestines; I took only some soup
[5:] & corn flower with milk ~
[6:] At 10 1/2 P.M. the S.S.
[7:] Mejidieh came up from her
[8:] quarantine at Gherrara;
[10:] I have the diarrhea, bowels
[11:] worked three times with much
[12:] wind & felt relieved ~
[13:] At 8 AM I went on board
[14:] the Mejidieh; I saw Metty. I
[15:] did not take over charge until
[16:] he finishes the wages of the Ship's
[17:] people & the cash account, I
[18:] will take over the business this
[19:] afternoon, as we leave on
[20:] friday, at 9 1/2 I came home
[21:] , the ship is discharging,
[22:] Mr. Reynolds our Chief mate
[23:] has gone to England by the
[24:] S.S. Tabaristan, he left the
[25:] ship at Basreh this last
[26:] trip Viz on the 22d Ultimo
[pg: 51]
[1:] and so we have only one
[2:] Officer Mr. Slack the 2d
[3:] now acting as 1st & he is
[4:] always drunk & does not
[5:] look after his duty, there is
[6:] no dicipline on board &
[7:] no one cares for the work,
[8:] Johny & Artin came over
[9:] to us & breakfasted, they left
[10:] at 1 1/2 P.M. ~
[11:] At 2 1/2 I went on board -
[12:] took over charge from Metty,
[13:] he is only taking Congo,
[14:] the mate Mr. Slack is drunk
[15:] in his cabin & cannot work,
[16:] there is no body on board,
[17:] Capt Hanslow has not come
[18:] on board today & so every
[19:] thing is loose; I worked
[20:] in giving shipping receipts
[21:] & at 5 1/4 P.M. left & came
[22:] home;
[23:] Fine Weather & very
[24:] unusually cool ~
[25:] Alexander & Marie came
[26:] back on donkeys from my
[pg: 52]
[2:] Bahar ~
[3:] Very Cool Weather & fine
[5:] Weather ~ At 7 AM I came
[6:] on board, & sent my bed & Kit
[7:] also on board; ~ We are
[8:] shipping Cargo & passengers;
[9:] at 9 am a verbal message
[10:] Came from the office saying
[11:] not to take any Cargo or Passengers
[12:] for Coot & Amara; It Appears
[13:] that there was a case of
[14:] Plague yesterday in Baghdad
[15:] a Woman died & it is not
[16:] yet verified by the quarantine,
[17:] Capt Hanslow came on board
[18:] & showed me the letter written
[19:] by the Agent Mr. Parry to the
[20:] same above effect ~
[21:] At 1 P.M. I came back from
[22:] breakfast & got the news &
[23:] also a letter from the Agent
[24:] sent on by Capt Hanslow
[25:] to say that the Quarantine
[26:] Authorities have got instructions
[27:] from Constantinople that
[28:] we are to make 5 day
[29:] quarantine on our way
[pg: 53]
[1:] down at Gherrara & then
[2:] proceed on & call at Coot &
[3:] Amara & go down to Garmat
[4:] Ali, owing to alleged outbreak
[5:] of Plague here;
[6:] There has only been one case
[7:] supposed to be Bubonic Plague
[8:] of a Koordish woman found
[9:] with this attack & died yesterday,
[10:] the body was sent to Kerbella
[11:] but the quarantine intercepted
[12:] it at Musseyeb & was buried
[13:] there; Quarantine being put
[14:] on outside around the town
[15:] on different stations so as not
[16:] to let people leave the town,
[17:] & have to make 5 days quarantine
[18:] at these stations before proceeding
[19:] further ~
[20:] We finished cargo at 4 P.M.
[21:] We are full of passengers, they
[22:] are mostly Persians & other
[23:] Arab pilgrims; ~
[24:] Alexander came to me, & at
[25:] 6 P.M. we left the ship ~
[26:] Antone Marine called on us.
[27:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[28:] Weather ~
[pg: 54]
[2:] cloudy ; ~ At 4 AM. I came
[3:] on board. My Servant Haji
[4:] Hamadi has remained in
[5:] Baghdad for this trip on leave
[6:] he is unwell, has some back
[7:] & wanted to remain behind,
[8:] he was allowed to do so by
[9:] Mr. Parry the agent; So I
[10:] took H. Mahomed my old
[11:] servant, the brother of Faraj
[12:] the coolie ~
[14:] Light N.W. & little cloudy but
[15:] is clearing up ~
[16:] At 6,,30 passed through
[17:] the Bridge of Gherrara and
[18:] then rounded & anchored
[19:] just below it, & astern of
[20:] the S.S. Phrat which has
[21:] been here since the 3d Instt
[22:] she has good many passengers
[23:] & has to make 10 days
[pg: 55]
[1:] Quarantine whereas Baghdad
[2:] is declared contaminated
[3:] this is very strange way of
[4:] the quarantine regulation,
[5:] it seems We are making
[6:] Quarantine both ways,
[7:] We are to remain 5 days here,
[8:] We are anchored close to the
[9:] East bank about 50 yards
[10:] off the garden of Abbas ibn
[11:] Hassan bagga;
[12:] In overhauling the passenger's
[13:] tickets today there was a Persian
[14:] who had no money & we sent
[15:] him in the Boat to be landed
[16:] but the quarantine people would
[17:] not allow him, there are
[18:] about five Zaptyes & a Turkish
[19:] supposed to be a doctor & 2
[20:] or 3 Guardians on the banks,
[21:] what a stupid business
[22:] they are carrying on as the
[23:] town of Baghdad is supposed
[24:] by them to be infected they
[25:] have no right to object
[26:] landing anything , ~
[27:] Light N.W. air & cloudy.
[28:] I slept in my cabin & found it
[29:] nice & cool;
[pg: 56]
[2:] They have got some more Zaptyes
[3:] with their horses & pitched a
[4:] tent on the bank opposite us,
[5:] riding Henry's mare, & spoke
[6:] to me from the bank, he says
[7:] that there is no cases of plague
[8:] at all in Baghdad, all are well
[9:] he went away after 15 minutes,
[10:] It has got warm a little during
[11:] the day ~
[12:] People brought some
[13:] provisions for our passengers,
[14:] & the quarantine guards here
[15:] want to allow it to come
[16:] on board, but Capt Hanslow
[17:] wont have it, saying that
[18:] he had orders not to have any
[19:] communication; they then
[20:] brought a permit from Baghdad
[21:] sanitary office still he wont
[22:] allow it to be fetched ~
[23:] A strong squall got up at
[24:] 4 P.M. & blew with Westerly
[25:] wind, some thunder & a
[26:] shower of rain for few minutes,
[27:] We have altogether 371 1/2 passengers
[28:] (besides Vartan in cabin &
[pg: 57]
[1:] a Blacksmith & 6 workmen for
[2:] Coot Wool Press, & Jejo Moorad
[3:] & 9 workmen for the Amara
[4:] Press all free, Jejo in a 2d
[5:] Class Cabin also) We have
[6:] 5 in 1st Class, an Indian Nawab
[7:] Safdar Jung & an Other with him,
[8:] a Jew of Calcutta Mr. E. A. Menasseh
[9:] the Wife of the Persian Consul
[10:] of Basreh, & Selman H. Dowd
[11:] to Coot; all our Passsengers
[12:] are Persians & Arab pilgrims
[13:] returning ~
[14:] I feel much better now except
[15:] my mouth is so bitter sometimes that
[16:] I feel again billious; I have good
[17:] appetite, but am not indulging in
[18:] everything that is heavy & indigestible,
[19:] I take my glass of whisky & soda
[20:] every evening; my bowels are
[21:] costive & weak regular ~
[23:] This morning a letter came from
[24:] Mr. Parry the Agent to Capt Hanslow
[25:] to allow the provision to come
[26:] on board for the passengers, but
[27:] the two Tilkefly Guardians
[28:] we have on board object to
[29:] letting it come saying that
[30:] they have orders from the
[pg: 58]
[2:] come on board; Why did not
[3:] Mr. Parry obtain order to do so
[4:] from the Inspector, in fact
[5:] all our passengers are well
[6:] provided with provision for
[7:] they have been warned so in
[8:] Baghdad to carry 10 days provision
[9:] before we left, it is only one
[10:] man Selman H. Dowd a
[11:] 1st C passenger for Coot that
[12:] the provision came for ~
[13:] Yesterday 10 mounted zaptyes &
[14:] an Officer with 2 tents came
[15:] stationed themselves on the bank
[16:] opposite us;
[17:] Weather became cloudy all
[18:] over & dull this afternoon &
[19:] breeze shifted to N West;
[20:] It begun to thunder for a long time
[21:] & by 4 1/2 P.M. a very strong &
[22:] thick shower of rain poured
[23:] down for 10 minutes, Weather
[24:] overcast & gloomy, breeze
[25:] shifting around; Again it
[26:] came pouring down heavily
[27:] for an Other 1/4 of an hour; The
[28:] Awnings were furled & the Captain
[29:] wont spread it, so the passengers
[30:] got well socked & they got
[pg: 59]
[1:] up a quarrel with the Captain for
[2:] want of the Awnings, but was
[3:] not given to them; ~
[4:] The Inspenctor of quarantine
[5:] Dr. Cavaliaris wrote to Captain
[6:] Hanslow from Baghdad to allow
[7:] our Boat to take off provisions
[8:] for the passengers at least 4
[9:] times in the day, so our Boat
[10:] is going backward & forward,
[11:] At 11 P.M. the Phrat left
[12:] this place & proceeded to Baghdad
[13:] after making 10 days quarantine,
[15:] but dampy from yesterday's rain,
[16:] I wrote a long letter to Blockey
[17:] at Cheshnut in Answer to
[18:] his two lettter I received, it is
[19:] dated the 16 for the Damascus
[20:] post & enclosed it in a letter to
[21:] Alexander who will probably
[22:] come out this morning;
[23:] Alexander did not come out, so I
[24:] sent the letter to him with a Jew boy
[25:] Huzkeil Ezra the brother in law of
[26:] Mr. E. A. Menasseh our 1st Class passenger
[27:] of Calcutta ~
[28:] Mr. Parry writes to Capt. Hanslow
[29:] this afternoon telling him to see that
[30:] all the passengers are provided
[31:] with pratique otherwise they will
[32:] not be allowed to land either
[33:] at Coot, Amara or Basreh ~
[pg: 60]
[2:] out to me riding on a Donkey
[3:] I went to the bank in our Launch
[4:] & had a talk with him, He
[5:] says that the Beledyeh Turkish
[6:] Doctor Nezam ed Din has been
[7:] arrested & is under investigation
[8:] for having declared the case of
[9:] Plague of the Kurdish Woman
[10:] falsly whereas she has had
[11:] a syfilitic desease & had been
[12:] treating her for the last 20 days
[13:] Alexander says that his mother
[14:] Marie & himself as well as
[15:] Antone Marine & family
[16:] Yaghchis, & Menusha & family
[17:] are going out tomorrow to
[18:] spend the day at Kadumain
[19:] at the Nawab Agha Mahomed
[20:] Garden; Him & Shekoory
[21:] Sayegh have found an office
[22:] for them in the Khan Barazallis
[23:] @ 18 Mejidies per year for
[24:] their trade in company;
[25:] they have made agreements
[26:] & are to trade together with
[27:] a capital of 600 T Liras
[pg: 61]
[1:] I paid 400 & Shekoory 200,
[2:] the profit or loss is to be
[3:] divided in half ~ Alexander
[4:] went away after 1/4 hour;
[5:] Light N.W. & fine, but rather
[6:] warm;
[8:] hanging about ~ At 6 am
[9:] Johnny my nephew came out to
[10:] me on the Bycicle; I dressed and
[11:] came out to talk with him from
[12:] the ship; He says Khalifah passed
[13:] Amara on Sunday afternoon;
[14:] he went away at 6 1/2;
[15:] Our Boat keeps constantly going
[16:] to the shore & back with passengers
[17:] buying provision & seeing friends etc,
[18:] I sent a letter to Alexander with
[19:] Johnny ~
[20:] At 3 1/2 P.M. two Goffas shoved
[21:] off from the quarantine station
[22:] with the Turkish Doctor & the clerk
[23:] Raffooly Rasmachy etc & came
[24:] alongside, they wont come on
[25:] board but asked me to point
[26:] out to them the rich passengers
[27:] from the poor, I told them, I
[28:] cannot tell them as I do not
[29:] know who is rich & who is poor,
[30:] they asked me the names
[31:] of the 1st class passengers,
[32:] I gave it to them they are
[pg: 62]
[2:] papers & charged each 37 1/2
[3:] G.S. Piasters taking the Mejidie
[4:] at 20 GSP., they also charged
[5:] Vartan & Jejo Moorad the
[6:] Clerk of S Lynch & Co going
[7:] for the wool Press also @ 37 1/2
[8:] P & then all the rest were given
[9:] free pratique, it is very
[10:] unjust & have no right to charge
[11:] because they did not land
[12:] & no shelter or assistance were
[13:] given to them; they gave about
[14:] 250 pratique until 6 3/4 P.M.
[15:] & they went away to drive &
[16:] return, they are growling because
[17:] no one wants to pay and
[18:] are thretening him that they
[19:] will wire to Basreh not to
[20:] let them land; ~ At 8 P.M.
[21:] they again came back to give the
[22:] rest pratigues, they managed to
[23:] get about 3 or 4 passengers to
[24:] pay & rest were let go, they
[25:] gave a Written paper for the
[26:] Mejidieh's pratique stating
[27:] that since there has been some
[28:] calls of plague in the town
[pg: 63]
[1:] of Baghdad; & therefore the traffic
[2:] by river has been contaminated
[3:] the S.S. Mejidieh after undergiong
[4:] 5 days Quarantine at Gherrara
[5:] has been allowed to proceed
[6:] & so on ~ They finished at about
[7:] 10 P.M. & went away;
[9:] At 4,,30 AM. we left Gherrara
[10:] At 5,,20 passed Diala
[11:] At 6,,55 passed Ctesiphon;
[12:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[13:] At 1,,50 met the S.S. Khalifah
[14:] coming up, she whistled for
[15:] us we stopped & she sent us
[16:] our letters & papers of three
[17:] mails she has brought, I
[18:] sent a letter to Henry, we
[19:] went on at 1,,55; Cloudy
[20:] all over & S. Ely wind;
[21:] The Khalifah has left Garmat
[22:] Ali on Saturday evening after
[23:] completing her 10 days Quarantine
[24:] there has been about 5 or 6 cases
[25:] of Plague at Basreh (2 of Asfars
[26:] arab servants one in the Turkish
[27:] Hospital & 2 in town; The
[28:] Khalifah took 50 passengers
[pg: 64]
[2:] of Garmat Alii) and brought
[3:] 274 Turkish Soldiers to Amara
[4:] with Mohamed Pasha Daghestany
[5:] himself & also counted as Deck
[6:] & given a 1st Class cabin charging
[7:] them the usual passage of
[8:] 26 1/4 G.SP. each also 3 Horses
[9:] with them @ 1 TLira each -
[10:] she has also 3 1st class
[11:] passengers a frenchman of
[12:] the excavation mission at
[13:] Shushter Monsr. D'herim, and
[14:] an English traveller Mr. Barls
[15:] & a Persian Sheikh el Mulk
[16:] coming from Persia; she had
[17:] altogether with the Soldiers landed
[18:] at Amara 427 1/2 passengers
[19:] and 256,456 Okes; The Malamin
[20:] came up to Basreh & Mr. Taylor
[21:] came up in her & is returning
[22:] again to Ahwaz; The Post
[23:] Master of Basreh died suddenly
[24:] from Taphoid fever ~
[25:] At 3,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh,
[26:] weather cloudy & overcast,
[27:] light S. Ely breeze & warm,
[28:] At 4,,50 passed the S.S.
[pg: 65]
[1:] Baghdad & Barge going up at
[2:] Zeljeh ~
[3:] At 7,,30 P.M. We anchored
[4:] at Deboony, S. Ely Wind and
[5:] cloudy all over ~ It is warm
[6:] in Cabin ~
[8:] At 4,,40 A.M. we left Deboony;
[9:] wind increasing. ~
[10:] At 6,,50 AM passed Memlah
[11:] At 7,,10 landed a group of money
[12:] at Bughela & went on at
[13:] 7,,20. ~
[14:] At 9,,30 P.M. arrived
[15:] at Coot; before going alongside
[16:] they sung out to us not to
[17:] come, but to send the Ships
[18:] clean Bill of health Aziz Effendi
[19:] Youz Bashi of the Zaptyes &
[20:] some 5 Zaptyes with their rifles
[21:] were on duty among the crowd,
[22:] Went it off, he read it & sent
[23:] to the Kaimakam also &
[24:] was returned & were allowed
[25:] to get alongside,
[25:] We landed 28 1/2 Passengers
[26:] (1 of 1st Class Selman H. Dowd
[27:] also Vartan & 7 men for the
[pg: 66]
[2:] There were about 45 Sailing
[3:] Boats laden with grain which
[4:] had got out of the high river
[5:] Sunk Alongside at Coot during
[6:] a squall about 20 days ago
[7:] and only about 30 were got
[8:] up & saved but lost all the
[9:] grain & there are now about
[10:] a Dozen still sunk, with only
[11:] the Masts standing above water,
[12:] this loss of grain into the river
[13:] has attracted an immense
[14:] quantity of fish mostly all
[15:] of Shabboots & are selling at
[16:] one Reji Piaster for one large
[17:] fish ~
[18:] At 3 P.M. We left Coot
[19:] took 21 1/2 Passengers; ~
[20:] The Bridge below Coot, is cut
[21:] open for want of anchors
[22:] which they have not got yet,
[23:] Weather Keeps Very Cloudy & Overcast
[24:] & warm & calm;
[25:] At 6,,50 we rounded & came
[26:] to for the night; as soon as we
[27:] dropped anchor a strong wind
[28:] blew from the West & N. West
[29:] with dust & little rain
[pg: 67]
[1:] & kept blowing fresh with
[2:] cloudy weather; thunder and
[3:] Lightning kept on till 11 P.M.;
[5:] in the Barge by passengers, (the
[6:] steamer & Barge being very close
[7:] to the West bank, the Barge
[8:] touching the bank) and found
[9:] that some arab thieves had got
[10:] in the Barge, they had carried
[11:] away two Bags of Dogs shit
[12:] (180 Bags of this article being shipped
[13:] by Berk Puttman & co) and
[14:] also had got a Bag of wool
[15:] to the bank but it being too
[16:] heavy to be carried away,
[17:] they had cut it but still
[18:] could not get anything out
[19:] of it being pressed bale;
[20:] the alarm was given by the
[21:] passengers & they run away
[22:] & they had the courage in firing
[23:] two shots at us from the
[24:] bushes; no attempt was
[25:] made by the captain to send
[26:] people to their encampment
[27:] to recover the two Bags & not
[28:] even report them to the
[29:] Mudir of Sheikh Saad
[pg: 68]
[2:] above the village ~
[3:] At 4,,30 A.M. we got
[4:] under way; very light n.Ely
[5:] breeze, cloudy sultry & warm,
[6:] At 5,,20 passed Sheikh Saad
[7:] At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
[8:] At 1,,20 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
[9:] Wind shifted to N.W. and
[10:] is getting fine, the haze disappeared,
[11:] At 6,,15 P.M. arrived at
[12:] Amara, We sent the clean Bill
[13:] of health to the shore, but no
[14:] one showed any strictness,
[15:] the Belem of Ibrahim Effendi
[16:] Mudir of the Senyeh boarded
[17:] us already; a Turkish Doctor
[18:] came off in our Launch he
[19:] asked me if we have any
[20:] sickness & went amongst
[21:] the passengers & ship went
[22:] alongside & the rush begun
[23:] to fill the ship; our Bill of
[24:] health was brought back
[25:] to us vis'ed on boack ~
[26:] We landed 37 1/2 Passengers
[27:] besides Jejo Moorad in 2d Cabin
[28:] & 9 workmen Mussullies
[pg: 69]
[1:] for the Wool Press, & 32
[2:] Packages; But the Blacksmith
[3:] Rezooki Georgis & some men
[4:] had already come down in
[5:] the Khalifah & had 155 Bales
[6:] of Wool pressed, which we
[7:] shipped. ~
[8:] I received the following telegram
[9:] of todays date, which I had
[10:] told Alexander to send, if there
[11:] are no cases of plague
[12:] Svoboda Amara
[13:] None well love
[14:] Alexander
[15:] I sent him also the following.
[16:] Alexander Svoboda
[17:] Baghdad
[18:] Perfect health, inform Rappaport
[19:] Cook arrived quarantine
[20:] Svoboda
[21:] Here they say all that further
[22:] cases of plague took place since
[23:] those first ones; ~
[24:] AbdulKadur Khdery, has
[25:] a large dinner given in his new
[26:] house on the opposite side to
[27:] Mahd Pasha Daghestany, also
[28:] all the affairs with him, the
[29:] Motserrif of Amara & all
[pg: 70]
[2:] Ibrahim Effendi of Senyeh &
[3:] his staff altogether about 80
[4:] persons took part at this dinner,
[5:] We finished at 8 1/2 & hauled
[6:] out & remained for the night,
[7:] N.W. breeze but warm in
[8:] my cabin & troubled by the
[9:] mosquitoes;
[11:] but clearing up;
[12:] At 4,,30 AM left Amara,
[13:] took 18 passengers (2 women
[14:] family of Mahomed Nafissa
[15:] Nejah in 1st class cabin)
[16:] Wind increasing from N.W.
[17:] At 12 passed Azair, there
[18:] have not been any pilgrims
[19:] for Azeir this year, the Khalifah
[20:] had taken down 26 1/2 &
[21:] the Mejidieh 10 1/2 last trip,
[22:] & then the quarantine and
[23:] rumour of plague put a stop
[24:] to their visiting the Tomb,
[25:] Light N.W. wind & fine,
[26:] At 3,,25 P.M we landed
[27:] the 4 Zaptyeh guard who came
[28:] from Amara above Gorna
[pg: 71]
[1:] at the top of the date trees, as the
[2:] Khalifah they say had taken them
[3:] from Gorna, although captain
[4:] Hanslow objected landing them
[5:] by order not to stop everywhere
[6:] else, but after much persuasion
[7:] he accepted to land them,
[8:] At 3,,40 passed Gorna
[9:] At 7,,10 passed the S.S.
[10:] Mossul & Barge at Kteban
[11:] bound up she has many
[12:] passengers ~
[13:] At 8 we rounded & anchored
[14:] below Kteban, not willing to
[15:] go down to Garmat Ali on
[16:] account of the Island & shoal
[17:] place ~ Light N.W. & fine,
[18:] but the wind is on the Port
[19:] side, my cabin is very warm;
[21:] At 4,,30 AM proceeded from
[22:] below Kteban;
[23:] At 5,,10 rounded & anchored
[24:] at the Quarantine Station just
[25:] above the Creek of Garmat Ali
[26:] opposite the Huts or Lazaretto
[27:] contstructed for travelers,
[28:] there are about 200 Boats
[pg: 72]
[2:] along the bank & about
[3:] 45 in the creek; no one
[4:] came to us or any news;
[5:] There is a Turkish Doctor here
[6:] inside his Hut, called Ferid
[7:] Effendi of the military, he never
[8:] showed himself out, I have
[9:] a parcel of clothes for him
[10:] & sung out to a guardian
[11:] whom I know to come & take
[12:] it he came off in a Belem
[13:] & I told him that we want
[14:] to land the passengers, and
[15:] where to land them, he
[16:] went & told the Doctor &
[17:] he allowed the ship to go
[18:] alongside at the Huts
[19:] just where we are & so we
[20:] did & landed all our
[21:] Basreh passengers to the
[22:] number of 345 ~ there are
[23:] only about 20 Belems here the
[24:] price is very high they ask to Basreh
[25:] at 5 Rupees each & so on;
[26:] Yousef Marine sent from
[27:] Shaebyeh his Belem for
[28:] his letter etc, & I also sent
[29:] Rufail's packet of letters to
[pg: 73]
[1:] him to be sent down to Rufail,
[2:] At about 10 1/2 the Steam
[3:] Launch Asp of Lynch Brothers
[4:] came up, Mr. Bottomley
[5:] came in her & also Dr. Ahmed
[6:] the quarantine sanitary
[7:] officers & Hannosh Lynch's
[8:] clerk, we gave them the
[9:] mail Bags & other parcels,
[10:] letters & Kit the cargo
[11:] is coming up for us in
[12:] a Barge to ship on board
[13:] also coal 50 tons; they
[14:] say that cases of Plague
[15:] are few about two per
[16:] week, some Jews have been attacked
[17:] & died & an armenian
[18:] boy since give days but
[19:] is dangerous; two Banian
[20:] or Hindoo of G. Mackenzie
[21:] died from it & were burnt
[22:] at Maghil according to
[23:] their religion; the Steam
[24:] Launch brought extra
[25:] crew & took our loaded
[26:] Barge in tow down to
[27:] Basreh & left at 12 am
[28:] At 4 P.M. Yousif Marine
[pg: 74]
[2:] came up to see me, I gave
[3:] Rufail his kit; they are all
[4:] well, Rufail says that up
[5:] till now there have been
[6:] 17 cases mortal of plague,
[7:] but there must have been
[8:] much more which has been
[9:] kept secretly; it is among
[10:] arabs & some Jews; they
[11:] went away at 5, & by this
[12:] time the St. Launch Asp
[13:] came up, Mr. Bottomley came
[14:] Mr. Darby & an other they
[15:] came alongside & had
[16:] their whisky & soda, ~
[17:] Mr. & Mrs. Langridge also
[18:] came up in a Belem from
[19:] their quarantine at Basreh
[20:] they came out in the B.I. Steamer
[21:] via Bombay they are going up
[22:] with us, Mr. Langrige is to
[23:] act as agent for Sassoon
[24:] in Mr. Livingstone's place,
[25:] Mr. Bottomley told me to
[26:] charge them 3 Rps per
[27:] day during the time that
[28:] the ship is detained
[pg: 75]
[1:] here until she leaves; Mr.
[2:] F.T. Langridge was here
[3:] before two years I think &
[4:] I know him; At 6 1/4 the
[5:] Asp went down to Basreh,
[6:] Wind fell down & is getting
[7:] warm in my cabin as the wind
[8:] is more on the port side -
[9:] Plenty mosquitoes about;
[11:] on East; The small Barge
[12:] came up yesterday evening;
[13:] she grounded just below the mouth
[14:] of the Creek of Garmat Ali as the
[15:] flood tide fell & had to send
[16:] a Meheyleh of Asfar to lighten
[17:] her a little she got alright;
[18:] We discharged cargo into the
[19:] Meheyles at Asfar ~
[20:] People coming up from Basreh
[21:] tell me that there are few
[22:] cases of Plague three arabs
[23:] got it yesterday behind
[24:] Lynch Brother house in the
[25:] Huts among the Jews too,
[26:] but none among the Christians
[27:] there is a great deadlock
[28:] in the trade & all traffic
[29:] is stopped, great fear is
[30:] entertained during the
[pg: 76]
[2:] it be rejeced in England
[3:] it will be a great calamity
[4:] to the date merchants,
[5:] There are very nearly 200
[6:] sailing Boats now here
[7:] bound up & making 10
[8:] days quarantine, and
[9:] are compelled to pay 17 1/2
[10:] Mejidies each irrespective
[11:] to their dimentions or
[12:] tonnage as quarantine
[13:] dues; ~ Meheylas & Belems
[14:] come alongside of the
[15:] steamer, & they take & give
[16:] freely & touch the steamer
[17:] It is impossible with the
[18:] Turks & their misrule to keep
[19:] a good & strict quarantine
[20:] The SS. Shushan which
[21:] came out of dock two days ago
[22:] steamed up to here at 5
[23:] P.M. & anchored, her officers
[24:] & workmen came up to us
[25:] in Belems, Mr. Barlow
[26:] is gone up to the Karoon
[27:] & thence to Ispahan to
[pg: 77]
[1:] construct Bridges & roads
[2:] which Taylor is making
[3:] for a caravan route;
[4:] The Barge came up alongside
[5:] & we begun taking from
[6:] her cargo being tumbled
[7:] in by the coolies she brought
[8:] up with her & our men
[9:] receiving it; We got the
[10:] Coal Boat alongside of us
[11:] & took in 50 tons working till
[12:] about 10 P.M. ~
[14:] It was very warm last night
[15:] in the Cabin I coul dnot
[16:] sleep & the mosquitoes were
[17:] very troublesome; Light
[18:] N.W. breeze ~ We are shipping
[19:] cargo from the Barge ~
[20:] It has been warm throughout
[21:] the day, hazy dusty weather,
[22:] We kept shipping cargo from
[23:] the Barge; some Jews came
[24:] & shipped money & took also,
[25:] Nassoory Toma Khayat &
[26:] his Wife came up to see their
[27:] son Neshat a young boy
[28:] employed in this quarantine
[29:] as clerk, he tells me that
[pg: 78]
[2:] Basreh but the captain of
[3:] the Dwina came up & says
[4:] three Beloochies of Lynch's
[5:] watchmen got attacked &
[6:] one woman died, the
[7:] Armenian boy is getting on
[8:] well ~
[9:] Very Warm in my cabin
[10:] at sunset the thermo was
[11:] 93, cloudy on the west with
[12:] a light N.W. breeze, I am
[13:] obliged to sleep out on the
[14:] quarter deck tonight;
[15:] It became very calm at night,
[17:] heavy dew fell last night
[18:] but I slept well on the
[19:] quarter deck; very muggy
[20:] morning & dead calm;
[21:] At 7 1/2 Am our Big towing
[22:] Barge came up being towed
[23:] by the Steam Launch Asp,
[24:] with the flood tide running
[25:] up; & with a verbal
[26:] message that at 3 1/2
[pg: 79]
[1:] P.M. the Laaunch will come
[2:] up with the mail & letters
[3:] and we can leave at 4;
[4:] We got the passsengers from the
[5:] quarantine ground in our
[6:] large Boat, they are mostly
[7:] Indians & Persians with a lot
[8:] of baggage; The weather is very
[9:] warm sultry & a very light
[10:] N.W. breeze;
[11:] At 11 the Stm Launch came
[12:] up with a letter from Mr. Bottomley
[13:] saying that Mr. Wratistaw
[14:] the Consul wants us to remain
[15:] until tomorrow (I suppose
[16:] to await for the mail)
[17:] We have the passengers on
[18:] board from the quarantine,
[19:] Rufail's Belem came & he sends
[20:] me what I had asked him to
[21:] get me 2 cases Paraffin, 6
[22:] Bottles soda water & one Oke
[23:] Butter; ~ At 5 1/2 P.M. the
[24:] Stm Launch cam eup, Mr.
[25:] Bottomley came she brings
[26:] us last weeks mail bag
[27:] & other letters & says we
[28:] shall have to wait till
[29:] tomorrow to take the
[pg: 80]
[2:] this evening or tommorrow,
[3:] three persons died from
[4:] Plague behind Lynch's house
[5:] wives of their servants etc,
[6:] a new mate arrived for
[7:] us & will finish his 5
[8:] days quarantine tomorrow
[9:] (as there are only 5 days now
[10:] for the direct steamers coming
[11:] from Europe) ~ They went
[12:] away at 6 1/2 ~ Calm
[13:] & warm; The Khalifah
[14:] probably will be here
[15:] tomorrow, she coming
[16:] right through as the 5
[17:] days quarantine at Gherrara
[18:] is taken off;
[19:] Very light N.W. air & fine, I slept
[20:] on the quarter deck;
[22:] What a fine quarantine they
[23:] have this year, I see the people
[24:] that come up to make their
[25:] 10 days quarantine are
[26:] quartered together with the
[pg: 81]
[1:] others who have nearly finished
[2:] their days, even if they have
[3:] made their 7th 8th or 9th day
[4:] the fresh batch are put
[5:] with them & in the same Huts
[6:] & same ground; ~ People
[7:] coming up from Basreh in
[8:] Belems bringing all sorts of
[9:] things & give them to us on
[10:] board, we do the same in
[11:] fact the quarantine only
[12:] exists by name; & by show,
[13:] there is only one Bakkal
[14:] (or seller of vegetables & provisions
[15:] here) no other one is allowed
[16:] by the Turkish Doctor, (if he is
[17:] fit to be called a doctor, for he
[18:] never showes himself out of the
[19:] Hut & does not possess any
[20:] medicines whatever) he
[21:] forced this Bakkal to give
[22:] him 10 Liras so as the latter
[23:] can have the monopoly to
[24:] himself & is selling at a
[25:] fabulous price his vegetables
[26:] & other things ~
[27:] Weather became very Sultry
[28:] & cloudy all over, there is wind
[29:] but it is warm the therm in
[30:] my cabin at noon is 95º ~
[pg: 82]
[2:] Asp came up, bringing us the
[3:] mail of today, Mr. Bottomley
[4:] came up in her; he says that
[5:] the Khalifah passed Amara
[6:] this morning ~ I left all
[7:] the papers & letters of the
[8:] Khalifah with Mr. Bottomley
[9:] also Henry's letter etc;
[11:] Weather very dusty & cloudy
[12:] warm ~ Mr. & Mrs. Langridge
[13:] are only in 1st class since
[14:] Sunday on board;
[15:] At 7,,40 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[16:] going down at Naher Omar,
[17:] Weather still hazy dusty &
[18:] calm warm ~
[19:] At 11 passed Gorna, I feel
[20:] it very warm on the quarter deck
[21:] Weather Sultry & hazy ~
[pg: 83]
[2:] Weather cloudy, it blew fresh
[3:] N.W. & got cooler ~
[4:] At 4,,30 proceeded, Very
[5:] Cloudy all over Gloomy and
[6:] Light N.W. breeze;
[7:] At 7,,20 passed Azair;
[8:] Weather cleared up & getting
[9:] fine, modte; N.W. breeze;
[10:] We have only 48 passenge
[11:] from the quarantine station
[12:] & Mr. & Mrs. Landridge who
[13:] came via Bombay & made
[14:] their 10 days quarantine at
[15:] Basreh;
[16:] At 2 P.M. passed Kalat
[17:] Saleh. ~
[18:] At 9,,20 arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 26 Bales of through cargo
[20:] & took in 10 Tons of Coal;
[21:] The S.S. Phrat has just came
[22:] down here on her way to Basreh,
[23:] Fresh N.W. Wind & fine;
[24:] The Phrat has stopped five
[25:] days at Gherrara on her way
[26:] down so as to touch at Coot
[27:] & Amara, but the Khalifah
[28:] came right through without
[pg: 84]
[2:] not touch at Coot or Amara,
[3:] I hear there is nothing in Baghdad
[4:] no cases of plage at all,
[5:] At 11,,45 left Amara,
[6:] fine cool weather I slept in
[7:] my cabin ~
[9:] gave tickets to 17 Amara
[10:] passengers (5 for Coot);
[11:] At 8,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
[12:] There is a little rise in the river
[13:] observable since yesterday,
[14:] the Phrat also reported at Amara
[15:] that it had risen about 2
[16:] feet while they were at Gherrara,
[17:] At 4,,10 P.M. passed Ali
[18:] Gherbi; modte n.w. wind &
[19:] fine;
[21:] morning, it was quite cool in
[22:] my cabin last night ~
[23:] At 5,,45 AM am passed the
[24:] SS. Baghdad & Barge passed
[25:] down;
[26:] The Bridge below Coot is still
[27:] Open they have no anchors &
[28:] chains yet to hold it;
[pg: 85]
[1:] At 8,,10 AM. arrived at
[2:] Coot, landed 5 passengers &
[3:] 2 Bales through cargo;
[4:] The 5 days quarantine is taken
[5:] off at Gherrara & steamers will
[6:] come & touch also at every
[7:] station, as the Baghdad came
[8:] without stopping at Gherrara
[9:] & called at Coot etc; Yacoob
[10:] Oosey Naoom Serkis came
[11:] down in her, he tells me that
[12:] there is nothing in Baghdad
[13:] & no cases of plague;
[14:] At 9,,25 left Coot took
[15:] 24 1/2 Passengers, Menahem
[16:] son of Saleh Daniel in
[17:] 1st Class with us, he was at
[18:] Nasryeh since last month,
[19:] The river is still rising, we met
[20:] the rise below Amara about
[21:] 1/2 foot, & now it seems that
[22:] it must have risen about
[23:] 3 1/2 feet, what is the cause,
[24:] I presume some rain rain
[25:] must have fallen above
[26:] Baghdad, or can it possibly
[27:] be the matter of snow at
[28:] this time of the month;
[29:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Memlah
[pg: 86]
[3:] River has fallen about one foot
[4:] At 11,,15 passed Baghdadieh
[5:] Fort, very calm & warm
[6:] sultry weather & cloudy
[7:] a little ~
[8:] I paid the Ship's company
[9:] their wages for this month,
[10:] as we shall have to leave
[11:] on the 31 I am sure, so I shall
[12:] have no time in Baghdad
[13:] to pay them;
[14:] At 6,,30 P.M. passed Khennasseh,
[15:] Very calm & warm weather,
[16:] clouds still are hanging about,
[17:] Therm 92 in my cabin. ~
[18:] At 11 passed Ctesiphon
[20:] At 2,,10 AM passed Diala
[21:] At 4 anchored at the quarantine
[22:] station just below the Bridge
[23:] of Gherrara, the Turkish Doctor
[24:] came saw our clean Bill
[25:] of health & the passengers
[26:] & certified on the back of
[pg: 87]
[1:] our clean Bill & went
[2:] away, We weighed and
[3:] proceeded at 4,,25; at 5
[4:] landed a Deckman at Gherrara,
[5:] with Lynch's letters, I sent mine
[6:] & wrote to Alexander;
[7:] At 8 landed the mails at the
[8:] Residency & went up to the
[9:] Custom House. The SS. Mossul
[10:] is here; she is leaving on Friday,
[11:] I went home saw my wife
[12:] Alexander & Mary all well,
[13:] They are now below in the
[14:] courtyard & serdab, and
[15:] are sleeping on top of the
[16:] house; ~ Mr. Rappaport
[17:] called on us, he asked us to
[18:] have dinner with him tomorrow
[19:] at 7 1/2 all four of us ~
[20:] Shekory Sayegh called, he says
[21:] that all is settled about my
[22:] little house, & the Alam will be
[23:] made out as soon as I pay
[24:] its expences etc which came
[25:] to 317 1/2 GSP. so as to be registered
[26:] & stamped etc etc; It will
[26:] come to about 35 Liras
[pg: 88]
[2:] Sister Eliza also Antone Marine
[3:] called on us this afternoon,
[4:] Johnny & Artin called in the
[5:] evening also;
[6:] Weather warm & light N.W.
[7:] air, we slept on top of the house,
[9:] At 7am called on Menusha
[10:] but was not at home, I
[11:] called on Sister Medula, who
[12:] came in from the garden
[13:] with all sister Eliza's family
[14:] the day before ~ I then
[15:] came on board the Mejidieh
[16:] she has been discharging
[17:] since yesterday & we are
[18:] leaving the day after;
[18:] At 10 I went to the office to Mr.
[19:] Parry for 58 L Stg etc; I then
[20:] called on Sister Emilia & Alice
[21:] & came home at 11, I went
[22:] with Alexander to see the
[23:] room they have hired in Khan
[24:] of Berezelli the small one
[25:] for 6 months @ 18 Mejidies
[26:] per year for himself &
[pg: 89]
[1:] Shekoory Sayegh to Open
[2:] business, they are getting out
[3:] some 4000 kilos of Local Sugar,
[4:] Leather, Cloth etc; I advanced
[5:] Alexander 50 Liras & 150
[6:] Others shall give him tomorrow,
[7:] At 1 P.M. I came on board
[8:] We are shipping cargo, We
[9:] have finished discharging;
[10:] Very hot weather;
[11:] Wind shifted to S. West & became
[12:] cloudy, & a few drops of rain
[13:] fell;
[14:] At 5 1/2 P.M. I went home,
[15:] We dressed & at 7 1/2, my wife
[16:] Alexander Marie & myself went
[17:] over to Mr. Rappaport to dinner
[18:] as he invited us, there were
[19:] no body else, We sat in the
[20:] Veranda, & dined at 8 in the room,
[21:] with a Punkah, it was not
[22:] warm, the breeze being from
[23:] the S. East; At 9 1/2 we left
[24:] & came home; ~ Wind got
[25:] up & blew during the night;
[26:] with clouds;
[28:] at 7 am I called on Menusha
[29:] for 1/2 hour & then came
[30:] on board; the Mossul
[pg: 90]
[2:] to leave tomorrow ~
[3:] At 11 went to breakfast & returned
[4:] at 1 P.M. very hot weather &
[5:] very light S. Ely breeze; ~ it got
[6:] very warm & weather so unsettled
[7:] with Clouds & heat ~ Alexander
[8:] came to me & we went home
[9:] at 5 1/4 P.M.
[10:] At 10 1/2 while we were just
[11:] getting asleep on the top of the
[12:] house a great squall came
[13:] on & strong wind shifted to
[14:] N.W. with dust, lightning &
[15:] thunder, it tore up the Curtains
[16:] & we all precipitated down
[17:] below; it rained for 1/2 hour
[18:] & the wind fell a little, but
[19:] We could not sleep well,
[20:] I slept in the room it was very
[21:] warm ~
[23:] over & warm ~ At 4 AM
[24:] I came on board; ~
[pg: 91]
[2:] The SS. Mossul also soon followed
[3:] us; Weather very cloudy;
[4:] At 6,,5 had to turn and
[5:] anchor above the Bridge at
[6:] Gherrara, the Mossul also
[7:] did the same after us, the
[8:] Bridge is not Open & we
[9:] cannot make out the Cause,
[10:] At 7,,20 the Bridge Opened
[11:] & we passed, they said that the
[12:] Chain had dragged the Boats in
[13:] last night's squall etc.;
[14:] At 8,,5 passed Diala,
[15:] At 9,,40 passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] At 3,,45 P.M. passed
[17:] Baghdadieh Fort; Light N.W.
[18:] & very warm weather;
[19:] We have 167 1/2 passengers (1
[20:] only in 1st Class an Indian
[21:] called Yousif Ali) these including
[22:] 14 Arab Wool pickers to Coot
[23:] free belonging to Abdulghani
[pg: 92]
[2:] the agent of S Lynch & co ~
[3:] At 6,,5 P.M. passed Azizieh
[4:] weather still hot it is 100º in my
[5:] cabin ~
[6:] At 8 P.M. we rounded &
[7:] came to at Towil reach; very
[8:] Calm weather but fine,
[9:] I slept on the quarter deck;
[10:] At 9 1/2 the Mossul passed down
[11:] Fine cool night;
[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 4 AM. We proceeded
[15:] from Towil ~
[16:] At 7,,5 met the S.S. Khalifah
[17:] coming down, she stopped
[18:] & sent her Boat off with
[19:] the new 2d mate for us,
[20:] called Mr. MacLure, I
[21:] received Henry's letters, they have
[22:] left Garmat Ali on Tuesday
[23:] evening & had to wait for the
[24:] mail & take it; they have
[25:] two french passengers in
[26:] 1st Class travelling in the
[27:] East, one is called Monsr.
[pg: 93]
[1:] Gervais Courtellmont Charge
[2:] de Mission du Ministère des
[3:] Colonies & the other Mr. Gaston
[4:] Bardat Chargé de Mission
[5:] du Ministère de l'Instruction
[6:] Publique, they will also return
[7:] & go to Persia & then to Mossul
[8:] Diarbekir Aleppo Damascus
[9:] & Beyrout; the Khalifah
[10:] left Basreh with only about
[11:] 26 1/2 passengers, she has
[12:] 289,645 Okes of Cargo in Steamer
[13:] & Barge, she had altogether
[14:] about 100 Passengers ~
[15:] At 8 Am passed Memlah,
[16:] Strong N.W. Wind set in blowing
[17:] I think it may be the Barek
[18:] that has sat in;
[19:] The S. Mossul had also Anchored
[20:] at Um Sneyem & she is ahead
[21:] of us, we are getting nearer to
[22:] her; ~
[23:] At 1,,25 P.M. We arrived
[24:] at Coot, the Mossul also just
[25:] about 200 yards before us she
[26:] was; We landed 61 passenge
[27:] (14 workmen of Abdulghani
[28:] free) and 85 Packages
[29:] Lynch's Press cannot work
[pg: 94]
[2:] against it & cheaper, they are
[3:] charging 14 R. Piasters less on
[4:] each Bale than Lynch's, &
[5:] their Press is worked by Steam
[6:] & Presses one foot less per
[7:] Bale; So the merchants are
[8:] nearly all gone over to Eassayi's,
[9:] The charge for pressing a Bale
[10:] of Wool, all included gunny
[11:] bags, bands etc is 5 1/2 Beshlics
[12:] & the Eassayis are charging
[13:] a little less than 5 or 14 Piast
[14:] less than Lynch's; At Amara
[15:] Lynch's charges 7 Beshlics
[16:] & all the Wool is pressed
[17:] by their Press, the Eassayis
[18:] have a Hydrolic Press but
[19:] is out of order; Here at
[20:] Coot their Press is worked
[21:] by Steam & can press 100
[22:] Bales per day & smaller
[23:] in Size, besides they have
[24:] a large stowing place
[25:] & rooms for thousands
[26:] of Bales, They have a Native
[27:] Engineer from Baghdad
[pg: 95]
[1:] & gets 10 Liras per month,
[2:] besides he gets 9 Piasters on
[3:] each Bale pressed & he
[4:] provides everything workmen
[5:] fuel oil etc etc; The fuel
[6:] I expect & as I am told
[7:] gets it for nothing or
[8:] for very little, as he burns
[9:] the Liquorice which is brought
[10:] down in Boats to him to
[11:] be pressed & is piled up around
[12:] the Press house ~
[13:] We have been detained here
[14:] over 1 1/2 hour waiting for the
[15:] the Custum House coolies
[16:] to come & discharge our
[17:] Cargo, as they were first
[18:] taken to discharge the Mossul,
[19:] At 4,,30 P.M. we left
[20:] Coot, Took 10 Passengers,
[21:] Strong hot wind from N.W.
[22:] At 8,,5 We rounded & came
[23:] to, light N.W. & fine moon
[24:] 14 days old, ~
[25:] At 9 1/2 P.M. the Mossul passed
[26:] on her way down~
[pg: 96]
[2:] on her way up; Mahomed Pasha
[3:] Daghestany & his troops 274 men
[4:] from Amara returning in her;
[6:] cool morning ~
[7:] At 4 AM. proceeded
[8:] At 5,,15 passed Sheikh Saad;
[9:] At 8,,40 we passed Ali Gherbi
[10:] the smoke of the Mossul is
[11:] ahead of us about 1/2 hour
[12:] distant; Very light N.W. breeze,
[13:] It became very hot & calm until
[14:] noon the breeze sprung up but very
[15:] hot;
[16:] At 5 1/4 P.m. passed the S.S.
[17:] Baghdad & Barge going up above
[18:] the Gardens of Amara;
[19:] At 6,,5 arrived at Amara
[20:] about 5 minutes after the Mossul
[21:] did, landed 41 passengers
[22:] and 104 Packages ~ We begun
[23:] to ship 351 Bales of Pressed Wool
[24:] from Lynch Press ~
[25:] At 7,,10 the Mossul left ~
[26:] Very calm & hot weather; I had
[27:] to wait until the Wool is shipped
[28:] so to send a telegram to S Lynch
[29:] in Baghdad & until the
[pg: 97]
[1:] Ship hauls off the bank to
[2:] get my bed out, it was 9 1/4
[3:] when we finished, Very warm
[4:] & calm weather, I could not
[5:] sleep at all ~
[7:] At 4 AM left Amara, took
[8:] 3 1/2 passengers; It became
[9:] very calm & warm;
[10:] At 7,,50 passed Kalat Saleh
[11:] Very light Ely breeze & it is very
[12:] warm & oppressive Thermor. went
[13:] up at 8 am to 91º ~
[14:] At 11,,30 passed Azair
[15:] At 3 P.M. passed Gorna, Southerly
[16:] breeze & very hot weather;
[17:] It became dead calm & the heat
[18:] was something awful, I could
[19:] not resist one minute in the
[20:] Cabin, it is like a furnace,
[21:] the Thermor. is 105 at 6 1/2 P.M.;
[22:] At 8 we rounded between the
[23:] two Islands & steamed up to the
[24:] Quarantine Station & anchored
[25:] Astern of the Mossul, the heat
[26:] the bad marshy smell & suffocation
[27:] is enough to kill anyone;
[28:] I was obliged to shift my bed
[pg: 98]
[2:] still the heat & calm weather
[3:] is unbearable ; & the clock in
[4:] the Captains cabin striking kept me
[5:] awake; the stench coming from
[6:] the shore, the Meheylas & Belems
[7:] scattered around us & their noise,
[8:] I came down at 10 1/2 to sleep on
[9:] the quarter deck but no sleep
[10:] could I get from the dampy heat
[11:] & was constantly fanning
[12:] myself ~ At about 12 P.M.
[13:] a light S. Westly breeze sprung
[14:] up & came so cool, I got dried
[15:] & refreshed, it drove away the
[16:] dampness ~
[18:] morning; but it became warm
[19:] as soon as the sun rose ~
[20:] Many Belems are here taking
[21:] the Mossul's passengers and
[22:] ours; ~ The Mossul had arrived
[23:] yesterday at Sunset ~
[24:] There many passengers here in
[25:] Quarantine, Said Pasha the
[26:] Motserrif of Hassa, the Monsully
[27:] (my old friend) Tawfik Pasha
[28:] the Commandant of the Troops
[29:] at Basreh & other Turks;
[30:] The Assyrian Priest Kass
[pg: 99]
[1:] Yousif Georgyeh is here & going up
[2:] with us ~
[3:] The Steam Launch "Asp" came up
[4:] at 6 1/4 to take down our loaded
[5:] Barge & exchanged her crew,
[6:] she brought our papers of last
[7:] weeks mail; I sent Rufails
[8:] & other people's letters down
[9:] with her gave it to Yousif her
[10:] Engineer ~
[11:] Light Westly, but as I had put
[12:] up my windsel in Baghdad
[13:] it is of no use, whatever Since
[14:] the Captain's Cabin just on
[15:] the very required direction of the
[16:] wind (Portside) shuts entirely
[17:] the wind so it is useless being
[18:] put up;
[19:] There are about 120 Boats
[20:] here in quarantine along the bank
[21:] extending to as far as Garmat
[22:] Majed;
[23:] People say that there
[24:] are no cases of Plague at Basreh
[25:] since some days;
[26:] Modte N.W. Wind is blowing
[27:] since 9 AM but none comes to my
[28:] Cabin, the wind is on the Port Side;
[29:] At 3,,30 P.M. the Stm Launch
[30:] came up towing a Barge full
[pg: 100]
[2:] Bottomley also came in her
[3:] to have a talk & take some whisky
[4:] & soda, we shall have the
[5:] mail this time, as we are
[6:] working so slow & Capt Hanslow
[7:] does not wish to leave before
[8:] Friday ~ The Stm. Launch went
[9:] away at 5 P.M.;
[10:] The wind fell down before Sunset
[11:] & became very warm & close, I
[12:] am swelling all clothes in water,
[13:] Thermr. 102º in my Cabin at 6 1/2 PM.
[14:] A S. Westly breeze got up at 8 P.M.
[15:] & became a little cooler, I slept
[16:] well on the Quarter Deck; at 10 P.M.
[17:] Rufail sent his Belem for the
[18:] letters of Angoorly & writes to me
[19:] that he was coming this evening
[20:] but met his Uncle Yousif going
[21:] down to his place & having
[22:] the diarrhea so he returned
[23:] with him~
[25:] The sun is very hot ~ we got the
[26:] Barge alongside to ship its cargo,
[27:] Toma Shasha came up at 8 1/2
[28:] am to see his brother in law Metty
[29:] & take his Kit from him
[pg: 101]
[1:] I gave him a letter to Rufail &
[2:] the sweetmeats & 2 Bottles Sirop
[3:] that my wife is sending to Rufail
[4:] & Tookyeh to take to them;
[5:] Breeze shifted to N.W. since
[6:] 7 AM & is cool; bu the heat
[7:] of the desert is getting worse,
[8:] The wind kept up all through the
[9:] day but it got dusty so thick
[10:] that the opposite side could
[11:] scarcely be seen ~
[12:] I observed today that many
[13:] people from Basreh & persons
[14:] belonging to these high officials
[15:] in quarantine have free
[16:] access, they come & land &
[17:] mix with them & then return
[18:] to their Belems & go to Basreh,
[19:] Some women the harem of
[20:] Turkish officials were here
[21:] about 10 of them since yesterday
[22:] they went down in two Belems
[23:] to Basreh, The Agent of the
[24:] Turkish Steamers Hassan
[25:] Effendi & his staff are living
[26:] here they go down to Basreh
[27:] & come back & then go about
[28:] among the Huts & pay
[pg: 102]
[2:] as the Defterdar , Said Pasha
[3:] & Towfik Pasha, The people
[4:] of the Mossul also land
[5:] & go about the Huts & mix
[6:] with the people, this is one
[7:] of the worst quarantine
[8:] that I have ever seen, no
[9:] strictness or discipline is kept,
[10:] only the employers exercise
[11:] their absurd authority on the
[12:] poor people; It cannot be
[13:] called a quarantine; but
[14:] only it is used as a pretext
[15:] to extort money from the
[16:] native Boats, so numerous
[17:] as they are traficing up, &
[18:] down the river & charging
[19:] then at 1 1/2 Mejidie each,
[20:] We have coaled the ship
[21:] this afternoon taking 50 Tons
[22:] from a Meheyla ~ They finished
[23:] it at 9 P.M. ~
[24:] Modte N.W. wind but is not so
[25:] refreshing & cool, I could not
[26:] sleep well ~
[pg: 103]
[2:] cool; we are shipping cargo
[3:] very slow work, There are 20
[4:] Coolies in Barge but they are
[5:] merely playing ~ our two
[6:] mates are both ignorant & lazy,
[7:] we have never had before such
[8:] bad officers, Mr. Slack has only
[9:] been here about 10 months
[10:] & is always drinking & the other
[11:] Mr. Mac Lure is a Young stupid
[12:] man, & they have no one over
[13:] them to put them to right, the
[14:] Captain lets them do what they
[15:] like, & does not care a bit about
[16:] the interest of the company or
[17:] has any ability for discipline;
[18:] At 9 1/2 Rufail & Rezooki Angoorly
[19:] came up in a Steam Launch
[20:] of Angoorly, we were at breakfast,
[21:] & they went on shore among
[22:] the Huts to visit some friends,
[23:] the Defterdar etc they came off
[24:] to me at 10 1/2 Rufail & Rezooki,
[25:] They say that for the last 10
[26:] days there has been no cases
[27:] of Plague in Basreh; The mail
[28:] Str. arrived yesterday ~
[29:] Rufail tells me that the
[30:] Affair of Mubarek ibn Sobah
[pg: 104]
[2:] Abdulaziz ibn Rashid of
[3:] Shammar el Jebel, has taken
[4:] a different phase, as the
[5:] wali of Basreh Mohsen
[6:] Pasha was ordered down to
[7:] Kweit to see Mobarek & try
[8:] to persuade him to be under
[9:] the Turkish protection with
[10:] all sorts of promises, but he
[11:] did not succeed he was told
[12:] plainly by Mobarek that should
[13:] he requires any assistance
[14:] or protection it must be under=
[15:] stood by the Turkish Government
[16:] that he will seek that of the
[17:] English, & so Mohsen Pasha
[18:] returned without having done
[19:] any thing; The Mushir Pasha
[20:] is here & will return next
[21:] week to Baghdad; There
[22:] are still 2 English men
[23:] of war in Kweit watching
[24:] events & Ibn Rashid is
[25:] far in land about 7 days
[26:] journey, ~
[pg: 105]
[1:] Rufail & Rezooki went away
[2:] at 11 1/2;
[3:] Weather became dusty the
[4:] wind blowing strong N.W.
[5:] this must be the Bareh
[6:] wind which sets in about the
[7:] 8th Instt when the Constellation
[8:] of the Pleiades appears on the
[9:] East ~
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.m a letter came
[11:] to Capt Hanslow from Mr. Bottomley
[12:] telling him that at 4 P.M. the
[13:] Stm. Launch will come up to
[14:] us with the mail & our Barge
[15:] in tow & must proceed up
[16:] as soon as possible; we
[17:] were going to leave tomorrow
[18:] just for no other purpose
[19:] but so as to get up on
[20:] Wednesday afternoon so
[21:] as to be able to leave back
[22:] on friday as Hanslow wished,
[23:] Some passengers are going
[24:] on board the Mossul too from
[25:] the quarantine & we saw a
[26:] Belem with 2 Turkish women
[27:] & their Baggage coming from
[28:] Basreh & going straight
[29:] to the Mossul & been put
[30:] on board, they were the
[pg: 106]
[2:] quarantine as I am told)
[3:] Some passengers are getting
[4:] ready on the bank to go up
[5:] with us ~
[6:] At 4 1/2 P.M., the Stm. Launch
[7:] came up towing our loaded
[8:] Barge, only the Clerk of the
[9:] Basreh Trading Copy Mr.
[10:] came up to take their specie,
[11:] & also Rezooki Sayegh
[12:] came up to see me, he says
[13:] since the 26 there has been
[14:] no plague in Basreh ~
[15:] They went away at 5, they
[16:] also brought the mails
[17:] & the S. Launch will return
[18:] with Mr. Bottomley;
[19:] We are getting some passengers
[20:] from the quarantine, the Mossul
[21:] went alongside to take also
[22:] her passengers perhaps over 100.
[23:] She will have, Kass Yousif
[24:] Georgyeh came also, Although
[25:] he was only gone 9 days,
[26:] & he wants me to put him in
[27:] 1st Class & charge 2nd fare
[28:] because our 2 class was
[pg: 107]
[1:] taken by Jews, I told him that
[2:] I cannot do it without an
[3:] order from the Agent Metty
[4:] tryed & spoke to Capt' Hanslow
[5:] to let him, but he referred
[6:] him to the Agent;~
[7:] A Bellem came up with Nassoory
[8:] Andria, Yousif Ghorgis & Yousif
[9:] son of Abdulahad Dellal, Nessoory
[10:] gave me a letter for his brother
[11:] in law Yousif Yaghchi Capt
[12:] Hanslow gave them whisky &
[13:] Soda to drink; Metty spoke
[14:] to Nessoory to ask Mr. Bottomley
[15:] to let Kass Yousif Georgieh
[16:] have a 1st Class & pay as 2d,,-
[17:] At 7 P.M. the Stm Launch Asp
[18:] came up with Mr. Bottomley
[19:] in her he brought Lynch's letters
[20:] & drunk his whisky & soda,,
[21:] Nessoory Andrea asked him
[22:] the favor of letting the Priest
[23:] take the 1st Class cabin &
[24:] pay as 2d fare, & so Bottomley
[25:] told Capt Hanslow to let
[26:] him do so; So Metty got
[27:] his wishes accomplished
[pg: 108]
[2:] the Khalifah has left Baghdad
[3:] today; The Steam Launch
[4:] left at 7 1/2 ; & we remained
[5:] to take our dinner before
[6:] we start, although we have
[7:] been ready for the last 1 1/2
[8:] hour;~ I got the clean Bill
[9:] of Health, but they could
[10:] not put the exact number
[11:] of passengers, not knowing
[12:] how many came, but they
[13:] are not more than 50 persons;
[15:] & proceeded; Light N.W. wind
[16:] & fine~ wind got up during the
[17:] night~
[19:] At 4,, 30 A M passed Gorna,
[20:] We in all 46 1/2 passengers from
[pg: 109]
[1:] the quarantine of Garmat Ali
[2:] (3 in 2nd Class Kass Yousif Georgyeh
[3:] paying 2nd fare 150 G.S.P. & occupying
[4:] a 1st Class as per Mr. Bottomley's
[5:] Order last night; & the wife of
[6:] Aboodi Gorgi & his servant are
[7:] free having a Retn. Ticket from
[8:] Baghdad Agent who had come
[9:] in the Khalifah in April)
[10:] At 11,,5 passed Azair, wind
[11:] blowing fresh & rather hot;
[12:] At 6 P.M. passed Kalat
[13:] Saleh ~ Light N.W. air & fine
[14:] I slept in the Cabin but it was
[15:] very warm as the breeze is on
[16:] the other side ~
[18:] Amara, landed 2 Passengers
[19:] & 28 Packages of through cargo,
[20:] took 10 Tons of Coal, I left
[21:] the letters for the Khalifah here
[22:] At 3,,15 A M left Amara,
[23:] Modte N.W. wind got up,
[24:] there are some clouds hanging,
[25:] Took 22 Passengers (15 for Coot)
[26:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Ali
[27:] Sherghi & at 0,,45 passed
[28:] the SS. Khalifah & Barge going
[29:] down ~
[pg: 110]
[2:] There are still some clouds on
[3:] the East & South; River is
[4:] falling fast, & this strong
[5:] wind will soon evaporate it;
[6:] At 8,,10 passed Ali Gherbi
[7:] Modte N.W. wind & cool,
[8:] I slept on the Quarter Deck, there
[9:] are also Metty & the Priest Yousif
[10:] Georgyeh ~
[12:] morning very pleasant;
[13:] At 11.45 AM arrived at Coot
[14:] landed 5 passengers; I
[15:] received a letter from Henry
[16:] he says that they arrived on
[17:] Sunday midnight & left
[18:] on Thursday with about
[19:] 90000 Okes & 60 passengers
[20:] all well in Baghdad ~
[21:] We shipped 61 Tons Coal
[22:] At 1,,20 P.M. left Coot
[23:] took 42 1/2 passengers,
[24:] Light N.W. & very cool weather
[25:] It is very cool sleeping on the
[26:] quarter deck;
[27:] At 10,,5 P.M. passed
[28:] Memlah ~
[pg: 111]
[2:] cool weather; River keeps falling
[3:] & sand banks appearing;
[4:] At 11 AM. passed Azizieh;
[5:] It became calm & warm, very
[6:] little breeze from N. West;
[7:] At 3,,30 P.M. passed the
[8:] S.S. Phrat & Barge going down
[9:] below Baghdadieh Fort;
[10:] At 3,,50 passed Baghdadieh
[11:] Light N. Westerly breeze;
[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 4,,10 A.M. passed
[15:] Ctesiphon~
[16:] At 7,,30 passed Diala,
[17:] At 8 touched a shoal at Rustumyeh
[18:] & grounded; It was calm
[19:] but a light breeze sprung up;
[20:] the steering block broke in backing
[21:] astern, anchored, repaired it &
[22:] left at 8,,20 ~
[23:] At 9,,40 stopped below the
[24:] Bridge for the quarantine Doctor
[25:] who came & inspected the
[26:] passengers & endorsed our
[27:] Clean Bill of Health & went
[28:] away, we sent a Deckman
[pg: 112]
[2:] Alexander also ~
[3:] At 10 we proceeded through
[4:] the Bridge & went on;
[5:] Clouds are spreading on the
[6:] North & West & East very strange
[7:] to have them this time;
[8:] At 1,,35 P.M. landed mails
[9:] at the Residency & went up to
[10:] the Custum House, the S.S. Baghdad
[11:] is here inside ~ I went home
[12:] found that my wife Eliza has
[13:] gone to Awashik with Antone
[14:] her brother & his wife Terroza
[15:] to see his garden there, as
[16:] also there is a piece of ground
[17:] of Rufail & his brother there
[18:] so I found Alexander and
[19:] his wife Mary only at home
[20:] & the servants; ~ my sisters
[21:] Eliza, Emilia Alice, & Terrooza
[22:] my niece (sister Eliza's daughter)
[23:] called on us; I found letters
[24:] here from Jaboory Asfar
[25:] from London, & from Blockey
[26:] my wife will come back
[27:] on next Monday, we are
[pg: 113]
[1:] leaving on friday ~
[2:] I got an awful pain on my
[3:] back that I cannot move
[4:] or get up or walk, the same
[5:] as I had about 2 years ago,
[6:] it is troubling me awfully,
[7:] Johny & Shekoory Sayegh
[8:] called in the evening ~
[9:] I heard that Mons De Sarzec
[10:] formerly french consul
[11:] here died in france; they
[12:] say also Colonel Loch, the
[13:] former British Consul left
[14:] India dangerously ill to
[15:] England & perhaps dead,
[16:] Light N.W. & fine, but
[17:] got Cloudy at night;
[19:] some lightning at 3 AM. but
[20:] got fine after sunrise, I
[21:] suffering awfully from
[22:] the pain in my lower back
[23:] I cannot move or walk,
[24:] at 6 AM called on Menusha
[25:] Henry's wife & then came
[26:] on board at 7; the Mejidieh
[pg: 114]
[2:] to discharge her cargo as
[3:] we must leave on friday
[4:] this is dreadful work;
[5:] I sent money to the office and
[6:] at 10 went to call on Mr. Rappaport
[7:] there came also Capt Hanslow,
[8:] I came home at 11, the pain
[9:] on my back or the lambago
[10:] is killing me, I am rubbing
[11:] it with oils spirits etc but
[12:] still it is the same,
[13:] At 2 P.M. came on board
[14:] The Baghdad is loading &
[15:] leaving tomorrow ~ At 5
[16:] I went to Alexanders office in
[17:] the Khan of Brezelly saw Chekoory
[18:] Sayegh there, they have shipped
[19:] 20 Bales of sheep skins to Trieste
[20:] in the Phrat through by the
[21:] SS. Newstead of Kassim Khdery,
[22:] & received 20 cases sugar
[23:] from Trieste, Alexander has received
[24:] many Samples from Europe;
[25:] We came home had tea &
[26:] then took Marie & went to
[27:] call on Sister Eliza but I
[28:] went to my sister Emilia &
[pg: 115]
[1:] Alice, saw then Mrs. Perry
[2:] I then came to Sister Eliza
[3:] where Emilia & Alice also
[4:] came we spent the evening
[5:] on the top of the house, & left
[6:] at 9; ~ Light N.W. air
[7:] & fine, a strong wind got up
[8:] at night;
[10:] lumbago pain is just the
[11:] same, I am suffering very
[12:] much from it; cannot have
[13:] a rest, at 6 1/2 AM. I went
[14:] to see the daughters of Antone
[15:] Marine Rosa & Ellen & the
[16:] children, there is no news
[17:] sent from their father & mother
[18:] & my wife from Awashik,
[19:] At 7 I came on board,
[20:] The SS. Baghdad left at about
[21:] 4 1/2 this morning ~ we
[22:] are shipping & discharging
[23:] Quarantine has been taken
[24:] off from Garmat Ali, as there has
[25:] been no official reports of any
[26:] cases of Plague since the
[27:] 24 Ulto, Lynch wrote to us
[pg: 116]
[2:] steamers will be subject to
[3:] the inspection of a doctor on
[4:] arrival at Gherrara;
[5:] At 11 went home to breakfast
[6:] I could scarcely walk from
[7:] the severe pain of my back, I
[8:] took some friction from the ships
[9:] medicine chest, as camphor
[10:] & Ammonia linament and
[11:] rubbed over but found very little
[12:] benefit ~ at 2 P.M. I came
[13:] on board; lots of cargo is
[13:] coming; ~
[14:] Alexander came to me in the
[15:] afternoon, but I am mad from
[16:] the pain on the back, it is a
[17:] thing I have never seen in my life,
[18:] I received from Mr. T. D.
[19:] Cree, the Agent of Blockey here
[20:] the 20 £ Stg which Blockey sent
[21:] me for the sale of the Tablets
[22:] of Eliahoo Dennoos to the
[23:] British Museum (Mr. Budge)
[24:] & I gave it to Alexander to give
[25:] it to Eliahoo Denoos ~
[26:] At 6 1/2 P.M. we went home
[pg: 117]
[1:] At 7 the SS. Mossul & Barge
[2:] arrived from Garmat Ali,
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[4:] weather;
[6:] at 4 AM I came on board
[7:] my pain on the back is just
[8:] as bad & painful a before,
[10:] Very light N.W. air & fine;
[11:] River getting very low, we touched
[12:] at Rustomyeh; At 6,, 55 passed
[13:] Diala river ~
[14:] At 8,, 20 passed Ctesiphon,
[15:] I finished the passengers tickets,
[16:] we have altogether 95 1/2 ( 3 in
[17:] 1st Class a Mahomedan traveller
[18:] from Tunis H. Mahomed; & two french
[19:] travellers who had come up in
[20:] the Khalifah they are voyaging on
[21:] a Government mission one is called
[22:] Mons Jules Gervais & the other
[23:] Mons Gaston Bordat, they are
[pg: 118]
[2:] coming to Bushire, Shiraz
[3:] Ipahan Tehran & returning
[4:] to Mossul Dyarbekir Aleppo
[5:] Damascus, Beyrouth etc.
[6:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[7:] Fort, modte N. W. wind
[8:] I am putting linseed poultecess
[9:] on my back & I feel much
[10:] relieved from the pain; But
[11:] it came back again, & I rubbed
[12:] it with the spirits of camphor
[13:] & ammonia & other stuff still
[14:] it is the same ~
[15:] At 5,,15 P.M passed
[16:] Azizieh;
[17:] At 8,,20 anchored for the
[18:] night; at Um Sneyem, Fine cool
[19:] weather, I rubbed my back with
[20:] the spirits, I feel a little relieved
[22:] I slept well last night, but this
[23:] morning while shaving & washing
[24:] the pain came on awful it
[25:] must be from the cold;
[26:] At 4,,10 AM we proceeded,
[27:] At 7,,10 Passed Memlah;
[28:] At 0,,25 P.M. arrived at
[29:] Coot, landed 19 passengers
[pg: 119]
[1:] & 39 packages; Fresh N.W.
[2:] wind blowing; ~ we are Shipping
[3:] 284 Bales of wool from Lynch's
[4:] Press;~ They say here that the
[5:] Khalifah passed Amara last
[6:] night at 9 P.M. without the
[7:] Barge in tow;
[8:] At 2,,25 P.M. we left Coot
[9:] no passengers came from Coot;
[10:] The pain keeps most awfully
[11:] I cannot stand up or sit down
[12:] I am like a mad; and the frictions
[13:] do not do me good; This time
[14:] it came on much stronger than
[15:] when I got it once in August
[16:] 1899, it had lasted from the
[17:] 10th to the 18th & went away
[18:] gradually, but was not so severe
[19:] Today is the worst day I feel,
[20:] perhaps it got cold this morning
[21:] & last night sleeping on the
[22:] quarter Deck;
[23:] At 7 1/2 P.M. passed Sheikh Saad,
[24:] Modte N.W. wind blowing; I
[25:] feel the pain worse than ever, I
[26:] could scarcely go to the table to
[27:] dinner & could not get up, I
[28:] rubbed my back with all sorts
[29:] of thing. Cajaput, Camphor linament
[pg: 120]
[2:] did not do me good; I am
[3:] sleeping in my Cabin;
[4:] At 7,,45 anchored at Aboo
[5:] Dood, light N.W. breeze & fine
[6:] I slept in the cabin, it is not warm,
[7:] I rubbed my back with the usual
[8:] friction & slept pretty well;
[9:] At 10,,10 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
[10:] & Barge passed up;
[12:] morning ~
[13:] At 4 AM. proceeded;
[14:] My pain came on worse than
[15:] ever, it is mostly on my right
[16:] hip I could not stand or wash
[17:] with great difficulty, I am
[18:] so weak & nearly fainting from
[19:] the pain ~ we took 2 Passeng
[20:] came from Sheikh Saad;
[21:] At 7,,30 passed Ali Gherbi,
[22:] Strong wind got up blowing
[23:] all the day; I am lying in
[24:] bed unable to go out or walk
[15:] the pain is still the same
[26:] but more on my right hip
[pg: 121]
[1:] At 5,,15 P.M. arrived at
[2:] Amara, landed 16 1/2 Passeng
[3:] & 87 Packages; we begun to
[4:] ship 242 Bales of Pressed Wool
[5:] I feel the pain most awful I
[6:] am so done up that when I
[7:] go out I am obliged to return
[8:] to my cabin for I cannot
[9:] stand long; I received Henry's
[10:] letters & papers here, the Khalifah
[11:] had 176 passengers from
[12:] Basreh, Mr.Ovesink of the Russian
[13:] Chancellier returning, and
[14:] Nejib Beg the chief Clerk of the
[15:] Lynch in Baghdad & 2 females
[16:] with him in 1st Class; and
[17:] about 271260 Okes cargo;
[18:] At 7,,35 P.M. we left Amara
[19:] light N.W. & fine weather;
[20:] At 9 we anchored; I slept
[21:] in the cabin, my pain is little
[22:] easier I can lay & get up without
[23:] much pain ~
[25:] morning, at 4 AM proceeded
[26:] My pain came on again
[27:] very severe as soon as I rose
[28:] from my bed, it gets worse
[pg: 122]
[2:] to make it still worse, as
[3:] I cannot stoop down to wash
[4:] in my big basin on the low
[5:] stool, I lifted it up & put
[6:] it on the wash stand & being
[7:] very heavy, I felt the pain
[8:] most awful such as I never
[9:] felt & I strained myself, I
[10:] could not stand or wash,
[11:] & even go out, I got the Boy
[12:] Monsoor to rub my back with
[13:] all the frictions, but I felt
[14:] no better & am suffering
[15:] awfully, it is only when I
[16:] lye in bed that I feel easy
[17:] & no pain;
[18:] At 10,,30 passed Azair
[19:] At 2,,10 P.M. Went alongside at
[20:] Gorna & landed 83 Packges
[21:] & 6 passengers,~ Modte N.W.
[22:] wind, but I keeping in my
[23:] cabin cannot walk out at
[24:] all; ~ At 2,,45 left Gorna
[25:] I have put a mustard poultess on
[26:] my back for 1/2 hour, it burned
[27:] me & I felt little better, but
[28:] only for 1/2 hour & the pain comes
[29:] in walking or standing up,
[pg: 123]
[1:] It became very warm & calm
[2:] at sunset, Thermr. 100 in my cabin,
[3:] At 8,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
[4:] Phrat bound up at Anchor
[5:] she has come to grief, her boiler
[6:] burst ~
[7:] At 8,,50 arrived at
[8:] Basreh, very calm & warm;
[9:] Rufail sent me the Belem but
[10:] I could not go from the pain
[11:] I am suffering; I slept on the Quartr
[12:] deck, but could not sleep well,
[14:] up at 4 am again with the
[15:] pain worse than ever, I
[16:] could with difficulty wash a
[17:] little & put my clothes;
[18:] At 7 1/2 Rezooki Sayegh came
[19:] to me, I went with him to the
[20:] Doctor just opposite us, a
[21:] new doctor came out from
[22:] Bombay for English community,
[23:] is Called Dr. Scroggie, he
[24:] examined me & I told him
[25:] also the story he rubbed
[26:] my back with Iodine which
[27:] burned me much, &
[28:] gave me a bottle of medicine
[29:] to take an ounce every
[pg: 124]
[2:] diet & drink etc, he told me
[3:] not to eat any solid food
[4:] but rice milk etc; his fees
[5:] are Rps 6, I came on board
[6:] & laid up in bed, the pain
[7:] is very bad when I get up,
[8:] Rufail came at 9 to me
[9:] & insisted that I should go
[10:] on shore to his place; he
[11:] came back at 12 & I with difficulty
[12:] got into his Bellem & went to his
[13:] house, where there are Tookyeh,
[14:] Rezooki & his wife Mina &
[15:] Toni Angoorlie's wife Margherita
[16:] They made a flour dough poultess
[17:] & rubbed my back with olive
[18:] oil, I felt a little relief, but
[19:] could not stand or walk
[20:] about; this was repeated
[21:] 3 times until bed time, I
[22:] also took the Medicine of
[23:] Dr. R.W. Scroggie every 4 hours,
[24:] but to no use, the internal medicine
[25:] has no effect on the pain
[26:] I slept in the big room with
[27:] windows opened, there is a modte
[28:] N.W. breeze, the rest all
[pg: 125]
[1:] Sleep on the top of the house,
[2:] it pained during the night
[3:] a little;
[5:] I feel the pain just as before,
[6:] there is no change for the better,
[7:] I dressed with difficulty; I
[8:] could not stoop to wash the
[9:] servant had to hold me the
[10:] Basin up; at 6 1/2 am I came
[11:] on board with Rufail & Rezooki
[12:] Angoorly & they went in to Basreh
[13:] I found a telegram from
[14:] Alexander or my wife, of
[15:] yesterdays date
[16:] Svoboda Basreh
[17:] Anxious hear health
[18:] Svoboda,
[19:] I replyed immediately;
[20:] Svoboda Baghdad
[21:] Sorry the same
[22:] Svoboda
[23:] We are shipping cargo ~
[24:] having discharged yesterday,
[25:] Teophil Tonietti came to me
[26:] with a paper from Alexander my
[27:] son it being a promissory note
[28:] for 5 £ Stg which he had borrowed
[29:] from his brother August at
[pg: 126]
[2:] Alexander promising to send it
[3:] to him from Beyrout when he
[4:] got there but never did, I
[5:] know nothing about it, & he
[6:] never told me of it, I promised
[7:] to pay it to him next time,
[8:] The SS. Bardistan for Asfar
[9:] & Co came up from the quarantine
[10:] at 9 1/2, she is let to Yousif
[11:] Korkis here;
[12:] Mr. Glanville our 2d Engineer
[13:] is to be left here to go on board
[14:] the Malamir & I have paid
[15:] him here 10 £ for the whole
[16:] month as per Mr. Bottomley's
[17:] order ~ since 10 Am. I
[18:] begun to feel a little easier
[19:] I can get up & walk a little
[20:] the pain is inclined more
[21:] to my right leg;
[22:] At 2,,3p P.M. the Persian St. King Arthur
[23:] arrived in quarantine ~
[24:] Ezra Daniel & his wife the Viennese
[25:] of the family of Neumann whom
[26:] we saw in Vienna in 1897 &
[27:] called on her father's house
[pg: 127]
[1:] came & took a 1 Class Cabin
[2:] to go up with us; she tells me
[3:] that her youngest Sister whom
[4:] used to go out with us in Vienna
[5:] died four months ago on child
[6:] birth her first child ~
[7:] The mail Boat having passed
[8:] Fao at 1 P.M. & perhaps will
[9:] pass the night at Mohamerah
[10:] & we are to await, ~ Many
[11:] people came to me, Rezooki Roofail
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly, Nassoory Andrea,
[13:] It is very hot in cabin 103° &
[14:] calm, I am swetting awfully,
[15:] but I feel a little better,
[16:] Mr. Bottomley & Mr. Darby are
[17:] here up with capt Hanslow, &
[18:] they also dined with us; Mr.
[19:] Query the Inspector of Public Debt is
[20:] going to Amara with us. he
[21:] also dined together;
[22:] I had to sleep on the quarter deck
[23:] but it was too warm &
[24:] calm;
[26:] I have the pain again the
[27:] same as before; there is very
[28:] little difference, I could
[pg: 128]
[2:] face, but the pain is very
[3:] shooting, I was better yesterday,
[4:] At 7 Am the Mail Steamer
[5:] "Chanda" arrived in quarantine,
[6:] We got our mails; ~ Dr. Ahmed
[7:] of the quarantine breakfasted
[8:] with us; ~
[10:] Modte N.W. wind ~
[11:] The pain on my back is still
[12:] killing me; while I lay down
[13:] it goes altogether & I feel much
[14:] relieved; ~ I had to copy the
[15:] cargo & sat up for 2 hours &
[16:] it pained me much, I could
[17:] not walk; Very hot in my
[18:] cabin Ther @ 6 P.M. is 101°
[19:] We have 94 1/2 passengers
[20:] in all (3 in 1st Class Ezra
[21:] Daniel the apothecary and
[pg: 129]
[1:] his Wife & Mr. F. Querry in the
[2:] Public Debt to Amara, & 2 in 2d
[3:] Class Moolla Mahmood
[4:] Clerk of Kassim Khdery &
[5:] his wife)~
[6:] At 7,,40 P.M. passed Gorna,
[7:] Very Calm Weather; ~
[8:] I am suffering awfully from
[9:] my back; I could not get up
[10:] from the table after dinner,
[11:] all the frictions have done
[12:] no good whatever;
[14:] At 2,,10 anchored near Ghumeyjeh
[15:] At 4,,10 proceeded; Modte
[16:] N.W. & fine weather, but not so cool,
[17:] I felt better when I got out of
[18:] bed, but while washing, the
[19:] pain came on very bad, it must
[20:] be a Vain which gets twisted
[21:] about that causes the pain,
[22:] & it remained so unable to
[23:] turn or stand upright;
[24:] At 9 we came to the Shoal
[25:] place at Nafikh & could not pass
[26:] sounded & found 2 3/4 draaz &
[27:] We kept steaming over the
[28:] shoal close along the West bank
[pg: 130]
[2:] Took an anchor out ahead &
[3:] hove her up along the W. bank
[4:] At 11,,45 proceeded ~
[5:] Strong N.W. wind blowing;
[6:] At 1 P.M. landed 3 Passeng
[7:] at Kalat Saleh & went on,
[8:] I feel myself a little better,
[9:] the pain does not come on
[10:] so acute; I am rubbing my
[11:] spine with the Cajaput oil,
[12:] & have put on my Truss since
[13:] 9 am; I can cough now without
[14:] feeling that lancing pain
[15:] At 5 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
[16:] wind falling;
[17:] I feel much better now than
[18:] I was this morning; I suppose
[19:] the pain is taking its own
[20:] course ~
[21:] At 8,,5 PM arrived at Amara
[22:] landed 11 passengers (Mr. Querry of
[23:] the Public Debt in 1st Class) and
[24:] 32 Bales of through Cargo;
[25:] I sent a telegram to my wife
[26:] Svoboda Baghdad
[27:] Much relieved, love
[28:] Svoboda
[pg: 131]
[1:] I feel much easier today, & I
[2:] can walk out but I cannot
[3:] stoop down, the pain is more
[4:] going down to my right hip,
[5:] we took 10 Tons of coal, &
[6:] about 11 packages cargo, I
[7:] left the Khalifah's letters here
[8:] as she has left this morning
[9:] I slept in my cabin, but could
[10:] not sleep from the heat & mosquitoes
[11:] At 11,,15 P.M. left Amara,
[12:] Light N.W. breeze & fine;
[14:] I had no pain on getting up,
[15:] while washing & stooping down
[16:] it came on mostly on the right
[17:] leg; ~
[18:] Gave tickets to 38 Amara
[19:] passengers; Mr. Querry the
[20:] Inspector of Public Debt, is going
[21:] with us to Baghdad having
[22:] finished his work in 2 hours time,
[23:] & had to pay passage afresh
[24:] Viz GSP. 262 1/2 for 1st C. Cabin
[25:] At 7,,20 passed Ali
[26:] Sherghi; weather getting very
[27:] hot & light hot air
[28:] At 2,,10 P.M. passed
[pg: 132]
[2:] down~ Ahmed Beg son of
[3:] Mahomed Beg Rubey on board
[4:] he was at Constple. asking for
[5:] a job & has been appointed
[6:] a Moawen or Assistant to
[7:] the Valy of Basreh;
[8:] At 2,,30p P.M. passed Ali Gherbi,
[9:] very hot wind;
[10:] I feel little easier I can walk
[11:] about, but without straining
[12:] myself, the pain now mostly is
[13:] down my right leg, it must be
[14:] a Vein that has got irritated
[15:] or contracted ~
[16:] At 9 1/2 passed Sheikh Saad,
[17:] I slept out on the quarter deck,
[18:] nice & cool weather;
[20:] SS. Khalifah at anchor bound
[21:] down~ Light N.W. breeze &
[22:] fine ~
[23:] The pain is on my right hip,
[24:] but I feel a little easier, I took
[25:] care in not stooping down
[26:] or haring about quickly
[27:] but could with difficulty put
[pg: 133]
[1:] on my trowser & socks
[2:] At 6,,10 arrived at Coot;
[3:] landed 14 passengers & one
[4:] Bale through cargo; received
[5:] Henry's letter also one from
[6:] my wife, she & Antone came
[7:] back from Awashek on
[8:] last Monday, she is in a great
[9:] way about my pain on the
[10:] spine, she has received my
[11:] telegram from Basreh; There
[12:] were only about 60 passeng
[13:] in the Khalifah, Toni Angoorly
[14:] in 1st C. to Basreh & Michail
[15:] Yaghchi in 1 C. to Bughela
[16:] she shipped 265 Bales of Wool
[17:] from here ~ We took in Coal,
[18:] 5 Tons ~ At 7,,15 left Coot, but
[19:] had to wait for Ezra Daniel who
[20:] had gone on shore, & we steamed
[21:] up above Coot until he came
[22:] in a Goffa between the islands
[23:] & We Went on at 7,,45;
[24:] Took 32 Passengers from
[25:] Coot;
[26:] It became Very hot, the
[27:] Wind is modte N.W. but hot;
[28:] At 5,30 P.M. passed Memlah,
[pg: 134]
[2:] spine & right hip, I rubbed it with
[3:] the camphor & Ammonia, also
[4:] the other friction I had before
[5:] but to no use; I felt the pain
[6:] in bed at night;
[8:] At 5 AM. passed Azizieh,
[9:] The Phrat passed up last night
[10:] at about 9 P.M. from Azizieh,
[11:] My pain was calmed down
[12:] but on washing & dressing it
[13:] pintched me again; I used
[14:] the friction;
[15:] At 9,,45 Am. passed
[16:] Baghdadieh, the Dijlehs wreck
[17:] is just Visible only two or three
[18:] ribs of the Paddle Box about
[19:] 6 Inches out of the water;
[20:] Wind getting again hot;
[21:] We saw the smoke of the
[22:] SS. Phrat ahead of us she is at
[23:] Ledje & we are at Jubail (Dawer
[24:] reach) Very hot & calm the
[25:] Thermr. is 109 in my cabin ~
[26:] I feel a little better today
[27:] the pain is not so acute
[pg: 135]
[1:] I can walk & move a little
[2:] easier, I could wash my face
[3:] by stooping down a little this
[4:] evening ~
[5:] At 6,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
[6:] Weather cooling down ~
[7:] We are catching the Phrat fast, she
[8:] is ahead of us getting to Semreh reach
[9:] & we are above Bostan ~
[10:] At 9 P.M. came to a Shoal at
[11:] Jurf el Batta, the Phrat has also
[12:] stopped there, We steamed up along
[13:] the East bank & past her
[14:] but it was blocked up ahead,
[15:] We sent to sound, & Pilot
[16:] returned, saying there was no water
[17:] only 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz, but the
[18:] Phrat is behind us & we cannot
[19:] drop back; the Captain made
[20:] up his mind to remain till the
[21:] morning, but the Phrat got
[22:] underway & passed through the
[23:] Channel & went on at 10,,20,
[24:] So we also dropped down
[25:] at 11 & steamed on to the Channel
[26:] & grounded, got anchors out
[27:] ahead & hove her up and
[28:] steaming too ~
[30:] after heaving up by Anchors
[pg: 136]
[2:] we went on; I could not
[3:] sleep on the quarter deck from
[4:] the number of Sandflies, heat
[5:] & the noise of the Crew,
[6:] So I went into my cabin at
[7:] Midnight, but still I could
[8:] not sleep from the heat and
[9:] Sandflies; Very Calm Weather,
[10:] At 2,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[11:] We touched at Gusseiba &
[12:] other places several times,
[13:] Light N.W. & fine but it
[14:] looks sultry & great heat is
[15:] coming ~ I can see the
[16:] smoke of the Phrat at Dedewyeh,
[17:] Capt Hanslow tells me that he
[18:] detained the ship last night on purpose
[19:] to let the Phrat go ahead of
[20:] us & get to Baghdad first ~ It
[21:] is really getting too bad this
[22:] sort of work, the Agent in Baghdad
[23:] by instructions from London
[24:] & also from Taylor I believe
[25:] are not to let us stop in Baghdad
[26:] as much as they can, & not
[27:] more than two days, just
[28:] to discharge & load & be off
[pg: 137]
[1:] This work is Killing, every person
[2:] on board of both Steamers
[3:] are disgusted & growling,
[4:] At 7,,10 passed Diala
[5:] river, the Phrat is near
[6:] Gherrara;
[7:] At 9,,50 We anchored just
[8:] below the Bridge of Gherrarah
[9:] for the Turkish Doctor of quarantine
[10:] who came & inspected the
[11:] passengers & went away,
[12:] At 10,,10 we proceeded,
[13:] The Phrat must have arrived
[14:] at about 1 P.m. by her smoke
[15:] we see it ~
[16:] At 1,,40 P.m. landed the
[17:] mails at the Residency and
[18:] went to the Custum House , the
[19:] Phrat is only here just arrived
[20:] I went home; Saw Eliza &
[21:] Alexander (who had come to meet
[22:] me at the beach) & Mary,
[23:] Eliza came back from Awashik
[24:] since Monday; ~ I got some
[25:] Turpentine & Olive Oil & rubbed
[26:] my back, I feel better now
[27:] but the pain is still; I can
[28:] work better,
[29:] Johny & Artin called on us
[pg: 138]
[2:] Sayegh; ~
[3:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[5:] Emilia called at 6 1/2 am to
[6:] enquire about me ~ at
[7:] 8 am I came on board,
[8:] My back is paining me
[9:] again but not so much I
[10:] had it rubbed with that
[11:] black moomyeh & Ghee;
[12:] The Phrat is discharging,
[13:] no exact news of our departure
[14:] but most probably it will
[15:] be on Sunday ; ~ Capt Hanslow
[16:] came & said it is to be on Sunday,
[17:] At 11 I went home, found
[18:] Sister Medula, Père Jean &
[19:] Jemileh the Moussulite widow
[20:] of Rezooki Shamas Antone;
[21:] I made the friction & rubbed
[22:] my back, the pain is getting
[23:] less especially from noon
[24:] till next morning; ~
[25:] There is a rumour among
[26:] the Christian people & my
[27:] relatives too, that Sister
[pg: 139]
[1:] Medoola wants to get married
[2:] for the third time, & now
[3:] with a young boy, Rezooki
[4:] son of Risha Hanna Andria
[5:] with a squint eye, he is
[6:] about 36 or 37, & she is 58,
[7:] he is marrying her for the sake
[8:] of her money & the fine house
[9:] she has; but I cannot make
[10:] out why she wants to marry,
[11:] probably because she is
[12:] alone & lonely in the house
[13:] & wants to have a companion
[14:] but as it appears & she had
[15:] always said before, that
[16:] she will repent, we shall
[17:] see if there is any truth in
[18:] the rumour;
[19:] I called on Menusha at 4
[20:] P.m. she has also heard of
[21:] Medoolas marriage but
[22:] till now Medoola has not
[23:] told any body of our parents,
[24:] My pain is little better
[25:] I am rubbing it ~
[2:] back pains me as usually
[3:] every morning; I got the
[4:] American plaster from
[5:] Ezra Daniel the apothecary
[6:] & stuck it on my back;
[7:] At 7 am I came on board,
[8:] the Mejidieh is discharging
[9:] & loading;
[10:] At 7,,30 the S.S. Baghdad
[11:] & Barge arrived from Basreh;
[12:] I gave Alexander an other
[13:] 50 TLiras for his trade making
[14:] 250 up till now;
[15:] At 10 1/2 I went on Shore,
[16:] called on Sister Medoola,
[17:] she opened the matter of her
[18:] marriage to me; & said that
[19:] I must have heard it from
[20:] outside, I said I did & every
[21:] body is talking of it, she
[22:] asked my opinion & what
[23:] I think about it, I said
[24:] you ought to know better,
[25:] you are old enough & can
[26:] do what you like,
[pg: 141]
[1:] She said that the boy Rezooki
[2:] Risha Andrea & his parents
[3:] are insisting much & would
[4:] have it, I said you know
[5:] better; now it is clear
[6:] that the case is true & she
[7:] does wish to have this young
[8:] person, I said to her that
[9:] you must know that he
[10:] is not marrying you out of
[11:] affection or love, but solely
[12:] for the sake of your money
[13:] & house, & she confessed
[14:] that; so I left her & came
[15:] home ~
[16:] The pain is continuing on my
[17:] back & I can walk with difficulty
[18:] but feel better than before
[19:] two or three days ~
[20:] At 3 P.m. I came on board
[21:] we are shipping cargo;
[22:] At 6 went home, Mr. Rappaport
[23:] had just called on us & left,
[24:] At 6 1/2 we all went to
[25:] call on Alice & sister Emilia, I
[26:] passed to see sister Eliza a little
[27:] & Terrooza, Johny Artin &
[pg: 142]
[2:] to Alice's & we spent the
[3:] evening on top of the house,
[4:] all of them are talking &
[5:] disapproving sister Medoola's
[6:] stupidity of getting married,
[7:] At 8 1/2 we came home,
[8:] Light n.w. & fine weather,
[9:] My back is paining me
[10:] it is from the walk & going
[11:] up & down the terrace ~
[13:] not cool ~ At 7 am I came
[14:] on board, Alexander came
[15:] with me; I paid the wages
[16:] of the Crew & Officers for
[17:] this month ; At 10 1/2 I went
[18:] home found Mr. Guilietti there,
[19:] I took a warm bath & had a
[20:] good scrub with hot water & Soap
[21:] up my spine I left relieved a
[22:] little; but it came on to
[23:] me afterward but not so severe,
[24:] Antone Guilietti called on us
[25:] in the evening;
[pg: 143]
[1:] Tomorrow is the birth day of
[2:] the Prophet Mahomed; there
[3:] are illuminations on the minarets
[4:] & Public edifices ~
[5:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[6:] weather ~
[8:] My pain on the Spine continues
[9:] I applied the frictions: but I
[10:] can walk better;
[11:] At 7 am called on Sister
[12:] Eliza & then came on board
[13:] at 8 ; ~
[14:] Today is a Holiday of St.
[15:] Peter & Paul ~
[16:] We are shipping cargo, the Phrat
[17:] also is leaving tomorrow with
[18:] us; The river is falling very
[19:] rapidly, it is below the lowest
[20:] steps of the Custum House,
[21:] At 11 I went & called on
[22:] Menusha for the Holyday of
[23:] my brother Henry, as he is christened
[24:] Peter ~ Went home to
[25:] breakfast & came on board
[26:] at 2 P.m. ~ very hot,
[pg: 144]
[2:] & hauled out ~ Mr. Rappaport
[3:] called on me for 1/2 hour
[4:] Alexander came to me and
[5:] at 6 P.m. We left, called on
[6:] our way at Henry's house &
[7:] took Eliza & Mary, there
[8:] were many people all my
[9:] relatives ~
[10:] Light n.w. & fine, but not
[11:] so cool ~
[13:] at 4 am. I come on board
[15:] The SS. Phrat also left soon
[16:] behind us; Detained 20 minutes
[17:] at Cherd el Pasha in a Shoal;
[18:] Captain Hanslow has had
[19:] a son born to him this morning
[20:] at 1 am; this is the second child
[pg: 145]
[1:] the first one had died last year
[2:] a daughter about 6 month old;
[3:] My pain is getting better
[4:] I can walk & work easier;
[5:] At 7 passed Diala ~
[6:] The medical inspection at Gherrrah
[7:] on Steamers arriving from
[8:] Basreh on account of the late
[9:] outbreak of Plague there, has
[10:] been taken off & abolished;
[11:] Weather calm & is getting
[12:] warm; Breez N. Easterly
[13:] At 8,,50 passed Ctesiphon,
[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets, we have altogether 203 1/2
[16:] (one in 1st Class, the young Abdul=
[17:] Jebbar son of Abdulrezack
[18:] Khedery to Basreh with a
[19:] free Return ticket & a Jewess
[20:] the wife of Yousef Hyim to Amara
[21:] in 2nd Class)
[22:] At 3,,35 P.m we passed
[23:] Baghdadieh ~ weather very
[24:] warm, a light n.w. breeze is
[25:] blowing aft & we can't feel
[26:] it ~
[27:] At 6,,5 P.m. passed
[28:] Azizieh ~
[29:] At 8,,10 anchored at Shedeif
[pg: 146]
[2:] It got cooler a little later on ;
[4:] At 4.15 Am. proceeded, the
[5:] Phrat is behind us about
[6:] half hour, she must have anchored
[7:] also ~
[8:] At 6 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[9:] going up at Deboony ~
[10:] The pain on my spine is getting
[11:] less now, I feel much easier
[12:] though the pain is still on the
[13:] spine, but I can move & walk
[14:] better;
[15:] At 8,,20 passed Memlah,
[16:] At 8,,50 we stopped at Bughela
[17:] & picked on board from a Goffa
[18:] Michail Yaghchi
[19:] going to Basreh he took a
[20:] 1st Class Cabin , he has lost
[21:] a pile of Liquorice about 50
[22:] Taghars being burnt down
[23:] by Arabs, we went on at 9;
[24:] Very calm & warm weather,
[25:] Took an other passenger too
[26:] for Coot;
[27:] At 10,,25 passed the SS.
[28:] Mossul & Barge going up at
[pg: 147]
[1:] Aboo Hmar she was deep with
[2:] passengers & cargo ;
[3:] At 1,,55 P.m arrived at Coot
[4:] landed 27 passengers and 41
[5:] Packages ~ There are 238 Bales
[6:] of wool here to be shipped,
[7:] I received a short letter from
[8:] Henry, he says that he has left
[9:] the letters etc at Amara,
[10:] There were in the Khalifah all
[11:] her cabin passengers free,
[12:] Two women of Haji Monsoor,
[13:] Amelda daughter of Nassoory
[14:] Andria & the mother of Kass
[15:] Yousif Georgyeh in 1st Class,
[16:] the wife of Hannosh Clerk of
[17:] Lynch Broth & 2 servants in
[18:] 1st Class; AbdulKadur Khdery
[19:] & his wife from Amara
[20:] & 3 servants in 1st Class, and
[21:] a female servant with Amelda
[22:] all these were free ~
[23:] Light Westerly breeze and
[24:] very warm impossible to
[25:] stay in the Cabin; ~
[26:] At 3,,55 P.m. we left Coot
[27:] the Phrat is just arriving to
[28:] Coot by this time; We took
[29:] 14 Passengers & the 238 Bales
[pg: 148]
[2:] Weather very hazy & loaded with
[3:] heat, calm & very suffocating,
[4:] At 8 P.m. came to for the night
[5:] below Sheikh Saad; Very light
[6:] southerly breeze; it shifted to a light
[7:] n.w. at about midnight;
[9:] At 4 A.m. we proceeded ~
[10:] at 4,,50 passed S. Saad; It
[11:] became very calm;
[12:] The pain on my spine is better,
[13:] I do not feel it so much, it is
[14:] passing away but very gradual,
[15:] At 6,,30 we anchored at Seyd
[16:] Abbass & sounded, At 7 proceeded,
[17:] Very light N. Ely breeze ~
[18:] I am taking for the last 3 days
[19:] a dose of Eatton's Syrup composed
[20:] of Quinine, Iron & Strycnine,
[21:] & I think it does me good,
[22:] At 9,,10 passed Ali Gherbi,
[23:] Breeze Shifted to n. wester,
[24:] The wind blowing today strong
[25:] but cool, & it became cool &
[26:] pleasant in the afternoon;
[27:] At 7,,25 P.m. arrived at
[pg: 149]
[1:] Amara landed 40 Passenger
[2:] & 32 Packages ~ There are 327
[3:] Bales of wool here to Ship;
[4:] I received Henry's letter & Papers
[5:] left here; the Khalifah had about
[6:] 90 passengers and 267,700 Okes
[7:] I had to sleep in my Cabin as
[8:] the breeze is very cool tonight
[9:] but not in my Cabin, it is very
[10:] hot inside , we finished at 10
[11:] P.m. & remained at Amara;
[13:] night ~
[14:] At 2 a.m. left Amara,
[15:] At 6 passed Kalat Saleh;
[16:] Took 13 passengers from Amara
[17:] My pain on my spine is decreasing
[18:] there is little pain left & I feel it
[19:] when I sit long; by can move &
[20:] work easyer ~
[21:] At 7 anchored at Nafikh &
[22:] sent to sound; found the place
[23:] getting bad, only 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz
[24:] close alongside the west bank,
[25:] steamed on to it, & took ropes
[26:] on shore to work her close
[27:] alongside the bank; There is
[28:] a Boat aground in the Channel
[29:] just ahead of us, we sent the
[30:] Barge down forward, and
[pg: 150]
[2:] & ropes ~ Modte n.w. breeze
[3:] At 11,,10 got over and then
[4:] proceeded; The smoke of the
[5:] Phrat is visible at Kalat Saleh,
[6:] It is getting hot;
[7:] At 2,,35 P.m. passed
[8:] Azair, it is very hot, the sun
[9:] is so hot & the wind light
[10:] wind shifted to S. Ely moderate
[11:] & hot;
[12:] A female passengers of
[13:] Muscat having been brought ill
[14:] on board in Baghdad coming from
[15:] Kerballa has just died;
[16:] At 6,,20 P.m. passed Gorna,
[17:] Light S. Easterly breeze;
[18:] At 12 arrived at Basreh,
[19:] Very warm & dampy; air shifted
[20:] to n.w.; There are no Steamers
[21:] here except the mail Steamer
[22:] in quarantine the Assyria ~
[24:] the passengers; & also cargo;
[25:] There is the Persian Steamer Nadri
[26:] here having a cargo of Jawy planks
[27:] for the Maymany ~
[28:] Rezooki Angoorly came to me, also
[29:] Rezooki & Roofail Sayegh
[pg: 151]
[1:] The Phrat arrived at 5 1/2 am;
[2:] The pain on my spine does not
[3:] go away altogether; it exists, but I
[4:] can move about & walk but I
[5:] cannot stand long; it makes
[6:] me feel tyred;
[7:] At 11 I went up with Rufail
[8:] to his home, saw Tookyeh there
[9:] & her 3 children, Rezooki's wife
[10:] Mina is gone to Basreh to her
[11:] mother this morning; We
[12:] spent the day, there is a strong
[13:] n.w wind blowing & not so
[14:] hot; Rezooki went in to
[15:] Basreh to join his wife Mina
[16:] & pass the night there;
[17:] Yousif Marine came from Shaebyeh
[18:] he dined & slept with us on
[19:] the top of the house, nice cool
[20:] weather; a modte n.w. breeze
[21:] blowing all the night;
[23:] morning; It was very cool
[24:] last night; At 7 am. I
[25:] came on board; We are
[26:] shipping cargo, & will leave
[27:] this tomorrow until they
[28:] will load the Barge for us,
[29:] we shall have to go up
[30:] to Maghil & coal Ship
[pg: 152]
[2:] so until further orders, as the
[3:] Khalifah had done so too, it
[4:] is on account of the coal
[5:] which has always been sent
[6:] down in Boats & found it
[7:] comes out short, it is getting
[8:] stolen on the way by the Boatmen
[9:] themselves & sold in Basreh,
[10:] But I found out also today
[11:] that at Maghil even the
[12:] coal stores is robbed by
[13:] Maghil Arabs, amongst them
[14:] one called Taher brother of
[15:] Haji Mohsen, he steels Belems
[16:] ful & sells it to Yamen the
[17:] Keeper of the Steam Press &
[18:] Ice at the mouth of the creek;
[19:] Lynch Brothers have an agent
[20:] there Hannah ibn Shamsy
[21:] who is just as bad & been steeling
[22:] & frauding Lynch since six
[23:] years & become wealthy
[24:] & bound a date ground at
[25:] Maghil, & Mr. Taylor knew
[26:] all about him but he overlooked
[27:] all he did, because he served
[28:] him as agent to his property
[pg: 153]
[1:] on the opposite side which he
[2:] has sold for 1400 Liras about
[3:] two months ago ~
[4:] Weather getting dusty & hazy
[5:] from the N.W. wind blowing
[6:] also hot ~
[7:] My pain today is the same, it
[8:] was little more painful in
[9:] the morning but is better in
[10:] the afternoon; I am still using
[11:] the friction of Terpentine & olive
[12:] Oil, also Cajaput etc ~
[13:] At 4 P.M. I crossed over to
[14:] Lynch Brother's office,& see Mr.
[15:] Bottomley & gave him some
[16:] marks of cases of goods coming
[17:] out for Alexander & Shekoory
[18:] Sayegh & requested him if he
[19:] can ship them as soon as they
[20:] arrive, he was quite willing
[21:] & told the Clerk Hannosh
[22:] about them; there is one case
[23:] arrived today with the cargo
[24:] of the SS. Assyria & am going
[25:] to get it ~ I then went
[26:] up to Rufail's house, saw
[27:] there Tookyeh, Rezooki & his
[28:] Wife Mina, Rezooki Angoorly
[29:] came & Mirza Hamza
[30:] the agent here of Sheikh
[pg: 154]
[2:] sat till 8 P.M. & drunk arak
[3:] & went away ~
[4:] Very Calm nasty warm
[5:] weather; we dined on top of the
[6:] house & slept;
[8:] warm & Sultry ~ at 6 1/2 am
[9:] I came down to the Steamer
[10:] with Rufail who is going in
[11:] to Basreh to get my money
[12:] the interest of my 1000 TLiras
[13:] placed with him for an
[14:] other year @ 7 1/2% = 75 Liras
[15:] it will be done on the 6 of
[16:] Rabi Thany (or 21st of this
[17:] month, I have his house
[18:] mortgaged to me by the Tapo
[19:] since three Years ~ I sent a
[20:] telegram to Alexander with
[21:] Rufail to be wired from Basreh
[22:] as tomorrow is his birthday
[23:] I said
[24:] Alexander Svoboda
[25:] Happy Birthday love
[26:] Svoboda
[27:] he will be finishing his 23d
[28:] year ~
[pg: 155]
[1:] We have lit fires to go up
[2:] to Maghil & coal Ship;
[3:] We got the Basreh mails &
[4:] Lynch's letter at 10 1/2;
[6:] way & proceeded to Maghil,
[7:] Very warm & light Westly
[8:] Breeze;
[9:] The SS. Newlyn arrived in
[10:] quarantine at 10 am for Gray
[11:] Mackenzie ~
[12:] At 11.30 arrived at Maghil &
[13:] went alongside to coal; The
[14:] heat is great, with a light S. Ely
[15:] breeze, ~ Rufail came up in
[16:] his Belem with 4 men to go up
[17:] to Gorna with us towing his Belem
[18:] Capt Hanslow gave him a
[19:] free passage; We took 45
[20:] tons coal ~
[21:] At 3,,30 P.M. we left
[22:] Maghil, it became very hot
[23:] & calm; very suffocating
[pg: 156]
[2:] At 9 P.M. passed Gorna,
[3:] Rufail & his men cast off their
[4:] Belem & went away ~
[5:] At 11 we passed the SS.
[6:] Baghdad & Barge bound down,
[7:] The breeze shifted to a
[8:] light N. W. ~
[10:] not pleasant ~
[11:] At 2 am passed Azair,
[12:] At 3,, we anchored ~
[13:] At 4 proceeded
[14:] At 10 landed 2 passengers at
[15:] K. Saleh & took 3 for Amara,
[16:] Light S. Ely & warm sultry,
[17:] We have 98 1/2 Passengers
[18:] from Basreh (1 in 2 C. Cabin
[19:] a Young Jew Eliahoo Levy)
[20:] My spine is better, the great
[21:] pain is gone, but am feeling
[22:] still like a strain or pain as
[23:] if I had been tyring myself
[24:] from a great walk ~
[25:] At 1,,40 P.M. passed Aboo =
[26:] Sedra ~
[pg: 157]
[1:] At 4,,15 P.m. arrived at
[2:] Amara landed 35 1/2 Passengers
[3:] & 6 Bales; Took in 10 Tons of
[4:] Coal, weather became dead
[5:] Calm & warm sultry;
[6:] At 6,,30 P.M. left Amara,
[7:] I left the Khalifah's letters here,
[8:] she has left on friday;
[9:] Breeze shifted to N.W. but very
[10:] light scarcely felt;
[11:]
[13:] Khalifah & Barge at anchor
[14:] bound down ~
[15:] At 1,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
[16:] Light S. Ely & sultry hot weather,
[17:] Gave tickets to 28 1/2 Amara
[18:] passengers ~ Light S. Ely &
[19:] warm ~
[20:] At 8,,25 AM. passed Ali Gherbi
[21:] At 0,,15 P.M. grounded at Seyd
[22:] Abbass, had to take anchors
[23:] ahead & heave off ~ At 1,,15
[24:] proceeded; Very hot weather
[25:] light N. Wester;
[26:] Yesterday was the first day
[pg: 158]
[2:] At 4 P.m. passed Sheikh
[3:] Saad, very hot wind from
[4:] N.W. but light & weather Sultry;
[5:] wind got up later on but blowing
[6:] hot; I had to sleep in my cabin
[7:] as we shall get to Coot about
[8:] midnight but the cabin was
[9:] still hot & the bed too ~
[11:] landed 9 passengers & 5 Bales
[12:] took in 10 tons of coal;
[13:] I received a letter from Henry
[14:] also one from Alexander,
[15:] They inform me of the marriage
[16:] of Sister Medoola with the
[17:] young son of Reesha Hanna
[18:] Andrea, Rezooki on Monday
[19:] last the 1st Instt; at 8 P.M.
[20:] the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
[21:] Noory & two Priests went to
[22:] her house & contracted the
[23:] marriage ceremony secretly,
[24:] no one of our relatives has been
[25:] to see her; She has caused
[26:] a great talk & scandal in
[27:] town; This is the third husband
[pg: 159]
[1:] she has had, she is 58 years
[2:] (born on 5 July 1843) and
[3:] her husband is about 38 or
[4:] 39 years old; he has married
[5:] her solely for the sake of her
[6:] house & her money about
[7:] 1,000 Liras perhaps in cash
[8:] & Jewellery ~ At 3 we left Coot
[9:] The "Khalifah" had little Cargo
[10:] about 100,000 Okes, & some 72 1/2
[11:] passengers; she took 196 Bales of
[12:] wool from Coot Press;
[13:] Gave tickets to 42 1/2 Passengers
[14:] from Coot ~
[15:] Modte N.W. wind blowing,
[16:] At 1,,5 P.M. passed Memlah,
[17:] It is not so hot today; there is a
[18:] Modte; N.W. breeze all throughout
[19:] the day;
[20:] At 12 P.M. we stopped at
[21:] Azizieh to pick on board an Arab
[22:] passenger came off in a Goffa,
[23:] the Pilot stopped for him, the captain
[24:] being asleep, & we were detained
[25:] 10 minutes in backing etc &
[26:] then went on ~
[27:] Very cool night, it got so quite
[28:] cold that I had to fetch my
[29:] thick Lahaf to cover myself
[pg: 160]
[2:] At 4,,30 AM. passed
[3:] Baghdadieh Fort, the Dijleh's
[4:] wreck is more visible out of
[5:] the water;
[6:] Detained 15 minutes in shoal water
[7:] at Thabtyeh (lower Dowar reach)
[8:] At 1,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
[9:] Modte N.W. breeze & not so hot,
[10:] My spine is getting better I feel
[11:] the pain very slightly, & it does
[12:] not prevent me from moving about
[13:] or walk or stoop as before;
[14:] Detained 10 minutes in shoal
[15:] water at Joorf el Batta;
[16:] At 5 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[17:] Detained 10 minutes at Gusseiba,
[18:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[19:] At 6,,40 passed the SS Mossul
[20:] & Barge bound down & aground
[21:] at Zembaranyeh hard & fast
[22:] close to the East bank and
[23:] heaving on, we passed outside
[24:] of her without touching, she
[25:] must have left this morning;
[26:] At 6,,50 we touched a shoal
[27:] close to the Island of Zembaranyeh
[28:] sent the Pilot to sound
[pg: 161]
[1:] Pilot returned at 7 1/2 & said there
[2:] was no water everywhere there
[3:] are 2 & 2 1/4 draaz, unless the
[4:] Mossul gets off so that we
[5:] can drop & take her channel,
[6:] The captain ordered to bank
[7:] fire & remain till the morrow,
[8:] Weather calm, but not so warm,
[10:] Mossul is still aground below
[11:] us & heaving into deep water,
[12:] we sent to sound, there is no
[13:] better place but the Mossul's,
[14:] we are close alongside the Island
[15:] of Zumbaranyeh, some passengers
[16:] landed to walk to town, but they
[17:] returned, having found water
[18:] at the upper part between the island
[19:] & the main land; The Mossul
[20:] got into deep water at 6 AM,
[21:] we have lighted the ship putting
[22:] few packages in the Barge ~
[23:] The Mossul left at 7 ~ we
[24:] also dropped down to her channel,
[25:] & steamed on to it, we stuck &
[26:] took anchors out ahead & hove
[27:] on & got over to the East bank
[28:] close alongside the bank;
[29:] At 8,,55 we proceeded
[pg: 162]
[2:] At 1,,15 P.M. landed a Deckman
[3:] at Gherrara, I sent letters to
[4:] Alexander, Fresh N.W. & dusty
[5:] weather & hot wind;
[6:] At 4,,15 landed the mails at
[7:] The Residency & steamed to the
[8:] Custum House, no steamers
[9:] are here; I went home found
[10:] my wife, Alexander & Marie, but
[11:] Alexander has been unwell. He
[12:] has had little fever; I suppose
[13:] it is from hot weather & cool
[14:] nights, or because him & Marie
[15:] have gone to Kadumain in
[16:] the Tramway & returned by
[17:] Moadem in a Carriage the
[18:] other day; ~
[19:] I heard the particulars of
[20:] Sister Medoolas marriage
[21:] on the 1st of this month with
[22:] Rezooki Andrea as I related
[23:] before, no one of my sisters
[24:] or relatives has been to her
[25:] yet; ~ Johny, Antone Marine
[26:] & Shekoory Sayegh called
[27:] on us ~
[pg: 163]
[1:] I have a bad cold since this
[2:] morning my nose & sneeze
[3:] awfully;
[4:] Modte N.W. it increased
[5:] at night, I could not sleep
[6:] well at all;
[8:] morning; at 7 AM I called
[9:] on Menusha & then I came
[10:] on board; no one knows
[11:] when we are going away,
[12:] The newborn son of Captain
[13:] Hanslow on the 30 June, has
[14:] died after five days from
[15:] fever & convulsion;
[16:] At 9 I went & called on Mr. Rappaport
[17:] We talked about Medoola's marriage
[18:] he is disappointed for not having
[19:] given him notice of her intended
[20:] marriage according to rule
[21:] as being an Austrian Subject,
[22:] he has fined her I think one
[23:] Lira for having done so; and
[24:] tells me it is the cause of the
[25:] Bishop Aghnatius also for
[26:] not informing him that he
[27:] was going to marry her,
[28:] the Bishop had been tipped
[pg: 164]
[2:] the marriage secretly, and
[3:] with obtaining licence, as
[4:] it is not allowed for a man
[5:] to marry his uncle's widow,
[6:] Mr. Rappaport wants that
[7:] Alexander should better come
[8:] over to him to register his
[9:] having begun to trade and
[10:] undertakes commercial
[11:] business, I told him that I
[12:] will send him tomorrow;
[13:] At 10 I went to the Office to
[14:] Mr. Parry with money and
[15:] other papers, & got from him
[16:] 45 £ to pay the Captain and
[17:] Mr. Falletts wages for last
[18:] Month; We are leaving on
[19:] Tuesday ~ I came home,
[20:] I took a Bath in the afternoon,
[21:] At 4 P.M. called on Alice
[22:] & Sister Emilia, & then on
[23:] Sister Eliza, they are sorry
[24:] for Medoola's marriage
[25:] & strongly disapproves of it,
[26:] I came home at 6 1/2 P.M
[pg: 165]
[1:] Fine weather with N.W. breeze
[2:] & cool;
[4:] cool morning; at 7 AM
[5:] I came on board; we are
[6:] discharging cargo,
[7:] The river is getting very low
[8:] Lynch's Agent here Mr. Parry
[9:] writes a letter to Capt Hanslow
[10:] to inform him that the Annual
[11:] General Meeting of Shareholders
[12:] held in London on the 14th June
[13:] the following resolutions and
[14:] proposed were carried ~
[15:] " That the thanks of the meeting
[16:] " be transmitted to the Agents
[17:] " & Officers of the Company for
[18:] " the Satisfactory Manner in
[19:] " which the business of the past
[20:] " year has been conducted
[21:] " & that the Directors be empowered
[22:] " to make payment of 5 %
[23:] " gratuity to the Working
[24:] " Staff on the Tigris ~
[25:] We have not had a Bonus
[26:] Since 1897 ~
[27:] At 11 I went home to breakfast
[28:] And returned at 2 P.M.
[pg: 166]
[2:] No more cargo came for Shipment,
[3:] So I left at 4 P.M. went to
[4:] Alexander's Office in Khan el
[5:] Berezelli;
[6:] They sent for me in the Office
[7:] I went to Mr. Parry, he wants
[8:] to know whether we had paid
[9:] Bonus before to the whole crew
[10:] or only the Officers, he had prepared
[11:] a List with the whole crew &
[12:] Barge men, I told him that
[13:] in 1895 the whole crew were
[14:] paid, & that was the first
[15:] time granted, but in 1897
[16:] I cannot say as I was out
[17:] on leave to Europe, & they
[18:] must have got a copy or
[19:] entry in the Office, he says
[20:] that if the crew had been paid
[21:] always he will also do so,
[22:] but if not, he does not want
[23:] to make a rule of it, they
[24:] are going to look, & I also
[25:] will try to find out ~
[pg: 167]
[1:] Weather fine & cool ~
[3:] At 7 AM. Eliza Alexander Marie
[4:] & I went to the house Monseigneur
[5:] Altmayer, to hear Mass
[6:] performed by Père Augustin
[7:] who is alone here now (during
[8:] Monsg Altmayer's absence)
[9:] the chapel is nicely arranged &
[10:] clean; there were Mr. Rappaport,
[11:] my sister Eliza & her children,
[12:] Emilia Alice, etc; ~ At 8,
[13:] I took Alexander, Johny & Artin
[14:] & we called on Mons Rouet
[15:] the french Vice Consul as
[16:] it is the anniversary of the
[17:] french Republic; many people
[18:] & the foreign Consuls & Turkish
[19:] officials, the Waly Namik Pasha
[20:] called; ~ We then called on the
[21:] french Priests; Asfar, Antone
[22:] Marine; Abduljebbar Effendi,
[23:] Minia Abood; Eliza & Adoola
[24:] my cousins; Yaghchis, and
[25:] Menusha & came home at
[26:] 12 ~ At 4 P.M. Johny came
[27:] & we went to call on Polus Serkis
[28:] & Fetoohi Maghat, and at
[pg: 168]
[2:] all went to Sister Eliza & spent
[3:] the evening on top of the house,
[4:] Came home at 8 3/4 P.M.;
[5:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
[7:] morning; At 7 Am I came
[8:] on board, we are Shipping
[9:] Cargo; River falling very
[10:] much;~ At 11 I went on shore
[11:] called on the Office to tell Mr. Parry
[12:] about the Bonus, he is going to
[13:] Make out a List perhaps until
[14:] next trip when we return;
[15:] I went home to breakfast &
[16:] returned on board at 2 P.M.
[17:] We finished shipping cargo
[18:] at 6 P.M. ~ I went home
[19:] with Alexander; ~
[20:] Artin, his wife Serpohy, Terrooza
[21:] his sister & her daughter Bella
[22:] called on us & spent the evening
[23:] till 8 1/2 P.M. ~
[24:] Light N.W. air & fine cool
[25:] night;
[pg: 169]
[2:] At 4 AM I came on board.
[4:] Light N.W. breeze & fine ~
[5:] At 6,,50 anchored at Dedewyeh
[6:] and Sent to Sound; At 8,,10
[7:] we proceeded without touching;
[8:] At 8,,50 passed Diala ~
[9:] At 9,,30 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[10:] Island & sent to Sound,
[11:] At 11 we steamed down to the
[12:] shoal where there are 2 1/2 & 2 3/4
[13:] draaz, We grounded and
[14:] took anchors Ahead & hove,
[15:] At about 1 P.M. the SS. Phrat
[16:] & Barge came up & she anchored
[17:] at 1,,10 the SS. Khalifah
[18:] came up & also anchored,
[19:] We are heaving fore & Aft,
[20:] The Khalifah's Boat came
[21:] to us with Capt Brain
[pg: 170]
[2:] a letter from Henry; he has
[3:] left my letters at Coot, the
[4:] Phrat had left about 48
[5:] hours before the Khalifah,
[6:] Yousif Korkis & his wife are
[7:] passengers on board, also
[8:] a New Russian Chancellier
[9:] Mr. De Nauphol, in place of Mr.
[10:] Ovesinko the present Chancellier,
[11:] We got over the Shoal place
[12:] and proceeded at 3 P.M.
[13:] left the Khalifah & Phrat
[14:] there to pass it on their way
[15:] up; Wind Very hot ~
[16:] Finished the passengers
[17:] tickets, We have altogether
[18:] 247 (3 in 1st Class, Abdulaziz
[19:] Zheir son of Abdulkadur Zheir
[20:] and the Persian Burmese merchant
[21:] Haji Seyd Reza & a female with
[22:] him, & one Jew in 2d Class)
[23:] At 3,,55 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[24:] At 4,,25 anchored at Joorf el
[25:] Batta & sent to sound,
[26:] At 5 proceeded over 3 draaz,
[pg: 171]
[1:] At 7,,35 P.M. came to for the
[2:] Night at the bottom of Ledje reach,
[3:] Light N.W. & fine Cool night;
[5:] At 4,,30 Am. proceeded, and
[6:] at 4,,45 grounded, hove off with
[7:] an anchor & proceeded at 5,,30 ~
[8:] At 5,,45 anchored at Oweyn
[9:] and sent to sound the Channel;
[10:] The pain on my Spine is nearly
[11:] gone since 2 or 3 days I feel much
[12:] easier & now can scarcely feel it;
[13:] At 7,,30 the SS. Baghdad and
[14:] Barge passed up ~
[15:] At 7,,40 We proceeded, having
[16:] touched the shoal & cleared it on;
[17:] At 11,,10 passed Baghdadieh
[18:] Light hot breeze sprung up;
[19:] At 1,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh
[20:] At 7,,20 We came to for the night
[21:] at Sheresh, Very Calm Weather,
[22:] I was so disturbed from sleeping by the
[23:] noise, singing & playing instruments
[24:] by this fool of Abdulaziz son of
[25:] Abdulkadur Zheir & his followers
[26:] on the Hatch, that Capt Hanslow
[pg: 172]
[2:] they are very bad lot, ~
[4:] At 4,,15 AM. We proceeded,
[5:] At 5,,50 passed Memlah;
[6:] A strong wind got up blowing
[7:] hot & dusty ~
[8:] At 11,,45 arrived at Coot
[9:] landed 28 1/2 passengers and
[10:] 80 packages; We shipped 70
[12:] Bales of Wool from Lynch's
[13:] Press; ~ I received Henry's letter
[14:] & Papers; the Khalifah had
[15:] about 60 passengers and
[16:] Yousif Korkis & his wife, and
[17:] the new Russian Chancellier
[18:] Mr. De Nauphol to replace
[19:] Mr. Ovesinko; & about 250,000
[20:] Okes Cargo;
[21:] The Mail Steamers of the
[22:] B. India are now to touch
[23:] at Kweit & have established
[24:] an Agency there, that tally man
[25:] Selman ibn Kass Elias, this
[26:] last time was the first time
[27:] that the Mail steamer called
[pg: 173]
[1:] there; & I dare say bye & bye
[2:] the English Will have a Consular
[3:] Agent there; as they intend to
[4:] occupy Kweit, & never let
[5:] the Turks have any thing to
[6:] do there; As the Sheikh Mubarek
[7:] ibn Sebah is protected &
[8:] subsidized by the English Govermt,
[9:] and he told the Waly of Basreh
[10:] plainly that he does not require
[11:] the Turkish protection, but
[12:] that of the English ~
[13:] At 1,,10 P.M. left Coot
[14:] Took 18 passengers ~
[15:] Wind blowing very hot, just a
[16:] Saam wind, even at 6 1/2 it was
[17:] blowing strong & hot as fire;
[18:] At 6,,40 landed 6 Passengers
[19:] at Sheikh Saad, just below the
[20:] Village round the point ~ We went
[21:] on at 6,,45 ~ Strong wind blowing;
[22:] At 7,,5 we rounded & came
[23:] to at Aboo Dood, it is still day
[24:] light, & we could have gone to
[25:] Seyd Abbass ~
[26:] Strong wind blew all the night
[27:] but not cool ~
< [pg: 174]
[2:] Cool at all ~
[3:] At 4,,15 AM. proceeded from
[4:] Aboo Dood, at 4,,30 grounded
[5:] hove off with a stern anchor &
[6:] sounded ~
[7:] At 5,,15 proceeded ~
[8:] At 8,,55 passed Ali Gherbi,
[9:] It became awfully hot, the
[10:] wind is light N.W. but as hot
[11:] as fire, In my cabin the iron
[12:] & wood work is very hot to touch,
[13:] In Capt Hanslow's cabin up on Deck
[14:] he had the Thermor. 118° ~
[15:] By sunset it became very calm
[16:] & very warm,
[17:] At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at Amara
[18:] landed 56 Passengers & 39 Packgs
[19:] impossible to resist in my cabin
[20:] the heat is fearful, although
[21:] the atmosphere is cooled down
[22:] a little ~ There are 344 Bales of
[23:] Wool to be shipped; Here with
[24:] this great heat, the confusion,
[25:] & noise of the crowds of people
[26:] filling the Ship, & no order or
[27:] decipline; our two new
[28:] mates Slack & MacLure
[29:] & the Third Engineer Foreman
[pg: 175]
[1:] who only joined last trip, were
[2:] in MacLures cabin aft next
[3:] to Mettys all were Singing
[4:] & playing instruments and about
[5:] 50 people looking at them through
[6:] the windows, careless of the
[7:] Bales of Wool coming on board
[8:] they are left to be counted Simply
[9:] by the deckmen; the Captain
[10:] upstairs went to turn in, and
[11:] such a scandal I never saw
[12:] in my life having taken place,
[13:] They are certainly encouraged
[14:] to do so, seeing that the Captain
[15:] takes no notice & lets them
[16:] do as they like, but the worst
[17:] is this young MacLure who takes
[18:] such liberty, & brings aft his
[19:] fellow scotch countryman
[20:] the 3rd Engr. Forman, & they sit &
[21:] talk, & the ship & Cargo are
[22:] left to their faith; I could
[23:] not sleep aft on the quarter,
[24:] we finished shipping the wool
[25:] at 10 1/2 & lay rather close to
[26:] the bank, & I lost my sleep
[27:] altogether ~
[29:] At 3 Am left Amara ~
[30:] Took 21 Passengers; ~
[pg: 176]
[2:] At 8,,15 anchored above Nafikh
[3:] and sent to sound; there is water
[4:] enough but, it is intricate & close
[5:] alongside the West bank, We
[6:] steamed on to it & got jammed
[7:] close to the bank, took ropes on
[8:] shore & hove on; At 9,,35 we
[9:] proceeded;
[10:] Detained on the Shoal at
[11:] Aboo Roba from 10,,45 till 11,,45
[12:] Getting hot again, there is a
[13:] light N.W. breeze;
[14:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed the S.S.
[15:] Mossul & Barge going up below
[16:] the Elbow ~
[17:] At 2 P.M. passed Azair,
[18:] Modte N.W. Wind but hot;
[19:] At 5,,55 Went alongside at
[20:] Gorna & landed 32 packges
[21:] and 5 passengers; Weather
[22:] getting Calm ~
[23:] At 6,,20 proceeded, my
[24:] Cabin is so scorching the heat
[25:] is intense, Ther. 106; Very Calm,
[26:] Light S. W. breeze & mostly
[27:] warm very uncomfortable;
[pg: 177]
[2:] & anchored; Weather not pleasant,
[3:] a light S. W. Air ~ There are no
[4:] steamers here or in Quarantine, the
[5:] mail boat left either last night
[6:] or early this morning without waiting
[7:] to take our mails ~ The Afrikander
[8:] is expected here for Gray Mackenzie
[9:] she is in Bushire;
[10:] Dates are commencing to get
[11:] yellow here & even there are
[12:] some ripe, It is the early heat
[13:] which sat in this year since
[14:] May, that caused maturity ~
[15:] Modte N.W. breeze prevailed
[16:] at 7 am, & it is cooler now;
[17:] The SS. Afrikander arrived
[18:] at 8 Am to the quarantine ground;
[19:] we are shipping & discharging Cargo,
[20:] At 1 P.M. Rufail came to me
[21:] & Rezooki Angoorly & I went up
[22:] with them to the house, saw there
[23:] Tookyeh & her children, Rezooki
[24:] & Mina also they were in town
[25:] & came at sunset; ~ At 7 1/2
[26:] P.M. Yousif Marine came down
[27:] from Shaebyeh, he dined with
[28:] us & at about 9 P.M. went
[29:] back again, as he says he
[pg: 178]
[2:] Very light air & not cool at
[3:] all, it got better later on
[5:] we took our tea in the Garden,
[6:] & at 7 Am I came on board
[7:] We are going up to Maghil
[8:] to coal at 11 AM; We
[9:] got the Barge loaded for
[10:] us alongside; (as one of the
[11:] Barges is now repaired & ready
[12:] after 3 months time)~
[14:] At 11,,30 Weighed & proceeded
[15:] to Maghil to coal Ship;
[16:] Light N.W. & hot Wind;
[17:] At 9,,20 P.M. arrived at Maghil
[18:] & commenced to coal 50 Tons
[19:] Yousif Marine sent me & to Capt
[20:] Hanslow some watermelons &
[21:] Melons; & I crossed over to
[22:] him & spent an hour and
[23:] had tiffin with him, he
[pg: 179]
[1:] gave me a Bag of Onions a little
[2:] gazale & some dates; at 3 I
[3:] came on board, ~
[4:] Mr. Bottomley came up in the
[5:] Stm Launch, & brought Lynch's
[6:] letters; We finished coaling
[7:] at 5 1/2
[8:] At 5,,35 left Maghil;
[9:] Light N.W. but moisty & unpleasant;
[10:] We have 81 1/2 Passengers (3
[11:] in the 1st Class; Abdulwahab son
[12:] of H. Abdulghani Khdery, Mahd
[13:] ibn Shbeli a Nejdi Merchant
[14:] to Baghdad; & the American
[15:] Missionary Mr. H.J. Wiersum
[16:] going to Amara took a Ret Ticket
[17:] & charged him a 2nd Class fare
[18:] as it is the order, and one Indian
[19:] in 2 Class)~
[20:] At 11,,20 P.M. passed Gorna,
[22:] at all; At 5,,10 passed
[23:] Azair ~ Detained at Ghumeyjeh
[24:] from 7,,10 till 7,,50; & at the
[25:] Elbow also & Aboo Roba about
[26:] 1/2 hour on shoal places ~
[27:] At 1 P.M came up to the Shoal
[28:] place at Nafikh, Boats aground
[29:] in the narrow channel; We had
[30:] to heave over close alongside
[pg: 180]
[2:] had to Cast off the Barge and
[3:] sent aft & we hove over, also
[4:] sounded & marked the Channel
[5:] At 3,,50 P.M. got over & proceeded
[6:] from Nafikh ~
[7:] At 5 landed 6 1/2 Passengers
[8:] at Kalat Saleh & took two;
[9:] Light N.W. Wind but warm,
[10:] Breeze shifted at 6 P.M. to S.Wt
[11:] & it is very warm & not pleasant;
[12:] it shifted again to west & north
[13:] but it is very calm muggy &
[14:] moist ~ I slept on the quarter
[15:] deck on the Port side, I have
[16:] a bad cold since this morning
[17:] it is from the heat & drought;
[18:] At 11,,30 arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 11 passengers, Mr.
[20:] Wiersum the American Missionary
[21:] in 1st Class also; and 36 Packges
[22:] of through Cargo, Took in
[23:] 10 Tons of Coal; ~ Weather
[24:] became cool, with a light
[25:] N.W. breeze ~
[27:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[pg: 181]
[1:] Gave tickets to 29 1/2 Amara
[2:] passengers;
[3:] At 10,10 Am passed Ali Sherghi,
[4:] Modte hot wind blowing;
[5:] At 4,,50 PM. passed the
[6:] SS. Phrat & Barge going down,
[7:] at the grove of Ali Gherbi;
[8:] At 5,,10 passed Ali Gherbi
[9:] Village; Strong N.W. Wind,
[10:] At 11 P.M. we met the SS.
[11:] Khalifah & Barge at anchor at
[12:] Aboo Dood; we touched a shoal
[13:] just below her, I got up & went to
[14:] my cabin to close Henry's letter,
[15:] should anyone come to send it to
[16:] him, but We went on at 11,,15
[17:] & passed close to her; ~
[18:] Fine & Very cool night, moon
[19:] just setting;
[21:] morning very pleasant;
[22:] Wind got up blowing strong
[23:] by 8 AM;
[24:] At 9,,35 arrived at Coot
[25:] landed 10 passengers and
[26:] 2 Bales of through Cargo, and
[27:] took in 6 Tons of Coal;
[28:] I received a letter & Papers from
[29:] Henry left here, also one from
[pg: 182]
[2:] complaining of his health being
[3:] still weak, his mother & Marie
[4:] are well; he is waiting impatiently
[5:] his goods which did not go
[6:] up in the Khalifah, (but I have
[7:] them this time shipped, they
[8:] are 7 Packages of Elastic and
[9:] Leather etc) so I have just
[10:] sent him a notice through Mr.
[11:] Antoine Giulietti, free. Viz .
[15:] Henry tells me that great many
[16:] soldiers arrive from up Country
[17:] every day there about 24 Battalions
[18:] & all are going to rendevous
[19:] at Semawa, so as to march
[20:] to Kweit, to punish Moubarek
[21:] ibn Sobah & prevent the
[22:] English from taking possession
[23:] of it; It looks apparently
[24:] that as if Turkey is supported
[25:] by foreign powers either
[26:] Germany or Russia,
[pg: 183]
[1:] The Khalifah had not much
[2:] Cargo about 80,000 Okes, & few
[3:] passengers ~
[4:] We finished coaling at 11, but
[5:] the Engineers have some work to
[6:] do in the wheel & had to await,
[7:] The Engineers having repaired
[8:] the starboard wheel & arms,
[9:] At 2,,5 P.M. proceeded;
[10:] Took 26 passengers; ~ The
[11:] weather Kept Cool throughout the
[12:] day, a modte N.W. breeze, & not
[13:] so hot as before;
[14:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[15:] night ~
[17:] Memlah; ~ Detained at Deboony
[18:] (lower & upper part) in shoal water
[19:] from 5 3/4 till 6 3/4 Am; ~
[20:] Detained below Azizieh in shoal
[21:] water from 2,,10 P.M till 2,,40;
[22:] At 2,,50 passed Azizieh,
[23:] The SS. Mossul passed up yesterday
[24:] before noon; ~
[25:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
[26:] Baghdad & Barge going down
[27:] at Sened;
[28:] At 7,,30 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[29:] Fort; Wind died away and
[pg: 184]
[2:] Wreck of the Dijleh is so much
[3:] out of the water more than
[4:] any other years; I never saw
[5:] her so much out of the water,
[6:] it seems that the river is falling
[7:] very fast; ~
[8:] At 10,20 P.M. landed Abdulwahab
[9:] son of Abdulghany Khderi at
[10:] Jwemisseh Above Swera Village
[11:] to see his property there & went
[12:] on at 10,,30; Fine cool weather
[14:] I had to go to my cabin at 3 1/2 Am,
[15:] as the cold in my head & nose
[16:] is troubling me from sleeping;
[17:] Passed over the Shoal at
[18:] Joorf el Batta at 7 3/4 over 2 1/2
[19:] draaz just rubbing over;
[20:] At 8,,45 Am passed
[21:] Ctesiphon ~
[22:] At 10,30 anchored below
[23:] Zumbaranyeh & found to our
[24:] astonishment the Mossul &
[25:] Barge Alongside the West bank
[26:] below the Island, discharging
[pg: 185]
[1:] her cargo on the bank, she is
[2:] here since Yesterday; We
[3:] sent to sound the Channel;
[4:] I paid the Ship's Company
[5:] their Wages for this month, as
[6:] I shall have no time to do it
[7:] in Baghdad, considering the
[8:] short stay they are giving us
[9:] now; ~
[10:] Our new second mate MacLure
[11:] is very fond of singing & playing
[12:] the instruments, he is constantly
[13:] whenever off duty does nothing
[14:] but plays & sings with the
[15:] other Engineer Foreman, as
[16:] loud as they can, one can have
[17:] no rest, I am so close to his
[18:] cabin that I cannot do
[19:] anything & Capt Hanslow
[20:] hears them & does not say
[21:] anything, this Officer has not
[22:] the slightest respect to his
[23:] Captain, & sees that he does not
[24:] tell him anything & even
[25:] talks & chafs with him;
[26:] Pilot returned at 11 1/2 not
[27:] having found any water, there
[28:] are only 2 & 2 1/4 draaz, &
[29:] Very narrow, we are lightning
[30:] the ship into the Barge;
[pg: 186]
[2:] landed a large part of her Cargo
[3:] on the bank, & sent for a
[4:] Boat to come down & take
[5:] it; she steamed on to the
[6:] shoal & grounded; she took
[7:] out anchors & begun heaving
[8:] on to the East bank; ~
[9:] We sounded an other place further
[10:] down below the Mossul & found
[11:] 2 & 2 1/4 draaz & Very narrow,
[12:] at 4 1/2 P.M. We steamed on
[13:] to it & grounded, it is very doubtful
[14:] that we can get over it,
[15:] Took anchor out ahead & hove,
[16:] We are working for nothing, just
[17:] to loose our time in hopes of seeing
[18:] the Mossul getting off, but she
[19:] knocked off heaving & are laying
[20:] idle; ~ Breeze fell down
[21:] & got warm, but not so bad
[22:] as the days before; at 8 1/4
[23:] we knocked off heaving & remained
[24:] for the night, The Mossul also
[25:] worked till about 11 P.M. she
[26:] is still in the same place ~
[27:] Weather got cool during the night
[28:] & was pleasant ~
[pg: 187]
[2:] At 5 Am we begun to heave on
[3:] fore & aft over 2 1/4 draaz, the
[4:] ship now drawing only 3,, 4;
[5:] The Mossul also in the same
[6:] place & has advanced a little
[7:] toward the East bank ~
[8:] At 8 Am the Mossul hove over &
[9:] got in deep water alongside the
[10:] East bank, just ahead of us,
[11:] her Cargo is lying still on the
[12:] opposit side, where an empty
[13:] Boat alongside; We are still
[14:] jammed in a narrow channel
[15:] & heaving fore & aft & working
[16:] the Engines too; At 10,,20 We
[17:] hove into deep water Close to the
[18:] East bank, & then hove the Barge
[19:] which was cast off astern of us,
[20:] The Mossul has sent her Crew
[21:] to the Other side to load the Boat
[22:] with the Cargo hove on shore;
[23:] We got the Barge alongside, but we
[24:] find the place shoal yet, we cannot
[25:] get to steam over it & had to
[26:] take an anchor ahead, it being
[27:] narrow between the shoal & the
[28:] East bank;
[29:] At 3,,25 P.M. We hov up & proceeded
[30:] from Zumbaranyeh, leaving the
[31:] Mossul alongside the bank getting
[32:] her Cargo from the opposite side
[pg: 188]
[2:] At 5,,30 P.M. passed Diala
[3:] river;
[4:] Detained 10 mints at Dedewyeh
[5:] & 10 mint below the Bridge near
[6:] the Nawab's Garden in shoal water
[7:] At 7,,50 passed through the
[8:] Bridge of Gherrara; ~
[9:] I slept in my cabin as it is not
[10:] worth while to go out on the
[11:] quarter deck; ~
[12:] Detained at Cherd el Pasha or
[13:] a little above it from 10,,45 till
[14:] 11 in shoal water; I have
[15:] had no sleep at all in my
[16:] cabin; ~
[17:] At 11,,15 landed the mails
[18:] at the Residency, I also landed in
[19:] a Goffa & Went home; found
[20:] Eliza, Alexander & Mary all
[21:] Well, he has received my
[22:] notice from Coot; I had
[23:] Very little sleep;
[25:] some light Clouds, the air
[26:] shifted to S. Est & then to N.W.
[27:] At 7 Am I called on Henry's
[28:] wife Menusha & at 8 came
[pg: 189]
[1:] on board, there are no steamers
[2:] here, we are alongside the wharf;
[3:] We are leaving on thursday morning,
[4:] at 11 I went home; ~
[5:] Took a cold bath; ~ I advanced
[6:] Alexander an other 50 Liras making
[7:] up till now 300 Liras ~
[8:] Mr. Rappaport called on us,
[9:] also Mr. Rouet, Antone Marine,
[10:] Johny & Artin & Shekoory Sayegh
[11:] Johnny dined with us, & went
[12:] at 9 P.M.;
[13:] Weather unsettled, variable
[14:] airs & sultry; ~
[16:] At 7 Am I called on Antone Marine
[17:] & at 8 came on board;
[18:] The Mossul came up last
[19:] night at 9 P.M. & grounded at
[20:] the Cherd el Pasha, & is still
[21:] Aground there;
[22:] We are shipping cargo; The
[23:] weather is very warm today,
[24:] It is the Bahoora heat I think
[25:] has sat in either today or
[26:] tomorrow ~ at 11 I went home
[27:] to breakfast called on my
[28:] way to Alexanders office &
[29:] took him home; It is very
[30:] warm ~
[pg: 190]
[2:] we are shipping cargo, ~
[3:] A very large Shark was caught
[4:] by a hook just close here &
[5:] I have not seen such a large
[6:] one in this river for a long
[7:] time, the river is infested with
[8:] sharks this year, all over from
[9:] Basreh to here, many people
[10:] got lost this year, being caught
[11:] by them; ~
[12:] At 5 1/2 I went home, took Alexander
[13:] & called on Alice & Emilia & on
[14:] sister Eliza & came home at
[15:] 7 P.M. ~
[16:] The SS. Mossul got off the
[17:] shoal near Cherd el Pasha and
[18:] came up at 6 1/2 P.M.;
[19:] Light N.W. & fine night, it
[20:] became a little cooler;
[22:] Cool;
[23:] At 7 Am called on
[24:] Menusha & came on board
[25:] at 8; We are shipping Cargo;
[26:] The weather is very warm & disagreable
[27:] We are in the Bahoora now
[28:] since about 2 days ~
[pg: 191]
[1:] At 11 1/2 went to breakfast,
[2:] It is awfully hot, even in the Serdab
[3:] one is swetting much ~
[4:] At 2 P.M. came on board, We
[5:] Shipped a lot of Cargo, over 800
[6:] Bales of wool; The heat is great
[7:] one cannot stay in the Cabin,
[8:] At 6 P.M. I went home, found
[9:] Alice, & Adoola my cousin, also
[10:] Mr. Chaveni the french Civil
[11:] Engineer in the Turkish service,
[12:] they left at 7, ~ Light N.W.
[13:] & fine & it got a little cooler,
[15:] at 4 Am I came on board
[17:] At 5 anchored at Babel Sherghi
[18:] & sent to sound the bad place
[19:] further down;
[20:] At 5,,45 proceeded over the
[21:] shoal without touching ~
[22:] Detained 15 min at Dedewyeh
[pg: 192]
[2:] At 8,,35 passed Diala river,
[3:] Mr. Parry the Agent sent us yesterday
[4:] the Bonus, to be distributed
[5:] among the whole crew &
[6:] officers who were serving on
[7:] board last year; all the Deckmen
[8:] Firemen, Tindals, Cooks, Pilot
[9:] Steersmen & servants, also
[10:] the Blacksmiths in the Khan
[11:] & all hands employed, he
[12:] sent me a Bag with 615
[13:] Mejidies, @ 77 R. P. per Mejidie
[14:] as I had no time yesterday
[15:] to pay it & make out a list
[16:] & get their signatures as he
[17:] asked to do, I left it to be
[18:] paid on the way down
[19:] At 9,,35 Anchored at
[20:] Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound,
[21:] found the Chanel the same as
[22:] before, 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz but
[23:] intricate; At 10 1/2 steamed
[24:] on to it & grounded; Worked
[25:] with an Anchor & hove off ,
[26:] At 0,,30 P.M. proceeded
[pg: 193]
[1:] At 1,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[2:] Very hot & calm Weather;
[3:] We have altogether 145 Passen
[4:] (Besides 10 that are free by
[5:] Lynchs Abdulkadur Khdery
[6:] & his 2 wives in 1st Class &
[7:] 3 servants with them to Amara,
[8:] & 4 other Deck free to Coot &
[9:] Basreh) We have also Elias
[10:] son of Tanton Eassayi in 1st
[12:] Class to Basreh, & Yousif Shantob
[13:] the Old Man brother of Yoda
[14:] Shantob in 2nd Class, ~
[15:] At 6,,15 P.M. Anchored at Dawar
[16:] (Thabtyeh) & sounded; ~ As
[17:] the Pilot did not come quick,
[18:] We remained at Anchor for the
[19:] night, very warm, with clouds
[20:] on the South & East;
[21:] I have the stomach Ache since
[22:] yesterday, I am very bilious &
[23:] mouth bitter & dirty tongue; I
[24:] have taken the sulphur & cream of
[25:] Tartar, also fruit salt, but it has
[26:] not gone;
[28:] Cool ~
[29:] At 4,,45 Am proceeded
[30:] from Dawar reach;
[31:] At 7 passed Baghdadieh
[pg: 194]
[2:] Very Calm & warm weather,
[3:] Detained in shoal water at
[4:] Zwyet el Zereh in heaving off
[5:] from 10,,15 till 11;
[6:] At 1,,35 P.M. passed the
[7:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
[8:] up at Shedeif ~ There is
[9:] a Modte Wind but hot;
[10:] At 5,,20 passed Memlah;
[11:] At 6,,50 passed the SS. Phrat &
[12:] Barge going up at Mehdi ~
[13:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[14:] it is getting cool ~
[15:] At 7,,10 We Came to for
[16:] the night at Aboo Homar,
[17:] Very light N.W. air; It
[18:] became cool at night, with a cool
[19:] N.W. breeze but I could not sleep
[20:] till midnight;
[22:] but not cool, ~
[23:] At 5 AM. We proceeded from
[24:] Aboo Homar; ~ Wind got up from
[25:] N. Est & blowing hot
[26:] At 9,,10 arrived at Coot
[pg: 195]
[1:] landed 28 passengers and 128
[2:] Packages, we could not go further
[3:] up to our Coal Depot, the place
[4:] is getting shoal, & had to go along
[5:] side the bank below the Depot,
[6:] There are 74 Bales of Wool
[7:] here, but the owner of it would
[8:] not ship it this time until all
[9:] his wool is pressed; ~
[10:] I received Henry's letters & my
[11:] papers, The Khalifah had about
[12:] 255900 Okes & few passengers,
[13:] Ibrahim Effendi the Mudir
[14:] of Senyeh at Amara my friend
[15:] is on board going to Baghdad,
[16:] & the Apothecary Dr. DeSilva
[17:] & his wife for the Comet;
[18:] At 10,,25 AM. We left Coot
[19:] took 13 Passengers; ~
[20:] Very hot Erly wind blowing fresh,
[21:] with dust & hot wind;
[22:] At 4,,45 P.M. came to at
[23:] Aboo Dood to the Shoal place
[24:] & sent to sound, two Boats aground
[25:] in the Channel; We hove & steamed
[26:] to the Boat Aground sent the Launch
[27:] & got her anchor out, but we grounded
[28:] astern of her; We had to take an
[pg: 196]
[2:] We remained for the night, it
[3:] is quite broad day light yet;
[4:] Modte Northerly wind is blowing,
[5:] but hot; I had to sleep in my
[6:] cabin as the wind was on my side
[7:] & too strong to sleep out, but I felt
[8:] it warm & the wind fell a little
[9:] later on;
[11:] At 5 Am proceeded from Aboo
[12:] Dood;
[13:] At 8 Am passed Ali Gherbi
[14:] Wind shifted to a fresh N.W.
[15:] & hot; Detained in shoal water
[16:] above Flefleh reach from 9,,30
[17:] till 9,,50 ~ Very strong Wind
[18:] from N. Est, & hot blowing like
[19:] fire; it turned to the N. West
[20:] & blew Very strong all the day,
[21:] At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at
[22:] Amara landed 29 passengers
[23:] Besides Abdulkadur Khdery
[24:] & his 5 followers free not
[25:] Booked; and 39 Packages
[26:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge are
[27:] here bound up, she left at 7 1/2
[pg: 197]
[1:] There are 379 Bales of Wool here
[2:] to be shipped;
[3:] My pain in stomach is very bad,
[4:] it came on since 3 P.M. it is killing
[5:] me; I am taking the sulphur &
[6:] C of Tartar daily ~ I slept out
[7:] on the quarter Deck, Breeze from
[8:] N.W. increasing & blew fresh
[9:] at 10 P.M. I cannot sleep at all
[10:] from the pain; We finished at
[11:] 9 & hauled out; Toward midnight
[12:] the wind fell to a modte breeze
[13:] & became cool;
[15:] breeze ~
[16:] At 3,,10 AM. we left Amara
[17:] fine moonlight night;
[18:] My pain is calmed; I took a
[19:] cup of hot water early in the morning
[20:] Gave tickets to 13 1/2 Amara
[21:] passengers; ~ Picked 7 passengers
[22:] Subba also from Kalat Saleh,
[23:] At 8,,15 came to at Nafikh &
[24:] sounded; Weighed & steamed to
[25:] the channel close alongside
[26:] the West bank & after working
[27:] & shuving, we passed and
[28:] Went on at 9:30 ~
[29:] At 10,,30 grounded at Aboo
[pg: 198]
[2:] At 0.50 P.M. proceeded;
[3:] Hot wind blowing from N.W.
[4:] At 3,,15 P.M. passed Azair,
[5:] Wind fell down, & a very light
[6:] N.W. breeze prevails;
[7:] At 7,,5 P.M. landed 9 Passengers
[8:] & 14 Packages (12 carabas spirit)
[9:] at Gorna; at 7,20 proceeded
[10:] Light Westerly breeze;
[12:] At 1,,20 am. arrived at Basreh
[13:] No steamers are here; ~
[14:] We landed the passengers; ~
[15:] Rufail came to me at 5 1/2 am
[16:] he comes from Mohamerah, he
[17:] had gone there to receive his empty
[18:] date Boxes landed by the Avristan
[19:] as he is engaged by Hamilton Hotz & co
[20:] to pack for them about 60,000
[21:] Boxes for an American firm
[22:] on Commission; he took tea
[23:] with me & went away;
[24:] There are the S.S. Avristan of
[25:] Strick & Co. & the SS. Java
[26:] in quarantine ~ The Afrikander
[27:] & Goolistan have left a few days
[28:] ago ~
[pg: 199]
[1:] That American missionary, Mr.
[2:] H. J. Wiersum who went up with us
[3:] to Amara last time, & returned
[4:] by the Khalifah to Basreh, has
[5:] had the fever & small Pox, and
[6:] died here about 3 days ago;
[7:] The Gunboat Sphinx came
[8:] up from Bushire at 10 am
[9:] with the British Resident colonel
[10:] Kemball on board, she anchored
[11:] in the quarantine & had an
[12:] interview with Mr. Wratislaw
[13:] the Consul here;
[14:] At 10 1/2 Rufail came & we
[15:] went in to Basreh called on
[16:] Angoorlies as it is the Holy day
[17:] today of the Transfiguration
[18:] (Tejelly) & so it is the holy day
[19:] of Rezooki Angoorly, Tookyeh is
[20:] also there & all the family &
[21:] people calling on them, I
[22:] met Ali Beg the mudir of Tapo
[23:] near there & he also went in
[24:] with us; we found Yousef Marine
[25:] also there; they all breakfasted
[26:] together ~ At 2 P.M. Rufail
[27:] Yousif & I called on Nassoory
[28:] Andria it is also his Holy day
[pg: 200]
[2:] he came & opened it on purpose
[3:] I got some Kit from him, &
[4:] we came back to Angoorlies
[5:] we had tea and at 4 1/2 P.m.
[6:] Rufail & I left; I came on
[7:] board & at 6 went up to the
[8:] house of Rufail there were
[9:] Rezooki his brother & his wife
[10:] Mina, it is also Rezooki's Holy day,
[11:] Rufail, Yousif Marine and
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly came at
[13:] 7 P.m. they all stayed and
[14:] dined & slept ~ I have not
[15:] been able to sleep at all from
[16:] the Sand flies, there was no
[17:] breeze it is warm a little
[18:] & hazy dusty weather, It
[19:] became cooler at about
[20:] midnight;
[22:] weather ~ At 7 am I came
[23:] on board; we are shipping
[24:] cargo; ~ The SS. Sphinx left
[25:] early this morning ~ I hear that
[26:] a large English Gunboat the
[27:] Marathon of 19 guns is at
[pg: 201]
[1:] Kweit & in the Gulf ~
[2:] It became very warm and
[3:] dusty hazy weather, very close
[4:] & suffocating; We are doing
[5:] nothing since 8 am; ~
[6:] Rezooki Angoorly & Rezooki Sayegh
[7:] called on board;
[8:] At 3 1/2 P.m. we received
[9:] the mails;
[10:] Very calm & hot oppressive
[11:] weather & dusty no sun can
[12:] be seen, it is so close and
[13:] suffocating ~
[15:] Very warm disagreable cloudy,
[16:] hazy, dusty weather; and
[17:] it is very calm, like a foggy
[18:] day; It became very warm and
[19:] suffocating in the evening, my clothes
[20:] got quite wet from the perspiration;
[21:] Toward 10 P.M. the breeze increased
[22:] & became better, the dust disappearing,
[23:] At 10,,45 landed two passengers
[24:] at Gorna & went on at 10,,50
[25:] Wind freshening up;
[pg: 202]
[2:] at 3 I was obliged to go in to my
[3:] Cabin, the blowing the curtain,
[4:] At 4,,20 A.M. passed Azair,
[5:] Modte N.W. wind & fine ~
[6:] Finished with the passengers
[7:] tickets, We have 87 1/2 from
[8:] Basreh (2 in 1st Class, a young
[9:] Doctor of the quarantine called
[10:] Dr. Achou a Syrian of Beyrout
[11:] going to Suleimanyeh, he is
[12:] a relation of the Khdeir family
[13:] in Beyrout from whom Chakoury
[14:] Abood has married their daughter,
[15:] he has a recommendation to
[16:] Nassoury Aboud, he studied
[17:] in Beyrout & in France; and
[18:] the Kadi of Nasryeh Abdulhalim
[19:] Effendi a Kurd) ~
[20:] Since 7 am we got to Ghumeyjeh
[21:] & begun the shoal place &
[22:] groundings & heaving over &
[23:] steaming but with not much
[24:] progress, for want of water
[25:] in the river; although the
[26:] steamer is only drawing 3,,7 Inches,
[27:] up till 1,,30 P.M. we had got
[28:] only up to the Elbow & here
[pg: 203]
[1:] stuck & hove off & proceeded;
[2:] At Aboo Roba we grounded and
[3:] hove off & steamed from 2 P.M.
[4:] till 4,,45 when we proceeded,
[5:] Modte N.W. wind & fine, It
[6:] is not so hot today;
[7:] We passed Nafikh without touching,
[8:] Capt. Hanslow did not let
[9:] the officer overhaul the passengers
[10:] tickets, he said that they were
[11:] tyred, & not even Metty who
[12:] went to overhaul them, he
[13:] tells me that there are so very
[14:] few it is not worth while,
[15:] so I have to be satisfied with
[16:] what tickets I have given;
[17:] Very nice & cool weather,
[18:] with a light N.W. breeze;
[19:] At 8 P.M. anchored at Kalat
[20:] Saleh , landed 2 1/2 passengers, &
[21:] repaired a broken float of the
[22:] starboard wheel, just opposite the
[23:] village ~
[24:] At 8,,30 left Kalat Saleh,
[25:] Light N.W. & fine cool Night;
[27:] at 2 AM. I went to my cabin, too much
[28:] wind blowing ~
[pg: 204]
[2:] We could not approach alongside
[3:] our wharf, being too Shallow,
[4:] had to put planks & make a
[5:] stage, we landed 7 Bales of
[6:] through Cargo, & 24 1/2 passengers,
[7:] Took in 10 Tons of Coal ~
[8:] Fresh N.W. Wind blowing ~
[9:] At 6 left Amara, I left the
[10:] Khalifah's letters here ~
[11:] Strong N.W. Wind;
[12:] Gave tickets to 27 1/2 Amara
[13:] passengers; (10 for Ali Gherbi
[14:] whom Capt Hanslow would not
[15:] take to land them, but they came
[16:] on board, & he insists not to land
[17:] them, as he hates stopping any
[18:] where to land either cargo or
[19:] passengers; at last I told Metty
[20:] to tell him up that they had
[21:] asked me on the way down to
[22:] speak to him but I forgot and
[23:] one of them is Jebary brother of
[24:] Khdeir son of H. Ismail our
[25:] friend, he consented)
[26:] We found 4 other passengers
[27:] free today (2 having a pass
[28:] by Mr. Bottomley, the Agent &
[29:] 2 men servants of Tom Tartt
[pg: 205]
[1:] who is now working in repairing
[2:] the Blosse Lynch, these Captain
[3:] Hanslow gave them free Passage,
[4:] Very strong wind blowing
[5:] to half a gale, all the day, the
[6:] awnings being furled & all
[7:] the passengers are down;
[8:] At 3 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[9:] Wind as Strong as ever; ~
[10:] Toward evening it went down a little
[11:] Detained on shoal water above
[12:] Flefleh from 7,,45 P.M. till 8 in
[13:] sounding etc;
[14:] At 11,,30 P.M. landed 10
[15:] Passengers at Ali Gherbi & took
[16:] one & went on at 11,40 ~
[17:] I slept in the cabin there is a modte
[18:] N.W. Wind & is not so warm in
[19:] cabin ~
[21:] pleasant weather;
[22:] At 6,,10 AM. grounded at
[23:] Aboo Dood, sent to sound and
[24:] took an anchor out ahead and
[25:] hove off; At 7,,30 got over and
[26:] proceeded, there are 2 1/2 draaz here,
[27:] At 9,,10 passed Sheikh Saad
[28:] wind getting up moderately;
[29:] At 3,,55 P.M. passed the
[pg: 206]
[2:] down at Gardyeh reach;
[3:] The Bridge which the Sennyeh
[4:] have constructed below Coot since
[5:] last year, is still lying idle
[6:] & open half on each side of
[7:] the river for want of anchors
[8:] chains & Buoys, ~
[9:] At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at Coot,
[10:] Cannot get up to our Coal Depot
[11:] on account of a shoal having
[12:] formed below it; we landed 4
[13:] passengers & one Bale of through
[14:] cargo; ~ We took no coal;
[15:] I received a letter from Henry
[16:] & one from my son Alexander
[17:] they are all well; the Khalifah
[18:] had about 100,000 Okes only
[19:] & 185 Passengers & 12 Tilkeflies free;
[20:] At 7,,30 P.M. We left Coot,
[21:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[22:] We passed the S.S. Mossul
[23:] & Barge today at 1 P.M. going
[24:] down ~ Light N.W. & fine
[25:] cool night ~
[pg: 207]
[2:] weather ~
[3:] Detained 1/4 hour, above
[4:] Bughela on shoal water ~
[5:] At 6,,10 AM. passed Memlah,
[6:] Gave tickets to 34 Coot Passengers
[7:] We have besides 10 men being the
[8:] workmen of Lynch's wool Press,
[9:] now returning having finished
[10:] pressing; Vartan the Clerk
[11:] & Naoomy Amon the Blacksmith
[12:] in a 2nd Class cabin & 8 Mossullies
[13:] all free; This Year there has
[14:] been pressed at Coot 1619
[15:] Bales charging 5 1/2 Beshlies
[16:] net all including Gunnies bands
[17:] & freight down to Basreh
[18:] (which we charge 7 G.S.P. per Bale)
[19:] Last year there were 1,300
[20:] Bales pressed ~
[21:] At 2.15 P.M. while passing
[22:] along the East bank at Towil
[23:] I saw my old Arab friend
[24:] Khdeir (son in law of Arbid)
[25:] in one of the two Boats alongside
[26:] the bank, he sung out to me)
[27:] I thought he was dead as
[28:] Henry had written to me lately
[29:] that he had heard so, we
[30:] touched a shoal & could not
[pg: 208]
[2:] and sent to sound, Khdeir
[3:] came up the bank & I called
[4:] him to cross off to me, he
[5:] was afraid of the Sharks,
[6:] but he came on board, I
[7:] found much altered and
[8:] wearying down, he lives on the
[9:] opposite side with his daughter
[10:] Mehayeh & her husband
[11:] Zebala, I gave him a melon
[12:] some rusk & 2 Kerans & I
[13:] told him to come up to Baghdad
[14:] poor fellow he is just the
[15:] same as before; he then recrossed
[16:] We found the water on the
[17:] other side along to West bank
[18:] so we had to turn & steam
[19:] down river & round an island
[20:] & then steamed up & went
[21:] on at 3,,50 P.M.;
[22:] Two passengers for Azizieh from
[23:] Coot went off in a Goffa at
[24:] 7 1/2 just below Azizieh ~
[25:] We touched the shoal & detained
[26:] about 15 minutes ~
[27:] At 8,,30 passed Azizieh
[28:] Light N.W. & fine cool night
[pg: 209]
[2:] At 1,,30 AM. passed Baghdadieh
[3:] Fort ~
[4:] At 5 we grounded at Dawar
[5:] lower reach on the West bank
[6:] near the Cherds; Took anchors
[7:] out & hove on; ~
[8:] At 7 we got over & proceeded
[9:] Light N.W. breeze & pleasant;
[10:] At 10,,20 stopped on top of
[11:] Ledje reach to let the S.S. Phrat
[12:] & Barge pass bound down,
[13:] She has Troops on board of both
[14:] for Nasryeh & Basreh relief force,
[15:] At 10,,30 we went on;
[16:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Bostan;
[17:] Modte N.W. breeze & cool;
[18:] (My stomach does not pain me
[19:] for the last 2 days so much as before
[20:] I took 8 doses of Sulphur & a cup of Tartar
[21:] & a cup of hot water early on rising
[22:] & I think this has done me good)
[23:] I brought a nice young Gazelle
[24:] given to me by Rufail it
[25:] got loose just opposite the
[26:] arch of Ctesiphon & running
[27:] about the deck the men could
[28:] not catch her, & it jumped
[29:] overboard, we sung out to
[30:] a wood Boat alongside they
[pg: 210]
[2:] we passed Ctesiphon at 4 P.M.
[3:] we sung out to the mudir's men
[4:] & other Arabs to get the Gazelle,
[5:] At 6 P.m. we anchored at
[6:] Zumbaranyeh below the Island
[7:] & sent to sound the Shoal place,
[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[9:] found 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz but narrow
[10:] & intricate at 6 1/2 steamed on to it,
[11:] grounded, took an anchor out ahead
[12:] & hove on & steamed; ~
[13:] At 8,,30 we got over & proceeded,
[14:] Calm weather, very light N.W. breeze;
[15:] At 10,,40 passed Diala ~
[16:] we touched in some places;
[17:] Passed through the Bridge of
[18:] Gherrara ~
[20:] At 4 am anchored above
[21:] Cherd el Pasha & sounded;
[22:] found 2 1/2 draaz, stuck on it
[23:] took anchor out & hove up,
[24:] most of our passengers landed
[25:] in Goffas; at 6 1/2 I also
[pg: 211]
[1:] landed & walked to town & came
[2:] home at 7, found Eliza & Mary
[3:] but Alexander had gone out
[4:] at 5 am on a Bycicle to meet
[5:] me, & he did not come back
[6:] till 9 am, he said he had gone
[7:] far beyond Gherrara but
[8:] did not know that we had
[9:] passed at night time, until he
[10:] asked at Gherrara; Antone
[11:] Marine called, ~ at 10 I came
[12:] on board, sent money to the
[13:] office; The Baghdad is here,
[14:] she has finished discharge, &
[15:] load, but repairing Engines,
[16:] she will leave on Friday; ~
[17:] I went home at 11 am passed to
[18:] Alexander's office, & took him home
[19:] Lots of people wanting cabins
[20:] I have let them all; Shekoory
[21:] Sayegh also going down with
[22:] us to work at the dates for
[23:] Rufail & many other Christians
[24:] I took a cold bath ~ At 4
[25:] P.m. called on Menusha with
[26:] Alexander & came home at
[27:] 6, Johny & Artin called on
[28:] us & left at 8 1/4, ~
[pg: 212]
[2:] weather;~
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[4:] morning~ at 7 AM. I called
[5:] on Antone Marine & at
[6:] 8 came on board; we are
[7:] discharging cargo; ~
[8:] At 10 I called on Mr. Rappaport
[9:] he regrets very much that of
[10:] us Henry & myself will not be
[11:] here for our Emperor Francis
[12:] Joseph's Birthday on the 18th
[13:] I also regret it very much, I
[14:] was always anticipating
[15:] that by this time I would have
[16:] resigned the service & be here
[17:] to be present on this occasion
[18:] He is giving a dinner in the
[19:] evening to the Austrian Colony
[20:] he brought me two letters of
[21:] invitation to myself & my
[22:] wife & one to Alexander & his
[23:] wife for Sunday @ 8 P.M.
[24:] also one for Henry his wife
[25:] & daughter Harriette ~
[26:] Mr. Rappaport has received
[27:] an answer from the minister
[pg: 213]
[1:] of the Austro Hungarian Territorial
[2:] Defence, with regard to my
[3:] son Alexander's Military service
[4:] & the application he made &
[5:] the medical certificate he
[6:] has sent them, So they have
[7:] accepted it & allowed my son
[8:] to be free & exempt from
[9:] the service on account of the
[10:] defect in his eyes; But Mr.
[11:] Rappaport had to fine Alexander
[12:] 30 florins as per military code
[13:] of Regulation & has given him
[14:] a temporary Passport, until he
[15:] gets the regular Passport from
[16:] Agram, I left at 11 ~ Called
[17:] on my way to Menusha gave
[18:] her the letter of invitation of Mr.
[19:] Rappaport & came home;
[20:] At 2 P.M. came on board
[21:] we are shipping cargo, also
[22:] the Baghdad is ~
[23:] At 5 I went home, took Alexander
[24:] & went to see Sister Emilia & Alice
[25:] & then went to Sister Eliza I only
[26:] saw her & Johny; Serpohy wife
[27:] of Artin had gone to see her father
[28:] who arrived today, Dr. Kazassyan
[29:] from Constple via Aleppo and
[30:] Deir, he had gone about
[pg: 214]
[2:] with the young military Students
[3:] sent from Baghdad;
[4:] At 7 I came home, Fine clear
[5:] weather & cool;
[7:] pleasant weather ~ Today
[8:] is the Holyday of the Virgin Mary,
[9:] my wife, Alexander & Mary went
[10:] to Church, & at 7 1/2 I came
[11:] on board; we are shipping good
[12:] deal of cargo; At 11 went on shore
[13:] called on Menusha to wish her
[14:] good Holyday; Henry has wired
[15:] to her from Amara yesterday
[16:] evening, on his way up; I went
[17:] home, some visitors called for
[18:] Mary's holiday; at 2 P.M.
[19:] I came on board; ~ we finished
[20:] at 4 P.M. at 6 I went home;
[21:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[22:] night;
[24:] weather ~ At 4 AM I came
[25:] on board; ~
[pg: 215]
[2:] & proceeded; ~
[3:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge also
[4:] got underway behind us; we
[5:] touched & grounded at Cherd el
[6:] Pasha at 4, 45; the Baghdad
[7:] also anchored astern of us; we took
[8:] out an anchor & hove on; ~
[9:] The Baghdad sounded & steamed down
[10:] & got aground before us on our
[11:] way; we got off at 6 1/2 and
[12:] are waiting for the Baghdad;
[13:] she got off at 11 & went alongside
[14:] the East bank; we sounded
[15:] & steamed on to the shoal where
[16:] the Baghdad was; She went
[17:] on at 11 1/2; we stuck in
[18:] the shoal place & worked with
[19:] anchors fore & aft in heaving,
[20:] Weather getting warm with
[21:] very light air; we are
[22:] heaving & shifting anchors all
[23:] the day; ~ many people came in
[24:] Boats, Christians & Mahomedans
[pg: 216]
[2:] opposite us; ~ we knocked off
[3:] work at 7 ~ very calm & Sultry
[4:] warm weather; Johny my nephew
[5:] also came down in his jolly Boat;
\
[7:] pleasant at all ~ At 5 AM.
[8:] begun to heave & sound, there
[9:] are only 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz ~
[10:] People Jews & Christians coming
[11:] from the towns in Boats & by
[12:] land;~ we are lightning
[13:] the ship by putting cargo in
[14:] the Barge, to lighten her to
[15:] 3 feet; Goffa loads of
[16:] Jews keep coming on board
[17:] to amuse themselves, no
[18:] one tells them to go away
[19:] At 9 steamed on to the shoal
[10:] & grounded;~ Alexander came
[21:] down in a Boat to see me at
[22:] 9 1/2 & went away at 10 1/2 ,
[23:] we are heaving & steaming
[24:] over the shoal;
[25:] At 12 AM. got over and
[26:] proceeded from Cherd el
[27:] Pasha ~
[28:] At 1,, 25 P.M grounded
[pg: 217]
[1:] at Joorf el Batta (above Gherrara)
\ [2:] Took an anchor out & Sent
[3:] to sound; weather getting
[4:] warm & breeze falling;
[5:] Took anchors several times & hove
[6:] but she wont move, the anchor
[7:] comes home;
[8:] A large Shark is here swimming
[9:] about; there are any amount
[10:] of them this year all along
[11:] the river from Basreh to
[12:] Baghdad;
[13:] We took several anchors aft &
[14:] hove to, but she wont move, She
[15:] got on top of the shoal place,
[16:] where she got aground the Captain
[17:] was asleep, he does not care
[18:] a bit whether she gets aground
[19:] or not; our both mates are
[20:] new & ignorant of the river;
[21:] At 7 1/2 we floated off; & remained
[22:] at anchor for the night ~ Light
[23:] N.W. breeze & fine; ~ They took an
[24:] other anchor aft at 8 & hove her
[25:] off & gathered the other anchor until
[26:] 9 P.M. while the Captain had gone to
[27:] sleep; I had to sleep in my cabin
[28:] as they were working aft, but
[29:] it was not very warm;
[pg: 218]
[2:] Today is the Birthday of our
[3:] Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
[4:] Hungary; Mr Rappaport is
[5:] going at 6 1/2 AM. to the Latin
[6:] Church to hear a high mass
[7:] he is getting celebrated; he had
[8:] sent a Circular to the Austro-
[9:] Hungarian subjects who are only
[10:] myself, Henry, Mrs. Paduani
[11:] & his clerk Rosenfeld (the
[12:] son of Hermann the tailor)
[13:] and is giving a dinner this evening
[14:] at 8 P.M. to my family, Henry's,
[15:] Johny my nephew, Mr. MacLaughton
[16:] the Sub Director of the Ottoman
[17:] Bank, Mr. Querry assistant inspector
[18:] of the Règis & Mrs. Paduani &
[19:] her daughters ~
[20:] At 5, 30 AM. we proceeded
[21:] from Joorf el Rot; passed
[22:] through the Gherrara Bridge,
[23:] they told us that the Baghdad
[24:] is aground at Rustumyeh;
[25:] At 6,, 50 we grounded below
[26:] Dedewyeh, took anchor out
[27:] astern & hove off, she
[pg: 219]
[1:] wont move, took several anchors
[2:] fore & aft; but of no use; she
[3:] seems to be stuck hard, although
[4:] she is only drawing 3 feet,
[5:] & there are 2 1/2 draaz (3,,9),
[6:] Such a trip we have not had
[7:] for many years; ~
[8:] At 4,, 45 P.M. After much heaving
[9:] we got detached & proceed on
[10:] through the proper channel;
[11:] At 4,, 55 passed Diala
[12:] river, fresh N.W. & hot wind
[13:] blew all the day;
[14:] At 6 P.M. anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[15:] and sent to sound the Channel;
[16:] found 3 & 3 1/2 draaz; and we remained
[17:] here for the night~ Light N.W.
[18:] breeze & fine cool night;
[19:] Since four days I have again
[20:] got the pain on my back but not
[21:] so bad as before, It is from the
[22:] cold at night I get it, it had not
[23:] gone altogether since I had it
[24:] in June;
[26:] Cool weather ~
[27:] At 5,, 15 AM. proceeded from
[28:] Zumbaranyeh & passed over
[29:] the Shoal without touching,
[30:] At 6,,20 passed Ctesiphon
[pg: 220]
[2:] Batta & sounded the channel;
[3:] found 3 & 3 1/2 draaz ~
[4:] At 7, 35 proceeded without
[5:] touching; ~
[6:] Strong wind got up at about
[7:] 9 AM; ~ Detained at Jubeil
[8:] 15 minutes ~
[9:] At 0,,30 P.M. anchored at
[10:] Dawar reach (lower part) &
[11:] sent to sound; Very Strong
[12:] N.W. wind blowing, with dust
[13:] had to furl awnings ~
[14:] At 2,, proceeded, touched the Shoal
[15:] & at 2, 30 passed & steamed
[16:] on;
[17:] At 4,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[18:] The wreck of the Str. Dijleh is
[19:] so visible out of the water
[20:] more than any low season
[21:] since she went down on
[22:] the 8 Septr. 1876; I never saw
[23:] her so out of the water;
[24:] it must be the extraordinary
[25:] low state of the river this
[26:] year, half of the Boiler
[pg: 221]
[1:] is exposed; the Cylinders,
[2:] cranks, superheater, the
[3:] Port wheel Box; it is now
[4:] embedded with sand and
[5:] a sand bank stretching
[6:] below the wreck;
[7:] Wind fell down at 5 P.M. & became
[8:] nice & cool;
[9:] My pain on the Spine is still the same
[10:] it is not so severe, but it does not
[11:] get better, I am rubbing it with
[12:] the Cajaput, & Turpentine & oil,
[13:] At 7,, 15 P.M. we rounded
[14:] & came to at Raddat; Light
[15:] N.W. breeze ~
[16:] An Indian passenger who
[17:] was sick when brought on
[18:] board, died this afternoon,
[19:] We sent the dead Indian in
[20:] a Boat to be burried on the
[21:] East bank ~ The noise & raw
[22:] that the people who accompanied
[23:] the body on shore & the Boat going
[24:] & coming backward & forward
[25:] till 11 P.M. prevented one from
[26:] sleeping, no one is looking to
[27:] check what the crew are
[28:] doing, they are left to themselves
[pg: 222]
[2:] at 2 1/2 AM I had to go to my Cabin
[3:] I did not seep 3 hours all
[4:] the night ~
[5:] At 5, AM proceeded
[6:] from Raddat; ~
[7:] At 5,,25 passed Azizieh,
[8:] and at 5, 30 Anchored, here
[9:] we found the SS. Baghdad
[10:] aground with her Barge too,
[11:] she had left together with us
[12:] & had passed us at Cherd el
[13:] Pasha; We sent to sound;
[14:] It is only up to this morning that
[15:] our mate Mr. Slack has overhauled
[16:] the passengers tickets after
[17:] five days; we have therefore
[18:] altogether 234 1/2 (2 in 1st
[19:] Class Jews Haroon Gareh &
[20:] Noonoo Mekammel, & 2 Jews
[21:] in 2nd Class Tweg & his wife
[22:] all to Basreh) about 10 Christians
[23:] going to work for dates; also
[24:] Shekoory Sayegh going to
[25:] work for Rufail Sayegh's
[26:] dates at Mohamera taking
[pg: 223]
[1:] with 3 or 4 Christians; Rufail
[2:] is working for Hamilton Hotz &co
[3:] & these are doing it for an
[4:] American merchants of
[5:] New York on Commission;
[6:] Pilot found only 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz;
[7:] We have besides the above passing
[8:] four other with white papers from
[9:] the Agent (2 are divers with a
[10:] Goffa to Shedeif to be landed
[11:] where a boat has sunk with
[12:] the railing of the Kadumain
[13:] Tramway which the Khalifah
[14:] took up to Baghdad free, &
[15:] there are some more sunk
[16:] to be got up by these 2 divers)
[17:] At 7 1/2 we steamed on to
[18:] the shoal place on the west
[19:] bank, after putting all the
[20:] passengers in the Barge,
[21:] the Baghdad is alongside the East
[22:] bank & her Barge is aground,
[23:] we took a different channel
[24:] on the opposite side, & we grounded
[25:] took an anchor out astern,
[26:] Kept taking several anchors
[27:] for & aft & heaving over
[28:] It became very calm &
[pg: 224]
[2:] East bank at 12 Am. and
[3:] sent to gather the anchor &
[4:] chain,
[5:] At 1,,20 P.M. we got
[6:] underway, left the Baghdad
[7:] with her barge still aground;
[8:] Breeze S. Ely & calm;
[9:] At 2,,25 P.M. passed the
[10:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge bound up
[11:] at Zweyet el Zere, I saw Ali
[12:] Beg the mudir of Tapo on board
[13:] going up;
[14:] It became very hot & Suffocating
[15:] Calm & very unpleasant;
[16:] At 4,,10 landed the two divers
[17:] & their Goffa at Shedeif to the
[18:] sunken Boat on the East bank
[19:] to pick up what remains of the
[20:] Iron rail bars of the Kadumain
[21:] Tram way all free, S Lynch & co
[22:] are Agents for the Insurance,
[23:] The Khalifah had brought up
[24:] about 130 rails & the divers &
[25:] Goffa last month; The sunken
[26:] boat is all broken & the
[27:] wood from half of it taken
[28:] away by the Arabs ~
[pg: 225]
[1:] At 5,,35 P.M. anchored at Deboony
[2:] & sent to sound; Boat in the Channel,
[3:] very calm & hot a very light breeze
[4:] from N.W. The Therm in my Cabin
[5:] at 6 P.M. I still 108º ~
[6:] My spine still pains me a little
[7:] it is like a Rheumatism, it extends
[8:] down to my legs ~
[9:] Pilot returned at 6 1/2 there are 3 1/2
[10:] & 4 draaz, but Boats are in the
[11:] Channel; we remained for the
[12:] night to sleep quietly; ~
[13:] Last night there was a fine
[14:] scandal & comedy; our chief
[15:] mate Slack got a woman
[16:] in his cabin & made her
[17:] drink as well as himself, &
[18:] a great raw took place,
[19:] they had to carry her dead
[20:] drunk on deck & he was
[21:] drunk the whole time and
[22:] today too; ~ It is all the Captain's
[23:] falt, he does not care whatever they
[24:] do on board, has no respect by
[25:] his officers, after dinner this evening
[26:] I left the table & the two mates,
[pg: 226]
[2:] & he relates all sorts of dirty
[3:] stories, nearly every evening when
[4:] it happens that we have no
[5:] European passengers; & even the
[6:] new Young 3d Engineer Mr. Forman
[7:] joins their company & sits at
[8:] the table; This evening after
[9:] having talked for an hour
[10:] Capt Hanslow went up to sleep
[11:] and the 2 Mate Maclure, the
[12:] 3 Engineer Forman & Alex Blaney
[13:] the assistant Engineer took
[14:] the little Boat & went off pulling
[15:] about in the river singing
[16:] & playing instruments till
[17:] 10 P.M; these are things that
[18:] I never saw in my life before,
[19:] it is making me very disgusted
[20:] & sick of this service on board,
[22:] at all, rather warm;
[23:] At 5 AM. proceeded from
[24:] Deboony & went on without
[25:] touching;
[26:] At 8,, passed Memlah,
[27:] At 8,,15 anchored above
[28:] Bughela & sent to Sound,
[pg: 227]
[1:] There are 2 1/4 & 2 1/2, We then proceeded
[2:] at 9 & passed over by touching
[3:] & went on, as the steamer is
[4:] now only drawing 2.9 fore &
[5:] 3.2 aft; At 9,,10 anchored
[6:] again near the West bank
[7:] and sent to Sound; at 9,45
[8:] proceeded & then turned round
[9:] & went alongside the village
[10:] at Bughela to allow the
[12:] passengers to get provisions,
[13:] very calm & warm day;
[14:] At 10,,45 am left Bughela,
[15:] Very calm Sultry & warm weather,
[16:] At 4 P.m. passed the S.S.
[17:] Mossul & Barge going up at
[18:] Aboo Dukar (above Coot)
[19:] Light N. Ely breeze & very hot,
[20:] the sun is as hot as fire;
[21:] At 4,,45 arrived at Coot,
[22:] landed 27 1/2 passengers & 54
[23:] packages below our Coal Depot
[24:] cannot go further up as it is
[25:] getting Shoal; I received a
[26:] letter from Henry, he has left
[27:] all the letters at Amara, she
[28:] had left that place on Saturday
[29:] morning; she has about
[30:] 238000 Okes cargo ~
[pg: 228]
[2:] At 7,,5 we came to for the
[3:] night, very light N.W. breeze,
[4:] Our acting Chiefmate Mr. Slack
[5:] had a young mongoose pet &
[6:] it died today; This evening
[7:] he had prepared a small coffin
[8:] for it with a tin box & had it
[9:] conveyed in the big Launch to
[10:] the opposite bank with Metty
[11:] & other officiers & burried solemnly
[12:] among the roaring laughter
[13:] of the crew & the rest with
[14:] yelling & noise & they returned
[15:] at about 10 P.M. what a
[16:] scandal & stupidity of this
[17:] drunken man, this is the
[18:] sort of things I am to see
[19:] in these my last days;
[21:] not so cool & refreshing weather
[22:] At 4,,45 Am. proceeded
[23:] from Gardyeh ~
[24:] We took 17 1/2 Passengers from
[25:] Coot ~ Hot wind blowing from
[26:] N. East ~
[pg: 229]
[1:] At 10 am. passed Sheikh Saad,
[2:] Hot disagreable wind is blowing
[3:] from N. East;
[4:] At 11 anchored at Aboo
[5:] Dood & sounded, then steamed
[6:] on to the shoal, grounded, took
[7:] out anchors fore & aft &
[8:] hove, Strong wind had to furl
[9:] awnings, very hot wind as
[10:] fire; ~ At 2,,15 P.m. proceeded,
[11:] Took one Jew passenger from
[12:] the Boat of Liquorice
[13:] At 5,,15 anchored above
[14:] Maghessil & sent to sound;
[15:] Still the wind is strong and
[16:] hot; At 6 proceeded ~ Wind
[17:] falling ~
[18:] At 6,,25 passed Ali Gherbi
[19:] At 7,,5 we came to for the night
[20:] fresh N.W. wind & hot weather,
[21:] I have a bad cold on my head &
[22:] nose since this morning; The
[23:] wind is too strong out on the quarter
[24:] Deck;
[25:] We have had an other comedy
[26:] by the officers tonight after they
[27:] had their talk at the table, &
[28:] the 3 Engineer Forman joined, the
[29:] Captain went up to sleep; and
[pg: 230]
[2:] following each other, through the
[3:] Saloon & out round the cabins
[4:] & in & out, Skeeming & laughing
[5:] & make a hell of a noise; then
[6:] Mr. Slack the stupid half dead
[7:] man, came with the copper
[8:] mouth piece of our Pump, and
[9:] begun to blow it as a trumpet
[10:] on the quarter Deck, preventing
[11:] us from sleeping, as if he was
[12:] doing it intentionally, and
[13:] the Captain never said anything
[14:] and even it looks as if he is
[15:] encouraging them to do so
[16:] the 2nd mate MacLure was trying
[17:] to stop him from making such
[18:] noise & take him away, but
[19:] he insisted being drunk and
[20:] stupid, but at last went forward,
[21:] I was on the point of getting up
[22:] & pitch in to him, but I knew
[23:] I would only get out of temper
[24:] & injure my health & then
[25:] loose my sleep all the night;
[27:] cool at all ~
[28:] At 4.30 AM. we proceeded
[pg: 231]
[1:] At 5,,15 passed the S.S. Phrat
[2:] & Barge bound up above Flefleh,
[3:] At 9,,15 passed Ali Sherghi,
[4:] wind getting strong & hot;
[5:] awnings furled & all passengers
[6:] down below; wind moderate
[7:] at 2 P.m.
[8:] At 3,,10 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Amara, landed 49 1/2 Passengers
[10:] & 220 Packages (150 Bags of
[11:] Wheat) There are no Bales of
[12:] wool to be shipped, the workmen
[13:] Jejo Moorad & others have all
[14:] gone up in the Khalifah,
[15:] We took 5 Tons of Coal;
[16:] At 6,,15 P.M. left Amara
[17:] took 21 passengers; ~
[18:] Light N.W. breeze and
[19:] Clouds on West & South,
[20:] weather not pleasant, but
[21:] rather hazy;
[22:] At 8,,5 anchored above Abou
[23:] Sedra; Light N.W. & pleasant
[24:] night;
[26:] At 4,,30 A.M. proceeded ~
[27:] At 7,,25 passed Kalat Saleh
[pg: 232]
[2:] 1 1/2 hour ~
[3:] At 0,,50 P.M. passed Azair,
[4:] N.W. breeze & not so hot as before,
[5:] At 5 landed 8 Passengers and
[6:] 2 Bales at Gorna & went on at
[7:] 5,10; Light N.W. breeze and
[8:] not so warm today ~
[9:] At 11,,45 P.M. arrived in Basreh
[10:] Very light N.W. breeze; I have not been
[11:] able to sleep afterward, from the
[12:] noise & number of steamers close
[13:] by & above us, with their bells striking,
[15:] as last night it was; Landed
[16:] passengers & Cargo;
[17:] There are no steamers up here but
[18:] the Esther Lotus, Henry Bolckow
[19:] & Devina these are only lighters
[20:] to carry down cargo to the
[21:] Bar for the sea going steamers,
[22:] & in quarantine there are
[23:] the mail Str. Pachmuba the Kourdistan
[24:] of Strick & Co & the Persian steamer
[25:] Hosseini ~ Also the King Arthur up here
[26:] Shekoory Sayegh went up to
[27:] Rafail's house; but Rufail
[28:] has gone to Fhelyeh three
[pg: 233]
[1:] days ago for the Dates to be
[2:] packed for Hotz & Co, & where
[3:] Shekoory is to go & look after
[4:] that work there;
[5:] At 12 am. I took a Belem & went
[6:] up to Rufail's house, I saw there
[7:] Tookyeh & her husband Rezooki, also
[8:] Yousif Marine, Shekoory Sayegh
[9:] went down in a Belem at 1
[10:] PM. to Fhelyeh to look after the
[11:] packing of dates where Rufail
[12:] is waiting for him; Rezooki
[13:] Sayegh & his wife Mina were
[14:] in Basreh they came out in
[15:] the evening; also Medoola
[16:] sister of Yousef John with them,
[17:] Light N.W. Wind & fine
[18:] cool night;
[20:] cold after midnight, at about
[21:] 1 am. Rufail came up from
[22:] Fhelyeh in a Belem;
[23:] At 6 am I came on board;
[24:] I passed on my way to Jeboory Asfar's
[25:] house to see Michail Raffi
[26:] his clerk about my money of
[27:] 1000 Liras placed with Jeboory
[28:] as he sent me a letter last
[29:] night telling me that Asfar
[pg: 234]
[2:] to charge only 4% Interest
[3:] instead of 7 as before, and
[4:] Michail asks me for the restitution
[5:] of the Balance of 30 Liras,
[6:] we arranged so as I am to write
[7:] to Jeboory & inform him
[8:] of my non acceptance;
[9:] We are not working in taking
[10:] cargo & the ship is quite
[11:] empty yet, we have taken little
[12:] cargo & are to go to Maghil &
[13:] take in 60 tons of Coal;
[14:] The S.S. Baghdad & Barge arrived
[15:] at 11 1/2 am;
[16:] We got our Barge alongside
[17:] for tow;
[18:] Modte N.W. wind & not so
[19:] warm;
[21:] to Maghil to Coal Ship ~
[pg: 235]
[1:] At 1 P.m. went alongside at
[2:] Maghil & begun to coal 60 Tons
[3:] Yousif Marine sent me some
[4:] melons, I went to him in his
[5:] Belem to the other side & spent
[6:] 2 hours & had tea & returned,
[7:] Rezooki Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
[8:] came up to me, Rezooki
[9:] brought me 6 Vienna chairs
[10:] I bought; ~
[11:] Mr. Bottomley came up in the
[12:] steam Launch bringing Lynch's
[13:] letters, & two English passengers
[14:] we have to take up one
[15:] is Lieutt. A. J. Marsack
[16:] New Capt. for the Comet
[17:] of the Indian Marine, &
[18:] the other is a traveller by
[19:] name Mr. Watson, who was
[20:] in South Africa & in the
[21:] siege of Kimberly ~
[22:] At 5,,45 P.m. we left
[23:] Maghil, Light N.W. air
[24:] We have also the french father
[25:] Père Emmanuel going to Amara
[pg: 236]
[2:] a 1st Class Cabin by paying a
[3:] 2nd Class fare; this arrangement
[4:] had been applied to & obtained
[5:] from Lynch Brothers in London
[6:] by Père Pièrre the Superior
[7:] of the Carmelite fathers, Pere
[8:] Emmanuel messes himself;
[10:] night, At 2,,10 am landed
[11:] a passenger at Gorna & took
[12:] one ~ I felt it quite cold
[13:] toward morning;
[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets, we have in all 99; ~
[16:] (3 in 1st Class, the new Captain
[17:] for the Comet Lieutt A.J. Marsack
[18:] and the English traveller Mr.
[19:] H.G. Watson & Père Emmanuel
[20:] & a Turkish officer Rushdi
[21:] Beg & his wife in 2 class)
[22:] also 2 Christian women family
[23:] of the clerk Yousif of Malamir
[24:] free on Lower Deck;
[25:] At 7,,30 passed Azair
[26:] From 9 AM until 4 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 237]
[1:] we have been steaming up all
[2:] the time from Ghumeyjeh to
[3:] the Elbow, going so very Slow,
[4:] this short distance, for want
[5:] of water & current very strong
[6:] & narrow river; The Ship being
[7:] light & dragging over the bottom,
[8:] At 8,,15 we anchored for the
[9:] night at Abdulla ibn Ali; Fine
[10:] cool weather with a moonlight
[11:] night 13 days old; ~ There are
[12:] many Sandflies here ~
[14:] At 4,,50 A.M. proceeded;
[15:] we passed over Nafikh Shoal
[16:] without touching;
[17:] At 7,,20 landed 1 Passenger
[18:] at Kalat Saleh & took 2 ~
[19:] At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at Amara
[20:] landed 22 passengers (Père Emmanuel
[21:] also) and 9 Bales through cargo;
[22:] We shipped 22 packages &
[23:] Bales of Carpets @ 12 Paras about
[24:] 2080 Okes; and 8 Tons of
[25:] Coal; I learnt here that the
[26:] Khalifah has left yesterday
[27:] so I left their letters here,
[28:] At 4,,25 P.m. left Amara
[pg: 238]
[2:] Coot) ~ Light N.W. & fine
[3:] Cool weather;
[5:] morning;
[6:] At 7,,20 Am. passed Ali
[7:] Gherbi;
[8:] At 8,,10 Grounded above
[9:] Maghessil, sounded, & then took
[10:] an anchor out & hove; At 9,30
[11:] proceeded;
[12:] At 0,,30 P.m. anchored at
[13:] Seyd Abbass & sent to sound
[14:] found 2 1/4 draaz, Boats are
[15:] in the Channel ~ At 1 proceeded
[16:] to the shoal, grounded, took
[17:] out anchors ahead & hove
[18:] over, some Boats are in the
[19:] Channel & some are discharging
[20:] cargo; ~ At 4,,20 got over
[21:] & proceeded from Seyd Abbass,
[22:] Weather has been calm and
[23:] warm today, but the great heat
[24:] seems to have passed ~
[25:] At 6,,15 came to the shoal at
[26:] Aboo Dood, sent to sound
[27:] found lots of water 3 & 3 1/2 draz,
[28:] steamed on to it & grounded
[pg: 239]
[1:] took out an anchor & hove
[2:] over;
[3:] At 8,,5 got over & proceeded,
[4:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[5:] At 10 passed Sheikh Saad,
[7:] & fine ~
[8:] The Bridge of the Sennyeh,
[9:] below Coot is put across, it
[10:] had been left open since last
[11:] year for want of anchors &
[12:] Chains, they opened it for
[13:] us at 6 1/2 am: from the West
[14:] bank & the Eastern bank
[15:] the Bridge has not reached yet
[16:] on account of shoal, about 100
[17:] yards distant which they are
[18:] trying to fill up with thorn
[19:] & brushwood; it is only put
[20:] across for the sake of charging
[21:] the toll on steamers & Boats;
[22:] At 7.45 am arrived at Coot
[23:] below our Depot, landed 13 1/2 Passeng
[24:] & 3 Bales of through cargo;
[25:] Took in 4 Tons of Coal, brought
[26:] down by Coolies & charging double
[27:] hire Viz 9 G.S.P. per Ton on account
[28:] of the distance ~ The Khalifah
[29:] passed Azizeh yesterday
[30:] at 5 P.m. ~
[pg: 240]
[2:] Passengers;
[3:] Weather became very Calm
[4:] toward sunset, but it is not so
[5:] warm outside the cabin;
[6:] At 8 1/2 P.m. while I had just gone
[7:] to turn in, the steamer stopped
[8:] just above Bughela village and
[9:] sent to sound, the S.S. Khalifah
[10:] & her Barge are at anchor above
[11:] us; soon after Capt. Braine,
[12:] Charley Cowley, & the Engineer
[13:] Weber came to us, they sat on
[14:] the quarter Deck talking & drinking
[15:] with Capt Hanslow; our Pilot
[16:] brought me Henry's letter &
[17:] some newspaper of Mr. Rappaport
[18:] & Mr. Rouet to read them, I
[19:] kept them in my bed there came
[20:] also some of the Khalifah's
[21:] 1st. C. passengers going to Basreh
[22:] like Meneshi Mathalon,
[23:] De Bono of Hotz etc etc ~
[24:] At 9,,20 we weighed & proceeded
[25:] passing the Khalifah; and
[26:] at 9,,40 passed Memlah,
[27:] I red Henry's letter, they
[28:] had left on Tuesday, they have
[pg: 241]
[1:] 140,000 Okes & 255 passengers
[2:] besides about 19 free Tilkeflies
[3:] (12 by Capt Braine permission &
[4:] 7 by SLynch also Jejo Moorad
[5:] sent down for packing dates)
[6:] They have in 1st Class Ibrahim
[7:] Effendi agent of the Senyeh at
[8:] Amara, Meneshi Mathalon,
[9:] Yousif Nazo, Yousif Ferej, the
[10:] wife of AbdulKadur Khdery free
[11:] to Amara, son of Abdulghany
[12:] Khderi, & Solon Calcothi etc,
[13:] I also got a letter from Alexander
[14:] he tells me that he was unwell
[15:] for 4 days, he had a pain on
[16:] his left side with fever, but
[17:] he got well by putting a Linseed
[18:] poultess which Hannosh of Dr.
[19:] Ramsey recommended; He tells
[20:] me of the dinner which Mr.
[21:] Rappaport gave on Sunday the
[22:] 18 for the occasion of the Emperor's
[23:] Birth day, there were 21 persons
[24:] invited, my wife, Alexander,
[25:] Mary, Menusha, her daughter
[26:] Harriet, Mr. Maclaughlin of
[27:] the Bank, Edward Blockey
[28:] Broomhead, Mad. Paduany
[pg: 242]
[2:] of Coidan & Mr. Querry etc;
[3:] they left at 12 ~
[5:] not cold at all;
[6:] At 2,,40 am. We Grounded
[7:] at Deboony, took anchors out
[8:] & hove forward
[9:] It is very curious to see our
[10:] new 2d mate Maclure on duty
[11:] forward at the Anchor as it
[12:] was being hove, sitting on a
[13:] chair & smoking while the
[14:] captain standing before him
[15:] talking & laughing, care less
[16:] of his duty; What a fine
[17:] decipline we have in these days,
[18:] At 4,,50 we got over and
[19:] proceeded;
[20:] Breeze Shifted to N.W. very light,
[21:] I paid the ship's Company their
[22:] wages for this month;
[23:] Weather became very calm
[24:] & sultry warm ~
[25:] At 11,10 touched at Breinij,
[26:] Sounded, took an anchor &
[27:] hove off at 11,,50 proceeded
[pg: 243]
[1:] At 1 P.m. grounded further up
[2:] the reach, below Azizieh village
[3:] sounded there are 2 1/2 & 3 draaz;
[4:] took anchors out ahead & hove
[5:] off ~ At 3,,50 P.m. proceeded;
[6:] At 4,,15 passed Azizieh ~
[7:] Very calm weather & not cool; It
[8:] became cooler later at night;
[9:] At 9,,25 passed Baghdadieh,
[11:] At 1,,30 Am. anchored at
[12:] Dawar (lower end) this place has
[13:] become very shoal, sand islands
[14:] in the middle, & there are only
[15:] 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz, in some places
[16:] people can walk across from
[17:] one bank to the other, This is
[18:] a very extraordinary low
[19:] season, We have not seen like
[20:] it before; There has been no rise
[21:] of the river this last spring;
[22:] At 5 am. sent to sound, and
[23:] at 6 we steamed on to the shoal
[24:] & kept steaming & heaving
[25:] over; there are 5 Boats here laden
[26:] with Liquorice ~
[27:] At 8,,5 got over & proceeded
[28:] It became very calm & warm
[pg: 244]
[2:] in the afternoon it was unbearable,
[3:] At 5,,30 P.m. passed Ctesiphon,
[4:] I wrote a letter & threw it to the
[5:] Mudir Selloomy Effendi Jemil,
[6:] our old friend who has been
[7:] appointed Mudir here since two
[8:] month in place of Saleh Effendi
[9:] who died lately; I told him
[10:] that I have heard that he has
[11:] got my young Gazelle from
[12:] the Wood Boat which I lost
[13:] overboard last trip up just
[14:] up here & if so he may keep
[15:] it for himself;
[16:] At 7 1/2 P.m. we passed the Shoals
[17:] of Gusseiba without Grounding
[18:] but simply touched & went on,
[19:] Very light N.W. breeze;
[20:] At 10,,30 passed Diala,
[21:] At 11 anchored & sounded at
[22:] Rustumyeh & went on at 12
[24:] bridge; Detained 1/4 hour at
[25:] Joorf el Rot ~ Detained
[26:] 1/4 hour at Cherd el Pasha
[pg: 245]
[1:] At 5,,10 landed mails at
[2:] the Residency & went up to
[3:] the Custum House, The SS.
[4:] Mossul & Phrat are here
[5:] alongside; ~
[6:] There was great illumination
[7:] last night in Baghdad on the
[8:] occasion of the Sultan Abdul-
[9:] hamid's Corronation , it used
[10:] to be on the 30 August but this
[11:] years Bissentile altered the
[12:] Greek style to 13 days in the
[13:] year instead of 12, all the
[14:] Government offices, the Comet
[15:] & foreign Consulates all had
[16:] illuminations ~
[17:] I went home found Eliza
[18:] Alexander & Marie all well,
[19:] They are talking of going out
[20:] to encamp at Gerrara with
[21:] Antone Marine, Henry's family,
[22:] & Joseph Yaghchi;
[23:] I came on board at 8 1/2 , We
[24:] are going away on Friday,
[25:] The Mossul is loading to leave
[26:] tomorrow, & the Phrat is discharging
[27:] I went to the office to Mr. Perry
[28:] & took 50 TLiras from him to
[29:] pay the officers Pay;
[pg: 246]
[2:] suffering from a great pain &
[3:] rheumatism on her leg & down
[4:] to the feet, she cannot walk
[5:] some thing like a lumbago, like
[6:] my back which I had, & has
[7:] not yet gone, ~ I took a cold
[8:] bath, and at 4 P.m. called on
[9:] Menusha, she is going to encamp
[10:] at Gherra & tomorrow morning
[11:] they are going to see the ground
[12:] near the distillery where they
[13:] were last year, Antone & Joseph
[14:] Yaghchi are also going,
[15:] I came home, Antone Marine
[16:] called, also Johny & Artin,
[17:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[18:] but not so cool, it is calm
[19:] & hazy ~
[21:] cool; I & Eliza did not sleep
[22:] well; she suffered the pain
[23:] of rheumatism very much,
[24:] Alexander & Mary went at
[25:] 4 1/2 Am to Antone Marine
[26:] to go with them to Gherrara
[27:] to see the encamping ground,
[28:] Eliza & I could not go,
[29:] Mary rode a donkey &
[pg: 247]
[1:] Alexander on his Bycicle,
[2:] The S.S. Mossul & Barge left
[3:] at 5 am. ~
[4:] I called on Shekoury Sayegh's wife
[5:] Takoohy, but she was not at
[6:] home;
[7:] More Troops are coming
[8:] down from the up country
[9:] & proceed to concentrate at
[10:] Semawa, no one knows
[11:] the object, every one says something
[12:] They say that they want to take
[13:] Qweit & prevent the English
[14:] from taking it & they want
[15:] to depose Moobarek ibn
[16:] Sebah etc etc;
[17:] At 8 am I came on board,
[18:] the Phrat is still discharging,
[19:] I left at 10 went to call on Hamdy
[20:] Beg the Muffettish Adlyeh who
[21:] has been dismissed from here &
[22:] appointed at Van but he declined
[23:] this mean post & rigorous weather
[24:] & is leaving for Constanple, also
[25:] his brother is here Ali Beg, but
[26:] none were at home; I called
[27:] at Alexander's office & came
[28:] home, found Mina widow of
[29:] Naoom Abood & Catterina
[pg: 248]
[2:] suffering from the rheumatic
[3:] pain; At 3 P.m. I came on board
[4:] The Phrat is shipping cargo,
[5:] but we are not, the officers wont
[6:] recieve cargo today & so we
[7:] are loosing some Local cargo,
[8:] So at 4, I left & went to call
[9:] on Alice & Sister Emilia, they also
[10:] wish to go out encamping
[11:] with us, but Alice has no
[12:] tents sufficient; I called on
[13:] Sister Eliza also & came home
[14:] at 6 1/2, warm wind and
[15:] disagreable, it blew all the
[16:] night;
[18:] so cool; ~ at 7 am. Emilia
[19:] & Alice called on us, I then
[20:] came on board at 8 1/2, We
[21:] are discharging the rest of
[22:] the cargo;
[23:] The Mossul shipped
[24:] great quanty of ammunition
[25:] the day before for the Troops
[26:] both for Cannon & Rifle
[pg: 249]
[1:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast &
[2:] came at 1 1/2 P.m., we are
[3:] shipping a lot of cargo;
[4:] Mr. Rappaport called on me
[5:] on board in his Boat at 5 P.m.
[6:] I then left with him, & he landed
[7:] me at the beach of Sebh Ubkar
[8:] (near sister Eliza's house) & he
[9:] went down to the Comet,
[10:] I called on Mrs. Cowley, we
[11:] had a long talk, Alfred
[12:] Holland her brother has
[13:] left the service of Lynch, after
[14:] being there 27 years, he
[15:] left last week & is at home,
[16:] The Lynchs' wanted him to go
[17:] down as Agent at Ahwaz
[18:] & Shushter etc, he asked
[19:] for an increase of pay, as he
[20:] used to get before & they had
[21:] cut it down from 350 £ a
[22:] year to I believe 240 or 50,
[23:] those places are most abbominable
[24:] to leave in & the work is
[25:] very tyresome, they declined
[26:] to give him & so he resigned
[27:] I called then on Dr. Sturrock
[28:] to bid him goodbye as
[29:] he is going away to England
[pg: 250]
[2:] the Khalifah to replace his
[3:] brother temporary; I came
[4:] home at 6 1/2 P.m. ~
[5:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[7:] at 7 1/2 am. I called on Antone
[8:] Marine & then called on
[9:] the Assyrian Bishop for
[10:] 1/2 hour & came on board
[11:] The SS. Phrat left at 5
[12:] am; ~ We shipped again 400
[13:] Bags of wheat for Amara as
[14:] it is getting very dear there on
[15:] account of scarcity this year,
[16:] At 11 I went to breakfast &
[17:] returned at 1 1/2 P.m.;
[18:] We shipped about 165,000 Okes
[19:] cargo ~ at 6 I left the Ship
[20:] called on Menusha for few
[21:] minutes & came home, found
[22:] Antone Marine & Antoine Guilietti
[23:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[24:] it became cooler at night;
[pg: 251]
[2:] I came on board ~
[3:] At 5,,15 proceeded & at 5,30
[4:] anchored at Bab el Sherghi
[5:] & sent to sound;
[6:] Some Christians are encamped
[7:] on the opposite side of the town;
[8:] Abduljebbar Effendi Khayat the
[9:] Lawyer is building a house for
[10:] him on the opposite side;
[11:] Found 2 1/2 draaz, steamed on
[12:] to it & grounded; took anchors out
[13:] fore & aft & hove her into deep
[14:] water ~ At 7,,40 We proceeded
[15:] At 9,,35 rounded & went
[16:] alongside the bank below the
[17:] Bridge of Gherrara & Shipped
[18:] one Horse belonging to Mr.
[19:] Ovesinko the Russian Chancellier,
[20:] At 10 proceeded ~
[21:] At 10,,30 passed the SS. Baghdad
[22:] & Barge going up at Rustumyeh,
[23:] Detained 15 minut. in rounding
[24:] the point at Diala river;
[pg: 252]
[2:] Zumbaranyeh & sounded &
[3:] then proceeded we grounded
[4:] hove off and at 2 P.M. went
[5:] on;
[6:] At 2,,55 passed Ctesiphon,
[7:] Fresh n.w. hot wind & dusty
[8:] atmosphere;
[9:] We have altogether 191 1/2 Passengers
[10:] (2 in 1st Class, Lieutt F. Dobson)
[11:] the Captain of the SS. Comet going
[12:] to Bombay, and Mr. Ovesinko
[13:] the Russian Chancellier being
[14:] appointed Consul in Bushire
[15:] for the first time the Russian
[16:] Governt; have established a
[17:] Consulate there; & Eliahoo,
[18:] Levy & wife in 2nd Class);
[19:] Weather became very calm;
[20:] at 6,,20 anchored at Ledje
[21:] Boats are aground in the Channel,
[22:] sent to sound ~ We remainded
[23:] here for the night; Light n.w.
[24:] breeze & fine cool night;
[26:] cool morning ~
[27:] At 5,,15 am proceeded
[28:] At 7 came to at the lower
[pg: 253]
[1:] end of Dawar & sent to sound
[2:] the bad place; We steamed on
[3:] to the narrow shoal along the
[4:] sand bank on the E. bank and
[5:] grounded, took out a stern
[6:] anchor & hove; took others & the
[7:] chain broke several times; The
[8:] Phrat was here yesterday & left
[9:] this morning ~ We had to send
[10:] the Barge down forward & moved
[11:] inside along the sand island,
[12:] by a stern anchor dropping
[13:] gradually; at 4 1/2 P.m. We
[14:] got down a good bit; ~
[15:] At 5,,45 P.m. we hove into deep
[16:] water & proceeded from Dawar,
[17:] At 7,,5 We came to at Rwebyeh
[18:] for the night; very calm but
[19:] not hot, it is pleasant;
[20:] It became very cool at night;
[22:] morning; At 5 Am. we left Rwebyeh,
[23:] At 6,,5 passed Baghdadieh
[24:] Today being the anniversary of
[25:] the loss of the SS. Dijleh in 1876
[26:] just 25 years ago, as she was
[27:] steaming down & struck the
[28:] hard bank & opened her plates
[29:] forward at about 4 P.m.
[pg: 254]
[2:] this low season more than any
[3:] year we have seen yet, ~ I
[4:] see there are only five of her
[5:] men still left in the service
[6:] & on board here, they are Mr.
[7:] Follett our 1st Engineer, the
[8:] Tindal Mikha, myself, my
[9:] servant H. Hamadi and a
[10:] Deckman Shamoka, the rest
[11:] have mostly died, and also left
[12:] the Service ~
[13:] At 9.15 am passed Azizieh,
[14:] At 9,,20 anchored & sent the
[15:] Pilot to sound the bad place,
[16:] Found bad water of 2 1/2 draaz, We
[17:] steamed on to it & grounded, took
[18:] anchors for & aft & hove ~
[19:] At 0,,50 P.m. got over & proceeded;
[20:] At 1,,15 grounded further
[21:] down at Brenij; took an
[22:] anchor out & hove off &
[23:] sent to sound; ~ At 3,,50
[24:] got off & proceeded; At 4,,10
[25:] again grounded, just at the
[26:] mound of Brenij near the
[pg: 255]
[1:] bank, sounded & marked the
[2:] channel & steamed on to it, &
[3:] touched it is very narrow & close
[4:] along the west bank;
[5:] At 5.35 went on, Light n.w.
[6:] breeze & not warm; ~
[7:] An Indian passenger who
[8:] came on board ill, with diarrhea
[9:] died this evening; last trip
[10:] also we had an Indian passenger
[11:] dead also came sick from
[12:] Kerbella;
[13:] At 6,,45 rounded & anchored
[14:] at Zeljeh, Very calm weather but,
[15:] cool; landed the dead Indian to
[16:] be buried here; ~ I slept in my
[17:] Cabin thinking it might get cool
[18:] at night, but it kept calm with
[19:] no breeze at all & it was warm
[20:] in the Cabin so I did not enjoy
[21:] my sleep at all;
[23:] few clouds on the n. & west;
[24:] we sent to sound the Channel
[25:] at Zeljeh there are 2 1/2 draaz, &
[26:] four Liquorice Boats aground
[27:] At 6 we proceeded & passed
[28:] without touching;
[29:] I saw the Arab Khdeir on
[30:] the bank at Toweel at his
[pg: 256]
[2:] bank;
[3:] Since last night the breeze had
[4:] shifted to S. East,
[5:] Detained in Shoal water at
[6:] Deboony from 8,,40 till 9,,30,
[7:] in going close alongside the
[8:] west bank guided by ropes
[9:] on shore;
[10:] At 11,,25 Am. passed the
[11:] SS. Khalifah & Barge at Summer
[12:] (Bottom of Sheresh) going up;
[13:] At 0,,20 P.m. passed Memlah,
[14:] At 0,,30 anchored & sounded
[15:] found 2 1/2 draaz, At 1 we
[16:] proceeded on without touching
[17:] At 3,,20 Grounded at Aboo
[18:] Homar (lower part of the reach)
[19:] Very hot wind from South,
[20:] & atmosphere hazy dusty &
[21:] very unpleasant weather,
[22:] Heaved off & proceeded at 4,,15,
[23:] At 6,,55, we rounded & came
[24:] to for the night at Aboo Duker;
[25:] Light Southerly breeze & hazy
[26:] weather, very disagreable,
[pg: 257]
[1:] I have the Stomach ache very
[2:] bad & am very billious, I do not
[3:] feel well at all;
[4:] It got cool during the night, with
[5:] a light southerly breeze
[7:] At 5 am. proceeded;
[8:] I took a dose of Castor Oil early
[9:] this morning, I am very billious &
[10:] my stomach ache is very bad
[11:] & troublesome;
[12:] At 5,,50 arrived at Coot,
[13:] landed 10 passengers and
[14:] 13 Packages; I received Henry's
[15:] letter & Papers etc left here,
[16:] The Khalifah had left Basreh
[17:] on Thursday evening, she has
[18:] 196,600 Okes & over 173 Passengers
[19:] none in Cabins; Henry tells
[20:] me that Sheikh-Sadoon the
[21:] son of Sheikh Monsoor Pasha
[22:] of the Montefik has come in
[23:] to Basreh under the Guarantee
[24:] of his Cousin Mezyed Beg son
[25:] of Nasser Pasha, & the Turkish
[26:] government have pardoned
[27:] him for having participated
[28:] with Mubarek ibn Sobah
[29:] Sheikh of Kweit against
[pg: 258]
[2:] of Shammar el Jebel in the
[3:] late fight about 3 months
[4:] ago, & also he became so
[5:] rebellious against the government
[6:] & took to flight in the desert
[7:] beyond Zobeir, but I am afraid
[8:] the Turks will never let him
[9:] go out of their hands, & will
[10:] keep him in Basreh ~ The
[11:] Turkish Gunboat Zohaf which
[12:] was stationed at Basreh,
[13:] had been sent down to Kweit
[14:] about 25 days ago, taking
[15:] 50 soldiers & 4 guns to be
[16:] landed at Kweit, but on
[17:] arrival there in the evening
[18:] there were two English men
[19:] of war, they prevented her
[20:] from landing the Troops and
[21:] ammunition, & they kept a
[22:] strict watch all the night
[23:] over her with the Search light,
[24:] the next day she weighed
[25:] & came to Kweit, & her
[pg: 259]
[1:] Captain Wired to his Commodore
[2:] at Basreh the result of his
[3:] mission, & they say that the
[4:] latter expressed his sorrow
[5:] & said that Kweit is gone
[6:] out of their hands;
[7:] We took in 5 Tons of Coal,
[8:] At 9,,10 left Coot, Took 12 1/2
[9:] passengers ~ Passed through
[10:] the Bridge of the Sennyeh at
[11:] Mahomed Abool Hassan;
[12:] At 3 P.M. passed Sheikh
[13:] Saad. Weather very hot, wind
[14:] from N. East ~
[15:] At 4,,10 came to at the bottom
[16:] of Aboo Dood & Sounded; there is
[17:] 3 draaz, We steamed on to it &
[18:] grounded took an anchor out
[19:] ahead & hove her into deep water
[20:] At 6 we proceeded; ~
[21:] At 6,,25 grounded, took out a Stern
[22:] anchor & hove off; we remained
[23:] for the night ~ Light N. Ely
[24:] breeze & cool ~
[26:] At 5,,10 am proceeded ~
[27:] At 5,,40 anchored at Seyd Abbass
[28:] & sounded the channel
[pg: 260]
[2:] touched & swung round & dropped through
[3:] along the sand island and
[4:] went on at 7.30 ~
[5:] I suffered last night the pain
[6:] of my stomach in the intestines
[7:] there was the gas confined and
[8:] pained me awfully; I am taking
[9:] a cup of hot water every morning,
[10:] the Castor Oil I took yesterday
[11:] did me not much good, &
[12:] I am still billious;
[13:] At 9,,40 touched the shoal above
[14:] Meghessil, anchored & sent to sound,
[15:] steamed on to it & grounded; At 11,, we
[16:] got over & went on ~
[17:] At 11,,20 passed Ali
[18:] Gherbi ~ At 1, P.M. anchored
[19:] above Flefleh & sent to sound the
[20:] bad place, a Boat aground,
[21:] At 1,,50 we proceeded & passed
[22:] without touching ~
[23:] Modte wind from N. West
[24:] At 5,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[25:] Modte N. W breeze & fine weather;
[26:] I had to sleep in the cabin, but
[27:] although it was not warm,
[28:] but the awful pain in my
[29:] intestines, the wind confined
[pg: 261]
[1:] & my bowels are costive have
[2:] not worked since yesterday,
[3:] which caused the wind & pain,
[4:] & so could not sleep at all,
[5:] At 11,,45 P.M. arrived at
[6:] Amara & landed 49 1/2 Passeng
[7:] & 524 Packges (410 Bags of
[8:] wheat) & the noise of the Coolies
[9:] near my head, & the people
[10:] made me worse & so had to
[11:] pass the night without Sleep,
[12:] but occasional dosing off;
[13:] The SS. Phrat left this morning
[14:] for Basreh, she was to take
[15:] Troops from Amara for
[16:] Basreh, but an Order came
[17:] countermanding it; ~
[19:] some clouds on the Est. South
[20:] & West horyzon ~
[21:] At 5,,45 Am. left Amara
[22:] took 3 cases of Pelican Feathers
[23:] & 6 Passengers ~
[24:] Wind got up blowing very fresh
[25:] from N. Est with dust, In turning
[26:] the sharp reach at Kalat Saleh
[27:] the wind swung the ship and
[28:] her stern grounded on the East
[29:] point; the ship being very
[pg: 262]
[2:] all was put in the Barge
[3:] on the shoal place & consequently
[4:] the rudder wont answer,
[5:] we were detained from 10,,10
[6:] till 10,,25; we furled the
[7:] awnings; ~
[8:] Detained 1 1/2 hour at Nafikh
[9:] & other places;
[10:] At 1,,50 P.M. grounded below
[11:] Aboo Roba, just below the village
[12:] place too narrow & shoal,
[13:] At 2,,30 proceeded & passed the Elbow;
[14:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed Azair,
[15:] N.W. wind & clouds of dust
[16:] on the horyzon ~
[17:] At 8,,50 landed 5 Passengers
[18:] at Gorna & went on at 9 ~
[19:] Light N. Ely breeze & cool, I
[20:] slept in my cabin & it was not
[21:] warm but pleasant;
[23:] just below Maghil ~
[24:] At 5,, Proceeded to Basreh
[25:] & arrived at 5,,45, Landed the
[26:] passengers, There are here the
[27:] S.S. Koordistan & the Afghanistan
[pg: 263]
[1:] loading dates & wood etc at
[2:] Asfar's house, also the Austro-
[3:] Lloyed SS. Polluce for Nicola
[4:] Jocolas the Greek merchant, she
[5:] is to load dates for Trieste,
[6:] In Quarantine there are the
[7:] SS. Tabaristan & Gorgistan also
[8:] the Hosseini & the mail SS. Simla
[9:] the latter is leaving today,
[10:] also an extra steamer of the B.I. Copy
[11:] the Ellora ~
[12:] Rezooki Sayegh called on me,
[13:] also Nassoory Andria, him &
[14:] his family are out, down
[15:] the river at Mehejran living
[16:] with Michail Yaghchi who is
[17:] packing dates for Hamilton
[18:] Hotz & co; Shekoory Sayegh is
[19:] at Fhelyeh packing dates for
[20:] Rufail on account of also
[21:] Hamilton Hotz & co;
[22:] The Date market in London
[23:] is very low this year so that
[24:] Lynch Brothers are not packing
[25:] this year but about 2500 Cases,
[26:] & Georgis the clerk of Lynch
[27:] who had come down in the
[28:] Khalifah is returning with
[29:] us ~
[pg: 264]
[2:] this morning; ~
[3:] The stern Paddle Steamer
[4:] of Lynch the Shushan' is here
[5:] at anchor astern the Blosse
[6:] Lynch, she has not been able
[7:] to get over the stone cataract
[8:] above Ahwaz so as to run
[9:] between the latter place &
[10:] Shushter for want of water
[11:] & so she has laid up here
[12:] to await the rise of the river,
[13:] At 11 Am the SS. Tabaristan
[14:] left the quarantine she steamed
[15:] up & turned down, I saw
[16:] Rufail Sayegh going down
[17:] in her to Fhelyleih to ship
[18:] some dates;
[19:] Only our Deckmen are tallying
[20:] the discharge of cargo, the officers
[21:] are, the chief Mr. Slack is
[22:] so drunk & his visitors; & the
[23:] other McLure also with his
[24:] visitors in his cabin but does
[25:] not drink; We are Shipping
[26:] no cargo, but will have
[27:] to take some from the Barge
[pg: 265]
[1:] which we are to tow, to alighten
[2:] her, & so load with Coal,
[3:] taking 90 Tons (40 in the
[4:] Barge & 50 in the ship 10
[5:] Tons of which is to be landed
[6:] in Baghdad ~ The Captain
[7:] is also up in his cabin drinking
[8:] with his visitors, captains of
[9:] different ships & Mr. Bottomley
[10:] too;
[11:] The Blosse Lynch has now
[12:] been over two months undergoing
[13:] repairs, if repairs can be called
[14:] for she has only two or
[15:] three patches to put on and
[16:] scrub her bottom etc, and
[17:] Tomb Tartt is superintending
[18:] this Job, after he had the
[19:] Shushan for about 5 months
[20:] in dock at Maghil, a little
[21:] Boat which could be done
[22:] in 1 month; he gets his pay
[23:] of 20 £ per month, & humbugs
[24:] the Lynch's, because his
[25:] father old W. Tartt is robbing
[26:] them in London in buying
[27:] stores etc for the company
[28:] the same as when he was here
[pg: 266]
[2:] when they used to go in dock
[3:] our steamers, so it has
[4:] come down this instinct from
[5:] father to son; no one of
[6:] Lynchs Agents seems to care
[7:] a bit of what is going on
[8:] either on shore or on board
[9:] these two steamers; ~
[10:] Catpain Braine has sent for
[11:] his wife to come out, and
[12:] has hired a house in Baghdad
[13:] He got the Ship's carpenter
[14:] in the Khalifah to make for
[15:] him his house furniture
[16:] since two months he has
[17:] been working in making
[18:] Tables, Couches, Cupboards
[19:] & other things; ~
[20:] At 12 1/2 Rezooki Sayegh came
[21:] alongside & I went with him
[22:] up to their house, saw there
[23:] his wife Mina, Tookyeh and
[24:] her children etc; The SS. Polluce
[25:] is anchored just abrest of
[26:] Rufail's house & loading
[pg: 267]
[2:] Angoorly went up to near Maghil
[3:] where he is also packing dates
[4:] for Hamilton Hotz & co for
[5:] America, Rezooki Sayegh
[6:] went to the Polluce, he got me
[7:] two Tins of Gunpowder (2
[8:] Kilos for 10 francs) ~
[9:] at sunset Yousef Marine came
[10:] down & spent the night with
[11:] us & slept here; Light N.W.
[12:] breeze & cool night;
[13:] Light S. Ely breeze and
[14:] Clouds on East & south
[15:] travelling up; ~ At daybreak
[16:] Rufail came up from
[17:] Fhelyeh in Angoorlie's steam
[18:] Launch, he shipped some
[19:] dates in the Tabaristan
[20:] chartered for America by
[21:] Hamilton Hotz & co her
[22:] Commander is Sanders,
[23:] who was in the Afghanistan
[24:] when I was at Marseilles
[25:] in Septr 1897 ~
[26:] At 7 Am I came on board
[27:] my stomach is still paining
[pg: 268]
[2:] We are taking in coals,
[3:] (50 Tons on board & 40 in the
[4:] Barge) ~
[5:] The SS. Koordistan left
[6:] early this morning ~
[7:] A fire took place last
[8:] Night on board the Gledhow
[9:] in the quarantine accidentally
[10:] by some body throwing a
[11:] match or cigarette on piles
[12:] of Bales of wool & skins
[13:] stowed on deck & about 40
[14:] Bales were damaged, also
[15:] the foremost awnings burnt,
[16:] Gray Mackenzie held a survey
[17:] Capt. Hanslow & the Captain of the
[18:] Dwina were asked to survey the
[19:] damaged goods ~
[20:] Flood tide made at 1 1/2 P.M.;
[21:] At 2,,30 P.M. the SS. Mossul
[22:] & Barge left for Baghdad;
[23:] Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly Mirza
[24:] Hamza & Nassoory Andria
[25:] called on board; ~
[pg: 269]
[2:] & proceeded; Flood tide still
[3:] running up ~ Mr. Bottomley
[4:] & the two other Captains of steamers
[5:] came up as far as Maghil;
[6:] Wind fell down & became Calm,
[7:] we have no one in 1st Class,
[8:] except the Captain of the SS.
[9:] Shushan going up to Baghdad
[10:] by order of Lynch, for what
[11:] purpose it is not known;
[12:] but he is one of the meanest
[13:] & commonest seaman a
[14:] fearful drunkard; he has
[15:] already become dead drunk
[16:] and his behavior is most
[17:] disgraceful; his name is
[18:] Cook, what sort of officers
[19:] Lynchs are getting now is a
[20:] disgrace for this Company,
[21:] At dinner he came to table
[pg: 270]
[2:] speak, he jawed & tryed to speak,
[3:] At 11 we passed Gorna
[4:] I slept in my cabin, it was not
[5:] warm, but had the stomach
[6:] Ache;
[8:] very cool morning ~
[9:] At 4.45 AM. passed
[10:] Azair; we caught the Mossul
[11:] up, she is close ahead of us,
[12:] but at 7 we got to Ghumeyjeh
[13:] & here we stopped, on account
[14:] of the shallowness & narrow
[15:] river, the "Mossul" is gaining
[16:] on us & is going better in this
[17:] part of the river; ~
[18:] Weather is very disagreeable &
[19:] a very light S. Ely, rather dampy
[20:] & not refreshing but warm
[21:] & sultry ~
[22:] By 10 1/2 we got up to the
[23:] Elbow, went better this time
[24:] here; the Mossul is also ahead
[25:] of us about one mile;
[26:] Patches of clouds appearing
[27:] on the East & South horyzon,
[pg: 271]
[1:] At 3.30 P.M. passed Kalat
[2:] Saleh, S. Ely breeze & warm
[3:] very sultry; The Mossul is
[4:] ahead about 1/2 mile distant,
[5:] We have in all 91 1/2 Passengers
[6:] (only the Capt of the Shushan
[7:] Cook is in the 1 C. Cabin, and
[8:] Jejo Moorad in 2nd Class with
[9:] two men with him all these
[10:] are free, besides 3 other Tilkeflies
[11:] free by the Captain, all these
[12:] are not included in the 91 1/2 Passeng)
[13:] We get up very close astern of
[14:] the Mossul by 6 P.M. but cannot
[15:] get room to pass her;
[16:] Light Ely breeze, & the clouds
[17:] have vanished, it is the heat
[18:] which causes these clouds;
[19:] At 7.10 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
[20:] Breeze shifting to S. West; ~
[21:] The Mossul is still ahead of us
[22:] & we cannot pass her, she gives
[23:] us no room to do so ~
[24:] At 10,,10 P.M. arrived at
[25:] Amara, the Mossul arrived
[26:] just 5 minutes before us; We
[27:] landed 14 passengers & 12
[pg: 272]
[2:] weather keeps calm & dampy,
[3:] I slept in my cabin;
[4:] I received a telegram from
[5:] Alexander which had arrived
[6:] yesterday to inform me when
[7:] they are going out encamping
[8:] at Gherrara;
[9:] Svoboda, Amara
[10:] Encamping, Monday
[11:] Alexander,
[12:] So they are going out tomorrow,
[13:] We shipped a lot of cargo
[14:] about 76 packages over 8000
[15:] Okes of Hides, Carpets, Cloth etc,
[17:] weather getting cloudy, but
[18:] breeze N.W. & calm;
[19:] It became very cloudy all
[20:] over & misty hazy weather
[21:] At 6,,5 AM anchored to
[22:] repair the starboard wheel
[23:] the Segments & arms getting
[24:] bent ~
[25:] At 7,,35 the Mossul
[pg: 273]
[1:] came up & passed us;
[2:] Gave tickets to 24 Amara
[3:] passengers; ~
[4:] At 11,,20 finished repairs we
[5:] proceeded;
[6:] At 1,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
[7:] weather keeps very warm with light
[8:] Eastly breeze & some clouds spred,
[9:] We passed the SS. Baghdad &
[10:] Barge going down at 12 AM;
[11:] Sunset very calm and
[12:] oppressive some clouds on the
[13:] East & South, very disagreable
[14:] weather & warm; I slept
[15:] outside & it was not cool at all,
[16:] At 8,,45 P.M. passed Ali
[17:] Gherbi;
[19:] at Seyd Abbass, the Mossul
[20:] is here aground ahead of us
[21:] & heaving over ~ at daybreak
[22:] we Sent to Sound, & are waiting
[23:] for the Mossul to get away,
[24:] S. Ely breeze & hazy misty
[25:] weather; dampy atmosphere,
[26:] The pain of gas in my stomach
[27:] & intestines is much less today
[28:] & do not feel it scarcely, I
[pg: 274]
[2:] three or four days some Carbonate
[3:] of Magnesia & feel it agrees
[4:] with me; ~
[5:] At 10,,40 the Mossul got over
[6:] into deep water ~ At 11 we
[7:] steamed up to it & worked
[8:] with the Engines, till 11.30
[9:] when we got over the Shoal
[10:] the Mossul had just started
[11:] & we Also went on astern
[12:] of her;
[13:] At 1,,30 P.M. we
[14:] grounded the Mossul also
[15:] is aground; or alongside the
[16:] bank waiting for us to
[17:] get off; we took out an
[18:] anchor & hove over; at
[19:] 2,15 we proceeded from Mendelyat
[20:] & the Mossul came up & grounded
[21:] on it ~ Breeze shifted to
[22:] N. Wester, ~ The Mossul
[23:] got over & is following us ~
[24:] Heat clouds on the North &
[25:] West all along the horyzon &
[26:] far up, ~
[pg: 275]
[1:] At 3,,15 grounded at Aboo Dood
[2:] worked off & went on at 3,,45,
[3:] The Mossul is left there sounding,
[4:] At 4,,15 passed Sheikh
[5:] Saad ~
[6:] Light N.W. breeze clouds
[7:] disappeared but the atmosphere
[8:] remains hazy, it is nice and
[9:] Cool ~
[11:] Bridge below Coot;
[12:] I slept in my cabin it is nice
[13:] & cool, but I have a bad cold
[14:] on my head & nose, which prevented
[15:] me from sleeping ~
[16:] At 2 we grounded below Coot,
[17:] took an anchor out & hove &
[18:] sounded; ~
[19:] At 3,,15 Am arrived at
[20:] Coot, below the Village, landed
[21:] 6 passengers & 5 Bales of Cloth
[22:] through Cargo; ~ The SS.
[23:] Mossul arrived an hour after
[24:] us & went alongside below
[25:] us, ~ I left Henry's letters
[26:] & ships papers at Coot ~
[27:] At 5,,30 Am left Coot
[pg: 276]
[2:] us ~ Very light or calm N.W.
[3:] breeze ~
[4:] Took 32 1/2 Passengers from
[5:] Coot~ Ely breeze & moisty;
[6:] At 4,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
[7:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[8:] Detained at Sheresh in sounding
[9:] & grounding from 6,,45 to 7,,15 ,,
[10:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
[11:] At 9,,45 grounded at Deboony
[12:] & worked by heaving forward
[14:] shoal; Proceeded; Fine cool
[15:] weather, I slept in the cabin,
[16:] my cold is bad yet & could not
[17:] Sleep till 2 Am;
[18:] At 4 Am. We grounded
[19:] at Zeljeh reach, took an anchor
[20:] out, sounded, & heaved over
[21:] At 6,,30 proceeded,
[22:] Fine Cool Weather & a light
[23:] N.W. breeze ~
[24:] At 8,,30 Grounded at
[25:] Brenij took an Anchor & hove
[26:] At 9,,45 proceeded ~
[pg: 277]
[1:] At 10,,30 grounded below
[2:] Azizieh Village, Worked in
[3:] heaving over & taking anchors
[4:] until we got over and went
[5:] on at 1,,15 P.M. ~
[6:] At 1,,30 passed Azizieh,
[7:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
[8:] At 6,,30 passed Baghdadieh
[9:] Fort; Weather got very calm at
[10:] sunset, & not so warm ~
[11:] Just as we were getting near the
[12:] Fort, one of our fireman Hanna
[13:] fell overboard from the Barge
[14:] & he swum across to the Island
[15:] We sent the Launch & picked
[16:] him up & went on at 6,,35;
[17:] At 10,,30 P.M. We anchored
[18:] at the bottom of Dawar reach,
[19:] the Khalifah is aground in
[20:] the bad place further up;
[21:] I slept in the Cabin; Light
[22:] N.W. & fine Cool Weather
[24:] morning~ at 4 1/2 Am. I
[25:] was up dressed for shooting
[26:] to land & walk across to Oweyn
[27:] & thence up to Ledge,
[pg: 278]
[2:] by Hamadi; At 6 AM I
[3:] landed just at Sunrise took
[4:] with me Shamoka the Deckman
[5:] & asked Capt Hanslow to pick
[6:] us up at Ledje, should he
[7:] get up there by noon I shall
[8:] be waiting there, I made an
[9:] error in not taking anything
[10:] to eat but only two rusks,
[11:] We walked across the desert
[12:] with very little brushes, at
[13:] half way I saw 7 Gazels on
[14:] my left grasing, I managed
[15:] to get pretty near, by dodging
[16:] behind brushes & a mound
[17:] but they saw me when I was
[18:] about 200 yards & then I had
[19:] to fire as they begun to turn back,
[20:] I had a cartridge of No. 2 shots,
[21:] but the range was too far
[22:] for a smooth bore gun ~
[23:] I saw very few partridges at
[24:] Oweyn, & started 2 hares,
[25:] by 8 1/2 we got above the
[26:] creek/Nahar Shheyl) to
[27:] the Lubia Cultivation, I
[pg: 279]
[1:] had only 3 partridges, I shot
[2:] well & the powder was very
[3:] good, but the birds are scarce
[4:] again this year; there is
[5:] nothing to eat, every thing is
[6:] dry & deserted; there has
[7:] been no high rise last year
[8:] & no cultivation ~ The watchman
[9:] of the Lubia tells me that at
[10:] noon & after, the partridges
[11:] came here in great number,
[12:] I went out & walked up as
[13:] far as the Pile of Liquorice,
[14:] where Johnny & I encamped
[15:] last October, but I saw
[16:] very few, walked out in the
[17:] desert, it was worse, no
[18:] birds at all, I shot one,
[19:] & lost a winged one; but I
[20:] begun to suffer the great heat
[21:] in the brushwood, & great pain
[22:] on my Knees, I begun to feel
[23:] very weak at 10 1/2, the Bile
[24:] getting stirred & the pain of
[25:] my stomach begun, I returned
[26:] [pg: 280]
[2:] hardly eat a rusk, my
[3:] mouth so dry that it wont
[4:] go down unless I shove it with
[5:] a sip of water, I took few
[6:] drops of Arak once or twice
[7:] the pain increased~ I went
[8:] out to shoot at 11 I walked
[9:] up & down, few partridges
[10:] flew from the Lubia &
[11:] no others, I shot two right
[12:] & left barrels & both fell &
[13:] were lost as they were winged
[14:] It was 2 P.M & no signs of
[15:] the Mejidieh coming up, so I
[16:] determined to return, but how
[17:] was I to walk, I am so tortured
[18:] most awfully, my knees are
[19:] preventing me from making
[20:] one step ahead; my feet
[21:] both have got blistered
[22:] from the rubbing of coarse
[23:] stocking, & my weakness
[pg: 281]
[1:] of stomach & pain, in fact
[2:] I was done up, but I forced
[3:] myself to walk back toward
[4:] Oweyn, the heat is very
[5:] intense, & so I used to sit
[6:] on the bank & drink water,
[7:] & wash & take 10 minutes
[8:] rest & recommense walking,
[9:] here I shot a Hare & an
[10:] Other partridge, making
[11:] in all 6 partridges & the
[12:] Hare, & 3 which were winged
[13:] & lost; But Oh my God
[14:] the pain & suffering was
[15:] so much that I could
[16:] not possibly walk one
[17:] step, my stomach got so sick
[18:] that I wanted to throw up,
[19:] At 3,,20 P.M. we were glad
[20:] to see the Mejidieh coming
[21:] up & rounding Rahmanyeh
[22:] reach; we had to turn and
[23:] walk up river, on account
[24:] of shoal Sand bank just
[pg: 282]
[2:] I got on board, complety
[3:] done up & not able to walk,
[4:] I received a letter from Henry,
[5:] & Alexander; but am sorry
[6:] that my letter to Henry was
[7:] not given as the Khalifah
[8:] had got off & proceeded down
[9:] by 8 1/2 AM; ~ Henry tells
[10:] me that they had left on Tuesday
[11:] with 180,000 Okes, they rose the
[12:] freight, the Local Cargo at 11
[13:] paras per Oke instead of 9,
[14:] & the through at 8 instead of
[15:] at 4 & 5 etc; they have 10 Passeng
[16:] in 1st Class, Dr. & Mrs. Sturrock
[17:] going to London, Mr. & Mrs.
[18:] Berk his wife going to Europe,
[19:] Ali Beg the Mudir of Tape,
[20:] Catterina Yaghchi free,
[21:] a Belgin of the Persian Custom
[22:] House Mr. Dambrain & a
[23:] Persian clerk with him, an
[pg: 283]
[1:] Indian Nawab; & Sleman
[2:] Beg son of Rafat Beg going
[3:] as Mudir for Ali Gherbi,
[4:] & 200 Passengers Deck & 6
[5:] Tilkeflies free by Brain,
[6:] & 8 Horses; ~
[7:] At 7,,15 P.M. passed Bostan
[8:] very light breeze & warm;
[9:] I slept in the cabin, but no sleep
[10:] at all from the pain on my
[11:] Knees, & stomach & feet blistered
[12:] I could not turn over or extend
[13:] my legs, ~ at about 11 passed
[14:] Ctesiphon ~ Touched at 12
[15:] at Gusseiba several times &
[16:] worked the Engines ~
[18:] at Gusseiba as we could not
[19:] pass; at 6 sent to sound, and
[20:] hove over with an anchor,
[21:] At 7,,15 proceeded from Gusseiba,
[22:] I had about an hour's sleep
[23:] At 9,,55 passed Diala river,
[24:] Weather Calm;
[25:] I feel the fatigue & pain very much
[26:] today & cannot walk ~
[27:] At 11,,50 passed through the
[pg: 284]
[2:] & hot day;
[3:] At 0,,15 P.M. I landed at
[4:] our Tents above the Garden of
[5:] Gherrara where Henry, Yousif
[6:] Yaghchi, Antone Marine &
[7:] us, also above us sister
[8:] Emilia & Alice are encamped
[9:] but the day was very hot &
[10:] unbearable in the Tents,
[11:] I am so tyred & my bile is
[12:] very troublesome, I am
[13:] constantly drinking water,
[14:] In the evening Antone & his
[15:] family & Menusha etc.
[16:] all called on us for an hour,
[17:] The Weather is so unsettled,
[18:] getting cloudy;
[19:] I hear that after we left
[20:] Basreh this time up, a very
[21:] hard rain fell there for
[22:] few hours it was a torrent,
[23:] & damaged great deal of
[24:] Crop dates, Cargo etc,
[pg: 285]
[2:] night was cool, but there are
[3:] some sand flies; at 6 am I
[4:] rode in to town on a donkey
[5:] got home by 7, found that
[6:] we have only the Indian
[7:] watchman Shaoly, our old
[8:] watchman looking after
[9:] the house; as I was undressing
[10:] to wash & shave, Mr. Rappaport
[11:] called on me, I invited him to
[12:] go out with me to Gherrara
[13:] tomorrow & spend the night;
[14:] he agreed & asked me to come
[15:] & breakfast with him tomorrow
[16:] at 11 1/2 am with Alexander,
[17:] I then called on Mons Rouet
[18:] found there Mr. Rappaport, Mr.
[19:] MacLaghlin of the Ottoman Bank,
[20:] Mr Oman, Mr. Querry &
[21:] Sasson Effendi; I left and
[22:] called on Sister Eliza she
[23:] is very busy getting Shifted
[24:] to an Other house & are sending
[25:] their Kit, they have hired
[26:] the house of Pachachi, the
[27:] one opposite Capt Cowley's
[28:] which has been bought lately
[29:] by Jeboory Asfar for 2000 £
[pg: 286]
[2:] Liras a year ~ I came home
[3:] at 12, sent Juma our coolie
[4:] to get me breakfast from
[5:] a nice & clean shop in the
[6:] bazaar @ 1 GSP. per dish I
[7:] found it very nice & delicious
[8:] I took a Cold water bath &
[9:] found it very agreable,
[10:] The weather is getting cloudy
[11:] all over & very hot, the
[12:] wind is S. Ely;
[13:] The SS. Mossul arrived
[14:] at about 3 1/2 P.M.;
[15:] At 4 I rode out to Gherrara,
[16:] it is very hot, cloudy & sultry
[17:] we had some drops of rain
[18:] today, I dismounted at
[19:] Alice's & Emilia, had tea
[20:] there & came to my Tents,
[21:] Alexander has shot a Hare
[22:] today ~ Edward Blockey
[23:] came out at Alices to pass
[24:] the night, We all went over
[25:] to Antones & spent the evening,
[26:] they sung, & played till 8 P.M
[pg: 287]
[1:] while there a shower of rain
[2:] came over us for about 10
[3:] Minutes; it is very cloudy
[4:] all around; Later at night
[5:] it thundered & rained too
[6:] it is very early for this time
[7:] yet;
[9:] still hanging around; ~ at
[10:] 6 1/4 Am I rode in to town, also
[11:] Alexander on his Bycicle, as
[12:] he always uses in & out;
[13:] I got home by 7 1/4, Alexander
[14:] arrived before me;
[15:] At 8 I came on board; We are
[16:] discharged & our Barge is
[17:] discharging now;
[18:] Today being the Jews Holyday
[19:] of the Pentateuch, & they are not
[20:] out of their houses;
[21:] This officer Capt Cook of the
[22:] Shushan who is living on board
[23:] I hear he is dead drunk now
[24:] & he has shut himself up in the
[25:] water closet or Bathroom, since
[26:] five hours & they have been singing
[27:] out to him & he wont answer
[28:] Capt Hanslow came on board
[pg: 288]
[2:] is to Act here on board as
[3:] Chief mate, & Slack will be
[4:] second & MacLure third,
[5:] these two have refused and
[6:] struck work & have both
[7:] gone to Mr. Parry the Agent,
[8:] He told them that the order
[9:] from London is that Mr. Cook
[10:] is engaged by his Contract at
[11:] the monthly pay of 210 Rps
[12:] Messing included & to serve
[13:] either on the Karoon or Tigris
[14:] & he is ordered to place him
[15:] as chief on board the Mejidieh,
[16:] Mr. MacLure returned & is going
[17:] to remain, but Mr. Slack
[18:] wants to leave but he is so
[19:] drunk & stupid, you cannot
[20:] get anything out of him,
[21:] the Other one Mr. Cook, is
[22:] still drunk & laid up in
[23:] the cabin; Last night
[24:] they had a fine scandal
[25:] here in the saloons, they
[pg: 289]
[1:] got four women made
[2:] them drunk, & stripped them
[3:] naked & so every one even
[4:] the servants left them &
[5:] went away what a disgrace
[6:] for the ship & the company
[7:] At 11 1/2 I went home
[8:] took Alexander & went to
[9:] Mr. Rappaport & breakfasted
[10:] with him, he excused himself
[11:] of not being able to go
[12:] out With us to Gherrara
[13:] this evening, as his cold
[14:] is still bad; at 1 P.M.,
[15:] We left & came home,
[16:] at 2 I came on board,
[17:] There is no head or tail among
[18:] the Mates Mr. Slack refused
[19:] to take Cargo, they sent one
[20:] from the Office Jejo Moorad
[21:] to take the through Cargo,
[22:] At 4 1/2 P.M. I left the ship and
[23:] went home with Alexander
[24:] at 5 I rode out to Gherrara &
[25:] Alexander on a Bycicle;
[26:] Got to our Tents by 6 P.M.
[pg: 290]
[2:] Cloudy & dusty, we spent the
[3:] evening at Yousif Yaghchi,
[4:] & came back at 8; ~ Eliza
[5:] had prepared everything for
[6:] Mr. Rappaport's dinner, but
[7:] he did not come; ~
[9:] the East & sultry turbid
[10:] weather; At 6 1/2 AM. I rode
[11:] in to town & hastened so much
[12:] to get in early I arrived at 7,,10
[13:] but I am very tyred & weak
[14:] from the effect of the shooting
[15:] & very billious & caustive yet;
[16:] I am not going out tonight
[17:] at 8 Am I came on board
[18:] the steamer; we are taking
[19:] cargo, Mr. Cooke of the Shushan
[20:] who is now to be as Chief mate
[21:] is taking cargo, but he does
[22:] not know how to take,
[23:] also Jejo Moorad, & the
[24:] 3rd mate, Mr. MacLure
[25:] taking local cargo, we
[26:] are charging 11 Paras
[pg: 291]
[1:] per Oke for local & 8 for
[2:] the through cargo, there is
[3:] lots of Dates shipped for
[4:] the Mediterranean Ports,
[5:] At 11 1/2 I went home,
[6:] Alexander also came from
[7:] his office, we had breakfast
[8:] brought from the bazaar
[9:] 4 dishes for 16 R. Piaster ~
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.M. I came on board
[11:] we shipped a lot of cargo,
[12:] at 5 P.M. we finished, Alexander
[13:] came to me & then left for
[14:] Gherrara, as I am staying
[15:] here tonight; at 6 I went
[16:] home; I sent Juma the Coolie
[17:] to fetch me my dinner, ~
[18:] Very calm & warm, we have
[19:] no bedsteads or anything out
[20:] in the Verandah, I had to
[21:] sleep in the room, but felt it
[22:] very hot ~
[24:] At 5 AM I came on board
[pg: 292]
[2:] At 5,,50 anchored to sound
[3:] at Cherd el Pasha there are many
[4:] Christian tents here & on the
[5:] opposite side; there are none
[6:] this year at Gherrara, except us,
[7:] Found 2 1/2 draaz, at 6,,35 weighed
[8:] & steamed through & went on,
[9:] The S.S. Phrat arrived last night
[10:] at 12 P.M.;
[11:] In passing our Tents at 8 1/4
[12:] I threw the key of our room on
[13:] shore, as we pass very close to
[14:] the bank, I saw all of them
[15:] standing on the bank;
[16:] At 9,,35 passed Diala river,
[17:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
[18:] At 10,,40 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[19:] & sent to sound ~
[20:] I finished with the Passengers
[21:] Tickets, we have in all 159 1/2 ,
[22:] (2 in 1st class women the family
[23:] of H. Monsoor H. Selman, the
[pg: 293]
[1:] owner of Lynch Bro. houses in
[2:] Basreh they are free with 3
[3:] servants & a little donkey; and
[4:] 2 in 2nd Class also free Retn Ticket
[5:] they are Isak the son of Elias servant
[6:] Jejo Lynch's brother, & his Sister
[7:] he is taking her to Basreh to
[8:] go to Constantinople to join
[9:] her husband there the son of
[10:] Shukry, in the SS. Korniloff
[11:] of the Russian line;)
[12:] At 0,,15 P.M we steamed on
[13:] to the Shoal of 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz
[14:] but we grounded, & worked
[15:] with heaving aft;
[16:] At 4,,30 PM. we got over and
[17:] proceeded ~
[18:] At 5,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[19:] Light N.W. breeze & fine;
[20:] At 7,,5 we came to for the
[21:] night below Semreh reach;
[22:] Very calm weather, but it is not
[23:] warm; I slept out on the quarter
[24:] Deck, it became very cool at
[25:] night ~
[26:] I see this fellow Isak son
[27:] of Elias Jejo has his ticket from
[28:] Mr. Parry for himself & his
[pg: 294]
[2:] but this servant turned out to
[3:] be his other younger Sister
[4:] & there are three children also
[5:] of his married sister the wife
[6:] of Rezooki Shukry, whom he
[7:] is accompanying to Basreh
[8:] to go to Constple in the S.S.
[9:] Korniloff ~
[11:] morning ~
[12:] At 5,,30 proceeded
[13:] from Semreh; wind begun
[14:] to blow a S. Easter -
[15:] At 9,,30 anchored at Dawar
[16:] & sent to sound, about 7 Boats
[17:] are down here on the shoal
[18:] at 11 steamed on to the shoal &
[19:] grounded worked with anchors
[20:] fore & aft; there is a Boat further
[21:] down aground we sent our
[22:] men to tow her off;
[23:] At 3,,10 P.M. we then weighed
[24:] & proceeded down;
[25:] Wind shifted to N.W. since
[26:] 1 P.M ~
[27:] At 5,,35 passed
[28:] Baghdadieh ~
[pg: 295]
[1:] The wreck of the Dijleh is
[2:] showing more than last
[3:] trip;
[4:] At 6 we touched a shoal
[5:] at upper reach of Gutnyeh & could
[6:] not get clear, so we anchored
[7:] for the night; ~ Light N.W.
[8:] breeze & fine cool weather;
[9:] I had to sleep in the cabin ~
[11:] Clouds on the East & South;
[12:] Sent to sound the channel
[13:] At 6,,10 AM proceeded from
[14:] Gutnyeh reach;
[15:] At 8,,30 we stopped at Raddat
[16:] awaiting for the S.S. Baghdad
[17:] coming up to pass;
[18:] At 8,,50 she passed up and
[19:] we went on ~
[20:] At 9,,5 passed Azizieh;
[21:] At 9,,10 anchored & sent to sound,
[22:] At 9,,50 proceeded ~
[23:] At 10,,5 anchored & sent to Sound;
[14:] At 11,,30 left & went on ~
[25:] Weather became calm;
[26:] at 0,,50 P.M. Anchored at Zeljeh
[27:] & sent to sound;
[28:] At 1,,50 proceeded after
[pg: 296]
[2:] on;
[3:] Detained at Deboony from
[4:] 4,,30 till 5 P.M. in a narrow &
[5:] shoal place dropping down along
[6:] the west bank;
[7:] At 6,,55 P.M. anchored
[8:] at Summer for the night ~
[9:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine;
[10:] I slept in the Cabin ~
[12:] At 5,, 20 AM. we proceeded
[13:] from Summer ~
[14:] At 6,,15 passed Memlah;
[15:] At 6,,30 grounded above Bughela
[16:] village worked her with the Engines
[17:] she turned round & round & then
[18:] got cleared & went on at 7,,35,
[19:] weather getting cloudy all
[20:] over ~
[21:] At 2,,15 P.M. arrived at
[22:] Coot, very shoal below the village
[23:] & cannot get up not even to the
[24:] garden below it; Landed
[25:] 22 Passengers & 42 Packages,
[26:] I left a letter & Papers here for
[27:] Henry, also wrote to Alexander
[pg: 297]
[1:] But heard here that the Khalifah
[2:] has made a very long trip
[3:] down, she arrived here last
[4:] Monday the 23d being 7 days
[5:] from Baghdad (having left on the
[6:] 17th) and here we hear that she
[7:] has only left Amara yesterday
[8:] morning on her way down,
[9:] she was 3 days detained at Seyd
[10:] Abbass; that makes her trip
[11:] to Basreh about 11 days down,
[12:] she had about 10 1st class
[13:] Passengers & they all messed
[14:] at the Captains table, @ 5
[15:] Rupees each per day, besides
[16:] the charges for Liquors;
[17:] We are waiting here for our
[18:] cargo 42 packages to be discharged
[19:] the Hamal Bashi has sent for a
[20:] Meheyleh to come down & take
[21:] it; we do not hurry now a
[22:] days in any detention of this Sort;
[23:] they are taking every thing
[24:] very easy; It is 4 PM & no boat
[25:] has come down yet ~
[26:] At 4,,40 we left Coot,
[27:] Took 12 passengers; Passed through
[28:] the Bridge opened for us;
[29:] Weather keeps cloudy all
[30:] around & hazy, it became
[pg: 298]
[2:] clouds around & warm
[3:] moon 15 days old;
[4:] At 6,,45 we rounded & came
[5:] to for the night; Very calm and
[6:] warm ~
[7:] Our 3d mate MacLure is sitting
[8:] aft on the quarter deck playing with
[9:] his Banjo, & the other mates doing
[10:] nothing Mr. Slack the 2nd & Mr.
[11:] Cooke have no work but Simply
[12:] keep watch on the Bridge, all
[13:] the 3 mates are now doing nothing
[14:] in fact they are at liberty to do
[15:] what they like, there is no discipline
[16:] and no one cares what he is doing,
[17:] as the Captain is encouraging them
[18:] to do what they like, he joins them
[19:] in their amusement; ~
[20:] My stomach had been paining me
[21:] until yesterday, but today I felt
[22:] much better, & the dry bitter
[23:] tongue is passing; I am still
[24:] taking the sulphur & cream
[25:] of tartar, also Bicarbonate
[26:] of Soda, & the hot water
[27:] every morning ~
[pg: 299]
[1:] I slept in the cabin; a light S. Ely
[2:] breeze & clouds dispersed;
[4:] Cloudy all over, wintry weather
[5:] At 5,,15 AM. proceeded
[6:] At 9,,30 passed Sheikh Saad
[7:] At 10 grounded at Aboo Dood;
[8:] but got off & went on at 10,,40,
[9:] strong S. Ely wind & cloudy warm
[10:] weather ~ At 11.15 grounded
[11:] at Mendelyat; sounded and
[12:] hove off; at 1,,5 P.M proceeded
[13:] to the marked shoal & also grounded
[14:] took anchor out & hove, ~ Furled
[15:] all awnings from the wind
[16:] but it is not so strong now;
[17:] At 1,,55 P.M. got over & proceeded
[18:] Clouds clearing off a little, but
[19:] weather so sultry & dusty like,
[20:] wind fell down;
[21:] At 3 anchored at Seyd Abbass
[22:] & sounded; Wind Shifted to N.W.
[23:] & is more cloudy; Pilot returned
[24:] at 5, we weighed & proceeded down
[25:] to the shoal & anchored by the
[26:] stern the strain of the ship drifting
[27:] down snaped the chain had to
[28:] send & gather it; took an other
[29:] anchor out to turn her stern up
[30:] stream again it broke the chain
[pg: 300]
[2:] got her stern up; the shoal is
[3:] marked before us, there is only
[4:] 2 draaz water here; at 6,,20
[5:] we knocked off work and
[6:] remained for the night;
[7:] Cloudy calm & warm weather
[8:] Very unpleasant & oppressive;
[9:] They took an other anchor out at
[10:] 6 1/2 & hove her up stream; ~
[11:] It is very curious to see our two
[12:] mates Mr. Slack & Mr. MacLure
[13:] in the latters Cabin & Metty with
[14:] them singing & MacLure playing
[15:] his banjo, while they are working
[16:] aft in heaving; Mr. Cooke the
[17:] now chief mate is attending
[18:] on duty but does not know
[19:] any thing at all & the Captain
[20:] too is aft pegging his whiskey
[21:] & soda;
[22:] Very warm in the Cabin, I
[23:] am swetting from the heat;
[24:] the weather is cloudy & loaded
[25:] with heat atmosphere ~
[27:] A loud crack of thunder came
[28:] on at 3 AM, & at 3 1/2 a heavy
[pg: 301]
[1:] shower of rain came down pouring
[2:] for about 10 Minutes, no wind
[3:] & the weather is warm & dampy
[4:] It remained cloudy ~
[5:] At 6 AM begun to lay anchors
[6:] for & Aft & heave over the Shoal
[7:] of 2 & 2 1/4 draaz; ship drawing
[8:] 3 feet 4 Inches;
[9:] Cloudy with some drops of rain
[10:] & S. Ely breeze;
[11:] We kept by heaving over the Shoal
[12:] close alongside a high Sand
[13:] island the whole day advancing
[14:] very gradually, Capt Hanslow
[15:] does not adopt the necessity of
[16:] landing the passengers on Shore,
[17:] Modte S. Ely hot wind and
[18:] warm ~ At sunset the Thermor. in
[19:] my Cabin is 98º ~ weather very
[20:] cloudy on the North & East &
[21:] hazy on South; the sand flying
[22:] from the island close alongside
[23:] of the steamer is filling the cabins
[24:] Light S. Ely wind prevails
[25:] I am suffering from a bad tooth
[26:] ache since 20 days but not so
[27:] severe as it came on tonight,
[28:] it is on the upper right jaw, so
[29:] bad it came that I could not
[30:] sleep all the night, and
[pg: 302]
[2:] there is a light S. Ely warm breeze
[3:] & cloudy hazy weather, the
[4:] tooth is getting decayed & it
[5:] is hard to pull it out, I have
[6:] only about 15 teeth left in my
[7:] mouth & few are decayed, I
[8:] have much trouble now in
[9:] eating & masticating; I
[10:] put several times whiskey but
[11:] it only allays the pain for a
[12:] few minutes ~
[14:] at daylight they begun to heave
[15:] & shift anchors, They worked
[16:] last night till 10 1/2 , she
[17:] only advanced few feet down
[18:] alongside the sand island,
[19:] the wind blowing the sand
[20:] on board & my cabin is getting
[21:] filled, They cast the Barge
[22:] off & shifted anchors, the
[23:] wind is blowing very strong,
[24:] & the sand blinding us, I
[25:] shut all my windows & Still
[26:] the Sand penetrates; ~
[27:] We hove her down & then got
[28:] the Barge alongside & gathered
[pg: 303]
[1:] anchors~
[2:] At 11,,30 left Seyd Abbass,
[3:] Strong S. Erly wind blowing,
[4:] Cloudy weather; ~
[5:] At 2,,30 P.M. passed
[6:] Ali Gherbi;
[7:] My tooth still aches me every now
[8:] & then very severly; I have applied
[9:] Carbolic Acid, hot vinegar and
[10:] Laudanum, but did no good,
[11:] the smoke of Tobacco allays it a
[12:] little;
[13:] At 6,,45 P.M. we rounded and
[14:] Came to for the night below SKheryeh
[15:] reach, S. Ely breeze & clouds
[16:] on every part, warm weather;
[17:] I am sleeping in the cabin, & it is nice
[18:] & cool ~
[20:] are hanging about;
[21:] At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
[22:] Breeze shifted to S. Easter very light,
[23:] At 6,,35 passed the S. S.
[24:] Khalifah & Barge above Ali Sherghi,
[25:] I saw Henry & his son Louis 13
[26:] years old who he took down for a
[27:] change, & some other European
[28:] passengers aft ~
[29:] At 7 passed Ali Sherghi
[30:] At 1,,25 P.M arrived at Amara
[pg: 304]
[2:] 63 packages; I received Henry's
[3:] letter & my Papers; The Khalifah had
[4:] 240,000 Okes (125,000 in the Barge
[5:] and only 15,000 in the Ship including
[6:] 5 Tons Coal for Baghdad) she
[7:] had 80 Tons of Coal for her
[8:] consumption, she left Basreh
[9:] on Monday at 4 P.M. with
[10:] 217 1/2 Passengers & 9 Tilkeflies free
[11:] by Capt Brain, in 1st Class she
[12:] had Mr. Berk returning; a Russian
[13:] from Persia Mr. Severin Koseykh
[14:] 2 Indians 3 Mahomdans
[15:] & a new young clerk for Blockey
[16:] Hotz in place of Edward
[17:] Blockey called Levack ~
[18:] At 2,,50 P.M. we left Amara
[19:] Very warm S. Ely breeze,
[20:] Took 29 1/2 passengers;
[21:] Abdulla Rawandouzli
[22:] the Lawyer at Basreh has been
[23:] assassinated about 10 days
[24:] ago in the bazaar in broad
[25:] daylight by 2 negro Servants
[26:] of the Nakib ~ the
[pg: 305]
[1:] Waly of Basreh Mohsen Pasha
[2:] has been dismissed at last
[3:] he intrigued greatly in the affair
[4:] of Moubarek ibn Sobah
[5:] Sheikh of Kweit, & Sheikh
[6:] Yousif el Ibrahim, the latters
[7:] opponent & has taken large
[8:] sums of bribes some say
[9:] over 10,000 Liras ~
[10:] Very calm & warm weather ~
[12:] my tooth ache is troubling fearfully,
[13:] my mouth got blistered from hot
[14:] things I have applyed ~
[15:] At 6,,40 P.M. we anchored
[16:] for the night, calm & warm;
[17:] It became cooler toward midnight,
[19:] At 5,,30 A.M. proceeded
[20:] At 6.30 passed Kalat Saleh
[21:] Very calm but fine, with a little
[22:] cloudy on the N. & N West;
[23:] At 7,,30 anchored at Nafikh
[24:] & sounded at 7,,50 proceeded
[25:] At 9, grounded at Aboo Roba,
[26:] took out an anchor astern & hove
[27:] off, sent to sound; ~ At 9,,35
[28:] proceeded;
[29:] At 11,,15 Grounded at Ghumeyjeh
[30:] hove off aft & proceeded at
[pg: 306]
[2:] breeze,
[3:] At 1,,10 P.M. passed
[4:] Azair;
[5:] At 5,,15 landed 12 1/2
[6:] Passengers at Gorna & went on
[7:] at 5,,20; Light N.W. breeze &
[8:] fine weather; At sunset it became
[9:] very calm, but it is not so warm
[10:] Therm. 90' in my cabin;
[11:] At 12 P.M. arrived in
[12:] Basreh; it is still warm in the
[13:] cabin with many sand flies I
[14:] could not sleep; there is the S.S.
[15:] Henry Bolckow the lighter for
[16:] other sea going steamers close to
[17:] us, & the S.S. Muristan for Asfar & co
[18:] & only the mail steamer Pachumba
[19:] in quarantine ~
[21:] We landed cargo & passengers
[22:] The date packing & shipping
[23:] is nearly over, People are finishing
[24:] their works in the Cherdaks
[25:] on the river, But Shekoory
[26:] Sayegh is still at Fhelyeh
[pg: 307]
[1:] has finished the packing for
[2:] Rufail on account of Hotz & Co.
[3:] & will go up in the Khalifah,
[4:] I am sorry for his detention
[5:] here, because the trade of
[6:] Alexander & him is suspended
[7:] in Baghdad which is not
[8:] good for their name ~
[9:] Rufail came to me as well
[10:] as Rezooki Angoorly; Rufail
[11:] has packed some 60,000 cases
[12:] of Dates for Hotz & Co., he
[13:] takes a Commission of 2 1/2
[14:] %; ~
[15:] Mohsen Pasha the Wali
[16:] of Basreh is dismissed, and
[17:] Abdullatif Pasha the Motserrif
[18:] of Kerbella is appointed in
[19:] his place temporary, he
[20:] leaves Baghdad today in the
[21:] SS. "Baghdad" I know him
[22:] well, when he was Mektubchi
[23:] during the time of the Wali
[24:] Hamdi Pasha, when I had
[25:] the trouble about my Claim
[26:] from Mahomed el Freh,
[27:] Nothing has been done
[28:] & no notice taken of the
[pg: 308]
[2:] Rawandouzly; the two men
[3:] murderors are at liberty &
[4:] after having fired a Revolver
[5:] shot on his chest & fell down
[6:] from horse back at the
[7:] Bazaar of Suk el Dejaj, the
[8:] men went to the Nakib's
[9:] house deposited their arms
[10:] & came back to look at
[11:] the body with the other
[12:] spectators, no steps at all
[13:] being taken for their arrest,
[14:] His son is in the military
[15:] service & is coming out from
[16:] Constantinople ~
[17:] At 3 P.M. Rezooki Sayegh
[18:] came to me, & then I went with
[19:] him to their house, saw there
[20:] Tookyeh Rufail Mina the
[21:] wife of Rezooki, & in the
[22:] evening Yoursif Marine came
[23:] down; I slept in the Saloon
[24:] it was not so warm, but there
[25:] were many sand flies, the
[26:] rest slept on the top of the
[27:] House ~ A light westerly
[pg: 309]
[1:] prevailed during the night
[3:] at 7 1/2 AM. I came on board
[4:] we are doing nothing having
[5:] taken on board some cargo
[6:] from the loaded Barge which
[7:] we are to tow & 80 tons
[8:] of coal half in the Barge;
[9:] At 9 AM. the SS. Mossul
[10:] arrived, having left Baghdad
[11:] on Friday last; The Mufettish
[12:] Adlyeh Hamdi Beg the
[13:] brother of Ali Beg & my friend
[14:] came down in her, as he is
[15:] appointed Motserrif for Hodeida
[16:] on the Red Sea ~
[17:] The S.S. Muristan left at 10
[18:] am to the Bar to fill up
[19:] cargo taken down for the S.S. Turkistan
[20:] I sent the following telegram
[21:] to Alexander
[22:] Svoboda, Baghdad
[23:] Cases Beer went up Khalifah,
[24:] Shekoury coming next
[25:] trip Khalifah
[26:] Svoboda
[27:] 5/10/901}
[28:] 1 Mejidi}
[pg: 310]
[2:] Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly
[3:] came to me;
[4:] We received the mails at 3 P.M.
[6:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[7:] But it is unusually warm and not
[8:] at all refreshing ~
[9:] We have in 1st Class 2 persons
[10:] a Mr. Thomas an Englishman
[11:] who came out to Basreh to be
[12:] agent for Bucknall's steamer
[13:] but it appears that it has been
[14:] dispensed with & he is returning
[15:] to London by way of Damascus
[16:] & Constantinople; and a
[17:] man called Sheikh Abdulla
[18:] son of Sheikh Abou Beker
[19:] of Erwill, considered by many
[20:] Arabs Mahomedans to be
[pg: 311]
[1:] inspired with much veneration
[2:] & sanctity, lots of people
[3:] came to see him off & they
[4:] all kissed his hand & even
[5:] fell down & kissed his feet,
[6:] he comes from a pilgrimage
[7:] from Mecca; also 2 persons
[8:] the family of Hamad el
[9:] Assafi coming from Nejid
[10:] for Baghdad, but they had
[11:] not arrived in time from Zobeir
[12:] & so they remained behind
[13:] they had taken tickets from
[14:] me yesterday ~
[15:] At 11,,40 landed 4 Passengers
[16:] at Gorna, & went on ~ N.W.
[17:] breeze & fine cool weather,
[19:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[20:] morning;
[21:] At 7 1/2 we got up to the
[22:] upper Ghumeyjeh Canal and
[23:] begun to go on slow & grounded
[24:] took an anchor ahead and
[25:] hove over, kept going very slow,
[26:] At 10,,40 anchored to repair
[pg: 312]
[2:] been carried away; at 11
[3:] proceeded going very slow,
[4:] At 0,,45 P.M. had to
[5:] stop for the SS. Phrat & Barge
[6:] coming down she passed
[7:] & we remained making fast
[8:] & repairing the wheel, as
[9:] the float was carried away
[10:] & sunk with the brackets etc
[11:] & had to put a new one;
[12:] At 3,,15 finished repair
[13:] of the wheel proceeded;
[14:] Modte & cool N.W. wind,
[15:] We have altogether 133
[16:] Passengers (2 in 1st Class, Mr.
[17:] Thomas of Bucknall's agent
[18:] going to England overland,
[19:] & a Sheikh Abdulla of Erwill
[20:] a venerated person, & the 2
[21:] 2d C. family of Hamad el
[22:] Assafi have not come)
[23:] also one free to Amara by
[24:] the Captain; ~
[25:] At 5 1/2 P.M. we passed Aboo
[26:] Roba going slow all the time,
[27:] Weather very pleasant &
[28:] a light cool N. Wester,
[pg: 313]
[1:] It appears that the weather has
[2:] settled down & the heat is gone,
[3:] It is quite an Autumn weather,
[4:] At 6,,35 we anchored
[5:] near Abdulla ibn Ali for the
[6:] night, Fine clear & cool
[7:] weather, light N.W. breeze;
[8:] It became very cool, that I had
[9:] to cover myself in the cabin;
[11:] cool weather, quite cold in
[12:] the morning;
[13:] At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
[14:] from Abdulla ibn Ali; I feel
[15:] it quite cold with the light cotton
[16:] clothes; Atmosphere very fine &
[17:] clear; ~ At 8,,30 landed 6 passeng.
[18:] at Kalat Saleh & went on
[19:] a cold breeze blowing from N.W.
[20:] & fine weather; Therm 70º at 9 am
[21:] At 3,,50 P.M. arrived at Amara
[22:] landed 4 Passengers & 3 Bales
[23:] of through cargo; we shipped 29
[24:] Bund of Hides & carpets @ 12 Paras
[25:] per Oke; They say here that the river
[26:] rose in Baghdad about 4 Inches,
[27:] At 5,,5 P.M. left Amara
[pg: 314]
[2:] passengers;
[3:] Very fine clear weather,
[4:] & cool but very calm;
[5:] Abdul Kadur Khdery gave Capt Hanslow
[6:] 8 Bags (6 Barley & 2 Rice) at
[7:] Amara, & to Mikha Tindal 1
[8:] Bag Rice; ~
[9:] It got very cool during the night;
[11:] cool night; ~ At 1,,30 am,
[12:] we grounded below Skheryeh, took
[13:] an anchor out & hove off and
[14:] at 2,,15 proceeded ~ Fine
[15:] cool weather & calm;
[16:] At 8,,40 landed 3 Passengers
[17:] at Ali Gherbi & took 2 for
[18:] Coot & went on at 8,,45;
[19:] At 10,,15 P.M. anchored at
[20:] Seyd Abbass & sent to sound,
[21:] Some Boats here in the Channel,
[22:] Pilot returned at 2 1/2 having found
[23:] an other Channel with 3 draaaz
[24:] but very narrow, we steamed
[25:] up to it, & sent the Boat to
[26:] get the laden Liquorice Boats
[27:] off the Channel, two other
[pg: 315]
[1:] Boats wanted to attempt to
[2:] drop to the Channel but we
[3:] stopped them, we had to take
[4:] an anchor ahead to keep
[5:] her streight in the Channel,
[6:] we kept heaving & taking anchors
[7:] ahead
[8:] At 5,,45 P.M. the S.S. Baghdad
[9:] & Barge came down & anchored
[10:] up above, she has the flag
[11:] flying for Abdullatalif Pasha
[12:] Motserrif of Kerbella, who is going
[13:] down to act as Wali of
[14:] Basreh in place of Mohsen
[15:] Pasha dismissed, (see
[16:] further up); ~
[17:] We worked in heaving over till
[18:] 9 P.M. & knocked off, having advanced
[19:] a little & nearly got over ~
[20:] Very cool weather & fine ~
[22:] breeze, quite cold in the morning,
[23:] the water is as cold as ice ~
[24:] At 5 1/2 am begun to heave &
[25:] steam over ~
[26:] At 7 cleared the Shoal and
[27:] proceeded; left the Baghdad
[28:] here to get to the shoal and
[29:] proceed down ~
[30:] I paid the Ship's Company
[pg: 316]
[2:] At 8,,30 grounded at Mendelyat
[3:] sounded & Marked the channel
[4:] a Boat aground here; took
[5:] an anchor out & hove over
[6:] At 9,,55 proceeded;
[7:] At 12 passed Sheikh Saad,
[8:] Breeze fell down & became calm
[9:] At 8,,30 P.M. grounded at Gardyeh
[10:] hove off & proceeded at 9,,10 ~
[11:] At 10,,35 arrived at Coot,
[12:] landed 7 passengers & 1 Bale
[13:] of through cargo ~ I left the
[14:] letters & papers here for the S.S.
[15:] Khalifah ~
[16:] At 11,,40 we left Coot
[17:] Fine very Cool weather ~
[18:] I had the pain in my stomach
[19:] the whole night;
[21:] cold morning ~
[22:] Gave tickets to 20 1/2 Coot passengers
[23:] In passing Shadi we saw on
[24:] the bank about 200 Persian Pilgrims
[25:] from Shushter & Desfool going
[26:] to cross over from Bughela to
[27:] go to Kerbella;
[pg: 317]
[1:] At 0,,20 P.M. passed Memlah,
[2:] It is awful the pain in my stomach,
[3:] it came on so suddenly last night,
[4:] it must be cold that I caught,
[5:] either in washing or in going out
[6:] at night; ~
[7:] Weather getting cloudy &
[8:] rather warm ~ It is the end of
[9:] the moon 28 days old ~
[10:] There is a very slight rise of the river
[11:] of about 2 Inches they said at
[12:] Coot, it is not perceptible;
[13:] My stomach & intestines pain
[14:] me most awfully such as I have
[15:] not had for a long time; can it be
[16:] from cold in washing or what
[17:] came of it so painful; I am
[18:] so shivering from the pain;
[19:] After dinner I took some Bicarbonate
[20:] of Soda, as I have no more Sulphur
[21:] & Cream of Tartar;
[22:] We touched several places during
[23:] the night, weather little cloudy,
[25:] Calm weather & not so cool, there
[26:] are some clouds;
[27:] The pain in my stomach was not so
[28:] severe during the night, I slept better
[29:] At 7,,15 AM. passed Baghdadieh
[30:] Fort; S. Ely breeze got up;
[31:] At 10 we passed the S.S. Khalifah
[pg: 318]
[2:] lower part of Dawar reach
[3:] I saw Mr. Malcom Balthazar
[4:] the Dragoman of the Russian
[5:] Consul, also the wife of Elias
[6:] Jejo & her daughter going down
[7:] for a change & certainly
[8:] free Ret Ticket ~
[9:] We passed the shoal of Dawar
[10:] without touching, it has got
[11:] better; ~
[12:] Weather got cloudy all over &
[13:] a very light S. Ely;
[14:] At 4,,10 P.M. in passing Khanassah
[15:] we saw about 5 or 6 Tents on
[16:] the bank, & Dr. Ramsey the
[17:] Residency Surgeon Mr. Cree of
[18:] Blockey Hotz his sister (who is
[19:] engaged to Dr. Ramsey) & an
[20:] other lady, out for shooting
[21:] excursion ~
[22:] My stomach is killing me from
[23:] the pain in the intestines ~
[24:] At 5 passed Bostan, Very
[25:] cloudy all over & getting gloomy,
[26:] At 5,,40 came to repair
[27:] the starboard wheel an arm
[28:] broken ~ very cloudy & getting
[28:] dark ~
[pg: 319]
[1:] At 8 it began to rain lightly
[2:] for 1/2 hour;
[3:] At 10,,50 it cleared up, we
[4:] proceeded ~
[5:] I am dying from the pain, as
[6:] if my guts are poisoned, no Sleep
[7:] & no rest, it is awful;
[9:] weather clear & light S. Erly
[10:] breeze. I cannot sleep from
[11:] the pain in my intestines,
[12:] I took twice froot Salt, but
[13:] to no effect & I am so restless from
[14:] the cutting pain, & digging like so
[15:] many daggers, this is the worst
[16:] pain I have ever experienced;
[17:] I am mad from it ~
[18:] At 2,,50 am we touched at
[19:] Gusseiba (lower part) & could not
[20:] get clear, we grounded & took
[21:] anchors out fore & aft, we are
[22:] at upper Menary reach, kept
[23:] heaving all the time ~
[24:] I took hot water a cup, & then the
[25:] Tea but cannot eat anything,
[26:] I am so costive too, & the wind
[27:] is confined, & does not pass down,
[28:] I have had no relief since
[29:] 48 hours & no sleep at all,
[30:] Light N.W. breeze & cool,
[pg: 320]
[2:] put on the flannel Cholera belt,
[3:] & a pair of drawers as it is
[4:] chilly & cold; The pain having
[5:] kept so severe that I could not bear
[6:] it, I went to Capt Hanslow & took
[7:] a dose of Tincture of Ginger in
[8:] water, but the pain was still and
[9:] getting worse; so I thought of
[10:] taking a dose of Castor Oil,
[11:] but when I got the glass filled
[12:] the smel & nausea made me
[13:] sick & I vomited with much
[14:] force, & I threw up only the ginger
[15:] with much acidity; at 9 I took
[16:] the castor oil & then took a
[17:] cup of broth, but the pain is just
[18:] as severe as ever;
[19:] At 10 we got clear & went on;
[20:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed Diala ~
[21:] The castor oil does not work
[22:] me at all; as if I have not taken
[23:] it, & the pain is just the same
[24:] I applyed mustard poultess
[25:] but after 1/2 hour I vomited
[26:] again very sower; my bowels
[27:] not working ~
[pg: 321]
[1:] At 2,,45 P.M. I landed at
[2:] the Tents at Gherrara; I saw them
[3:] all there, & I had to lay down
[4:] from the excessive pain, my wife
[5:] tryed every thing to alleviate the
[6:] pain but it was impossible
[7:] I put Linseed poultess, drunk
[8:] some Cetrate of Magnesia
[9:] effervesent from Sister Emelia;
[10:] Mr. Rappaport came to stay
[11:] & pass the night with us, as he
[12:] had promised, but when he
[13:] saw me in this state, he wanted
[14:] to go to Mr. Kritchlis Tents
[15:] on the opposite side at the
[16:] garden of Yousif Korkis below
[17:] the Bridge, but I insisted
[18:] on him to stop & so he stayed,
[19:] we gave him Alexander's Tent
[20:] & made his bed there;
[21:] at dinner I took nothing but
[22:] a plate of soup, I cannot
[23:] smell the food, after dinner
[24:] I left them & went to turn
[25:] in; got bottle with hot water
[26:] applied on my stomach,
[27:] But at midnight my
[pg: 322]
[2:] Bile; & then after an hour
[3:] I vomited very sower and
[4:] bitter, I was relieved from
[5:] the pain & dosed off to sleep
[6:] for about an hour, & then
[7:] rose again & went out to the
[8:] closet & worked my bowels
[9:] so briskly; ~
[11:] cool weather, I feel very weak
[12:] but no pain; Mr. Rappaport
[13:] had tea with us & then at
[14:] 8 Am he went to spend the
[15:] day with Mr. Kritchly on the
[16:] other side ~
[17:] Alexander & his wife went
[18:] also to town this morning,
[19:] being invited by Artin my
[20:] nephew, for Mary to stand
[21:] as Godmother for his newly
[22:] born daughter on the 3d
[23:] & she is to be called Mary
[24:] Josephine ~ my sister Emilia
[pg: 323]
[1:] Alice, Menusha etc came to
[2:] see me; the pain is continuing,
[3:] & the diarrhea too, & I am
[4:] passing bile; I took nothing
[5:] for breakfast but some
[6:] soup & that even I cannot
[7:] take or feel inclined ~
[8:] The Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius,
[9:] & Père Augustine came out
[10:] to Antone Marine to Spend
[11:] the day, they visited us;
[12:] all my relatives are insisting
[13:] on me to stop behind this
[14:] trip & treat myself, ~
[15:] Alexander & Mary came
[16:] out this evening, he tells me
[17:] that the Medjidieh leaves on
[18:] Wednesday; they had breakfast
[19:] at sister Eliza ~ I feel
[20:] it quite cold out here; I had
[21:] only a plate of Soup at dinner
[22:] The pains comes & goes; at
[23:] bed time I took a cup of
[24:] Cammomile flower & violet
[25:] flower an effusion, and
[26:] this calmed the pain, &
[pg: 324]
[2:] a very offensive smell ~
[4:] I find myself awfully weak
[5:] at 6 AM Eliza & I prepared
[6:] to ride in we took tea &
[7:] at 7 rode on donkeys to
[8:] town; I changed & went on
[9:] board but could hardly walk
[10:] from the weakness & pain in
[11:] stomach; I sent Metty to
[12:] Mr. Parry the Agent to bring
[13:] from him 42 £ to pay the
[14:] rest of the officers' wages and
[15:] to tell him that I am unwell
[16:] & suffering from stomach
[17:] ache, diarrhea & vomiting,
[18:] & perhaps it is disentry &
[19:] I am unable to go down
[20:] this trip & ask him to send
[21:] Vartan to assist Metty
[22:] in the business; he came
[23:] back at 10 & said Mr. Parry
[pg: 325]
[1:] says alright I can stop
[2:] behind & he is sending Vartan
[3:] the clerk in Metty's place,
[4:] I gave Metty the Books etc,
[5:] & kept all the ship's money
[6:] in the big Iron safe, I sent
[7:] my bed etc home & I told
[8:] Capt Hanslow of my stopping
[9:] behind, & at 11 I came
[10:] home, I sent to fetch the
[11:] apothecary of the SS. Comet,
[12:] (as there is no English doctor
[13:] here, Dr. Sturrock has left
[14:] for England by Khalifah
[15:] the trip before last, & Dr.
[16:] Ramsey is out encamped
[17:] at Khenassa) Mr. De Silva
[18:] of the Comet came & I explained
[19:] every thing to him from the
[20:] commencement, he saw
[21:] that I still had the fever
[22:] of 102 degrees, he sent me
[23:] two different medicines
[24:] one for stopping the fever
[25:] & the other for the stomach
[pg: 326]
[2:] still are loose working about
[3:] 6 or 7 times a day; I am
[4:] eating nothing but chicken
[5:] broth, milk & soda & a piece
[6:] of bread; for Eliza we got
[7:] dinner from the bazaar;
[8:] at night I swetted very much
[9:] & the fever left me, my
[10:] bowels went twice at night
[11:] I had no pain;
[13:] very weak, but I feel my
[14:] appetite better; bowels still
[15:] working; ~ Alexander
[16:] rode in his Bycicle from
[17:] Gherrara at 7 1/2 AM;
[18:] News came of the death
[19:] of Abdulrahman Khan
[20:] Emir of Afghanistan;
[21:] Dr. De Silva came to
[22:] see me; he prescribed to me
[23:] two other bottles of mixture
[pg: 327]
[1:] one is quinine to be taken
[2:] once every 4 or 5 hours, &
[3:] the other for stopping the
[4:] diarrhea should be necessary
[5:] to stop it, but when I
[6:] took the quinine it brought
[7:] on the pain in my stomach
[8:] so I knocked off taking it,
[9:] Dr. De Silva takes one Mejidie
[10:] as his fees for every visit,
[11:] My bowels only worked
[12:] twice so I am not taking
[13:] the other mixture;
[14:] The SS. Mossul arrived at
[15:] about 3 P.M;
[16:] Metty came to see me, also
[17:] Mikha Tindal ~
[18:] Sister Eliza came yesterday,
[19:] & Today her daughters Terrooza
[20:] & Regina; also Eliza and
[21:] Adoola my cousins ~
[22:] We are sleeping out in the
[23:] Iwan & verandah; I
[24:] took broth & bread only,
[25:] with some Brandy & soda
[pg: 328]
[2:] brother Henry telling him
[3:] Svoboda Basreh,
[4:] Stopping behind indisposed
[5:] Svoboda,
[6:] Light air & warm night;
[8:] clouds; my bowels worked
[9:] once last night & once this
[10:] morning very loose ~
[11:] I feel weaker than ever;
[12:] I took chiken broth & bread
[13:] for breakfast; my bowels
[14:] have stopped working & am
[15:] not taking any medicine, so
[16:] that I am just the same as before
[17:] the pain exists as before;
[18:] Alexander came in from Gherrara
[19:] & went to his office; ~
[20:] A very bad incident happened
[21:] this afternoon which caused me
[22:] so much rage & vexation that
[23:] injured me awfully,
[pg: 329]
[1:] Some Sakkas came to
[2:] claim some old donkey hire
[3:] from Eliza & begun to make
[4:] noise & quarrel with her,
[5:] I could not resist it longer
[6:] & it is all through Eliza's fault
[7:] in not sending them away,
[8:] & not paying them before,
[9:] at last I got up & let myself
[10:] out I screamed & dammed
[11:] them & ordered them out of the
[12:] house, Eliza turned against
[13:] me in this scuffle & I begun
[14:] with her as I lost my self
[15:] control & temper, finding
[16:] myself so ill & weak; I
[17:] told her she better leave me
[18:] alone & go out to Gherrara,
[19:] She then took her Igar and
[20:] left the house at 4 1/2 P.M;
[21:] I do not know where to, &
[22:] never came back;
[23:] Alexander was in a fix and
[24:] he did not know what to
[25:] do, in leaving me alone,
[26:] I told him to go out, and
[27:] not to be in any way anxious
[pg: 330]
[2:] Antone Marine came in
[3:] to tell me that a telegram has
[4:] just arrived from Basreh
[5:] signed by Sayegh for Azoory
[6:] Chanteduc, telling him
[7:] that Henry is stopping
[8:] behind indisposed and
[9:] must send his wife down
[10:] by first steamer; Antone
[11:] has sent the telegram to
[12:] Gherara & wrote to Alice
[13:] to tell Menusha so;
[14:] Alexander did not know what to
[15:] do by leaving me so alone; at
[16:] last he left at 5; & Antone too;
[17:] I had to warm some chicken
[18:] broth here left of this morning
[19:] and took it as my dinner with
[20:] bread; Johny & Artin called
[21:] here to see me, & went to see
[22:] Menusha, but she came in
[23:] this evening with her son
[24:] Antone to take him down
[25:] with her in the Mejidieh
[26:] tomorrow morning, and
[pg: 331]
[1:] she is staying tonight with
[2:] her brother Azoory;
[3:] At 10 P.M. the SS. Phrat
[4:] arrived from Basreh ~
[5:] I got the pain in my stomach
[6:] as bad as ever & prevented
[7:] me from sleeping, I was mad
[8:] with it trembling & tossing
[9:] about;
[11:] some clouds & warm weather,
[12:] At 6,,15 AM. the Mejidieh
[13:] left for Basreh ~
[14:] Menusha Henry's wife
[15:] with her son Antone went
[16:] down in her, to my brother
[17:] Henry -
[18:] My wife did not come
[19:] home since yesterday, and
[20:] could not find out where
[21:] she slept last night ~
[22:] I sent the following telegram
[23:] to Rufail Syegh at 7 AM.
[24:] Sayegh
[25:] Basreh
[26:] Anxious brother's illness
[pg: 332]
[2:] Menusha, Antone, Mejidieh
[3:] thursday ~
[4:] Svoboda
[5:] Alexander came in from
[6:] Gherrara at 7 1/2 AM. he says
[7:] that he met his mother on
[8:] the way to Gherrara riding
[9:] out on a donkey~ he
[10:] sent me our cook Elias from
[11:] Gherrara to cook for me,
[12:] Every one out there is very
[13:] anxious & sorry about my
[14:] state of living & illness &
[15:] about my brother's illness
[16:] in Basreh ~
[17:] I sent for Dr. De Silva, who came
[18:] at 11 AM. & told him that the pain
[19:] is not gone & my bowels are
[20:] stopped, & wish something which
[21:] can relieve the pain, & work
[22:] my bowels mildly; he sent me
[23:] a Bottle to take a half a cup
[24:] before each meal, but
[pg: 333]
[1:] as soon as I took it, the pain
[2:] got more acute & I ate my
[3:] breakfast with Alexander,
[4:] but I took a piece of chicken
[5:] boiled & broth with some
[6:] wine & soda water, the pain
[7:] remained very severe, no
[8:] wind passing, & bowels not
[9:] working;
[10:] Johny & Artin came at 1 P.M.
[11:] to see me ~ I sent our cook
[12:] Elias out to Gherrara ~
[13:] Weather very hot with
[14:] clouds, ~
[15:] At 2 1/2 P.M. Père
[16:] Jéan the Ex. superior of the
[17:] Carmelite father called on
[18:] me, he comes to break the
[19:] sad news to me of death
[20:] of my poor brother Henry
[21:] in Basreh at noon
[22:] today, he has just received
[23:] a telegram from Père
[24:] Emmanuel, he does
[pg: 334]
[2:] illness, but thinks it is
[3:] the same as the attack
[4:] he had this last winter
[5:] of cerebral attack in the
[6:] head; and wishes if it is
[7:] possible to send some body to
[8:] over take the Mejidieh, so
[9:] as to bring his wife back
[10:] & son Antone; What a
[11:] blow my God, to his family
[12:] of so many young children
[13:] yet; ~ I sent for Alexander
[14:] at once & got him to ride
[15:] out to Gherrara & inform
[16:] them, & I shall send a
[17:] Boat tomorrow to bring
[18:] the Tents; ~ I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
[19:] our Consul & informed him of
[20:] the sad news ~
[21:] Antone called on me, we
[22:] proposed to send people at
[23:] once down as far as Ledje
[24:] to catch the Mejdieh
[pg: 335]
[1:] While at anchor tonight
[2:] so as to bring Menusha
[3:] & her son Antone back,
[4:] I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
[5:] requesting him to get me
[6:] a zaptyeh or one of his Kawasses
[7:] to accompany the party,
[8:] he came to me himself, &
[9:] he fetched his Dragoman
[10:] Rosenfeld & sent him to
[11:] the Halai Beg for a Zaptyeh,
[12:] We sent & got Selloomi
[13:] the man of Yousif Yaghchi,
[14:] to go out with them, and
[15:] from Gherrara they can
[16:] take Mahomed the Hamal,
[17:] Antone Marine went out to
[18:] Gherrara at 5 ~ The Zaptyeh
[19:] came very late it was about
[20:] 7 P.M. & as they were going
[21:] to start, Selloomy brought
[22:] me a letter from Alexander
[23:] by a Sakka, saying that
[24:] Mahomed with two other
[25:] Arabs have already
[26:] started to Ledje, so I
[pg: 336]
[2:] Selloomy, as it was too late
[3:] for them to try & catch the
[4:] steamer ~ Johny & Artin
[5:] called, my sister Eliza heard
[6:] of this sad news she is very
[7:] much affected; Johny
[8:] went home to dine & came
[9:] back to sleep with me,
[10:] Alexander says that they
[11:] are coming to town tomorrow,
[12:] I am so weak & lost my
[13:] head, I forgot my illness,
[14:] & cannot touch any food,
[15:] This is my last brother
[16:] that I have lost, poor
[17:] Henry, he is much younger
[18:] than me, being born
[19:] on the 28 of June 1847,
[21:] all over, warm nasty weather,
[22:] Johny took tea with me &
[23:] left at 7 3/4 am ~
[pg: 337]
[1:] At 9 1/2 Alexander & his wife
[2:] Marie came in from Gherrara
[3:] my wife remained out to prepare
[4:] the Kit & pack, so as to
[5:] come in tomorrow, Alice & sister
[6:] Emilia are also coming in,
[7:] Marie came to me weeping so
[8:] much like a child, & poor
[9:] children of my brother are mad
[10:] & inconsolable ~
[11:] Monsr. Rouet the French Vice Consul
[12:] called on us to condole;
[13:] I hired a Boat for 3 Mejidies to
[14:] go down to Gherrara & bring
[15:] the Kit tomorrow;
[16:] Artin my nephew called ~ also
[17:] Eliza & Adoola, & Johny Pehlawan,
[18:] his uncle Selman (brother of
[19:] his mother Farida) died yesterday
[20:] afternoon he is about 75 years
[21:] Old;
[22:] I received a telegram from
[23:] Basreh from Sayegh condoling
[24:] us on the loss of my brother
[25:] Henry ~
[26:] Light S.Ely air & cloudy
[27:] weather ~ I took only soup
[28:] & boiled chicken for dinner,
[29:] & the pain came on just
[pg: 338]
[2:] much; I am taking the
[3:] Vals water, I feel it agrees
[4:] with me; at night it pained
[5:] me fearfully ~
[7:] very loose, black & billious
[8:] with offensive smell ~ I
[9:] felt relieved from the gastric
[10:] pain ~
[11:] My birth day today, born
[12:] in 1840 ~
[13:] At 6 1/2 am our Kit from
[14:] Gherrara arrived in the Boat;
[15:] Mahomed the Hamal of
[16:] my brother & others, have brought
[17:] Menusha & her son Antone
[18:] to Gherrara yesterday evening
[19:] at about 5 P.M. they caught
[20:] up the Mejidieh at Thaji
[21:] early in the morning, having just
[22:] got underway, from Dawar
[23:] & as she passed Rwebyeh, they
[24:] saw the three horsemen on the
[25:] beach of Thaji,
[pg: 339]
[1:] Mr. Rappaport came to me,
[2:] he wishes to know when Menusha
[3:] is coming to town because
[4:] he wants to go to the house
[5:] & make an Inventory, or
[6:] if she does not come today, he
[7:] shall have to seal the rooms
[8:] until she comes, because
[9:] all Henry's children are
[10:] under age; He wants Yousif
[11:] Yaghchi to Come to town so
[12:] as to act as procurator;
[13:] or Azoory (Menusha's brother)
[14:] as I cannot be on account
[15:] of my constant absence
[16:] from town; ~ So Mr. Rappaport
[17:] went & took Azoory Chanteduc
[18:] also Alexander my son to be
[19:] as witness, & overhauled all
[20:] my brother's Kit in the room, his
[21:] clothes & every thing, was taken
[22:] note of, & written down; This
[23:] is too much I detest such a
[24:] law as this; the Austrians are
[25:] more severe in this sort of
[26:] business than any other
[27:] Nations ~
[pg: 340]
[2:] Gherrara at 10 am, with her
[3:] servant Zekky ~
[4:] My bowels worked three times today
[5:] very loose & with bile & dark coffee
[6:] colour & I still have the pain,
[7:] I am taking no medicine, it
[8:] is a wonder how much Bile
[9:] I have; ~ At dinner I took soup
[10:] rice made with it & little boiled
[11:] fowel; I took a glass of the
[12:] Vals water with wine; but
[13:] as I felt it heavy on me,
[14:] I took a mixture of my old
[15:] Medicine Sulphur & cream
[16:] of Tartar, when I went to bed
[17:] I could not sleep from the pain
[18:] in stomach like a boil & heavy,
[19:] I kept suffering until midnight
[20:] the gastric juice coming up
[21:] to my throat & felt sick,
[22:] when I got up, I hove all
[23:] the contents of my stomach
[24:] in the verandah; Still I was
[25:] not relieved from the pain,
[26:] it troubled me all the rest of
[27:] the night, & not having been
[pg: 341]
[1:] able to sleep a wink;
[3:] I feel so weak that I could
[4:] not dress & go to Menusha
[5:] where all my relations have
[6:] gathered, she came in last
[7:] night in a carriage from
[8:] Gherrara, with her brother
[9:] Azoory, her son Antone the
[10:] eldest of 17 years & Harriet,
[11:] my wife, Alexander & Marie
[12:] went to church & thence
[13:] went to my brothers house,
[14:] there were sisters Eliza, & Emilia,
[15:] & all the rest;
[16:] I feel calmed & no pain,
[17:] I took Tea; & at noon took
[18:] only rice soup; People called
[19:] on us to condole; ~
[20:] Eliza, Alexander & Marie went to
[21:] Menusha where my sisters & their
[22:] children were & others; ~
[23:] Tomorrow a high mass is to be
[24:] celebrated for the repose of my
[25:] brother Henry, a circular
[26:] made out out & sent round
[27:] to all the Europeans etc;
[pg: 342]
[2:] & some arrow root; but felt
[3:] the food heavy in my stomach
[4:] & prevented me from Sleeping
[5:] when by midnight, the Shooting
[6:] pain begun to prick; I
[7:] took Fruit Salt; Effusion
[8:] of Cammomile flower, but
[9:] to no use, & so could not
[10:] sleep till day break;
[12:] morning; we took tea & at 7 1/2
[13:] am we all went to my brother's
[14:] house, but the weeping &
[15:] yells of Menusha & my sisters
[16:] as soon as they saw me
[17:] was very heart rending;
[18:] I could not keep myself from
[19:] the bitter weeping; At 8 we
[20:] all went to the Latin Church
[21:] many people were there, also
[22:] Mons Rouet, (Mr. Rappaport
[23:] was absent out at Gherrara)
[24:] after the prayers we came back
[25:] to the house; where all the
[pg: 343]
[1:] Christians called, also Mons
[2:] Richarz the German Consul,
[3:] but no other Europeans or
[4:] Englishmen; at 11 1/2 I
[5:] & Eliza came home as I could
[6:] not resist longer, being very
[7:] weak & hungry; ~ Antone
[8:] Marine is the only family left
[9:] encamped at Gherrara, he did
[10:] not come in, or called today;
[11:] My pain came on this afternoon
[12:] very bad, & I sent Alexander to Dr.
[13:] De Silva of the Comet to ask him
[14:] for a mixture of Assafoetida
[15:] which used to do me good before,
[16:] I took half a wine glass; it seemed
[17:] to have allayed the pain,
[18:] but while Johny was here, I
[19:] took just one sip of arak
[20:] & water & the pain came
[21:] on worse than before, I took
[22:] soup, but to no effect; at
[23:] night I was dying from it,
[24:] took Fruit salt, & put
[25:] hot salt & brand on my belly,
[26:] I never felt it so bad in
[27:] my life & no sleep at all,
[28:] even I took hot soup
[pg: 344]
[2:] come back;
[4:] Toward 4 am the pain calmed
[5:] down & I slept for about 3
[6:] hours; ~ I sent to ask if
[7:] Dr. Ramsey is receiving patients
[8:] & Hannosh his man said
[9:] that at 10 am. & he will send
[10:] me word; ~
[11:] The S.S. Mossul left yesterday
[12:] for Basreh ~
[13:] At 11 1/2 I went to Dr. Ramsey
[14:] & related to him about my
[15:] stomach ache, he tapped my
[16:] stomach & he recommended
[17:] me not eat every thing, only
[18:] soup, Rice pudding & so on
[19:] & drink milk & soda; and
[20:] prescribed two Bottles of each
[21:] one table spoonful mixed
[22:] together which will cause
[23:] an effervesence to be taken
[24:] before each meal, & not
[25:] to sleep so soon after
[pg: 345]
[1:] meal but to give about 3
[2:] hours time to digest, & a
[3:] little Cognac with water
[4:] at meal; & that is all, I
[5:] paid him fees of 1/2 Lira;
[6:] Mr. Rappaport called on
[7:] me, he wants me to act as
[8:] Tutor or guardian in
[9:] the affair & estate of my
[10:] brother Henry, jointly with
[11:] his wife Menusha, as she
[12:] preferred so; ~ I went then
[13:] at 1 1/2 P.M. he was there
[14:] with his Dragoman & papers
[15:] etc, & making and inventory
[16:] & estimation of all the
[17:] effects furniture etc, being
[18:] estimated by Rezooki Tessy
[19:] hired for the purpose;
[20:] In his library room (that which
[21:] used to be my fathers) is found
[22:] in a small box his valuable
[23:] papers as the Hyjeh of the House,
[24:] his Passport & other papers;
[25:] Mr. Rappoport suggested to me that
[26:] it would safer if he takes them
[27:] under his charge if his wife
[28:] consents, but she & I preferred
[pg: 346]
[2:] under key; I signed all the
[3:] papers as well as Menusha
[4:] did, as the papers of procuration
[5:] & gave me one; He left
[6:] at 3; People are still calling
[7:] for condolence;
[8:] The Khalifah has arrived
[9:] at Gusseiba; & a letter came
[10:] to Alexander by passengers
[11:] landed there; from Shekoory
[12:] Sayegh from Basreh, telling
[13:] him that my brother arrived
[14:] there ill & was taken to
[15:] Rufails house; he does not
[16:] say further of his death;
[17:] At 4 P.M. the S.S. Khalifah arrived
[18:] Faraj the assistant Clerk sent me
[19:] two letters from Rufail & Rezooki
[20:] Sayegh in which they relate
[21:] to me the sad news of my brothers
[22:] death on the 17th at 11 A.M.
[23:] It appears that he felt unwell
[24:] two days before arrival
[pg: 347]
[1:] at Basreh, he had landed
[2:] to shoot at Gusseiba on the
[3:] day of their leaving Baghdad
[4:] & then he felt ill & had fever
[5:] & when they were at Amara
[6:] on Monday night, he
[7:] had a fit & fell down from
[8:] his bunk; he was very bad
[9:] that day as they were going to
[10:] Basreh, from Gorna Capt
[11:] Braine telegraphed to Mr. Bottomley
[12:] to have a doctor ready
[13:] on arrival; on Wednesday
[14:] the Khalifah arrived at 3 am
[15:] & Mr. Bottomley & the doctor
[16:] came on board, but he was
[17:] very seriously ill; He was
[18:] taken on shore to Rufails
[19:] house & treated there, but he
[20:] was speechless, he must have
[21:] got his old sickness of last
[22:] year, something like a Congestion
[23:] of the Brain; and on
[pg: 348]
[2:] His body was towed up by
[3:] the Khalifah with Great
[4:] many Belems full of people
[5:] to Maghil & burried in the
[6:] New English Cemetery just
[7:] above Maghil, all the friends
[8:] & relatives were there as well as
[9:] the Priests, Père Emanuel &
[10:] Kass Yousif Georgyeh the Assyrian
[11:] I am still suffering awfully
[12:] from my stomach, the pain is
[13:] continual, & am not eating any
[14:] thing but soup, or milk etc,
[16:] a fearful night last night, I
[17:] did not sleep at all from the
[18:] pain, & was taking every thing
[19:] to allay the pain, Dr Ramsey's
[20:] medicine is not doing good;
[21:] The S.S. Phrat left at 6 am;
[22:] and the S.S. Baghdad arrived
[23:] at 9 am ~
[24:] I sent for Hannosh
[25:] & explained every thing to him
[pg: 349]
[1:] & told him to ask Dr. Ramsey to
[2:] come & see me; he came at 11
[3:] he ordered Castor Oil to be taken
[4:] just now & continue the medicine
[5:] I took the Castor Oil at 11 am
[6:] but it did not work till late
[7:] in the evening, & I had to use
[8:] a soap injection, I have no
[9:] appetite at all; ~
[10:] All my brother's Kit was sent
[11:] from the Ship to the English Residency
[12:] as well as Menusha's Box of
[13:] jewellery, & his private cash about
[14:] 180 TLiras, & I had to send
[15:] Alexander with Antone my
[16:] brother's son to Mr. Rappaport &
[17:] they all went to the consulate
[18:] where an inventory was made
[19:] & estimation of the Kit and
[20:] was then sent to Menusha
[21:] the money 180 TLiras was retained
[22:] by order of Mr. Parry the agent,
[23:] fearing that it might belong
[24:] to other people, & besides this
[25:] they have made my brother
[26:] debitor to the Chest of 37 Liras
[27:] which they want to recover
[28:] from that money of 180 Liras
[pg: 350]
[2:] ready to give the money provided
[3:] that the inheritors give a written
[4:] promise, that if any body should
[5:] claim any money from the
[6:] ship with a written paper in
[7:] his hand then it must be
[8:] paid to him; I told Mr. Rappaport
[9:] that I will guarantee that,
[10:] My pain came on awfully, I can
[11:] take nothing & have no inclination
[12:] the Castor Oil worked me four times
[13:] all bile, but still the pain
[14:] exists, ~
[16:] weather;
[17:] I am not better & the pain came
[18:] on very severe; I became constipated
[19:] the medicine of Dr. Ramsey has not
[20:] done me any good ~
[21:] People are calling on us to condole
[22:] & to see me, ~ Sister Medula
[23:] also called to see me; she
[24:] sent me a Bottle of wine, and
[25:] a plate of marmalade of orange
[26:] blossoms; ~ At dinner I took
[pg: 351]
[1:] little soup, a little of the rice &
[2:] milk pudding & a spoon full
[3:] of the Marmalade; I had also
[4:] taken a glass of whiskey & Soda,
[5:] & after turning in I felt very bad
[6:] & sick so much that by 12 P.M.
[7:] I had to heave up all I had
[8:] taken; & the pain was very acute,
[9:] I applyed very often Poultesses
[10:] of Linseed, to calm a little
[12:] Khalifah left at 6 am ~
[13:] I feel very weak & the pain
[14:] continues the same; am using the
[15:] Doctor's medicine but it is not so
[16:] beneficial,
[17:] The S.S. Comet left early this morning
[18:] with Major Melvill the Consul to
[19:] Shoot down the river at Rwebyeh
[20:] taking Mr. MacLaclin assistant
[21:] Director of the Bank with him for
[22:] three weeks;
[23:] My pain keeps on it come very
[24:] strong, I am laid up in bed
[25:] using Poltesses on my stomach
[pg: 352]
[2:] & have no appetite; my Sisters
[3:] Eliza & Emilia came to see me;
[4:] In the evening, I took little
[5:] soup, I am using Seidlitz
[6:] Powder when required, also
[7:] Fruit Salt but only for a short
[8:] time the pain goes & comes;
[10:] it is quite cold in the Oorsy where
[11:] we are sleeping;
[12:] We sent for Hannosh, & told
[13:] him what I am suffering, & that
[14:] the medicine is doing no good
[15:] he went to fetch D Ramsey
[16:] who came at 11, he recommended
[17:] me not to touch any food
[18:] but simply to use extract of
[19:] Beef, or Liebig's; & as there is none
[20:] to be got in the Bazaar, he
[21:] offered to find me a couple of
[22:] tins; & to take one Teaspoonful
[23:] every hour, Brand's extract
[24:] is the best; I sent to ask
[25:] Mr. Rappaport if he has any
[26:] of it, as he had none, he
[pg: 353]
[1:] wrote to Mr. Richarz to ask
[2:] him; he sent 3 Pots but Liebigs
[3:] extract; Dr Ramsey sent me
[4:] two Tins of Brand's, which
[5:] I found more digestible; &
[6:] much lighter: ~
[7:] At night the pain was killing
[8:] me, I applied many hot poultesses
[9:] & drunk, Seidlitz, also Fruit
[10:] Salt, but at about 3 am
[11:] I vomited all & nearly my
[12:] guts were coming out;
[13:] & still I was not relieved;
[15:] weather; I feel awfully weak,
[16:] I cannot get out of bed,
[17:] am nearly fainting; I am
[18:] using Brand's extract only
[19:] & still I cannot feel inclined
[20:] to take; ~
[21:] Alexander & Mary went to church,
[22:] but my wife stayed with me;
[23:] sister Emilia & Alice came to see
[24:] me also Terrooza my niece ~
[25:] The river rose about 4 Inches
[26:] or more; Rain has fallen in
[27:] the up country ~
[pg: 354]
[2:] using poultesses to alley it
[3:] my bowels not working at
[4:] all; all the night it pained
[5:] me & I am getting no sleep
[6:] at all ~
[8:] morning; ~ at about 4 am
[9:] I got so sick with heartburn
[10:] & nausea that I vomited all
[11:] the contents that was accumulated
[12:] in my stomach, so sower and
[13:] offensive; we sent for Dr
[14:] Ramsey, he came at 11 and
[15:] told me to take nothing else
[16:] except the extract of Beef;
[17:] & he sent me a Bottle of Mixture
[18:] to be taken every three hours
[19:] one, Table Spoon full; which
[20:] will stop the pain ~ I took
[21:] the first dose at 1 P.M. but
[22:] the pain came on most severe
[23:] my guts were tearing, & I was
[24:] mad with it ~
[25:] At 2 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
[26:] arrived from Basreh ~ Metty
[27:] & Hamadi came to see
[pg: 355]
[1:] me; The Mejidieh made a good
[2:] passage, up in 5 days, the Channels
[3:] are all good not less than
[4:] 3 draaz; She has no 1st Class
[5:] passengers up, only Metty's
[6:] wife returning with him; also
[7:] Shekoory Sayegh in 2nd Class,
[8:] he finished with the packing
[9:] of Rufail's dates at Fhelyeh,
[10:] I got mad with the pain
[11:] this afternoon, it is worst than
[12:] ever, applying hot poutlesses,
[13:] In the evening I took some
[14:] hot grevey, at 7 P.M. I took
[15:] fruit Salt, it alleyed it a bit,
[16:] But I see the Doctor's medicine
[17:] is acting in some curious
[18:] way, it is sending the pain
[19:] up my throat, I am throwing
[20:] Saliva constantly & the
[21:] throat is burning like fire
[22:] Always feeling inclined to
[23:] vomit; at midnight I hove
[24:] up a potfull of all the liquid
[25:] I had taken, very acid
[pg: 356]
[2:] the weakness is frightful
[3:] I cannot stand or walk,
[4:] I took the medicine once
[5:] more at 4 AM, and I was
[6:] quiet, & no pain came on
[8:] morning; ~ I begun to feel
[9:] relieved from pain & other
[10:] disturbance of my stomach
[11:] the wind & gas working downward,
[12:] I bought an Enema of Coutchan;
[13:] for injection in warm Soap water,
[14:] I sent to inform Dr. Ramsey of
[15:] my state & the vomiting, but he is
[16:] out today busy in Consular
[17:] affairs; ~
[18:] Metty came to me
[19:] I told him to send me my pay
[20:] for Octor I sent this morning
[21:] Johny & Alexander on board
[22:] the Mejidieh, they gave Metty
[23:] all the balance of cash which
[24:] I had of last trip & squared
[25:] with him by balancing up
[pg: 357]
[1:] the cash Book, they found
[2:] that I was 135 3/4 G.S.P. short
[3:] which I told Metty to deduct
[4:] from my pay & send me the
[5:] Balance, he did so; ~
[7:] ~
[8:] My stomach is quiet today
[9:] I took little soup of Chicken
[10:] & slept well;
[12:] I feel well & no pain but am
[13:] very weak; Mr. Rappaport
[14:] called to see, he wants me
[15:] to go to him when I get well
[16:] so as to Open my brother's Papers
[17:] & letters etc which are sealed
[18:] with him; & also to go to
[19:] Mr. Parry to settle so as to take
[20:] the 180 Liras deposited still in
[21:] the Residency;
[22:] Dr. Ramsey came at 11. to
[23:] see me, I told him that I had
[24:] no pain now, & like to take
[25:] something more substantial
[26:] he allowed me to take rice soup
[27:] & chicken well minced; also
[28:] a glass of Champagne,
[pg: 358]
[2:] a dozen sellable, so he offered
[3:] to send me a bottle of his own,
[4:] & to let him know the result
[5:] tomorrow; I took the soup
[6:] for breakfast with small pieces
[7:] of dry toast;
[8:] Abduljebbar Effendi, Shekoory
[9:] Sayegh, Eliza Erame etc called,
[10:] I took the same soup in the
[11:] evening, & a glass of Champagne
[12:] I turned in at 9 & I slept well,
[14:] but weather getting cloudy,
[15:] I feel well but am awfully
[16:] weak I could not shave &
[17:] wash without trembling,
[18:] I am taking a little tea & milk,
[19:] & the same soup;
[20:] Antone Marine & his family
[21:] Came in from Gherrara yesterday
[22:] for good; he called now on
[23:] us ~
[24:] I sent two telegrams yesterday
[25:] to Basreh, one in answer to
[26:] the letter of Condolence which
[pg: 359]
[1:] Ali Beg Mudir of Tapo wrote
[2:] to me by Mejidieh & said,
[6:] and the other to Rufail Sayegh
[7:] I said
[8:] Sayegh Basreh
[9:] Many thanks for Condolation
[10:] and trouble you all took,
[11:] Am better; Svoboda
[12:] Dr. Ramsey recommended me
[13:] today that I can take same bread
[14:] with my soup, & a little boiled
[15:] fish if I like ~ But I felt the
[16:] pain of wind in stomach & intestines
[17:] today coming back, after taking
[18:] my Soup, because my bowels
[19:] have not worked for the last three
[20:] days; ~ In the evening too after
[21:] I took my rice soup; it troubled
[22:] me in bed for about two hours,
[23:] S. Ely breeze & cloudy weather,
[24:] I slept well but am very weak,
[pg: 360]
[2:] At 6 AM the S.S. Mejidieh
[3:] left for Basreh, she had a
[4:] lot of deck passengers over
[5:] 200 they say ~
[6:] I feel very weak but no pain,
[7:] I took Tea & a little arrow root,
[8:] The river is rising today about
[9:] one foot they say;
[10:] I took soup & some boiled
[11:] fish for breakfast; ~
[12:] Yousif Yaghchi called at noon,
[13:] Also Antone Marine & his wife
[14:] Terrooza ~ by noon the pain
[15:] Came on rather severe for about
[16:] one hour ~ Sister Medula
[17:] Came to see me at 4 P.M. also
[18:] the wife of Shekoory
[19:] Sayegh & himself too; by
[20:] 6 P.M. the pain Came on to
[21:] me very severe, the Wind
[22:] again Cutting my guts and
[23:] every part of my intestines
[pg: 361]
[1:] I took a cup of of tea & milk, but
[2:] did not do much good, Sent
[3:] to inform Hannosh, he said
[4:] that I may take half a
[5:] dose of the medicine which
[6:] Dr. Ramsey had given me,
[7:] I did so but no result ~
[8:] I took dinner soup & boiled
[9:] fish, the pain allayed but
[10:] my stomach ached me very
[11:] heavily like a cannon ball,
[12:] for a long time at night &
[13:] then the Wind passed down,
[14:] It must be the boiled fish
[15:] that does not agree with me,
[16:] & lays heavy in my stomach,
[18:] no pain at all, but my
[19:] stomach is weak; ~ my
[20:] bowels worked costive this
[21:] morning in Order; ~
[22:] I took a soup of rice & a leg of
[23:] boiled chicken for breakfast,
[24:] my stomach is quiet, but it
[25:] is weak & with little pain
[pg: 362]
[2:] see me; ~
[3:] Weather became very hazy
[4:] Cloudy Calm & Close, all the
[5:] day ~
[6:] I took a cup of milk & tea
[7:] at 4 P.M. the pain is very slight,
[8:] I am trying always to fill my
[9:] stomach with some liquid
[10:] like tea or milk & broth so
[11:] as not to give it time to
[12:] pain me when empty;
[13:] Artin my nephew & Johny Pahlawan
[14:] Called in the evening, when my
[15:] pain came on very bad, I took
[16:] the rice soup & a piece of
[17:] boiled chicken, but felt it
[18:] very heavy & could not sleep,
[19:] at midnight the pain came
[20:] on very strong, that I had to
[21:] take some fruit Salt, & then
[22:] after an hour I was relieved
[24:] I feel no pain, but weak
[25:] my bowels worked costive,
[pg: 363]
[1:] I had spoken with a broker
[2:] Yousif the lame to find a buyer
[3:] of my house; he brought
[4:] Kerop Effendi Kouyoumdjian
[5:] the Armeniam merchant
[6:] to see it, he saw every place,
[7:] & sat with us, I had Mr
[8:] Rappaport who came to
[9:] see me; ~ Mr. Rappaport tells
[10:] me that a Complaint had
[11:] come to Mr. Rouet the french
[12:] Vice Consul by my sister in
[13:] law Blanche from Constanple
[14:] through a Lawyer then she
[15:] is claiming from me 2000
[16:] francs as expenses incurred
[17:] when she went across to London
[18:] to see my son Alexander last
[19:] year; I explained to him the
[20:] matter, & he does not attach
[21:] any importance to her Claim,
[22:] as I am going to him tomorrow
[23:] to over haul my brother Henry's
[24:] letters & papers still remain
[25:] sealed up with him, he told
[26:] me that he will make out
[27:] the answer simply in the way
[pg: 364]
[2:] that I do not owe Blanche
[3:] any thing at all, & if she chooses
[4:] to open a process against me
[5:] she will have to nominate
[6:] her lawyer in Baghdad,
[7:] Some more people called on
[8:] us as Père Augustin, Eassayi's
[9:] Mother Rabka & her daughter
[10:] in law; Artin & his wife Serpohi
[11:] Yousif Yaghchi, Sister Emilia
[12:] Antone Marine etc ~
[13:] My stomach does not pain
[14:] me, but is very weak and
[15:] the pain is like a boil in my
[16:] stomach; I am taking Soup
[17:] & Chicken; & in the evening
[18:] too took nothing but soup
[19:] & little Chicken ~
[20:] I could not sleep well at all
[21:] the wind is confined in my
[22:] Stomach all the night;
[24:] with few Clouds;
[pg: 365]
[1:] My stomach is the same, I have
[2:] not had those severe attacks,
[3:] but it is so irritated, & I feel
[4:] still weak;
[5:] At 9 1/4 Am. I went to call
[6:] on Mr. Rappaport for business
[7:] as promised; He red me the
[8:] letter of Blanche's Lawyer
[9:] called Alexander, in which
[10:] she is claiming 2000 francs
[11:] as pecuniary expenses she
[12:] incurred when in London to
[13:] see my son; We made out
[14:] an answer, simply saying
[15:] that I acknowledge the receipt
[16:] of her claim & pretentions
[17:] and that I am not indebted
[18:] to her whatever & I am
[19:] prepared to proof her nullity
[20:] in this claim, & a copy is sent
[21:] to Mr. Rouet to be sent to
[22:] Constple; ~
[23:] Mr. Rappaport wished to have
[24:] my brothers papers & letters be
[25:] opened in presence of an
[pg: 366]
[2:] sister in law Menusha, so
[3:] he sent her word, & she sent
[4:] her son in law Yousif Yaghchi
[5:] We examined all his papers
[6:] We found only two Bonds
[7:] One for 60 T. Liras that Rufail
[8:] Sayegh Owes him for one Year
[9:] from the first January of this
[10:] year & an Other for 25 T. Liras
[11:] of Artin my nephew, that he
[12:] owes him for 3 months, which
[13:] begins from the 26 Septr ~
[14:] I found many letters mine
[15:] which I had written to him
[16:] those I took to be destroyed,
[17:] & no other documents or
[18:] accounts worth mentioning,
[19:] which I then took all &
[20:] brought home, I then sent
[21:] for Antone his son and
[22:] gave them to him to be put
[23:] among the rest in the
[pg: 367]
[1:] house; Mr. Rappaport
[2:] wished me to wire to Rufail
[3:] at Basreh & ask him to
[4:] let us know the sum total
[5:] expended on my brother's death
[6:] so that he can deduct all
[7:] the expences & divide the
[8:] residue among the inheritors,
[9:] Yousif Yaghchi waved all
[10:] claims or share of the house
[11:] or furniture of whatsoever
[12:] kind for the part of Louisa
[13:] his wife, from her parents,
[14:] I then came home & wired
[15:] to Rufail.
[16:] Sayegh
[17:] Basreh
[18:] Please wire total sum expended
[19:] brothers death;
[20:] Svoboda
[21:] Among the papers we found
[22:] my brother's last letter to me
[23:] of his last trip down which
[24:] he left open & unfinished
[pg: 368]
[2:] day they left Baghdad, &
[3:] relates how the next day at
[4:] 6 1/2 am he landed at Menary
[5:] & went out shooting with
[6:] Capt Braine, the Pilot, Faraj etc
[7:] & returned at 10 1/2; & left it
[8:] open until they got to Coot,
[9:] & no further, probably he
[10:] felt unwell after leaving
[11:] Coot, & at Amara he got the
[12:] fit & the Congestion of the
[13:] brain which rendered him
[14:] Senseless; & it may be through
[15:] the effect of walking out in
[16:] shooting at Gusseiba;
[17:] At 4 P.M. I went to see Menusha
[18:] my wife was there also; ~ Mr.
[19:] Rappaport sent to me his dragoman
[20:] Rosenfeld, with more documents
[21:] to be signed by Menusha &
[22:] myself; he kept the two bonds
[23:] of Artin & Rufail & sent two
[24:] registered copies of them to be
[25:] kept with Menusha; We
[pg: 369]
[1:] signed a declaration in which
[2:] it states that all the residue
[3:] of my brother's estate, is to
[4:] be divided in 6 parts to
[5:] each of the five children
[6:] Antone, Hariette, Louis,
[7:] Thomas & Mary, one part
[8:] & the sixt part to the mother
[9:] according to the Austrian
[10:] Law; ~ I came home at
[11:] 5 1/2; ~
[12:] Johny my nephew called
[13:] on us, he came to intercede,
[14:] between my wife & myself
[15:] on one part & Alexander &
[16:] his wife on the other, to a
[17:] reconciliation; as we have
[18:] been very angry against their
[19:] behaviour again & especially
[20:] Marie his wife with my wife,
[21:] which gave me great grief
[22:] in these past days of my
[23:] illness & caused me to Suffer
[24:] immensely; I spoke very strongly
[25:] to Mary & reproached &
[26:] warned her if she continues
[pg: 370]
[2:] unbecoming harshness &
[3:] carless way she has been
[4:] going with my wife ~
[5:] Johny dined with us; I
[6:] am only taking Soup & a
[7:] little roast chicken; but
[8:] I took some custard with
[9:] plums after it & this caused
[10:] much irritation & change
[11:] in my stomach, & prevented me
[12:] from sleeping;
[14:] & weather warm ~ my
[15:] stomach got out of order & worked
[16:] loose from last nights dinner
[17:] but no pain ~
[18:] At 10 Am I called on Mr. Rappaport,
[19:] & at 10 1/2 we both went to Lynch's
[20:] Office to Mr. Parry, he asked
[21:] me how I was & if I can't go
[22:] down next trip in the Mejidieh
[23:] I can stay until I get well,
[24:] I wrote out a declaration
[25:] in my name, on account of
[pg: 371]
[1:] the money of 180 TLiras or
[2:] more which has been detained
[3:] by him at the English Consulate,
[4:] & took on my responsibility,
[5:] should any claim may be
[6:] made henceforth by other
[7:] people, & Mr. Rappaport
[8:] took it to draw the money
[9:] in his custody; Mr. Parry
[10:] showed me the balance of
[11:] the ship's account made
[12:] & the deficit being about
[13:] 3700 GSPiasters, having
[14:] recovered from this my brother's
[15:] pay 1800 GSP. & other little items
[16:] & the balance of GSP. 1699 1/2
[17:] GSP. left due, which is to be
[18:] deducted from the 180 TLiras
[19:] I gave the following declarations,
[20:] Baghdad 5 Nov 1901
[21:] I hereby indemnify the Euphrates
[22:] & Tigris S. N. Copy against any claim
[23:] on the cash found in the safe
[24:] on the S.S. Khalifah in excess of
[25:] the Company's fund, after the
[26:] death of my brother Mr. Henry
[pg: 372]
[2:] of the Khalifah;
[3:] Svoboda
[4:] We left & I came home;
[5:] At 4 P.M. called on Menusha
[6:] for an hour & came home;
[7:] My stomach is troubling me
[8:] with wind and indigestion;
[9:] I took a plate of Soup for
[10:] dinner, & a very small piece
[11:] of meat & a potato, but it
[12:] kept me awake at night with
[13:] noise wind & heart burn &
[14:] at midnight, my bowels worked
[15:] loose & with offensive smell,
[16:] I was restless;
[18:] Clouds ~ My bowels worked
[19:] again, I took a cup of milk
[20:] & piece of toast; I felt well
[21:] throughout the day; I called
[22:] on Alice and Sister Emilia &
[23:] came home at 11 AM.;
[24:] At 2 1/2 P.M. I went to the Auction
[25:] sale of Fetoohi Maghak &
[pg: 373]
[1:] bought for 50 Beshlics some
[2:] woollen cloth for me, about
[3:] 8 Yads of Tweed, & other small
[4:] objects with Alexander &
[5:] Shekoory Sayegh;
[6:] At 2 3/4 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
[7:] arrived from Basreh, we
[8:] received a letter from Rufail;
[9:] Johny Berjony came up in
[10:] her from Amara to get
[11:] married with the daughter of
[12:] Fetoohi Toma Loca, the
[13:] Khalifah had 186,000 Okes &
[14:] not many passengers; only
[15:] Faraj the assistant clerk
[16:] is kept on board doing my
[17:] poor brother's work every
[18:] thing consequently is trusted
[19:] to him; his pay is increased from 120 Beshls to 160 & no messing
[20:] Artin, & Johny & Johny Pahlawan
[21:] Called in the evening ~
[22:] The SS. Comet came up this
[23:] morning from Rwebyeh with
[24:] Major Melville where had
[pg: 374]
[2:] about 60 braces of partridges
[3:] altogether with Mr. MacLacklin
[4:] I took nothing but Soup
[5:] this evening & feel better,
[7:] but at 9 it shifted to S. Ely
[8:] & became cloudy; at 9
[9:] I called on Sister Eliza in their
[10:] newly hired house opposite
[11:] Capt Cowley's (now the property
[12:] of Jeboory Asfar) & at 11 I
[13:] came home;
[14:] I took a warm bath, but I
[15:] got so tyred & felt weak afterward
[16:] I took soup, a little cow's
[17:] brain boiled, & a piece of sheep's
[18:] feet, I felt better today &
[19:] no pain ~
[20:] Weather Very Cloudy, had
[21:] few drops of rain at 3 P.M. &
[22:] it remained very Cloudy &
[23:] gloomy ~ At 7 it rained
[24:] drizzly for about 1/2 hour,
[25:] It cleared up toward midnight
[pg: 375]
[2:] morning ~ I had a little pain
[3:] in my stomach last night,
[4:] & I feel still weak; ~
[5:] at 8 1/2 A.M. I called on Menusha
[6:] & came home at 10, I then
[7:] went over to Alice & Sister
[8:] Emilia to breakfast with
[9:] them; I got the stomach ache
[10:] again all the day today, it
[11:] must be from the food I
[12:] ate, at Alice I only took,
[13:] rice soup & a leg of boiled fowl,
[14:] at 3 P.M. came home;
[15:] Père Marie Joseph the school french
[16:] master called on us ~
[17:] Light N.W. & fine Cold
[18:] Weather ~
[19:] I am taking Rhubarb with a little
[20:] arak before dinner; I had soup
[21:] & roast chicken & salad ~
[23:] It begun to get Cloudy;
[24:] Today being the birthday of
[25:] King Edward the 7th of England
[26:] as there is an official reception
[pg: 376]
[2:] had asked Mr. Rappaport
[3:] to take me with him so as
[4:] to be introduced to Major
[5:] Melvill whom I do not know
[6:] yet except on meeting &
[7:] saluting, ~ At 10 AM. I
[8:] went over to Mr. Rappaport
[9:] & after 1/4 hour we went down
[10:] in his boat, him in uniform,
[11:] & Rosenfeld & myself; We
[12:] found there the Waly Namik
[13:] Pasha, Kadem Pasha &
[14:] other visitors; the Turkish
[15:] military band playing;
[16:] we left after 1/2 hour, & I
[17:] walked home ~
[18:] At 3 P.M. Eliza, Marie, Alexander
[19:] & I went to call on Sister Medoola
[20:] to render, her two visits to me
[21:] while I was unwell few
[22:] days ago; her young husband
[23:] also was there, we returned
[24:] at 5 P.M. ~
[25:] Weather cold; & fine
[pg: 377]
[1:] The SS. Phrat arrived last night
[2:] ; at 7 P.M.~
[3:] I wrote a letter to Rufail and
[4:] Rezooki Sayegh by the Khalifah
[5:] leaving tomorrow morning,
[6:] My stomach pains me a
[7:] little, I had for dinner some
[8:] soup, a piece of cutlet & potatoes;
[10:] weather;
[11:] The SS. Khalifah left at
[12:] 6 AM. for Basreh;
[13:] Mohsen Pasha the destituted
[14:] Waly of Basreh arrived in the
[15:] SS. Phrat, he is to join his military
[17:] head quarter at Kerkouk;
[18:] At 9 AM. we went to Church
[19:] & then Alexander & I called on
[20:] Menusha & came home at 11;
[21:] Rezooki the son of Risha Andrea &
[22:] husband of Sister Medula called
[23:] on us; also Shekoory Sayegh; Mr.
[24:] Duncan Alexander husband of
[25:] my niece Regina etc ~
[26:] The SS. Mossul arrived at
[27:] 4. P.M. ~
[pg: 378]
[2:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
[3:] I took dinner stew with potatoes
[4:] & rice, but toward midnight
[5:] I had the heartburn, with wind
[6:] & noise in stomach & intestines,
[7:] I felt unwell with little pain,
[9:] Cold weather;
[10:] Since 4 AM I awoke with
[11:] trouble, wind heartburn and
[12:] pain in stomach, it must be
[13:] last night's dinner, & the abricot
[14:] marmalade I took which
[15:] caused this derangement;
[16:] this lasted all the day & at dinner
[17:] I took soup, & some vegetable,
[18:] I sucked a little pomegranate
[19:] & I felt better at night;
[20:] Johny Pahlawan called in
[21:] the evening;
[22:] Weather mild & fine;
[24:] My bowels worked at 4 AM. loose,
[25:] I feel better, no pain but the
[26:] wind still is working ~
[27:] Catterina widow of Rezooki
[pg: 379]
[1:] Serkis called on us to Condole;
[2:] I went to see Dr. Ramsey at 9 1/2
[3:] I told him that I intend going in
[4:] the Mejidieh this time, and
[5:] that my stomach is still weak
[6:] with much wind & indigestion
[7:] but no pain; he prescribed
[8:] me some medicine to last 12
[9:] days to be taken after each
[10:] meal; also an other bottle
[11:] of the same medicine I took
[12:] to stop the pain whenever
[13:] it comes; I paid him 1/2 Lira,
[14:] The S.S. Phrat left at noon,
[15:] River is rising today and the
[16:] Mossul is alongside discharging,
[17:] At 3 P.M. Eliza Marie Alexander
[18:] & I called on Menusha;
[19:] I took the medicine after breakfast
[20:] & I feel better today than any
[21:] day, no noise or wind in stomach,
[22:] At 6,,25 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
[23:] & Barge arrived; I received a letter
[24:] from Rufail; ~
[25:] S. Ely wind & fine weather,
[27:] weather; I have had no
[pg: 380]
[1:] night, or wind; it must be
[2:] the medicine which checked
[3:] it, its taste is very acid like
[4:] Muriatic acid & sweet;
[5:] At 9 AM I went on board the
[6:] Mejidieh, the Mossul is inside
[7:] discharging; ~ I received from
[8:] Metty the balance of cash
[9:] left on board about 2400 GSP.,
[10:] the rest about 31,000 P. he has
[11:] sent to the office, Metty shifted
[12:] his kit to his cabin where
[13:] Vartan was & this latter left
[14:] the ship; I got my cabin washed
[15:] & will send my kit tomorrow;
[16:] We will leave on Sunday;
[17:] At 11 1/2 I came home;
[18:] Antone Marine his wife & two
[19:] daughters Rosa & Ellen called
[20:] on us & spent the evening;
[21:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
[22:] I took dinner as usual, having boiled
[23:] fish stew rice etc; & I do not
[24:] feel any wind or derangement
[25:] in Stomach at all;
[pg: 381]
[2:] morning; ~ I sent my kit
[3:] to the ship; at 9 I went on board
[4:] the Mejidieh, she begun to discharge
[5:] cargo & the Mossul is loading
[6:] I arranged my kit in the Cabin,
[7:] At 11 left called at Alexander's
[8:] office in the Khan & we then
[9:] Came home to breakfast;
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.M. I went on board
[11:] We shipped cargo, the local
[12:] for the river @ 13 Paras per
[13:] Oke, & the through @ 8 & 9 Paras
[14:] since last voyage I see they
[15:] have risen the freight;
[16:] Our 3rd Mate Mr. MacLure
[17:] is doing nothing, he does
[18:] not take any cargo or do
[19:] any work at all, except
[20:] that he had a woman in
[21:] his cabin all the day, he
[22:] locks her in & then plays
[23:] with his fiddle or mandolin
[24:] in the Saloon ~ At 5 P.M
[25:] I came home, we then
[26:] all went to Antone Marine
[27:] & spent the evening, at
[28:] 8 We came home;
[pg: 382]
[2:] arrived ~
[3:] I had pain & wind in Stomach
[4:] at night, because I ate
[5:] every thing & even some
[6:] cream & dates & this must
[7:] have given me this trouble
[9:] At 8 1/2 AM I called on Menusha
[10:] & at 9 1/2 came on board,
[11:] The wife of Sheikh Khazal
[12:] of Mahomerah, or rather
[13:] the new Bride came from
[14:] Teheran, & other wife Gool
[15:] Hayat & a lot of followers
[16:] are going down with us,
[17:] they want all the cabins
[18:] available we have only
[19:] 3 in the Saloon, the 4th is
[20:] occupied by the Chief Mate
[21:] Mr. Cook ~ as I was going
[22:] home at 11 1/2, Mr. Rappaport
[23:] pulled up in his Boat to
[24:] see me, so I went with
[25:] him to his house, it is
[pg: 383]
[1:] on account of my brothers
[2:] estate settlement, I then
[3:] came home ~
[4:] I took a warm bath ~ Shekoory
[5:] Sayegh & Johnny my nephew
[6:] called & spent the evening
[7:] Menusha, wished me to
[8:] make out a letter in her
[9:] name to the Lynch's, in
[10:] London, stating her present
[11:] pecuniary state after
[12:] my brother's death & requesting
[13:] them to allow her a sort
[14:] of gratification, (as they
[15:] had paid Alice 200 £ Stg
[16:] & to Mrs. Cowley 350 £)
[17:] I made a rough copy out
[18:] & gave it to Johny to have
[19:] it copied & sent;
[21:] cloudy weather, a slight
[22:] rain fell early at daybreak,
[23:] weather gloomy;
[24:] At 8 1/2 AM it rained again,
[25:] I came on board the streets
[pg: 384]
[2:] at 9 ~
[3:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast & returned
[4:] At 1 P.M Our Mate Mr. Slack
[5:] cannot take cargo, he is so drunk
[6:] & slow in taking that he has
[7:] not given me one number
[8:] yet;
[9:] The river has again fallen
[10:] there is altogether about 1 1/2
[11:] foot rise only, & is falling
[12:] now; weather cleared up
[13:] & became fine;
[14:] We shipped a good deal of Cargo,
[15:] Alexander came to me & at 5 P.M.
[16:] We went home ~
[17:] Light N.W. & getting fine,
[19:] At 5 AM. I came on board;
[21:] from Baghdad ~
[pg: 385]
[1:] At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
[2:] At 11,,5 passed Ctesiphon;
[3:] The Channels are good, although
[4:] there is a little rise of the river
[5:] Gave tickets & finished with
[6:] the passengers;
[7:] Capt. Hanslow has brought
[8:] his wife Beaty with him this
[9:] trip; also her little brother Victor
[10:] We have altogether 141
[11:] Passengers; (8 in 1st Class Cabins
[12:] they are the family of Sheikh
[13:] Khazal of Mohamerah, they
[14:] are taking a new bride a
[15:] Persian lady from Tehran for
[16:] him, they have occupied the
[17:] only 3 Cabins we have in the
[18:] Saloon available, and they have
[19:] 38 1/2 on deck Persians & Arabs
[20:] the Agents of Lynchs have shown
[21:] them much courtesy and
[22:] allowed the baggage to pass free
[23:] of freight; we have also
[24:] in the 2nd Class the wife of Hannosh
[25:] son of Kass Hanna Clerk of
[26:] Lynch Brothers at Basreh &
[27:] two servants with her free,
[pg: 386]
[2:] came to above Baghdadieh
[3:] Fort; Calm & fine Weather;
[4:] I took for breakfast today rice
[5:] soup & boiled fowel & a little
[6:] Orange marmalade; I am
[7:] taking milk instead of tea I
[8:] have brought two bottles of milk
[9:] with me; but this afternoon
[10:] I got the wind & indigestion
[11:] but it soon passed down ~
[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 6 AM. Got underway, &
[15:] at 6,,15 passed Baghdadieh;
[16:] I slept well last night & had
[17:] no pain ~ I took milk & two eggs
[18:] this morning ~
[19:] At 9 passed Azizieh;
[20:] At 10,,55 anchored & sounded
[21:] at Zeljeh & at 11,,15 proceeded
[22:] At 4,,10 P.M passed Memlah,
[23:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[24:] quite mild;
[25:] At 6,,5 P.M. We rounded &
[26:] Came to at Um el Ajaj for the
[27:] night ~ Light N. W. and
[28:] fine weather ~
[pg: 387]
[1:] I find it very difficult and
[2:] sorrowful, the missing of my poor
[3:] brother Henry, to whom I was
[4:] constantly writing to him our
[5:] voyage down & up river, and
[6:] now I have no one to write
[7:] to, I always forget & think of
[8:] writing to him as usual, it is
[9:] a very Sad blow to us all; I
[10:] am left the only brother, after
[11:] loosing three, first Thomas
[12:] died in July 1860, then Alexander
[13:] the eldest died in Augt 1896, and
[14:] then Henry died on the 17 Octer
[15:] 1901; I have only my three
[16:] sisters still alive, Eliza,
[17:] Emilia & Madalena, Poor
[18:] Henry has left 5 children all
[19:] Young yet, the eldest is Louisa
[20:] married with Yousif Yaghchi &
[21:] who will be 25 Years in next
[22:] March, & then Antone who will
[23:] be 18 by next March, then
[24:] , Hariet, Louis,
[25:] Thomas & Mary; Antone
[26:] has been employed in Lynch's
[27:] Office since about twelve
[pg: 388]
[2:] Agent ~
[3:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine
[4:] weather;
[6:] morning;
[7:] At 6,,5 AM. we got underway,
[8:] I feel very well, had no pain
[9:] or Wind in stomach last night;
[10:] At 10 Am arrived at Coot
[11:] Went alongside our Coal Depot &
[12:] landed 14 Passengers & 27 Packages
[13:] I hear that the SS. Blosse Lynch
[14:] is coming up this time as the
[15:] Khalifah has been put into
[16:] Dock for repairs, & the Blosse
[17:] has only left Basreh yesterday,
[18:] At 11 We left Coot,
[19:] Took 14 1/2 Passengers ~
[20:] Passed through the Bridge
[21:] of the Sennyeh below Coot,
[22:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
[23:] Saad; Very Calm & fine day;
[24:] At 5,,15 Anchored at
[25:] Mendelyat & Sounded
[26:] At 5,,35 proceeded
[pg: 389]
[1:] At 6, rounded & came to for the
[2:] night at Messenduk; ~
[3:] I have a bad Cold on my head
[4:] & nose since this morning; ~
[6:] At 6,,10 Am got underway
[7:] from Messunduk ~
[8:] At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
[9:] At 11,15 passed the S.S. Blosse
[10:] Lynch going up at Flefleh,
[11:] I did not go out to see her, she
[12:] had a Turkish flag flying on
[13:] the mast head for some Turkish
[14:] official;
[15:] Weather becoming Cloudy and
[16:] at 1 P.M. it covered the whole
[17:] sky;
[18:] At 1,,50 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[19:] Cloudy all over with light S.W.
[20:] breeze; it begun to open out at
[21:] 6 1/2;
[22:] At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at
[23:] Amara, landed 23 1/2 Passng
[24:] & 131 Packages;~ Abdulkadur
[25:] Pasha Khdery, Ragheb Effendi the
[26:] Clerk of the Sennyeh, Selman son
[27:] of Mulla Farman etc came
[28:] to me to condole me on the
[29:] death of my brother Henry
[pg: 390]
[2:] hauled out from the bank;
[3:] At 10 P.M. a telegram was brought
[4:] to me from Alexander dated the
[5:] 18th asking me to ship for him
[6:] 100 Cases of window Glass which
[7:] they have got out, it is shipped
[8:] only to Basreh, as they require it
[9:] very urgently ~
[11:] at 4,,10 AM. left Amara,
[12:] Took 13 1/2 Amara passengers;
[13:] I hear that Capt Braine was
[14:] ill with disentry & fever on
[15:] the way up, & the flag that was
[16:] hoisted on the Blosse Lynch
[17:] yesterday was for Ali Beg
[18:] (now Ali Pasha) son of Kassem
[19:] Zheir going to meet the
[20:] new Waly for Basreh
[21:] having left yesterday Baghdad
[22:] in the SS. Baghdad his
[23:] name is Mostapha Noori
[24:] Pasha; he is the brother of
[25:] Haji Nejim Beg a Bimbashy
[26:] who was in Basreh & Baghdad
[27:] about 5 years ago, whom I
[28:] know well, he used to travel
[pg: 391]
[1:] up & down with us ~
[2:] At 1,,30 P.M passed Azair
[3:] Breeze shifted to N. West, but
[4:] it is shifted to N. West, but
[5:] it is still cloudy in most part
[6:] around;
[7:] At 5,,20 passed Gorna,
[8:] At 8,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat &
[9:] barge bound up at Kteban,
[10:] At about 10, a steam Launch
[11:] came up to us with Mirza Hamza
[12:] the Clerk of Sheikh Khazal to
[13:] meet the family & people of
[14:] Sheikh Khazal, also came
[15:] Rezooki Angoorly, & Hannosh
[16:] Kass Hanna, I was asleep;
[17:] At 11,,45 Arrived at Basreh;
[19:] Landed passengers; Mirza Hamza
[20:] & Rezooki Angoorly came off,
[21:] I could not resist myself from
[22:] the tears when Rezooki came to
[23:] me; ~ Sheikh Khazal's
[24:] people & Baggage went down
[25:] in a Meheyleh to the Quarantine
[26:] station where the steamer Karoon
[27:] of Sheikh Kazal is waiting
[28:] to take them down to
[29:] Mohamerah; ~
[30:] Rufail came to me, also Rezooki
[31:] his brother, I could not resist
[pg: 392]
[2:] & we spoke about my poor
[3:] brother Henry's death;
[4:] The expences that Rufail incurred
[5:] including, Masses prayers etc
[6:] came only to 19 Mejidies; All
[7:] the rest has been done by
[8:] Mr. Bottomley Lynch's Agent
[9:] & on Account of the Company,
[10:] as Coffin Medical fees etc,
[11:] Mr. Bottomley came on board
[12:] & he breakfasted with
[13:] us, I spoke to him & thanked
[14:] him very much & on behalf
[15:] of all my sisters & relatives
[16:] for the trouble he took for
[17:] my brothers funeral and
[18:] interrement at Maghil
[19:] behind the Depot; & if there
[20:] is any expences that we
[21:] owe him, he said there is
[22:] nothing at all;
[23:] There are here the Russian
[24:] steamer, Sigred she brought
[25:] Parraffin, & is at Anchor
[26:] up near Rufail's House
[27:] & an Austro Lloyed steamer
[pg: 393]
[1:] the Istria also up there,
[2:] the Dwena & Locus & Eesther
[3:] Cargo steamers are here,
[4:] and the SS. Afrikander for
[5:] G. Mackenzie & Co is in
[6:] quarantine arrived yesterday,
[7:] At 12 Rezooki came to fetch
[8:] me & I went with him to their
[9:] house, I saw there Rufail, Tookyeh,
[10:] Mina & Yousif Marine, but
[11:] I got so sorry & could not resist
[12:] from the tears & they also webt,
[13:] We talked about my poor
[14:] brother's illness & death, no
[15:] clever doctor is here to attend
[16:] any person ill, except Dr.
[17:] Scroggi, who is not so clever,
[18:] and that same morning (16th
[19:] of Octer, when he was landed &
[20:] taken to Rufail's house Dr. Scroggi
[21:] saw him & then went away
[22:] out to Shoot & did not return till
[23:] sunset; the other native Doctors
[24:] also were fetched, but none it
[25:] seems Knew his illness; it
[26:] was his old complaint of last
[27:] year, either a nerve had burst
[28:] in his head, or his Kidneys
[29:] for after his death; his body
[30:] around his waist was red blue
[pg: 394]
[2:] head but none dared recommend
[3:] it; ~
[4:] We spent the evening and
[5:] dined, & I slept in the sitting
[6:] room with Yousif Marine
[7:] but could not sleep till late,
[8:] & then awoke with a bad
[9:] cold & sneezing;
[11:] at 8 am I came on board with
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly ~
[13:] We are shipping Cargo ~
[14:] At 8,,45 Am the S.S. Comet
[15:] Came down from Baghdad
[16:] & anchored astern;
[17:] Père Emmanuel also Nessoory
[18:] Andria came to see & condole
[19:] me;
[20:] My stomach is alright, I am
[21:] still continuing taking the
[22:] rice soup & boiled fowel, at
[23:] breakfast & dinner since
[24:] I left Baghdad ~
[25:] The Mail Steamer Pemba
[26:] arrived
[27:] Rfuail, Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly
[28:] Nassoory Andria etc came
[29:] to me ~
[pg: 395]
[1:] At 3 P.M. the Mail St; Pachumba
[2:] left the quarantine, ~
[3:] We finished loading at 3 PM.
[5:] & proceeded; Light N.W. and
[6:] fine weather;
[7:] The Comet is going down to
[8:] Mohamerah tomorrow, to
[9:] fetch some stores came up for
[10:] her from Bombay ~
[11:] I have had a little pain in my
[12:] Stomach this afternoon, I suppose
[13:] it must from the grief I had
[14:] yesterday & today, with the people
[15:] here about my brother's death,
[17:] At 5,,5 passed Azair ~
[18:] At 5,,10 Anchored being dark and
[19:] the moon had gone down ~
[20:] At 6 am proceeded ~ Very
[21:] light Ely breeze, Weather foggy
[22:] & misty, with some Clouds,
[23:] Finished with the passenger's
[pg: 396]
[2:] We have in all 110 1/2 Passengers
[3:] (three in 1st Class, a new German
[4:] Chancellier called Mr. E.
[5:] Anders, coming from Constanple
[6:] Via Bombay with through
[7:] ticket, for Mr Richarz the
[8:] German Consul; and a young
[9:] Boy of 16 Years & his Sister,
[10:] called Abool hassan the son
[11:] of the Reis Tejjar of Mohamerah,
[12:] and one in 2 Class, the mother
[13:] of Abduljibbar Effendi the
[14:] Lawyer she had come down
[15:] to see her daughter Semiram
[16:] wife of Michail Raffi employed
[17:] at Asfar)~ Also one Donkey
[18:] & a Man with it free, of Mahomed
[19:] Cheleby Pachachi the Reis
[20:] Tejjara of Basreh;
[21:] Weather Getting Cloudy;
[22:] At 1,,55 P.M. landed 3 Passng
[23:] at K. Saleh & took 3 and
[24:] Went on at 2. ~
[25:] At 2,,10 P.M. passed the
[26:] S.S. Baghdad &; Barge going
[27:] down, The New Waly for
[pg: 397]
[1:] Basreh Mostapha Noori
[2:] Pasha on board; his brother
[3:] also, H. Nejim Beg whom
[4:] I know well;
[5:] Weather cloudy all over, & breeze
[6:] shifted to N. East, Moon 13
[7:] days Old ~
[8:] At 8,,10 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Amara, landed 8 Passengers &
[10:] 11 Bales of through Cargo ~
[11:] Took in 10 Tons of Coal,
[12:] we shipped about 129 Packages of
[13:] Cargo, as hides, goats' hair, sheep skins ~
[14:] At 11,,40 P.M. left Amara;
[15:] S. Ely breeze & cloudy all over;
[17:] Gave tickets to 30 1/2 Amara
[18:] passengers; ~
[19:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed Ali Gherhi,
[20:] Still cloudy all over & S. Ely wind
[21:] At 3 1/2 P.M. a strong shift of wind
[22:] to N. West, & hard squall with
[23:] flying dust came on, and
[24:] Cooled the Atmosphere, Clouds
[25:] breaking up; at 4 a hard Shower
[26:] of rain came down for about
[27:] 5 minutes only; Wind again
[28:] shifted to a fresh S. Easter
[pg: 398]
[2:] up; at 6 the Breeze shifted to
[3:] N. East; it got dampy, and
[4:] clouds clearing up with a fine
[5:] moonlight night a full
[6:] moon today; The river
[7:] is falling since we left Baghdad,
[8:] My stomach is good no
[9:] pain to speak of and no wind
[10:] it is all passing down, I am
[11:] still taking rice soup and
[12:] boiled fowel, & some time a
[13:] stew or roast fowel; and
[14:] no tea at all but milk
[15:] morning & afternoon ~
[16:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Sheikh
[17:] Saad, ~ Weather getting fine;
[19:] Weather ~
[20:] At 4,,35 AM. arrived at
[21:] Coot, landed 16 passengers;
[22:] Took 10 Tons of Coal;
[23:] weather cold & very fine
[24:] At 6,,35 left Coot,
[25:] Took 6 Passengers ~
[26:] Fine clear weather, there
[27:] is a slight rise in the river
[pg: 399]
[1:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
[2:] Light N.W. breeze & fine weather
[4:] morning;
[5:] At 3,,45 AM passed
[6:] Azizieh Village ~
[7:] At 8,,20 passed Baghdadieh
[8:] Fort; ~ In passing the village
[9:] of Swereh at 10 1/4 am. We were
[10:] told that the Phrat passed up
[11:] only at about 5 am this morning,
[12:] At 5 P.M. we passed Bostan,
[13:] I could see the smoke of the Phrat
[14:] ahead of us she is about 15
[15:] minutes below Hudeitha;
[16:] although we have been going
[17:] at a reduced steam power,
[18:] they run down the expantion
[19:] & making only from 60 to 65
[20:] pounds pressure ~
[21:] At 8,,40 passed Ctesiphon;
[22:] At 9,,30 touched the shoals at Menary
[23:] backed & tryed to pass, the stern
[24:] of the Barge touched the ground &
[25:] the tiller broke we anchored
[26:] & got the tiller lashed with rope
[27:] it Left at 11,,15;
[28:] Fine cold night ~
[pg: 400]
[2:] At 2,,25 am passed Diala,
[3:] river; going easy shoal placed,
[4:] I awoke after only two hours
[5:] sleep, I find that we are
[6:] easying on account of the
[7:] S.S. Phrat being close ahead
[8:] of us getting to the bridge
[9:] & she has been waiting for
[10:] us to pass her, we are also
[11:] doing the same, going very easy
[12:] & stopping to let her pass,
[13:] it was 6 am when we passed
[14:] through the Bridge, & the
[15:] Phrat is still close ahead
[16:] we easied, & at 7 touched a
[17:] shoal at Joorf el Rot, took
[18:] anchor out & hove, the Phrat
[19:] went round the reach
[20:] toward Kher ~ We got off
[21:] & awaited for the Blosse
[22:] Lynch's coming down; She
[23:] passed at 8., 10, I see
[24:] Vartan the clerk on board
[25:] with Faraj perhaps he is
[26:] put in Faraj place & the
[pg: 401]
[1:] latter my brother's~ At 8,,15
[2:] we went on ~
[3:] In passing Cherd el Pasha I
[4:] saw the Tents of Polus Serkis &
[5:] Fetoohi Dawd Maghak and
[6:] Apikyan's son etc, all still
[7:] encamped out in this cold
[8:] weather;
[9:] At 10.25 landed the mails at
[10:] the Residency & went up to the
[11:] Custum House; The S.S. Phrat
[12:] has arrived about 1/2 hour before us
[13:] I went home saw Eliza, Alexander
[14:] & Marie all well; Shekoory
[15:] Sayegh called; ~ at 3 P.M. I
[16:] went to see Menusha, she begun
[17:] to weep very bitterly for my brother
[18:] Henry as I related to her about
[19:] his death; I left at 4 1/2 & came
[20:] home; Fine clear weather &
[22:] cold;
[24:] weather; at 8 1/2 am I came on
[25:] board with Alexander; I paid
[26:] the ship's Company their wages
[27:] for this month; ~ we are
[28:] leaving on Tuesday; the Phrat
[29:] is inside discharging ~
[30:] At 11 I went to Alexander & Shekoory's
[31:] office in the Khan, their business
[pg: 402]
[2:] shipping Sheep skins, Gum etc
[3:] & receiving sugar, Leather etc,
[4:] we went home at 12 ;
[5:] I took a warm bath ~ In
[6:] the evening, Antone Marine,
[7:] Johny & Artin called till 7 1/2
[8:] I am now eating other things
[9:] as Rice, Meat, roast fowels et
[10:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[12:] & fine, at 8 1/2 am. called on
[13:] Menusha & then came on
[14:] board; the Phrat is still
[15:] discharging, having finished
[16:] her Barge;
[17:] The SS. Mossul arrived
[18:] last night at about 7 1/2 P.M;
[19:] We are leaving on Tuesday
[20:] At 11 I went home; passed &
[21:] took Alexander from his Office,
[22:] At 2 P.M. I called on Sister
[23:] Eliza, also on Père Augustin
[24:] he has received a telegram
[25:] from Monsigneur Altmayer
[26:] from France, charging him
[27:] to express to all our family
[28:] his deep condolation on the
[29:] death of my brother Henry
[pg: 403]
[1:] I then called on Alice & Sister
[2:] Emilia, Alexander
[3:] came there & we then,
[4:] came home at 5 P.M;
[5:] S. Ely breeze & fine,
[7:] I went to the Latin church,
[8:] & then called on the Assyrian
[9:] Bishop Aghnatius, and
[10:] had to come on board; they
[11:] sent me the cash book
[12:] from the office to enter all
[13:] expences & wages for Novr
[14:] & send it to them in the morning,
[15:] There is no office today &
[16:] they do not work, but are
[17:] to work on board, the steamer
[18:] is discharging & Shipping
[19:] cargo; At 11 I went
[20:] home; ~ Some visitors called,
[21:] also Sister Medoola & her husband
[22:] Rezooki Andrea; ~
[23:] At 2 P.M. I went to call on
[24:] Mr. Rappaport but was not at
[25:] home; I came on board,
[26:] there is an Awful confusion,
[27:] Cargo is blocked up every
[28:] where & no room, The
[pg: 404]
[2:] are discharging & loading;
[3:] Warm weather & fresh
[4:] S. Ely wind, hazy dusty;
[5:] At 4 3/4 P.M. I left the ship &
[6:] went to Sister Eliza, where Alexander
[7:] & Mary are, I took Alexander
[8:] & called on Mr. Richarz the
[9:] German Consul & his new Chancellier
[10:] Mr. Anders who came up with
[11:] us, but they were not at home,
[12:] we called on Edward Blockey,
[13:] as he is going to leave Baghdad
[14:] & go down with us. he is going
[15:] to Melbourn in Australia
[16:] to his uncle he has left his
[17:] fathers Office of Blockey Hotz & co
[18:] Against his father's wish,
[19:] he gets a good pay here
[20:] 250 £ a year; ~ we left &
[21:] came home, & then went
[22:] with Alexander & Mary &
[23:] spent the evening at Antone
[24:] Marine until 7 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 405]
[1:] Eassa Khayat the father
[2:] of Abduljebbar the Lawyer
[3:] died this evening, at an advanced
[4:] age of about 75 years. ~
[5:] Strong S. Ely wind and
[6:] cloudy;
[8:] rained a little & thundered after
[9:] midnight; ~
[10:] The SS. Phrat & Barge left
[11:] at 10.30 P.M;
[12:] At 7 it begun to rain
[13:] steadily, & made the streets
[14:] very muddy. I came on board
[15:] at 8 1/2 in the rain; this
[16:] is the first good fall of
[17:] rain that we have had
[18:] yet; It ceased at 9, but the wind
[19:] is strong, & the Phrat could not
[20:] leave on account of it; until
[21:] 12 1/2 AM;
[22:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast
[23:] & came on board at 1 P.M;
[24:] We shipped a good deal of cargo &
[25:] I had to work hard till 6 P.M. when
[26:] I went home with Alexander
[pg: 406]
[2:] I have lent Alexander & Shekoory
[3:] today 150 TLiras for 3 months
[4:] @ 7% Interest & deducted 2 Liras
[5:] & 13 Beshlics my interest; they
[6:] required money for the present
[7:] until their Bonds on merchants
[8:] become due ~
[9:] The streets are mudy; the
[10:] weather still very cloudy, it
[11:] thundered with lightning on
[12:] the south & East;
[14:] weather cleared up & became
[15:] fine ~ at 5 1/2 AM I came on
[16:] board;
[18:] & proceeded;
[19:] Mrs. Hanslow is again going down
[20:] with us, with her little brother
[21:] Victor, to meet their Sister Daisy
[22:] came out from England
[pg: 407]
[1:] who had gone away in 1897
[2:] with her father Capt Cowley;
[3:] At 9,,10 passed Diala river
[4:] The river has risen about 1 1/2 foot
[5:] in all since the day before
[6:] I finished with the Passenger's Tickets
[7:] we have in all 115 1/2 (2 in
[8:] 1st Class, Edward Blockey my
[9:] nephew with a free passage
[10:] he is leaving Baghdad & going
[11:] to Melbourne in Australia to
[12:] his uncle, via Bombay; and
[13:] a Mahomedan Hussein H. Saleh
[14:] and 2 Jewesses in 2nd Class) ~
[15:] At 11 AM. passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] Detained at Oweyn in Shoal water
[17:] from 2,,30 till 2,,40 ~
[18:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine weather,
[19:] Rain has fallen down the river
[20:] too yesterday;
[21:] At 5,,45 P.M. came to for the
[22:] night, above the Fort of Baghdadieh,
[23:] Light Southerly breeze & fine,
[25:] Cold;
[26:] At 6,,15 AM. proceeded
[27:] At 6,,30 passed Baghdadieh;
[28:] At 9,,10 passed Azizieh
[pg: 408]
[2:] all over;
[3:] At 0,,25 P.M. passed the
[4:] SS. Baghdad & Barge going up
[5:] at the bottom of Shedeif;
[6:] weather getting very hazy and
[7:] dusty ~
[8:] At 4 P.M. passed Memlah,
[9:] very hazy weather;
[10:] At 5,,45 we anchored at
[11:] Aboo Homar (below Mehdi) weather
[12:] Cloudy a little, & breeze from
[13:] N. Wester & cold;
[15:] I awoke at 1 1/2 AM. with my bad
[16:] cold, sneezing & nose running the
[17:] water down & could not sleep
[18:] at all; ~
[19:] At 6,,15 AM. We
[20:] proceeded from Aboo Homar
[21:] Cold weather, I have still the
[22:] cold on my head ~
[23:] At 10,,15 arrived at Coot
[24:] landed 4 passengers and 24
[25:] Packages ~ The SS. Phrat is
[26:] here on her way down, she had
[27:] left on Monday noon; At 10,,45
[28:] she left for Basreh;
[29:] At 11,,15 we left Coot ~
[30:] Took 3 Passengers ~
[pg: 409]
[1:] At 3,,15 P.M. we passed the
[2:] S.S. Phrat & Barge steaming down;
[3:] At 5,,55 we rounded and
[4:] Came to for the night at Mendelyat,
[5:] Light N.W. breeze & fine Cold
[6:] weather ~
[8:] we sounded the Channel ahead of
[9:] us at day break ~
[10:] At 6,,20 AM. proceeded
[11:] I feel very Cold; & my nose is still
[12:] running with water & sneezing,
[13:] in the morning; though I slept
[14:] very well; my stomach is good
[15:] no pain as indigestion; I am
[16:] eating all the different dishes
[17:] except curry, & am taking
[18:] milk instead of tea ~
[19:] At 9,,55 passed Ali Gherbi
[20:] Weather getting cloudy, all
[21:] over
[22:] At 2,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[23:] Weather clearing up ~
[24:] At 8,,10 arrived at Amara
[25:] landed 29 Passengers and 93
[26:] Packages ~ They have had lots
[27:] of rain here to on Monday ~
[28:] We heard that Abdulkadur
[29:] Khdery, has been shot at on
[pg: 410]
[2:] 6 P.M. as he was sitting in the
[3:] Coffee shop with a lot of people
[4:] also were there, by a Soldier
[5:] with his Martini Rifle, he
[6:] is the son of Khalil Agha
[7:] formerly his father was at
[8:] Amara, a member of the Mejlis
[9:] & a proprietor of a Garden here
[10:] now is at Diwaniyeh,
[11:] the bullet struck his left
[12:] Shoulder under the amoplate bone
[13:] it passed through clean and
[14:] struck the pillar pierced it
[15:] & struck a walk; the soldier
[16:] run away but was found &
[17:] cought at Chehala outside
[18:] the village of Amara on
[19:] the Hud & is imprisoned
[20:] A Turkish doctor is treating
[21:] Abdulkadur, but Capt Hanslow
[22:] who went to see him; thinks
[23:] it might become serious, &
[24:] it is not know if any bone
[25:] is fractured; His brother
[26:] Kassim is coming up from
[27:] Basreh in his Steam Launch
[pg: 411]
[1:] We hear that the Blosse Lynch
[2:] has left Basreh today; perhaps
[3:] Capt Braine waited to take
[4:] up his wife who arrived in
[5:] the Goolistan about 5 days ago,
[6:] as well as Daisy the daughter
[7:] of Capt; Cowley ~
[9:] At 2,,45 AM the S.S. Phrat
[10:] came down to Amara,
[11:] At 4,,45 we proceeded,
[12:] At 6 met the Steams Launch of
[13:] Kassim Khdery with him on
[14:] board going to Amara to see
[15:] his brother Abdulkadur;
[16:] We took 4 Passengers from
[17:] Amara;
[18:] At 9 passed Kalat Saleh;
[19:] At 11 we saw the Blosse Lynch, she
[20:] has stopped at Aboo Roba, waiting
[21:] for us; At 11,,30 we anchored
[22:] above the Blosse Lynch; at Aboo
[23:] Roba; we then weighed and went
[24:] closer down to the Blosse & anchored
[25:] before her bow; the Blosse has
[26:] got some part of the wheel broken
[27:] & been here since 2 hours to
[28:] repair, she is full of passengers
[29:] mostly Persians, Bakhtyaris
[pg: 412]
[2:] for the Ramazan, we got
[3:] close to the Blosse between the
[4:] little island & the East bank
[5:] through which we are trying
[6:] to shove her & the Barge, so
[7:] that both steamers are touching
[8:] each other; I saw Daizy
[9:] daughter of Capt Cowley and
[10:] her brother Charley they came
[11:] to the bow; they wont come
[12:] on board & been speaking to
[13:] their sister Mrs. Hanslow
[14:] & their brother Victor; Captn
[15:] Braine came on board, also
[16:] Capt. Maning of the Dwena
[17:] is going for pleasure to Baghdad,
[18:] There are also 3 french passengers,
[19:] the Inspector of Public Debts (in
[20:] place of Mr. Rigo who has left &
[21:] been Shifted to Siwas) with his
[22:] wife & an other lady with them,
[23:] At 2,,15 P.M. the Phrat
[25:] came down & anchored up above,
[26:] waiting to pass; ~ The Blosse
[27:] is still near us they are working
[28:] in the wheel; We could not pass
[29:] through the Island with the
[30:] Barg alongside, so we casted
[pg: 413]
[1:] & sent her down ahead; at
[2:] 3 P.M. We passed through &
[3:] dropped down to the Village of
[4:] Aboo Roba;
[5:] At 3,,30 P.M. having made
[6:] fast the Barge Alongside We
[7:] proceeded ~
[8:] At 5,,45 passed Azair ~
[9:] The Phrat is coming behind us;
[10:] Light Cold N.W. breeze & fine,
[11:] At 6,,15, we rounded & came to
[12:] for the night, it became dark, and
[13:] the turnings here are narrow;
[14:] At 6,,30 the SS. Phrat came
[15:] down & passed us;
[16:] At 10, the S.S. Comet came
[17:] up from Basreh, she stopped &
[18:] took her letters & went on;
[20:] Weather, a little foggy ~
[21:] At 6,,50 AM. proceeded,
[22:] It is very Cold, the Thermometr is
[23:] 35 outside of my Cabin, it must
[24:] be lower than that out in the
[25:] open air ~
[26:] At 7,,50 it became again
[27:] foggy, We easied, it cleared off
[28:] & breeze shifted to S. East;
[29:] At 10,,35 passed Gorna
[pg: 414]
[2:] over thickly ~
[3:] The Khalifah has not yet
[4:] been put inside the dock
[5:] at Maghil, she is lying outside,
[6:] At 4,,50 P.M. arrived at
[7:] Basreh; There are the SS. Afrikander
[8:] the King Arthur & the Java
[9:] in Quarantine ~ and up
[10:] here the Cargo steamers Dwena,
[11:] Esther of the Anglo Arabian
[12:] & the Lotus of Bucknall's steamers
[13:] also the Turkish man of
[14:] War Zohaf having come
[15:] up from Kweit & Fao;
[16:] The Nakib Seyd Rajab Effendi
[17:] & Nejim Effendi the brother of
[18:] the new Waly Mostapha
[19:] Noori Pasha, Were sent down
[20:] a few days ago, in the Zohaf
[21:] from Fao to Kweit to see
[22:] Sheikh Mubarek ibn Sobah
[23:] from the part of the Turkish
[24:] Government, offering him
[25:] a Salary of 100 Liras per month
[pg: 415]
[1:] & to give him the choice of
[2:] residing either at Constanple,
[3:] Baghdad or Basreh, his
[4:] answer was an absolute
[5:] decline, remarking that
[6:] he is not in need of money,
[7:] and beside, whoever of the
[8:] Arab Sheikhs or notables
[9:] who have gone to Constanple
[10:] & have returned back; and
[11:] should he leave his place to
[12:] reside elsewhere;
[13:] At 6 I went up to Rufail
[14:] found there Yousif marine,
[15:] Tookyeh & R. Angoorly; but
[16:] Rezooki Sayegh & his wife Mina
[17:] have gone to Basreh since
[18:] yesterday, as Mina's mother
[19:] Terooza has been confined
[20:] the day before of a daughter,
[21:] we dined & Yousif & I slept in
[22:] the sitting room;
[24:] all over gloomy; It rained
[25:] drizzly at 7 am.
[26:] At 8 I came on board
[27:] we are discharging cargo;
[28:] at 10 I went to the Custum
[pg: 416]
[2:] Phonographs for Alexander
[3:] Ex. S.S. Afrikander from
[4:] Marseilles shipped only to Basreh,
[5:] but after having waited for
[6:] Nassoory Andrea more than
[7:] half hour he had not come
[8:] out so I left & went to
[9:] Lynch's office saw Mr. Bottomly
[10:] I asked him to give me a
[11:] shipping order for the two
[12:] above cases, he offered me
[13:] to take them free but I did
[14:] not want, so he gave me
[15:] the order @ 12 Paras per Oke,
[16:] I then went to Rezooki Sayegh
[17:] in the consulate; it is now
[18:] in an other house next to
[19:] Lynchs of Haji Monsoor
[20:] where they have shifted
[21:] as the Old Consulate is
[22:] bought from the Meymany
[23:] by the government and
[24:] now it is pulled down
[25:] & being newly built,
[26:] the first floor is not completed
[27:] yet; I went with Rezooki
[pg: 417]
[1:] to see it & it looks fine,
[2:] the building is more Solid
[3:] & larger with more rooms,
[4:] I came on board at 12
[5:] & had again to go to the Custum
[6:] House, as Nessoory sent for
[7:] me, I went & he wanted
[8:] to know the number on the
[9:] cases as they have been
[10:] opening the wrong ones;
[11:] so I left him to settle its
[12:] duty & came on board
[13:] sent Hamady to bring
[14:] them on board ~
[15:] Fresh S. Ely wind, it also
[16:] rained a little at 10 am;
[17:] At 2 P.M. I went up to Rufail,
[18:] weather became very cloudy
[19:] & gloomy, at 2 1/2 it begun to
[20:] rain heavily, it stopped and
[21:] commenced at 4 & it came
[22:] steadily & heavy, the grounds
[23:] were flooded, & kept for
[24:] about 2 hours, It remained
[25:] very Cloudy & dark, wind Shifted
[26:] to N.W. when the hard rain
[27:] came down at 4 ~
[28:] I dined & slept at Rufail, but
[pg: 418]
[2:] morning to Shaebyeh;
[4:] thick fog, It cleared off at
[5:] 8 1/2 am. & became fine,
[6:] at 8 1/2 I came on board,
[7:] I found the two cases of Phonographs
[8:] of Alexander on board, the
[9:] duty came to G.S.P. 140 for
[10:] 5 Phonographs & Cylinders etc;
[11:] We are Shipping cargo,
[12:] Père Pièrre the Carmelite
[13:] Superior who had gone to France
[14:] & Rome last year, has arrived
[15:] here last Sunday in the mail
[16:] Steamer Via Bombay, with
[17:] two other new fathers (one
[18:] is an Irishman) but these two
[19:] had come in the mail steamer
[20:] of the former one & have
[21:] made their 10 days Quarantine
[22:] & are in Basreh, Père Pièrre
[23:] had landed in Bushire
[24:] & came up last Thursday
[25:] so he will not be out of
[26:] Quarantine before next
[27:] Sunday ~
[pg: 419]
[1:] We finished taking Cargo at
[2:] 3 P.M.~ we have no Indian
[3:] mails to take up;
[4:] Edward my nephew came
[5:] to bid me good bye he leaves
[6:] on Friday by the mail Steamer
[7:] Java for Bombay & then
[8:] to Melbourne in Australia
[9:] Flood tide made up,
[10:] Nassoory Andria, Rezooki
[11:] Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
[12:] came to me;
[14:] & proceeded;
[15:] At 8 passed the S.S. Mossul
[16:] & Barge bound down;
[17:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[18:] At 11,,15 passed Gorna ~
[20:] At 1,,25 am dropped anchor,
[21:] foggy & dark;
[22:] At 6,,30 proceeded,
[23:] some clouds on East & South,
[24:] Finished with the passengers
[pg: 420]
[2:] We have altogether 180
[3:] Passengers (2 in 1st Class,
[4:] Nessoory Eassayi & messing
[5:] with us, & a Mohamedan
[6:] Abdullatif a priopriter of
[7:] Gardens at Howedir, and
[8:] 2 in 2nd Class a nephew of the
[9:] Persian Consul of Basreh
[10:] & his man, he is called Mo=
[11:] daffar Khan) also 2 deck free
[12:] At 8,,40 passed Azair,
[13:] The river is rising here about,
[14:] Breeze shifted to S. East
[15:] & became cloudy all over
[16:] since 2 P.M. ~
[17:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed Kalat Saleh,
[18:] N. Ely breeze & cloudy all over;
[19:] new moon today ~
[20:] The river has risen much
[21:] about 2 1/2 feet & water turbid,
[22:] It is getting dark; ~
[23:] At 8,,30 P.M. dropped
[24:] anchor at Aboo Sedra, it is
[25:] getting dark & very cloudy;
[27:] It begun to rain at about
[pg: 421]
[1:] 6 am;
[2:] At 6,,30 am. we proceeded
[3:] Gloomy dark & raining drizzly,
[4:] At 9,,30 arrived at Amara
[5:] still raining continually,
[6:] landed 18 passengers, and
[7:] 31 heavy Bales of through Cargo
[8:] Which we had to go up near
[9:] the Custum House to send them
[10:] as the ground is very muddy
[11:] & watery;
[12:] Abdulkadur Pasha Khdery
[13:] Went up in the Blosse Lynch
[14:] on monday night, and Kassim
[15:] his brother also went and
[16:] on meeting the Mossul coming
[17:] down his other brother Yassin
[18:] came from Baghdad and
[19:] so they changed. Yassin
[20:] went up in the Blosse and
[21:] Kassim came down here in
[22:] the Mossul, his steam Launch
[23:] is here yet, but Behjet the
[24:] son of Nassoory went up
[25:] with Abdulkadur, the
[26:] Blosse passed Azizieh yesterday
[27:] morning ~
[28:] At 11 we went up to the Custum
[pg: 422]
[2:] Bales, raining still;
[3:] At 0,,30 P.M. left Amara
[4:] we took 10 Tons Coal when we
[5:] were alongside the Depot;
[6:] Raining continues & weather
[7:] very cloudy gloomy & dull;
[8:] Took from Amara 25
[9:] Passengers & 130 Packages of
[10:] Cloth, Hide, Twist & Skins;
[11:] Rain ceased at 1 P.M. but it
[12:] is very cloudy & gloomy,
[13:] The river has risen about
[14:] 4 feet; They say that in
[15:] Baghdad it rose about 6
[16:] feet;
[17:] Weather became very dark & Cloudy
[18:] after sunset ~
[19:] Today is the first day of the
[20:] Ramadan fasting day with the
[21:] Mahomedans, they have fasted
[22:] in Baghdad today, but at Amara
[23:] it will be tomorrow, because
[24:] they could not see the new moon
[25:] yesterday as it was cloudy,
[26:] At 7,,35 P.M. we anchored
[27:] it being too dark & Cloudy
[28:] N. Easterly breeze ~
[pg: 423]
[1:] At 11,,00 Got underway, still
[2:] Cloudy, but opening ~
[4:] It is clearing up from the north;
[5:] River keeps rising ~
[6:] At 1 AM passed Ali Sherghi;
[7:] At 8,,55 AM landed one
[8:] passenger at Ali Gherbi, and
[9:] went on at 8,,40, they say that
[10:] it has not rained here yesterday,
[11:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
[12:] Saad, Strong N.W. wind
[13:] and the river is still rising
[14:] it is red & turbid
[16:] At 2 AM arrived at Coot,
[17:] landed 9 passengers, and took
[18:] 10 Tons of Coal; Cold weather,
[19:] River is falling about one foot
[20:] At 4 AM left Coot ~
[21:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing and
[22:] very fine Cold weather;
[23:] Took 12 Passengers from Coot
[24:] The S.S. Baghdad was at Coot on
[25:] her way ~ They have had no rain
[26:] at Coot on Monday & Thursday
[27:] as we had, but it rain in other
[28:] places as Bedra, Mendelli &
[29:] the Hai river ~
[pg: 424]
[2:] fresh N.W. wind & fine,
[3:] The river has fallen about
[4:] two feet here about Sheresh
[5:] & further up ~
[6:] Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
[8:] Light N.W. & Wind & fine
[9:] weather
[10:] At 7,,25 passed Baghdadieh
[12:] Fine cold weather;
[13:] The river has fallen about 3
[14:] feet;
[15:] Mrs. Hanslow wished to land
[16:] somewhere & have a walk across
[17:] the desert, she asked me, so
[18:] I accepted to land with her, and
[19:] at 10,,45 we landed at the bottom
[20:] of Dawar reach taking the
[21:] little Boy son of Capt Cowley
[22:] (her brother about 8 years old)
[23:] and 2 deckmen, we crossed
[24:] toward Oweyn, a dry desert
[25:] no brushes or grass, but the ground
[26:] is ploughed for hopes of rain
[27:] & I hear the Arabs say they
[pg: 425]
[1:] have had none here, I mis=
[2:] calculated my direction and
[3:] by 12 we got to the bank of
[4:] Oweyn & walked up river
[5:] here I shot one partridge,
[6:] the only one flew before me;
[7:] but I saw about 5 flying in
[8:] the distance & that was all,
[9:] I shot also a fine Snake about
[10:] 3 feet long, almost under my
[11:] feet as I was jumping a Canal,
[12:] At 0,,35 P.M. we sat and
[13:] awaited the Mejidieh a little
[14:] below Naher Sheheil canal,
[15:] At 1,,45 P.M. the Mejidieh came
[16:] up & we embarked & went on
[17:] I did not feel tyered at all;
[18:] At 8,,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
[19:] At 9,,30 grounded at Menari
[20:] worked back but she wont move
[21:] Took an anchor out astern &
[22:] hove off,
[24:] Menari near Gusseiba ~
[25:] At 3,,20 passed Diala river
[26:] I could not sleep after this time,
[27:] and got up after passing the
[pg: 426]
[2:] Very Cold weather, Light N.W.
[3:] breez & very fine ~
[4:] At 7,,20 AM passed the
[5:] S.S. Blosse Lynch going down
[6:] at the Kher ~
[7:] At 8,,15 landed the mails
[8:] at the Residency (we have no Indian
[9:] mail, the Blosse had brought two)
[10:] we went up to the Custum House
[11:] no steamers are here; I went
[12:] home saw all well;
[13:] At 10 came on board & sent
[14:] money to the Office & then
[15:] went home Mr. Rappaport
[16:] called on us; he asked me
[17:] to call on him either today or
[18:] tomorrow with Menusha
[19:] so as to finish the settlement
[20:] of my brother Henry's estate
[21:] & divide the property & cash
[22:] among the children & deduct
[23:] the expences etc ~ At 2 P.M.
[24:] I called on Menusha and
[25:] at 3 1/2 I took her & went to
[pg: 427]
[1:] Mr. Rappaport, he gave us an
[2:] awful work & lots of documents
[3:] & papers to Sign, The
[4:] inventory of all the Effects,
[5:] furniture etc in the house,
[6:] as well as the cash which he
[7:] has in his possession of TLiras
[8:] 168, 13 Mejidies, 4 Krs & 1 1/2
[9:] GSP, in all amounted to 38,060 2/4
[10:] G. S. Piasters; & deducting the
[11:] expences of G. S. P. 1526 incurred
[12:] for funeral etc & the Balance
[13:] has been divided among the
[14:] 5 minor children to each
[15:] about 7,600 P. & he retains
[16:] the money until some place
[17:] is found so as to put it on
[18:] interest, we left at 5 1/2 P.M.
[19:] I came home found Antone
[20:] Marine there;
[21:] Light N.W. & fine cold
[22:] weather;
[24:] weather; at 8 1/2 AM.
[25:] called on Menusha then
[26:] on Sister Medula and
[pg: 428]
[2:] discharging & are leaving
[3:] on Friday ~ Again Mr.
[4:] Rappaport sends me
[5:] documents & papers and
[6:] other bother which takes
[7:] all my time to do this
[8:] work; ~ at 10 I called on him,
[9:] We talked about the expences that
[10:] Menusha has made & it must
[11:] be paid out of the money he
[12:] has now left with him, he
[13:] will have to pay it & wants
[14:] a list of the expences made
[15:] out; he also wants me to
[16:] send him my passport to be
[17:] changed for next year
[18:] also that of my brother Henry
[19:] to be changed in the name
[20:] of his Widow & the 5 children
[21:] also all the papers of my son
[22:] Alexander his certificates of
[23:] Batitismal, & that of his Marriage
[24:] & others about his military
[25:] service & the one about the
[26:] indemnity he had to pay 60
[27:] Kronen etc ~
[pg: 429]
[1:] I went to Menusha & explained
[2:] all to her, & then went home,
[3:] At 4 P.M. I took Alexander
[4:] & called to Condole Kesboor
[5:] & Risha sons of Maghak
[6:] Kasperkhan on the death
[7:] of their Sister Ferida the
[8:] day before Yesterday; We then
[9:] called on Abduljebbar Effendi
[10:] the Lawyer, to Condole him on
[11:] the death of his father Eassa
[12:] Khayat last trip when I was
[13:] here; & we came home,
[14:] Johny my nephew called, also
[15:] Johny Pahlawan ~
[16:] Light N.W. & fine Weather
[18:] At 8 1/2 Am called on Menusha
[19:] & then came on board; We
[20:] are shipping Cargo, Rate of
[21:] freight is lowered from 13 to
[22:] 11 Paras; ~
[23:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast, took
[24:] Alexander from his office on my
[25:] way~ At 1 1/2 P.M. Came on
[26:] board, we are shipping cargo,
[27:] The river has fallen down
[28:] about 6 feet, all that had risen
[pg: 430]
[2:] took Metty with me & Went to
[3:] see Abdulkadur Khdery in
[4:] his house at Babel Sheikh, he
[5:] Came up in the Blosse Lynch,
[6:] I found him better, he is being
[7:] treated by Dr. Ramsey; and it
[8:] appears that he is getting much
[9:] better, No bone is broken in his
[10:] arm; ~ I then called on Monsr.
[11:] Rouet but left quick as they
[12:] were playing cards with Mr.
[13:] Giulietti & Sasson Effendi;
[14:] I called also on our neighbour
[15:] the Pahlawan family for
[16:] few minutes & came home;
[17:] Light N.W. & fine Cold
[18:] Weather;
[20:] Cold weather ~ at 8 1/2 Am
[21:] I came on board;
[22:] Today is the Birth day of the
[23:] Russian Emperor Nicola, but
[24:] the Russian Consul Mr. Grooglo is
[25:] unwell & he has not held a
[26:] reception ~
[27:] Mr. Rappaport came in
[28:] his Boat alongside the
[pg: 431]
[1:] ship he brought me the Bond
[2:] of Rufail Sayegh for the 60 Liras
[3:] due to My Brother Henry to
[4:] be either changed or take the
[5:] Money, & he took a receipt
[6:] from me for it; ~
[7:] At 11 I went home to breakfast,
[8:] found there Sister Medoola, also
[9:] the two Assyrian Priests; then
[10:] Called Madm Giulietti, her
[11:] daughter & her daughter in law
[12:] Wife of Antoine, who has been
[13:] newly married last month,
[14:] At 1 P.M. I came on board,
[15:] The SS. Phrat & Barge arrived
[16:] at 1 P.M; ~
[17:] There is not much through cargo for
[18:] shipment We got only about 51,000 Okes,
[19:] and about 69000 Local, there are
[20:] some Wheat 450 Bags for Amara
[21:] & Basreh shipped at 4 Paras per Oke,
[22:] The 2d mate Slack who is taking
[23:] the Local Cargo, is very nasty in his
[24:] ways of grumbling & cursing the
[25:] people, he drinks & keeps sweering
[26:] at every body, he did the same
[27:] with me in my Cabin in giving
[28:] me Cargo & became impertinent
[29:] in his way, so we had a
[pg: 432]
[2:] disgusting manners; he also
[3:] pushed the shippers of Cargo
[4:] & some Went to complain
[5:] to Mr. Parry in the office, I
[6:] reported him to Capt Hanslow
[7:] when he came on board, and
[8:] he spoke to him; But our
[9:] mates have got very independent,
[10:] they have taken great liberty
[11:] with the Captain, & this is the
[12:] Consequence ~
[13:] Alexander came to me; and
[14:] at 5 P.M. we went home;
[15:] Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
[17:] weather; At 5 1/2 Am. I came
[18:] on board;
[20:] Cold weather & chily ~
[21:] At 9 passed Diala river
[22:] At 10,,35 passed Ctesiphon,
[pg: 433]
[1:] Finished with the Passengers, We
[2:] have 113 /2 in 1st Class, Captain
[3:] Manning of Strick's cargo steamer
[4:] Dwena at Basreh with free
[5:] passage by Lynch Brothers, he had
[6:] come up in the Blosse Lynch,
[7:] and the wife of the Jew Saleh
[8:] the Custum House storekeeper
[9:] of Baghdad & her servant, also
[10:] 2 Turks in the 2 Class Cabin,
[11:] At 12 Am passed the
[12:] SS. Mossul & Barge going up at
[13:] Safi, I saw Père Pièrre the
[14:] superior of the Carmelite fathers &
[15:] the two other fathers he is bringing
[16:] With him; he had left Baghdad
[17:] about a year ago;
[18:] At 4,,40 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[19:] Fort ~ Very light breeze & some
[20:] clouds ~
[21:] At 5,,50 rounded & Anchored at
[22:] Rmelat; Weather Calm with some
[23:] Clouds~
[25:] At 6,5 AM. proceeded ~
[26:] At 7,20 passed Azizieh; ~
[27:] Weather Very fine & cold
[28:] At 1,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
[pg: 434]
[2:] landed 15 1/2 Passengers & 20 Packages
[3:] Fine weather & clear moonlight
[4:] night 10 days Old; We hauled
[5:] off the bank & remained for the night
[7:] morning ~
[8:] At 6,,15 AM. left Coot,
[9:] Passed through the Bridge of
[10:] the Sennyeh below Coot;
[11:] Took 7 Passengers from Coot
[12:] Weather begun to get cloudy,
[13:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed the
[14:] S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
[15:] up at Seyd Abbass;
[16:] At 2,,45 passed Ali Gherbi,
[17:] At 6,,30 we rounded & came to
[18:] for the night near Skheryeh;
[19:] Fine clear moonlight night
[20:] but Capt Hanslow did not
[21:] Wish to get down to Basreh
[22:] tomorrow night as he says we
[23:] shall be kept three days there,
[24:] on account of Christmas day
[25:] when all Offices are closed &
[26:] no work will be done ~
[pg: 435]
[2:] Cold weather ~
[3:] At 6 AM. proceeded;
[4:] The Blosse Lynch passed up at
[5:] 5,,55 AM just before we got
[6:] underway;
[7:] At 0,,10 P.M. arrived
[8:] at Amara, landed 15 1/2 Passeng
[9:] & 189 Packages (150 Bags of
[10:] wheat also included) They have
[11:] had no rain here since we left
[12:] last time ~ Kassim Khdery is
[13:] still here & his steam Launch
[14:] too, he is looking after the business
[15:] of his brother Abdulkadur
[16:] until he gets well;
[17:] At 2 P.M. We left Amara,
[18:] At 5,,50 Anchored above Kalat
[19:] Saleh, weather Cloudy a little,
[20:] & rather Calm;
[22:] At 6,,15 AM. we proceeded from
[23:] above Kalat Saleh ~ Clouds are
[24:] clearing off ~
[25:] At 10,30 passed Azair;
[26:] At 2,,5 P.M. landed 2 passengers
[27:] at Gorna & went on at 2,,10;
[28:] In passing Maghil, We see
[29:] the Khalifah is still out in
[pg: 436]
[2:] into dock yet, & also the
[3:] SS. Malamir is up there to
[4:] undergo repairs, I cannot
[5:] make out the Cause, it is
[6:] Very curious way they are
[7:] working now;
[8:] At 7,,40 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Basreh; Fine clear weather moon
[10:] 13 days Old; There is only the
[11:] Persian Str Nassery in quarantine
[12:] & here the three cargo steamers,
[13:] Esther, Dwena & Lotus ~
[14:] Rufail sent me his Bellem
[15:] & at 8 I went up to him, found
[16:] him alone by himself & had
[17:] turned in, all the rest are in town,
[18:] Rezooki his brother also with his
[19:] wife Mina who got confined
[20:] of a son on Monday last after
[21:] midnight in Basreh, & also
[22:] Tookyeh & her children are in town,
[23:] We sat up talking till 10 P.M.
[24:] but I lost my sleep & could not
[25:] sleep till late ~
[pg: 437]
[2:] Very fine & clear Weather;
[3:] Christmas day; at 8 Am
[4:] I came on board; sent the Kit
[5:] & other thing with Rufail's
[6:] Belem to Basreh to Tookyeh
[7:] & others, and at 9 1/2 I went again
[8:] up to Rufail to breakfast
[9:] with him & go up to Yousif
[10:] Marine at Shaebyeh, and
[11:] also to Visit my brother's tomb,
[12:] at Maghil; ~ at 12 Rufail &
[13:] I went up to Maghil, Visited the
[14:] Cemetry of the Company in the
[15:] Ground of Lynch behind the Depöt
[16:] where my brother Henry is buried
[17:] the grave is not built up yet,
[18:] the cemetery is well kept up, there
[19:] are several people buried in it,
[20:] Mr. Johnstone the former Vice
[21:] Consul, Mr. Robertson also the
[22:] Vice Consul & his two children
[23:] died during the Cholera in 1889
[24:] & also my brother in law Mr.
[25:] Rogers the Vice Consul husband
[26:] of sister Emilia died in 1862
[27:] & some others; it is enclosed
[28:] by a fine Iron railings got
[29:] from England by a gift
[pg: 438]
[2:] Lady Claude Macdonald
[3:] English Ambassador at
[4:] Pekin) We also visited the
[5:] Other English Cemetry further
[6:] up on the river of other English
[7:] Merchants etc, but there are
[8:] only about 4 or 5 graves in
[9:] this one there is a charge to
[10:] pay of about 10 £ for burial,
[11:] At 2 P.M. we crossed over
[12:] to Yousif Marine at Shaebyeh
[13:] & spent the time, we walked
[14:] around his property; and we
[15:] then dined & slept with him,
[16:] weather fine & cold ~
[18:] little cloudy ~ I took my milk
[19:] & Eggs with Yousif & Rufail
[20:] & left them at 7 3/4 am. &
[21:] came down in the Bellem
[22:] to the Mejidieh got on board
[23:] at 8 3/4; We are shipping Cargo
[24:] & taking Coal;
[25:] The SS. Khalifah entered into dock
[26:] last night with the flood tide;
[pg: 439]
[1:] The mail Str Assyria arrived this
[2:] morning to the quarantine; also
[3:] an other extra B. I. Str the
[4:] Magna arrived yesterday;
[5:] The SS. Nassery came up from
[6:] the quarantine & went right up
[7:] to Maghil to burry her Chief
[8:] Engineer died on board this
[9:] morning from a long complaint
[10:] of inflammation of the brain,
[11:] Rezooki Sayegh came to
[12:] me, he has Christened his newly
[13:] born son on Sunday and
[14:] was named Albert Fathalla
[15:] Emmanuel; Rezooki Angoorly
[16:] also came to me, I settled with
[17:] him my brother's account &
[18:] left due to him 132 1/2 Kerans
[19:] he gave a receipt for it;
[20:] Mr. Bottomley came on board,
[21:] he has given up his resignation
[22:] from the Lynchs, & his successor
[23:] the New Agent is coming
[24:] out in the S.S. Kourdistan
[25:] in About 10 days more;
[26:] We finished loading at About
[27:] 2 P.M., received the Mails,
[28:] Flood tide made up at
[29:] 2 P.M. ~
[pg: 440]
[2:] & proceeded; Cloudy all over
[3:] & Calm; moon 15 days old,
[4:] At 9,,30 passed Gorna
[6:] weather ~
[7:] At 3,,15 AM. passed Azair
[8:] At 3,,45 anchored ~
[9:] At 6 AM. proceeded
[10:] Cold weather & fine ~ S. Ely breeze,
[11:] Finished with the Passengers
[13:] Tickets, We have altogether 132 1/2
[14:] Passengers; (2 in 1st Class, the
[15:] Inspector of Post Offices Mr.
[16:] J Gorman & two servants also
[17:] his Clerk a Portuguese Mr. Pereira
[18:] in 2d Class & all are free With
[19:] Messing Too; We have also Mr.
[20:] Darby in 1st Class & servant also free by
[21:] Mr. Bottomley's order, he is now
[22:] Strick's Agent at Basreh for
[23:] the Anglo African Steamers
[pg: 441]
[1:] as Strick is trying to get G.
[2:] Asfar out of the agency business,
[3:] & has changed the company's
[4:] name into Anglo African, though
[5:] the agency of loading and
[6:] reloading the steamers are still
[7:] carried by Asfar; we shall see
[8:] when the latter returns from
[9:] London what will be done; I
[10:] heard that G. Asfar has had to
[11:] pay Strick large amount of losses,
[12:] and the case went against him;
[13:] of nearly 20,000 £ damage
[14:] At 11,,50 landed 6 Passengers
[15:] at Kalat Saleh & went on at 11,,55
[16:] Took one passenger;
[17:] S. Ely wind & fine ~
[18:] At 6,, P.M. arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 11 passengers & 15 Bales
[20:] Through Cargo; we took in 10 Tons
[21:] of Coal, and shipped 196 Packages of
[22:] Hides, Dye Wosmah, Bales of Cloth
[23:] & other Stuff ~
[24:] At 9,,20 left Amara, ~
[25:] Calm & fine weather.
[27:] At 4,,45 am passed Ali Sherghi;
[28:] Gave tickets to 23 1/2 Amara
[pg: 442]
[2:] is the prisoner, the soldier son
[3:] of Khalil Agha who fired
[4:] & wounded Abdulkadur
[5:] Khdery, he is sent up with Six
[6:] Guard soldiers, by order of
[7:] Kadem Pasha (now acting in
[8:] the absence of the Commander
[9:] in Chief of the Troops who is still
[10:] in Basreh) to be tryed in
[11:] Baghdad;
[12:] At 9,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat
[13:] & Barge bound down, above
[14:] Flefleh, she has many passengers
[15:] pilgrims;
[16:] At 11,,15 passed Ali
[17:] Gherbi;
[18:] Since Christmas day when
[19:] I was at Rufail & breakfasted
[20:] with him, he had roast fowel, also
[21:] stew & rice & I took a small piece
[22:] of cream & jam, I did not feel
[23:] well in my stomach & also at
[24:] Yousif Marine where we dined
[25:] & slept, Yesterday I slept bad also,
[26:] my stomach was heavy & with
[27:] slight pain like a boil in it,
[28:] But today I feel worse,
[29:] & especially since I took my
[pg: 443]
[1:] milk at 2 P.M. with a small
[2:] piece of boiled fowel; I cannot
[3:] know the cause, my stomach
[4:] apparently became weak &
[5:] I am inclined to vomit, and
[6:] am throwing saliva constantly
[7:] with pain I cannot press on
[8:] it, it is puffed up with wind
[9:] At 5,,45 P.M passed
[10:] Sheikh Saad, Light n.w.
[11:] & fine weather;
[12:] I took a drop of bitter Swiss, but
[13:] felt worse, so I took a drop of
[14:] arak with water, still, it made
[15:] me sick, & the saliva that came
[16:] up constantly; at last at 6 1/2
[17:] I could not resist & vomited
[18:] all the liquid I had in stomach
[19:] & felt relieved; I took no dinner
[20:] except about four spoonful of
[21:] soup in my cabin; I washed
[22:] my feet with hot water & turned
[23:] in, I feel very thirsty;
[25:] Coot reach after passing the Bridge,
[26:] backed & went on at 1,,30 ~
[27:] At 2,,30 arrived at Coot,
[28:] landed 8 passengers & took in
[29:] 10 Tons of Coal; I slept very
[pg: 444]
[2:] the pain in my stomach, with
[3:] nausea & inclined to vomit;
[4:] & could not sleep since, I
[5:] took only a little Liebig broth
[6:] in hot water in the morning,
[7:] At 4,,35 we left Coot;
[8:] weather getting cloudy;
[9:] Took 9 Passengers from
[10:] Coot;
[11:] At 8,,30 am passed the
[12:] S.S. "Mossul" & Barge going down
[13:] on top of Um el Boonni;
[14:] I have had no breakfast, I cannot
[15:] eat anything, I got some rice soup
[16:] made, but could not take any,
[17:] only about 2 spoons, it lays on
[18:] my stomach whatever I take,
[19:] I feel the pain in my stomach much,
[20:] At 2 P.m. I again hove up
[21:] all I had taken as water, the Liebig
[22:] broth etc; but I feel myself relieved,
[23:] At 2,,10 passed Memlah,
[24:] I took a dose of fruit Salt, & I felt
[25:] better by it, but it stirred up the
[26:] Bile & made me very thirsty, so
[27:] I was obliged to take soda water
[28:] with little whisky in it, as I begin
[pg: 445]
[1:] to feel weak for want of nurishment,
[2:] I have taken nothing for the last
[3:] 24 hours ~ I got a little rice
[4:] soup brought to me but could
[5:] not touch it not feeling inclined,
[6:] so I turned in, I feel so giddy
[7:] & want to sleep, it is the bile
[8:] that has been stirred up,
[10:] At 5,,10 passed Baghdadieh;
[11:] Light N.W. & cloudy a little;
[12:] I took a dose of fruit salt
[13:] early this morning, & I took a
[14:] little Liebig broth instead of Tea,
[15:] my bowels don't work at all,
[16:] I used an Enegma, but still it
[17:] did not work; I have had
[18:] no pain in stomach all the
[19:] night; I have used the medicine
[20:] of Dr. Ramsey which he used
[21:] to give it to me last month,
[22:] to be taken when the great pain
[23:] comes, I took it three times yesterday,
[24:] I paid the Ship's company their
[25:] wages for this month ~
[26:] I took some rice soup as breakfast
[27:] but could not eat any boiled
[28:] fowel, & my bowels wont work;
[29:] At P.m. passed Bostan
[pg: 446]
[2:] after I took the rice soup ~
[3:] S. Ely breeze today, & some
[4:] clouds ~
[5:] I took some rice soup & a leg of boiled
[6:] fowel at 2 P.m. not having touched
[7:] anything since Saturday in
[8:] the afternoon,
[9:] At 4 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[10:] At 5,,40 stopped at the shoal of
[11:] Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound;
[12:] marked the Channel; ~ We could
[13:] not pass, & it became dark; sent
[14:] to sound again; we remained here
[15:] for the night; ~
[16:] I took in my cabin some rice soup
[17:] & had a leg fog boiled fowel, I have
[18:] no appetite to eat, feeling very
[19:] thirsty, I sucked an orange
[20:] but my stomach aches me like
[21:] a boil, but not in the intestines,
[22:] As soon as I turned in the pain came
[23:] in my Stomach very bad and prevented
[24:] me from sleeping, not only it, but
[25:] our mates Cook the Chief & Maclure
[26:] the 3rd with the Superintendent of
[27:] the Port Offices Mr. Gorman kept
[28:] Singing & playing the fidle and
[29:] drinking all the night, making
[30:] such fearful noise, The Captain
[pg: 447]
[1:] up in his cabin, & Mr. Darby all
[2:] had turned in, & these three persons
[3:] were making a hell of a raw
[4:] so that Capt Hanslow came
[5:] down twice to stop them but
[6:] they did not, some time they go to
[7:] Maclure's Cabin, sometime to
[8:] Cook's & also in Mr. Gormans'
[9:] Cabin, next to mine, & they were
[10:] singing loud, & Maclure kiking
[11:] the deck hard with his feet, and
[12:] would not let Mr. Gorman sleep
[13:] it was 1 am after midnight
[14:] that they went to sleep;
[15:] I never could sleep from the pain
[16:] in stomach;
[18:] at day break, I took a dose of
[19:] Castor Oil, as the pain does not
[20:] leave me, mostly it is on the
[21:] left side of my stomach, I had
[22:] the pain since I got the attack
[23:] in October ~
[24:] We sounded early in the
[25:] morning, There are 3 draaz,
[26:] At 7 we weighed & proceeded,
[27:] but we touched, had to take
[28:] an anchor out ahead and
[29:] heave to straighten her to the
[30:] Channel ~
[31:] At 8,,45 got off and
[pg: 448]
[2:] Island;
[3:] At 9,,50 passed the SS. Blosse
[4:] Lynch & Barge going down at
[5:] Jaffar;
[6:] At 10,,35 passed Diala river,
[7:] The Castor oil has not worked me yet
[8:] up till now it 3 P.m. it is very curious
[9:] I only feel inclined to vomit my mouth
[10:] dry & bitter & pain in Stomach;
[11:] At 3,,15 P.m. landed the mails
[12:] at the Residency & went up to the
[13:] Custum House; The Baghdad is
[14:] alongside the Custum House she
[15:] is loading & will leave on Friday,
[16:] I went home found Eliza Alexander
[17:] & Mary all well & they were sorry
[18:] to see me so suffering again
[19:] of my stomach; I layd up
[20:] & did not touch any food I
[21:] could not take any soup even,
[22:] we fetched Hannosh, Dr. Ramsey's
[23:] man; he advised me to make an
[24:] enegma with warm water & Soap
[25:] to work my bowels; & to take that
[26:] medicine which I had before from
[27:] them, it contained morphine;
[28:] I made the Enema, & after a
[pg: 449]
[1:] while it worked very briskly & black
[2:] with Bile; ~ It worked at midnight
[3:] too, but so black as Ink and
[4:] burning, but the pain does not
[5:] leave me ~
[6:] We received cards wishing us
[7:] a Happy New Year from Mr.
[8:] Rappaport, Mr. Richarz, and
[9:] Mr. MacLaghlin Sub Director of the
[10:] Ottoman Bank; ~
[12:] I had the pain all the night, and
[13:] am taking little milk & soda,
[14:] my bowels worked again very black
[15:] and burning ~ I did not go to church,
[16:] I layd in bed, many visitors came
[17:] to see us; ~ some came to me,
[18:] as Antone Marine, Yousif Asfar,
[19:] Johny, Artin & Shekoory Sayegh etc,
[20:] The pain very bad in the evening
[21:] & kept all the night in the pith of
[22:] my stomach, & I took milk and
[23:] soda, also took a little Brandy
[24:] after midnight & it alleyed the
[25:] pain & so I slept till morning,
[26:] but I must have had the
[27:] fever the whole night;
[pg: 450]
[2:] I feel very weak, I took a
[3:] cup of milk & a biscuit,
[4:] at 8 am I went to see Menusha,
[5:] about her account & money,
[6:] & then I came on board;
[7:] paid the rest of some peoples
[8:] wages; I called on Mr. Rappaport,
[9:] about my brother's affair; Mr.
[10:] Rappaport, seeing me so suffering,
[11:] he advised me to ask for leave
[12:] & stop behind; I left him &
[13:] went to the office to Mr. Perry to
[14:] get 50 £ for the wages of officers,
[15:] I complained to him about my
[16:] servant Hamadi; being so lazy
[17:] so helpess & has not seen him
[18:] since we arrived, he is getting
[19:] so old & cannot work any
[20:] more; Mr. Perry said that I
[21:] should report him to the Captain
[22:] & this latter must refer it to me,
[23:] if Hamadi is found to be unfit
[24:] for service, another one must
[25:] be found to replace him,
[pg: 451]
[1:] He asked me how I was feeling
[2:] & if I am well, I told him that
[3:] I have again got the illness of my
[4:] stomach & do not feel well at
[5:] all; he offered me if I like to
[6:] stay behind & have a leave so
[7:] as to get well, I thanked him
[8:] & asked him for one month's
[9:] leave, he gave it to me, & so I
[10:] left & came home at noon,
[11:] I had a quarrel with our Servants
[12:] & had to thrash the boy Monsoor
[13:] for not having got the breakfast;
[14:] Sister Emilia & Alice called &
[15:] I had to leave there at 2 P.M. &
[16:] go on board, so as to square &
[17:] Balance last years' account
[18:] in the Cash Book; & to send my
[19:] Kit home; while doing so,
[20:] I thought of taking a dose
[21:] of Fruit Salt so as to work
[22:] my bowels more freely; but
[23:] soon after I took it, a terrible
[24:] pain or cramp caught
[pg: 452]
[2:] part of my belly, such as
[3:] I never in my life has had,
[4:] it made jumping like mad,
[5:] the pain was so severe and
[6:] cutting as if my guts were burning,
[7:] Alexander my son was on
[8:] board but he was out in the
[9:] saloon; I called Metty for
[10:] help, he came, & gave me a
[11:] dose of Ginger but it made
[12:] me worse, I felt as if I was
[13:] dying, the ship's money &
[14:] papers all scattered about,
[15:] I was rolling in bed like
[16:] a poisoned man, many
[17:] people gathered in my cabin
[18:] I told Metty & Alexander
[19:] to send for Doctors, they did
[20:] I got hot towels immersed in
[21:] very hot water put on my
[22:] belly. Père Pièrre came by
[23:] chance to see me & he helped
[24:] them too; Dr De Silva of the
[25:] Comet came, he administered
[pg: 453]
[1:] Laudanum etc; all to no use,
[2:] at last I preferred to vomit,
[3:] & they gave me hot water I
[4:] vomited; my wife heard about
[5:] me & she came on board,
[6:] and toward evening I felt
[7:] the pain better, they took me
[8:] down in a Goffa to the Ras el
[9:] Ghereyeh, my wife, Alexander
[10:] & Metty & a Deckman, thence
[11:] I walked with difficulty home,
[12:] we got D.r Ramsey who came
[13:] & ordered Linseed poultice on
[14:] the belly; & sent me Medicine,
[15:] I passed an awful night
[16:] without sleep, & pain all over
[17:] my stomach & belly;
[19:] bowels not working, D.r Ramsey
[20:] came to see me, he tapped & sounded
[21:] ordered an Enema & medicine
[22:] I am vomiting, my belly getting
[23:] puffed up like swelling &
[pg: 454]
[2:] my sisters ~ I cannot touch
[3:] my food & am sinking
[4:] down;
[6:] very weak & am not touching
[7:] any food, the taste in my mouth
[8:] is frightful & my stomach too
[9:] I cannot smell any food, or
[10:] broth, whatever I take I throw
[11:] it up vomiting all of dark
[12:] black colour;
[13:] D.r Ramsey came to see me
[14:] he ordered a strong injection of
[15:] hot water soap & Olive Oil
[16:] Eliza made it for me, and
[17:] my bowels worked well also
[18:] black & offensive, D.r Ramsey
[19:] came again after an hour &
[20:] he was statisfied & pleased
[21:] to see my bowels work for he
[22:] had entertained some alarm
[23:] fearing that my intestines were
[24:] twisted ~ Pain still exists
[25:] & mouth very tasteless &
[pg: 455]
[1:] dirty; I am only wishing for
[2:] some thing cold, I feel very hot
[3:] inside;
[5:] very thin & weak, & cannot get
[6:] out of my bed or stand, I
[7:] am so shaky & giddy; D.r Ramsey
[8:] called to see me & ordered an
[9:] injection to be used every
[10:] day, again I passed black &
[11:] offensive smell;
[12:] The Mejidieh left for Basreh
[13:] this morning; only Metty was
[14:] put in charge in my place,
[15:] I am using Medicine, and
[16:] Champagne to be taken every
[17:] now & then, we are bying the
[18:] Champagne from Kurukchi
[19:] @ 1 Mejidie the pint, and
[20:] also Cognac @ 1 Meji the pint
[21:] My Sisters coming to see
[22:] me, & all the friends send to
[23:] ask about me or come,
[24:] I cannot touch any food
[pg: 456]
[2:] jelly enter my mouth ; we
[3:] are getting the jelly made by
[4:] the cook of Mr. Rappaport;
[6:] less in my stomach & bowels,
[7:] D Ramsey called to see me,
[8:] he ordered different medicine,
[9:] I am awfully weak; many
[10:] visitors coming to ask about
[11:] me; ~ I feel as if I am sinking
[12:] in health & will not recover
[13:] from this illness ~ There is only
[14:] my wife nursing me day
[15:] & night; ~
[17:] I made an injection & passed
[18:] very little black like pills &
[19:] hard; Dr. Ramsey came
[20:] to see me; he sounded me, &
[21:] ordered medicine etc ; I am
[22:] taking champagne, a pint
[23:] a day as Dr. Ramsey ordered,
[24:] I take the jelly or broth with
[25:] much disgust, am getting
[pg: 457]
[2:] I feel the same as before,
[3:] the wind still pains me in my
[4:] stomach; Dr. Ramsey called
[5:] he ordered the injection, & other
[6:] medicine; I have no inclination
[7:] to take any food whatever,
[8:] my mouth & stomach have a
[9:] very bad taste ~ my sisters etc
[10:] came every day to see me;
[11:] I suffer at night more than
[12:] in the day time, & the pain comes
[13:] down in my intestines & prevents
[14:] me from sleep; ~
[16:] & cannot get out of bed;
[17:] I had to get the barber to cut
[18:] my hair & shave me; I am
[19:] so shaky ~ Dr. Ramsey called
[20:] to see me;
[21:] I am using the medicine, &
[22:] sucking sweet Lemon & oranges
[23:] when I feel thursty which
[24:] I like very much; but no
[25:] food can I take;
[pg: 458]
[2:] I feel that my illness is
[3:] a dangerous one, as I have no
[4:] flesh left on me, am so weak,
[5:] & I cannot sleep well at night,
[7:] dont work unless by injection,
[8:] Dr. Ramsey comes to see
[9:] me; he prescribed medicine, ~
[10:] I am taking champagne, &
[11:] some jelly; ~
[12:] The Blosse Lynch arrived at
[13:] 3 P.M. Eliza & Alexander got
[14:] letters from Basreh; ~ The
[15:] S.S. Phrat also arrived at 6 P.M.
[16:] Weather Cloudy all over
[17:] I cannot eat anything, but
[18:] little jelly with difficulty;
[20:] not worked; I am very weak
[21:] & unable to stand; I like
[22:] the sucking of sweet Lemon
[23:] & oranges;
[24:] Many people are calling
[25:] to see me ~
[pg: 459]
[1:] My sisters also called
[2:] Antone Marine comes every
[3:] day, ~
[4:] Weather foggy & Cloudy
[6:] The river is rising; I feel
[7:] very weak & no appetite;
[8:] I sent 2 Mejidies to Père Pièrre
[9:] to give to the poors; ~
[10:] People calling to enquire
[11:] about me; ~ I am taking
[12:] jelly, & little arrow root etc,
[14:] this morning; her acting
[15:] Chief Engineer Mr. Weber
[16:] got married last night
[17:] with Looloo the daughter
[18:] of Elias Jejo, but the marriage
[19:] contract has been done
[20:] only by the Assyrian Bishop
[21:] according to the Catholic
[22:] right, & not by the English
[pg: 460]
[2:] therefore his marriage is
[3:] considered by English law
[4:] as null; Weber is mad for
[5:] her, he had Courted her on
[6:] board the Blosse when she
[7:] went down with her mother
[8:] in October last; He took her
[9:] down with him to Basreh
[10:] for a trip ~
[11:] By the Blosse Lynch arrived
[12:] Mr. Reynolds our Chief Mate
[13:] who had been to England
[14:] on leave since April last,
[15:] also Mr. Barlow our 2d Engr.
[16:] the latter joined the Blosse
[17:] & Reynolds stayed behind
[18:] so as to join the Mejidieh
[19:] when she arrives ~
[20:] Dr. Ramsey came to see
[21:] me, he prescribed medicine
[22:] & sounded my belly & chest,
[23:] the pain is nearly going;
< [pg: 461]
h1 style="white-space: pre-line;"> 14 Tuesd The6.37 [1:] N.W. & fine ~ I feel very
[2:] weak; & have no appetite
[3:] my mouth is very bad &
[4:] tasteless ~
[5:] Mr. Rappaport came to
[6:] see me; I told him that I
[7:] intend to make my will
[8:] out, & requested him to have
[9:] it drawn out for me; he
[10:] asked me to get two witnesses
[11:] ready & he will come
[12:] at 2 P.M. to write it out,
[13:] Dr. Ramsey called to see
[14:] me, he finds me better, but
[15:] no food can I eat, ~
[16:] Mr. Rappaport came at 2
[17:] P.M. I could only get my
[18:] Nephew Johny to be witness
[19:] Mr. Rappaport advised me
[20:] to leave three fourths of all
[21:] I possess to my son, so
[22:] that I can keep him here
[23:] with me, & the other fourth
[24:] to my wife, I consented
[pg: 462]
[2:] further I bequethed 300 Liras
[3:] to the Latin Church of St.
[4:] Thomas to be used by buying
[5:] some property the interest of
[6:] which to be spent on my Soul,
[7:] Johny witnessed & Mr. Rosenfeld
[8:] the Dragoman of Mr. Rappaport
[9:] and I had to declare also
[10:] my son Alexander in his
[11:] majority (for he is not 24 years
[12:] yet,) By doing so I got exempted
[13:] from the Consul's making
[14:] an inventory of all my property,
[15:] should I die now ~
[16:] I had to pay fees to Mr. Rappaport
[17:] of 4 Mejid & 9 P. Sagh for
[18:] the two documents which
[19:] he legalized in his office;
[20:] I sent Alexander to Dr. Ramsey
[21:] to request him to get a Consultation
[22:] with an other Doctor to
[23:] examine me, he prefered
[24:] Dr. Nezam ed Din of the
[pg: 463]
[1:] Municipality, & they will come
[2:] tomorrow;
[4:] weather;
[5:] I feel little better , but cannot
[6:] eat anything; & bowels not
[7:] working unless by injection,
[8:] Dr. Ramsey & Dr. Nezam
[9:] ed Din called at 11 Am:
[10:] the latter examined me all
[11:] over my body, & questioned me,
[12:] he found everything normal,
[13:] & agreed to Dr. Ramsey's treatment,
[14:] they went out and talked
[15:] over, their opinion is that I
[16:] must have perfect rest, No
[17:] excitement, no hard work,
[18:] & must retire from the
[19:] Ship's service etc etc;
[20:] Dr. Ramsey's fees today was
[21:] one TLira (double) & that of
[22:] Nezam ed Din also two Mejidies
[23:] instead of one;
[24:] Terrooza my niece comes often to Sleep
[25:] with us ~ Mr. Rappaport's cook is
[26:] making jelly for me, ~
[pg: 464]
[2:] I am not sleeping well, being so very
[3:] weak; I am taking the medicine, &
[4:] some Champagne, I feel thursty &
[5:] am sucking sweet Lemon;
[6:] At 11 A.M. the S.S. Mejidieh arrived
[7:] from Basreh, Metty sent our
[8:] letters from Gherrara; I heard
[9:] that my servant Haji Hamadi
[10:] is very ill, he was brought to his
[11:] house on a donkey; numerous
[12:] people come to ask to be taken
[13:] in his place; I sent Alexander
[14:] with Dr. De Souza of the Comet to
[15:] see him & I paid his fees of one
[16:] Mejidie, he found him very bad,
[17:] he is parelized half of his body
[18:] & unable to speak, he prescribed
[19:] medicines & says that by proper
[20:] treatment he may recover,
[21:] but his wife & family would not
[22:] take care of him or nurse him,
[23:] Metty came to me, he tells
[24:] me that Hamadi was unwell
[25:] in going down & laid up and
[26:] has not worked since, he was
[27:] left unattended by anybody
[pg: 465]
[1:] and Capt Hanslow never
[2:] took the slightest notice of
[3:] him or gave him any medicine
[4:] the only thing he wished that he may
[5:] not die on board before getting
[6:] to Baghdad; ~
[7:] Toma Gebboori Basmatchi the
[8:] Clerk of Rezooki Korkis in London
[9:] has been dismissed & came out
[10:] to Basreh in the Koordistan, has
[11:] come up to Amara in the Mejidieh
[12:] to see Kassim Khedery ~
[14:] not sleep last night at all being
[15:] so very weak & not eating any
[16:] thing ~
[17:] I sent the coolie Juma
[18:] to bring me some more of my
[19:] Kit from my cabin in the S.S.
[20:] Mejidieh; Mikha Tindal also
[21:] Monsoor the cabin boy came to
[22:] see me; I am eating some jelly
[23:] & arrow root, but have no appetite
[25:] I did not sleep a wink last night
[26:] & am very weak ~
[pg: 466]
[2:] he sounded my belly & tapped
[3:] all around, & prescribed some
[4:] other medicine for appetite
[5:] & for the pain; ~ I can take
[6:] a little jelly or arrow root;
[7:] I have bought altogether 9 Pints
[8:] of Champagne & 3 Pints of Cognac
[9:] of the best quanlity @ 1 Mejidie;
[10:] I spoke to Dr. Ramsey to speak
[11:] with Mr. Perry so as to extend
[12:] my leave more than a month
[13:] as it now nearly finished
[14:] & I am not yet able to leave
[15:] my bed; and besides if Dr. Ramsey
[16:] thinks that I am no longer fit
[17:] to return to my duty & must
[18:] resign the service, to explain
[19:] that to Mr. Perry; he promised
[20:] to do all this for me, and
[21:] he will write to me a letter
[22:] in which he will say that I must
[23:] resign for the benefit of my
[24:] health, so that I can enclose
[25:] this letter in the one I shall
[26:] have to write & tender my
[pg: 467]
[1:] resignation ~
[2:] The SS. Phrat left at 10 Am.
[3:] I sent to ask how Hamadi is getting
[4:] on, his wife said that they had
[5:] not given him the Medicine, &
[6:] they want him to die ~
[7:] They have take in Hamadi's
[8:] place on board the Mejidieh, Haji
[9:] Mahomed, the brother of Rashed
[10:] whom I used to take always
[11:] whenever Hamadi used to stay
[12:] behind sick,, & that was done
[13:] through Mr. Follett's suggestion,
[14:] he asked Capt Hanslow to be
[15:] allowed taken in Service ~
[17:] did not sleep last night, but I
[18:] feel better & no pain; I am
[19:] taking jelly, also Rice pudding
[20:] sent me by sister Emilia ~
[21:] Many people as well as my Sisters
[22:] called to see me ~
[23:] Terrooza my niece came in
[24:] the evening to sleep with us;
[25:] I feel better, & can walk
[pg: 468]
[2:] little appetite; I can take chicken
[3:] & broth; ~
[5:] The SS. Mossul left at 6 am,
[6:] River is rising they say: ~
[7:] I feel better & my mouth too
[8:] the lead taste is gradually going
[9:] away;
[10:] Rumours current, that
[11:] many cases of Plague is taking
[12:] place in the Jewish quarter;
[13:] and many are dying too, in
[14:] a short time, I hear that the
[15:] quarantine authorities, have found
[16:] 9 cases in a house occupied
[17:] by about 72 persons; ~
[18:] Mrs. Cowley & her daughter
[19:] Daizy Called to see me, she
[20:] came to my room, as well as
[21:] Abduljebbar Effendi; the french
[22:] Priests etc ~
[24:] better & hungry; inclined to eat
[25:] something, ~
[pg: 469]
[1:] The SS. Mejidieh left at 6
[2:] am; Mr. Reynolds joined her
[3:] as chief mate; Mr. Maclure
[4:] the third mate is to be transferred
[5:] to the Blosse Lynch (now
[6:] running in place of the Khalifah
[7:] while in Dock as 3d also) ~
[8:] River rose one foot today ~
[9:] I can walk about a little, and
[10:] go out to my room; but I am
[11:] so thin, nothing but skin and
[12:] bone; ~
[14:] it is cloudy all over, as if it is
[15:] snowing ~ I feel better, and I
[16:] have appetite, I ate some boiled
[17:] fish which I like very much,
[18:] also some boiled fowel & soup,
[19:] or a little meat boiled, but my
[20:] stomach is very weak yet; I
[21:] am taking the medicine which is
[22:] very bitter ~ my bowels passed
[23:] very constipated, I had to use
[24:] a piece of soap shoved inside
[25:] the anus ~
[pg: 470]
[2:] The SS. Baghdad arrived at
[3:] 0,,30 am; I feel better, and
[4:] have great appetite to eat,
[5:] I took boiled fish, arrow root,
[6:] The SS. Blosse Lynch arrived
[7:] at 0,,30 P.M. today;
[8:] The eldest daughter of the deceased
[9:] Raskalla Yousif Serkis, Regina
[10:] got married this evening with
[11:] Yacoob son of Yousif Ilo of Basreh
[12:] he came up in the Mejidieh
[13:] with his mother to get married
[14:] he is employed in Rezooki Angoorly's
[15:] shop @ 4 Liras per month ~
[16:] Also Dowd Toma brother of
[17:] Abdulkerim Toma got married
[18:] with a young girl of about 15
[19:] brought down for him from
[20:] Mossul, got married this
[21:] evening; ~
[22:] Hamadi my servant is getting
[23:] worse, & cannot speak now
[24:] Dr. Ramsey has visited me
[pg: 471]
[1:] 13 times, his fees came to 7 T.Liras,
[2:] Last night I felt bad, from
[3:] the dinner, I ate it laid heavy, &
[4:] a lot of wind in my stomach &
[5:] intestine, which made me suffer
[6:] all the night; I had soup boiled
[7:] fowel, little meat & potato, it is
[8:] too much for my weak stomach,
[9:] I take roasted turnip done in
[10:] the Public Bath early every morning
[11:] which I like much & does not
[12:] do me any harm; ~
[pg: 472]
[pg: 475]
Diary N 52 1901,
[pg: 2]18th August 1901, the Emperor of Austria Francis Joseph's birth day, just completed 71 years &; reigned 52 years;
[pg: 3]Continued from Diary No. 51 ~
1901 April
7 Th@5. 73 Noon 4 P.m.
[1:] Easter Sunday ~ Strong[2:] Southerly breeze, & Cloudy all
[3:] over, & warm; At 7 am
[4:] I came to the Mejidieh from
[5:] Rufail's house
[6:] The sepoys of the Residency
[7:] & the french Vice Consul
[8:] for Mossul Mr. Dorvile
[9:] & other Persian passengers
[10:] have come from the quarantine
[11:] on board; ~
[12:] At 10 I called on Mr. & Mrs.
[13:] Bottomley, as I heard that
[14:] Mrs. Bottomley & her two little
[15:] girls are going to England
[16:] in the Goolistan next week
[17:] or 10 days; so I called to
[18:] see them; there was Capt.
[19:] Hanslow too, Also Mr. Darby
[20:] Mr. Ovesinko, & Capt Paramore
[21:] called; Mr. Bottomley tells
[22:] me that, he wont stay here
[23:] even long & will have
[24:] to leave, he is not at
[pg: 4]
1901 April
[1:] all statisfied at the way[2:] that Lynch have treated him,
[3:] I came on board at 11 1/2
[4:] I saw Mr. Charle Dorvile
[5:] The french Vice Consul, he
[6:] is an old man of about
[7:] 55 or 60, he was at Jedda
[8:] for four years as Vice Consul,
[9:] he had left Paris four
[10:] months ago & came to
[11:] Constantinople & thence
[12:] by Bombay;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 432 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[13:] At 1,,15 P.M. Got underway[14:] & proceeded; Southerly
[15:] Wind & Cloudy all over
[16:] blowing strong & dusty overcast
[17:] Weather ~
[18:] I finished with the Passengers
[19:] tickets; The Weather is very
[20:] disagreable warm & the
[21:] dust becoming thick ~
[pg: 5]
[1:] At 5 1/2 P.M. it became very
[2:] thick,& a hard shower of
[3:] rain begun to come down
[4:] with lightning & thunder,
[5:] the wind shifted to N. West,
[6:] & cooled the atmosphere; We
[7:] had furled the Awnings an
[8:] hour ago, & so all the pas
[9:] got wet down
[10:] below; ~ The rain ceased after
[11:] 10 minutes & the wind again
[12:] West round to East & S. East;
[13:] At 7 we were abliged to
[14:] anchor it became very dark
[15:] with thunder & lightning &
[16:] then an other heavy shower
[17:] Came down till 7 1/4; again
[18:] at 8 it rained for 1/2 hour
[19:] & remained cloudy & dark
[20:] At 11,,45 passed Gorna,
Mond 8 Th5.72 noon 80 Pm
[21:] Light S. Ely & cloudy all[22:] over warm ~
[23:] At 5.45 AM. passed
[24:] Azair ~ warm & dampy,
[pg: 6]
1901 April
[1:] We have altogether 184 1/2[2:] Passengers; (3 in 1st class
[3:] Mr. Dorvile the french Vice
[4:] Consul Haji Seyd Reza
[5:] from Burmah a traveller & Rezooki Bashoory
[6:] and one in 2d class the
[7:] sister of Mr. Yacoob Abdulla
[8:] Malcom) & 27 Sepoys through,
[9:] At 11,,50 landed one
[10:] Passenger at Kalat Saleh,
[11:] Very Sultry & cloudy day,
[12:] At 0,,50 P.M. Grounded
[13:] Above El Metchryeh Cannal
[14:] & had to take out an
[15:] anchor & hove off; At 1,,30
[16:] P.M. proceeded
[17:] At 7,,30 P.M. arrived at
[18:] Amara, landed 61/2 Passeng
[19:] &300 Coils of Hoop Iron
[20:] For the Woolen Press of
[21:] Weather very cloudy all over,
[22:] We took in 6 tons of coal
[23:] & shipped 23 Packges @ 12 Paras
[24:] for Baghdad;
[25:] Abdulkadur Khdery came
[26:] to me & the Sabian goldsmith
[27:] Zahroon; & we settled & paid
[28:] the latter 4 T Liras for
[pg: 7]
[1:] the silver Photo frame 75 Metcal
[2:] & the studs & links for Mr. Parry
[3:] @ 2 1/4 Krs the Metcal, the
[4:] Lira goes here at 47 1/2 Kerans,
[5:] We hauled out at 10 1/2 P.M.
[6:] & remained waiting for the
[7:] moon rise, it being very cloudy,
[8:] At 12 P.M. We proceeded,
9 Tuesd Th5.66
[9:] N. Ely wind & cloudy, the[10:] wind is increasing in force &
[11:] has got quite cold ~
[12:] Gave tickets to 44 1/2 Amara
[13:] passengers;
[14:] At 8.30 AM. passed Ali
[15:] Sherghi; Clouds clearing up &
[16:] a N.W. breeze;
[17:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed the
[18:] S.S. Mossul & Barge going down
[19:] I saw Abduljebbar the lawyer
[20:] in her going to Basreh from
[21:] Coot ~
[22:] At 3,,45 passed Ali
[23:] Gherbi
[24:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[25:] weather ~
10 Wedn Th5.64
[26:] Modte S. Ely Wind & fine[27:] Cool weather ~
[28:] Passed the Bridge below
[pg: 8]
1901 April
[1:] Coot which was opened[2:] something has gone adrift ~
[3:] At 7 am arrived at Coot
[4:] landed 5 passengers, & 200
[5:] coils of Hoop Iron for Lynchs
[6:] Press, also 16 Bund Gunny Bags
[7:] for Khderys ~ Took in 6 Tons
[8:] of Coal; It has rained here
[9:] heavily for about an hour
[10:] last night ~ I left a letter
[11:] here for Henry;
[12:] At 9 We left Coot, Took
[13:] 8 Passengers; ~
[14:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed the
[15:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
[16:] down at the top of Um el Boomy
[17:] reach; Strong N.W. Wind
[18:] blowing;
[19:] At 7,,10 P.M. passed
[20:] Memlah & at 7,,20 anchored
[21:] it being very cloudy and
[22:] dark cloudy with Ely
[23:] breeze ~ It begun to rain
[24:] at 8 & kept it on all the night
[25:] it rains for about two hours
[26:] steadily, no wind it became
[27:] calm & rain coming down
[pg: 9]
[1:] at interval; The Captain did
[2:] not spread the awning & all
[3:] the passengers had to come
[4:] down; a very curious idea
[5:] when the weather is calm & we
[6:] are at anchor, not to put the
[7:] awnings ~
11 Thursd Th.5.62 Noon 75 4P.m 76
[8:] At 3,,40 am we proceeded[9:] from above Memlah, the
[10:] rain having ceased & clouds
[11:] scattering about ~ A
[12:] light cold N.W. breeze and
[13:] is getting very fine;
[14:] At 2,,55 P.M. passed
[15:] Azizieh; Fine weather &
[16:] Modte N.W. Wind;
[17:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[18:] Fort ~ Light N.W. & fine cool
[19:] weather ~
[20:] I turned in to Sleep at 9 & after 1/2
[21:] hour awoke & could not Sleep
[22:] at all; I felt the flees awfully ,
[23:] & the cold in my head troubled
[24:] me; ~
12 Frid Th. 5.56 noon 74
[25:] Very fine & Cold weather,[26:] Light N.W. breeze; I never slept
[27:] last night until this morning
[28:] when I felt sleepy, but was
[29:] too late, I got up at Semreh
[pg: 10]
1901 April
[1:] reach, I feel so weak & Giddy[2:] from want of sleep;
[3:] The S.S. Phrat is in sight ahead
[4:] somewhere at Gusseiba, we
[5:] shall not be able to pass her,
[6:] River is rising, & being turbid,
[7:] At 8,,40 AM, passed
[8:] Ctesiphon; we are catching
[9:] up the Phrat fast, when
[10:] we were at Jaffer, she was
[11:] rounding Diala reach at
[12:] 11 3/4 AM, it is the rising of
[13:] the river which checked her
[14:] speed;
[15:] At 0,,40 P.M. passed
[16:] Diala river, we can see the Phrat
[17:] now plain ahead of us at
[18:] Rustumyeh, she is going very slow
[19:] Before getting to Gherrara while
[20:] we were at Badawyeh, she had
[21:] gained on us & she was at
[22:] the garden of Gherrara ~ There
[23:] is no Bridge across since
[24:] it got damaged by the late rise
[25:] about 1 1/2 month ago;
[26:] At 3,,40 P.M. I landed at
[27:] Gherrarah, also Rezeooki Beshoory
[28:] & Metty landed & we walked
[29:] in to Baghdad, arrived at
[30:] 4,,50; found Eliza unwell
[pg: 11]
[1:] she has had cold & fever etc
[2:] also Alexander in bed having
[3:] caught cold; & is funky &
[4:] afraid because there are some
[5:] typhoid fever in Baghdad
[6:] & Georgy Cowley died from
[7:] it but as I am told by my
[8:] wife who has been to see Mrs.
[9:] Cowley, that Georgy had got
[10:] very well & has had a relax;
[11:] which he gave cause to
[12:] having gone out in the desert
[13:] & played so many Games &
[14:] races etc, & this caused a
[15:] grave derangements in the
[16:] intestines & caused vomiting;
[17:] The Mejidieh arrived at 7 1/2
[18:] P.M. & she passed the Phrat
[19:] at Kerradah, the latter arrived
[20:] at about 9 P.M.; ~
13 Satur Th.5.61
[21:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[22:] at 7 1/2 am I called on Kerop
[23:] Setyan my Lawyer about
[24:] the small house, he says that
[25:] Emin wishes to have a settlement
[26:] by paying him something,
[27:] & if I allow him he will
[28:] finish it with him that way
[pg: 12]
1901 April
[1:] & take an Ilam etc etc ~[2:] I came on board, we are
[3:] alongside discharging Cargo;
[4:] They say we are leaving on Tuesday,
[5:] At 9 1/2 I went to call on Menusha
[6:] Henrys wife & then went home,
[7:] at 10 1/2 I went to the office to
[8:] see Mr. Parry & gave him the account
[9:] for the value of the silver frame
[10:] & links made by the Lubba
[11:] Silversmith Zahroon at Amara
[12:] which came to ~
[13:] 4 Liras & 2 Kerans; I saw
[14:] Alfred Holland in the Office,
[15:] also Johnny Artin etc; I
[16:] Came home at 11 am. I
[17:] feel much headache & weakness,
[18:] we breakfasted at 12,
[19:] At 2 1/2 P.M. in spite of my
[20:] headache & giddiness, I went
[21:] to take a warm water bath,
[22:] We have taken away the stove
[23:] & replaced the big Samawar
[24:] instead, it got hot & the
[25:] water in it also very hot,
[26:] as the weather is very mild
[27:] & warm; while I was washing
[28:] I felt my head going round
[pg: 13]
[1:] as if I was drunk; however
[2:] I know that I still had the heache
[3:] & cold in my head since I
[4:] went down last week, but
[5:] it seems that the warm
[6:] water made it worse, I
[7:] kept washing, but then I
[8:] felt that I was getting worse
[9:] & unable to continue, the
[10:] doors of the bathroom being
[11:] both secured inside, I tryed
[12:] to rise up & open the door
[13:] leading to our sleeping room
[14:] but my head got so giddy
[15:] & I was so week that I fell
[16:] down flat on the dirty water
[17:] which had not run down
[18:] through the pipe because
[19:] it had got chocked, I
[20:] then sung out for the servant
[21:] Zekki which did not
[22:] answer, I then sung out
[23:] for my wife Eliza about
[24:] three or four times & then
[25:] I ceased & lost conciousness
[26:] lying flat on the ground,
[27:] I only felt some body
[pg: 14]
1901 April
[1:] trying to lift me up & that was[2:] all, I cannot recollect or
[3:] feel how I was brought out
[4:] to bed; I became conscious
[5:] then in bed when I saw
[6:] before me my wife, Alexander
[7:] his wife Mary, Dowd Ghazala,
[8:] also Antone Marine,
[9:] & Eliza was putting my flannel
[10:] & shirt on me, & they were
[11:] giving me Ether sulphuric
[12:] to drink & smell, & water
[13:] thrown on my face,~
[14:] It appears that our servant
[15:] sung out to my wife that I
[16:] was calling her, & Dowd
[17:] Ghazalla has been with her
[18:] talking, & they rushed on
[19:] to see what is the matter
[20:] & finding the door locked
[21:] they went to the other one
[22:] & with a knife lifted the
[23:] hook & found me sensless
[24:] on the ground & with difficulty
[25:] thus lifted me up & with
[26:] Alexander's assistance they
[pg: 15]
[1:] brought me to bed, I
[2:] then came to my sense & found
[3:] relieved, & was so astonished
[4:] at what happened to me,
[5:] without a serious cause for
[6:] it, unless it is the cold in my
[7:] head & the walk to town
[8:] from Gherrara yesterday
[9:] did it worse; as soon as
[10:] I was put in bed I saw that
[11:] Dr. Ramsay of the Residency
[12:] surgeon was sent for by
[13:] Antone Marine, he soon
[14:] came, & I explained all to
[15:] him & how I was unwell
[16:] in the down trip & had fever
[17:] & cold & was billious etc,
[18:] he sounded me, & then
[19:] said that it was nothing
[20:] he will send me a dose of
[21:] Coslomel to take at bed time
[22:] & must keep a strict diet
[23:] taking nothing but Soup
[24:] & milk, etc ~ How the news
[25:] spred about the town is astonishing,
[26:] all sent to ask about my state
[27:] my sister Emilia, Mrs. Cowley
[pg: 16]
1901 April
[1:] Menusha, many other Christian[2:] people; even my sisters Eliza
[3:] & Medula being out encamped
[4:] in the Garden of Bahar
[5:] sent at night to enquire;
[6:] Antone came in the evening
[7:] I took soup only, & some milk
[8:] with sodawater~ at night
[9:] before turning in I took the
[10:] dose of Calomel~ I felt Sick
[11:] at midnight & then my
[12:] Bowels began to work;
14 Sund
[13:] My bowels kept working[14:] all the night & this morning
[15:] too; I feel very weak, & a
[16:] bad headache, applied vinigar
[17:] & cold water on my front,
[18:] lots of people called to see
[19:] me, also Mr. Rappaport, he
[20:] advised me not to go down
[21:] this trip & he said he will
[22:] tell D. Ramsy not to let me
[23:] go; I had the fever all the
[24:] night until this morning;
[25:] Hannosh Dr. Ramsy & man
[26:] came to see me & report
[27:] to the doctor, He sent
[pg: 17]
[1:] to tell me to continue,
[2:] my diet as before, and
[3:] the doctor will come to
[4:] see me tomorrow at 10 AM,
[5:] Menusha & Louisa came
[6:] to see me, but none of my
[7:] sisters, they only send to
[8:] enquire how was I. -
[9:] Johny & Antone Marine called
[10:] I felt better after the bowels
[11:] had worked till this afternoon,
[12:] I took my soup in the evening,
[13:] & slept ~ The room is not
[14:] so warm ~
15 Mond
[15:] Light NW; & fine; at 7 1/2[16:] AM I dressed but feel very
[17:] weak & can hardly stand,
[18:] I took Alexander with me
[19:] & went on board, I sent
[20:] the money to the office, and
[21:] put all the rest of small
[22:] money in the big Iron safe,
[23:] also gathered my small
[24:] articles & kit & put them
[25:] in a Trunk & locked it, &
[26:] so prepared that
[pg: 18]
1901 April
[1:] should in case Dr. Ramsy[2:] prevents me from going
[3:] down this trip, I gave to Metty
[4:] the key of my cabin & we
[5:] came home after 1/2 hour,
[6:] & I laid down; some more
[7:] people called; the Bishop &
[8:] Kass Toma Bahi, Antone Marine
[9:] & Shekoory Sayegh; ~ at 10 1/2
[10:] Dr. Ramsey came he saw
[11:] me & felt my pulse & found
[12:] me well he allowed me to
[13:] eat what I wish; & told
[14:] me that I must not go down
[15:] this trip & must take a
[16:] rest; & that he is going to
[17:] tell Mr. Parry the Agent So,
[18:] he left, we paid him @ 1/2 TLira
[19:] for each visit ~
[20:] I sent Alexander @ 3 P.M. to
[21:] Lynch's office to tell Mr. Parry
[22:] that the Doctor had prevented
[23:] me from going he took Johny
[24:] & they told him, he said that
[25:] D Ramsy had told him so,
[26:] & he informed Capt Hanslow
[27:] that I was not going,
[pg: 19]
[1:] I had soup & some roast meat
[2:] & potatoes for dinner ~
[3:] Metty came to see me & also
[4:] to know if I was not going,
16 Tuesd
[5:] Light N. Ely & Ely breeze[6:] & warm; The SS. Baghdad
[7:] arrived last night; I
[8:] feel still the cold in my head
[9:] my teeth are all aching me
[10:] & my throat, I can swallow
[11:] but with pain, it must have
[12:] been a very severe attack
[13:] of cold I got during those
[14:] hot nights last trip in
[15:] going down; ~ Some people
[16:] called; ~ my throat
[17:] & all the gums of my teeth are
[18:] paining me & red as blisters
[19:] I cannot swallow; ~
17 Wedn
[20:] Light S. Ely breeze with some[21:] Clouds; I took a dose of fruit
[22:] Salt, as my bowels are not
[23:] working since Sunday after
[24:] the medicine I had taken;
[25:] The S.S. Mejidieh left
[26:] at about 5 AM ~
[pg: 20]
1901 April
[1:] I still feel weak, & the pain[2:] on my teeth & throat continues,
[3:] Johny & Artin & his wife
[4:] Serpohi called on us; also
[5:] Antone Marine & Mr. Rappaport
[6:] called to see me; at 5
[7:] P.M. a strong squall came
[8:] on with thick dust & the wind
[9:] shifted to N.W. & then after
[10:] an hour it cleared up; Shekoory
[11:] Sayegh called;
18 Thursd Th5.70 noon 90 4 P.M 84
[12:] Light S. Ely, warm & fine,[13:] I feel still weak & my head
[14:] aching; with giddiness & a
[15:] sore throat & the gums of my
[16:] teeth ~ The Chaldean Priests
[17:] called on us ~ Also Père
[18:] Augustin who arrived from
[19:] Rome on Thursday last,
[20:] having left Monseigneur
[21:] Altmayer to go to Paris &
[22:] thence to Alsace to see his
[23:] parents; he came via
[24:] Brindisi to Alexandria
[pg: 21]
[1:] & to Jerusalem, Beyrout
[2:] & Damascus & thence on
[3:] a Camel's back by Post
[4:] in eleven days to Baghdad
[5:] but he suffered the journey
[6:] terribly for want of water
[7:] food & sleep ~ my cousin
[8:] Adoola called on us ~
[9:] Weather getting cloudy
[10:] by 3 P.M. & breeze S. Wester,
19 Frid Th 5.67
[11:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[12:] The S.S. Phrat left this morning
[13:] for Basreh ~ Alexander &
[14:] Mary went at 6AM down
[15:] in a goffa to my Sisters Eliza
[16:] & Medoola at Moshi Bahar's
[17:] Garden to spend the day,
[18:] Some Clouds are coming up
[19:] from the East & South;
[20:] Catherina Yaghechi came to call
[21:] to see how I am; ~ Also
[22:] Père Jean the acting superior
[23:] in Père Pierres absence ~
[24:] The S.S. Khalifah has passed
[25:] Gherrara at 5 P.M. Henry
[26:] sent me a letter, he heard of
[pg: 22]
1901 April
[1:] my indisposition from the[2:] Mejidieh they stopped with her
[3:] the day before; He has also
[4:] landed at Gherrarah &
[5:] called on me on his way for
[6:] few minutes; he has left my
[7:] letter & papers at Coot;
[8:] Alexander & Mary came back
[9:] from the garden at 6 1/2 P.M.
[10:] Light air & cloudy, but is
[11:] clearing up;
20 Satur
[12:] Light variable air and[13:] warm ~ Henry called on
[14:] me at 6 1/2 the Khalifah had
[15:] about 254 passengers and
[16:] 291,000 Okes ~ Antone Marine
[17:] Johny my nephew also called
[18:] at 8 AM ~
[19:] Weather very unsettled, cloudy
[20:] warm & air from S. Est, & N. Est;
[21:] At 3 1/2 some slight shower fell;
[22:] Henry called on us for an hour,
[23:] In the evening it rained very
[24:] slightly & remained cloudy
21 Sund
[25:] S. Ely breeze & fine weather,[26:] I feel well & little stronger,
[27:] at 8 AM we went to church
[pg: 23]
[1:] I met Henry there & Antone
[2:] Marine we then left and
[3:] called on Antone also on
[4:] Henry & on Yaghchies;
[5:] My wife, Alexander & Marie
[6:] went to the Pahlawans our
[7:] opposite neighbors, for the
[8:] bethrotal of their daughter
[9:] Mina with Michail son
[10:] of Beshara a Clerk in
[11:] Blockey Hotz's office by
[12:] invitation, I excused myself
[13:] from going, they returned
[14:] at 10 1/2 AM; ~ Warm
[15:] S. Ely breeze; & clouds;
[16:] At 2 1/2 P.M. Henry & his children
[17:] came to us & had tea; then Antone
[18:] came & then at 4. Henry Antone
[19:] & I left & Antone went to call
[20:] on Alice; & we went to see
[21:] Mrs. Cowley to condole her on the
[22:] death of her son George on the
[23:] 1st mal & I saw Charly her
[24:] oldest son there too, there is
[25:] now only him employed in the
[26:] Khalifah as chief mate &
[27:] the little son Victor
[pg: 24]
1901 April
[1:] We also called on Père Augustin[2:] (Elias Sayegh) but was not at
[3:] home; so I came home ~
[4:] Mons. Rouet the French Vice
[5:] Consul called on us; also
[6:] Yacoob Oossy & Shekoory Sayegh,
[7:] This evening an awful scene
[8:] & a quarrel took place between
[9:] my son & his wife on the one
[10:] side & my wife & myself,
[11:] It appears that Marie has
[12:] an auful hatered against
[13:] my wife since 3 or 4 months,
[14:] she is very contanerous and
[15:] stuborn girl; it shows her
[16:] manners as far as family
[17:] connection is concerned,
[18:] the cause of it this evening
[19:] was that my wife told me
[20:] that it was not convenient
[21:] for Marie to sew in her gown
[22:] today being Sunday, &
[23:] I told her this smilingly,
[24:] she answered to me that
[25:] this is from my wife that
[26:] told me, & why then
[pg: 25]
[1:] did she wash clothes on
[2:] Christmas even with an
[3:] angry tone, & Alexander
[4:] joined her & both begun
[5:] to talk inpertinently, this
[6:] made me enraged, & I
[7:] talked strongly to them that
[8:] this sort of misbehaviour
[9:] cannot be tolerated; &
[10:] she must hold her tongue,
[11:] they both expressed their
[12:] utmost sorrow for having
[13:] come out here from Paris
[14:] & had they known it so,
[15:] they would not have come
[16:] out; I told Alexander that
[17:] he is at liberty to leave
[18:] tomorrow if he likes, I have
[19:] no impediment whatever,
[20:] In fact this lasted on hour
[21:] & made me so weak and
[22:] disgusted, that none of us
[23:] took any dinner; I felt
[24:] so touched at what happened
[25:] & so astonished at both
[pg: 25]
1901 April
[1:] Alexander & Marie's behaviour[2:] toward us, in a most daring
[3:] & disrespectful way, she
[4:] making expressions to my
[5:] wife of being a lyer and
[6:] other unbecoming words;
22 Mond The5.67
[7:] Light variable air & cloudy,[8:] I was writing a strong letter
[9:] to Alexander warning him
[10:] of what he has caused last
[11:] night, but my wife prevented
[12:] me & so she & I sent for
[13:] Antone Marine & explained to
[14:] him all; he called Alexander
[15:] & spoke to him & advised
[16:] him to obey his father & mother
[17:] & to reprimand his wife to
[18:] keep the piece etc, but I
[19:] was firm & would not accept
[20:] all these promises unless
[21:] I see Marie coming to her
[22:] senses; & then I left the
[23:] house, Antone squared it
[24:] with Alexander & his mother
[25:] & then Alexander brought
[pg: 27]
[1:] his wife to kiss his mother etc,
[2:] I called on Henry on board
[3:] the Khalifah & there we
[4:] went to call on Mr. Rappaport
[5:] but he was not at home
[6:] we went to Henry's house where
[7:] I stayed & breakfasted;
[8:] Came home at 1 P.M.;
[9:] The S.S. Baghdad left this
[10:] morning, she took troops
[11:] down to Basreh about 150
[12:] men & war materials & the
[13:] General of Cavallery Mahomed
[14:] Pasha Daghestani; Since
[15:] the last battle which took
[16:] place a month ago, between
[17:] Abdulaziz son of Mahomed
[18:] ibn Rashid the Sheikh
[19:] of Shammar el Jebel and
[20:] Mubarek ibn Sobah Sheikh
[21:] of Kweit & the Sheikhs of
[22:] Montefik Sadoon & Abdulla
[23:] sons of Monsoor Pasha of
[24:] the Sadoon family & other
[25:] tribes in which the Sheikh
[26:] of Shemar el Jebel vanquished
[27:] and killed all these
[pg: 28]
1901 April
[1:] latter Sheikhs & about 3000[2:] of their followers & clans,
[3:] at a distance of about 14
[4:] days in land S. West of
[5:] Basreh, this war has caused
[6:] great political complication
[7:] between the English and
[8:] Turkish government, the
[9:] former is taking the part
[10:] of Mubarek el Sobah on
[11:] account of their aim to
[12:] possess Kweit, & the latter
[13:] is with the son of Rashid
[14:] having formed new tyes
[15:] of friendship & exchanged
[16:] presents etc, I hear that
[17:] three English men of war
[18:] are already at Kweit;
1901 April
[19:] The Commander in Chief[20:] of the Turkish Toops also has
[21:] left for Basreh in the SS.
[22:] Phrat on te 19th about this
[23:] affair, & also regarding the
[24:] bribe which Mohsen Pasha
[25:] Wali of Basreh had taken
[pg: 29]
[1:] from Mubarek ibn Sobah
[2:] T.Liras 5000; to be in his favor,
[3:] I should give better report
[4:] on this affair further
[5:] when I will gather more
[6:] information, I am afraid
[7:] this affair will cause serious
[8:] complication in the Persian
[9:] Gulf ~
[10:] Henry called on us. he
[11:] says there was no cargo shipped
[12:] today in the Khalifah ~
[13:] A heavy shower of rain
[14:] fell this afternoon for 1/2
[15:] hour;
23 Tuesd Th5.64
[16:] Light S.W. & fine[17:] at 8 AM I went on board the
[18:] Khalifah to see Henry &
[19:] then went to Kerop Sethyan
[20:] in his office in Khan of
[21:] Defterdar with Shekoory
[22:] Sayegh about my affair
[23:] of the little house with Emin,
[24:] who has consented to take
[25:] 15 T Liras from me & finish
[26:] it altogether;
[pg: 30]
1901 April
[1:] At 6 P.M Alexander, Marie and[2:] I went over to see Henry and
[3:] his family, as he leaves tomorrow,
[4:] The Khalifah is taking
[5:] some Jews to Azair, also
[6:] the Mejideh had taken some,
[7:] At 8 we came home, fine
[8:] Cool weather & light N.W. breeze,
24 Wedn Th@5.60 noon 85
[9:] Light northerly breeze &[10:] little cloudy;
[11:] The S.S. Khalifah left at
[12:] 5 AM; Kass Toma Bahi called
[13:] on us; ~
[14:] My wife Eliza went to call on
[15:] Mrs Cowley ~
[16:] At 4 P.M. I went to father
[17:] Phillippus Maghak in the Armenian
[18:] Church & confessed to him
[19:] up in his room; It is over 5
[20:] years I think since I had done
[21:] so; I came back at 4 1/2;
[22:] Weather fine & cool, light N. Ely
[23:] breeze;
25 Th5. 68 Thursd
[24:] Light N. Ely, & fine weather,[25:] The S.S. Mossul arrived this
[26:] morning at about 3 AM.
[pg: 31]
[1:] Artin my nephew came to
[2:] see us he is inviting me from
[3:] the part of my two sisters
[4:] Eliza & Medoola to go out to
[5:] them in the Garden of Moshi
[6:] Bahar to spend few days,
[7:] Breeze shifted to N. Wester
[8:] At 4 P.M. I went again to Father
[9:] Philippus & Confessed & he
[10:] gave me the absolution so
[11:] as I can take the communion
[12:] tomorrow morning in
[13:] our Latin Church;
[14:] Alfred Holland called on
[15:] us before sunset, he came to
[16:] see me after my sickness;
[17:] Also Shekoory Sayegh;
[18:] At 6 A.M. my wife, Alexander
[19:] & Marie & I called on Antone
[20:] Marine till 8 P.M.,
[21:] I have a bad Cholic and
[22:] diarrhea I think from eating
[23:] much mulberry ~
[24:] I did not sleep at all tonight,
[25:] My bowels are working
[26:] with great pain ~
[27:] At midnight I begun to
[28:] go to the stool often
[pg: 32]
1901 April 26 Frid Th5.68
[1:] At 4 1/2 Am I went to the Latin[2:] Church & took the Holy
[3:] Communion, Adminstered
[4:] by Père marie Joseph the old
[5:] man; at 5 I came home,
[6:] my bowels worked 7 times
[7:] since Midnight, & I had
[8:] the fever too; I feel very
[9:] weak;
[10:] Light S. Ely & fine; my
[11:] bowels worked from midnight
[12:] till 5 P.M. 22 times, I took
[13:] nothing but soup; I took
[14:] a dose of Castor Oil at 1 P.M.
[15:] to stop it but to no effect
[16:] it worked me bile & continues
[17:] the diarrhea, I have the
[18:] fever it comes & goes, and
[19:] cannot lift my head up,
[20:] Mr. Rappaport called on us
[21:] I came out & sat with him,
[22:] he insists that I should
[23:] call a Doctor;
[24:] Weather Cloudy, Warm &
[25:] S. Ely breeze;
[26:] I sent to Menusha & got
[pg: 33]
[1:] Some Chlorodine to take, I took
[2:] about 10 drops, it ceased for
[3:] 3 hours & begun again at
[4:] midnight, it is coming out
[5:] red, it is mixed with blood &
[6:] matter or bile; ~
[7:] Mahomed the Hamal of Henry
[8:] came to me in the evening, he
[9:] says that he heard there is going
[10:] to be a Quarantine on the S.S.
[11:] Mejidieh when she comes up
[12:] tomorrow at Gherrara, as
[13:] they say there has been two
[14:] cases of Plague found at
[15:] Basreh, & the order came
[16:] from Constple that after the
[17:] 20th Instt; all vessels that leave
[18:] Basreh are subject to 10 days
[19:] quarantine until further
[20:] orders; ~
27 Satur
[21:] Light S. Ely & hazy weather,[22:] my bowels are still working
[23:] me, up till noon it had worked
[24:] over 35 times altogether,
[25:] I have much pain on the
[26:] groin, below the navel in
[27:] the intestines, like so much
[28:] wind ~ I sent Alexander
[pg: 34]
1901 April
[1:] to Lynch's office & to Antone[2:] Marine to ascertain about
[3:] the Mejidieh's Quarantine at
[4:] Gherrara; he came back & said
[5:] that it was true & the quarantine
[6:] people went out to Gherrara
[7:] to prepare the place, it is not
[8:] certain for how long & what
[9:] is the extent of the desease
[10:] in Basreh; Johny called on
[11:] us also & reported the same
[12:] thing, also Antone Marine
[13:] called; ~
[14:] We sent for Hannosh the
[15:] assistant attendant of Dr.
[16:] Ramsey & reported to him
[17:] about my dysentry & the
[18:] blood etc I am passing,
[19:] & if he thinks it is necessary
[20:] to Dr. Ramsey, he said it
[21:] does not require him, It is
[22:] a dysentry which will have
[23:] to keep strict diet taking
[24:] nothing but milk & soda
[25:] water, & some sage with
[26:] milk; & he will send me
[27:] 4 papers of powder to be
[28:] taken once every 4 hours
[pg: 35]
[1:] I took one at 5 1/2 & it stopped
[2:] the diarrhea for 3 hours, I took
[3:] a paper at 9 1/2, I took only
[4:] little sage & milk, my bowels
[5:] worked twice but the evaquation
[6:] was not blood; it was more
[7:] natural; I am taking milk
[8:] & soda water;
28 Sund Th@5. 76 noon 100
[9:] Light N. Ely & hazy warm[10:] weather; I slept last night a
[11:] little, but had the fever every
[12:] now & then; as the intestines
[13:] are inflamed so the fever
[14:] comes naturally; my bowels
[15:] worked 4 times today from
[16:] 5 AM till 2 P.M. I took
[17:] the last powder at 2 P.M.
[18:] my bowels worked very thick
[19:] bile yellow; & I felt relieved,
[20:] The Mejidieh arrived at
[21:] Gherrara last night at about
[22:] 9 P.M. & stopped there; I
[23:] have no news from her;
[24:] Weather very sultry cloudy
[25:] & warm;
[26:] We sent for Hannosh Dr. Ramsey's
[27:] man, he prescribed me two
[pg: 36]
1901 April
[1:] more powders for stopping the[2:] dysentry & told me he will
[3:] call tomorrow morning to
[4:] see how I am getting & if I
[5:] require Dr. Ramsey; ~
[6:] Yacoob son Mikha our Tindal
[7:] came to see me he was at Gherrara
[8:] to the Mejidieh & brought me
[9:] my papers & letters from
[10:] Henry, Rufail & Rezooki etc,
[11:] There is no accurate news
[12:] if plague has really taken
[13:] place at Basreh, when the
[14:] Mejidieh had left Basreh
[15:] there was no news at all,
[16:] Adoola my cousin is here
[17:] with us since yesterday &
[18:] she is sleeping with us tonight
[19:] too ~
29 Mond
[20:] Light northerly air & is again[21:] getting cloudy; I am so very
[22:] weak today that I cannot
[23:] get up; my bowels worked
[24:] me twice at midnight &
[25:] at 2 P.M. also bile, I
[pg: 37]
[1:] took the powder this morning,
[2:] Hannosh came at 9 1/2
[3:] AM. I explained all to him, & he
[4:] said that should we wish
[5:] to get Dr. Ramsey, he will go
[6:] & ask him to come; ~ My Sister
[7:] Emilia called to see me, also
[8:] Menusha, Louisa & others,
[9:] Dr. Ramsey came he prescribed
[10:] the same powder which Hannosh
[11:] is giving me, to be taken
[12:] one every four hours if my
[13:] bowels continue working,
[14:] but if not to stop taking it,
[15:] & to put Linseed poultesses on
[16:] my belly on the groin of the
[17:] intestines & not take anything
[18:] but milk with sage, or milk
[19:] with rice; I can drink water
[20:] as much as I like; we paid
[21:] him his fees of 1/2 T. Liras &
[22:] 1 Mejidi to Hannosh ~ thus
[23:] it came to 1 1/2 Liras to him &
[24:] 2 Mejidi to Hannosh ~
[25:] I feel so awfully weak that
[26:] I can do nothing but
[pg: 38]
1901 April
[1:] lay down ~ at noon a telegram[2:] came from Henry from
[3:] Basreh dated today,
[4:] Svoboda, Baghdad
[5:] Ten days Quarantine Garmat
[6:] Ali, all well, Svoboda
[7:] We have no news at all here
[8:] about the cases of plague at
[9:] Basreh; ~ some more visitors
[10:] called, the Bishop also Regina
[11:] my niece (Mrs. Duncan Alexander)
[12:] Eliza daughter of Reesha Andria &
[13:] her sister Catterina widow of Rezooki
[14:] Serkis; ~ my bowels are not
[15:] working but the pain in the
[16:] intestines continues yet ~
[17:] Weather cloudy, sultry & warm
[18:] Breeze from N. Est ~
30 Tuesd
[19:] Light N. Ely & fine weather,[20:] my bowels worked very little at
[21:] midnight the same as before
[22:] It seems that I am full of
[23:] Bile ~
[24:] Alexander went to
[25:] Gherrara early on his Bycicle
[26:] he came at 9 AM. having
[27:] been to the Mejidieh" she is
[pg: 39]
[1:] at anchor below the Bridge
[2:] & near the shore there are
[3:] only 2 or 3 guards; In the
[4:] Boat which came off there
[5:] were Abduljebbar the Lawyer
[6:] Yacoob Eassayi & his sister
[7:] in law the wife of Artin Eassayi,
[8:] Michel Yaghchi, & Toni
[9:] Angurly who are passengers
[10:] from Basreh, their relations
[11:] had also gone out to see them
[12:] from the bank; ~
[13:] Hannosh came to see me,
[14:] he advised me to take now an
[15:] other powder, so as to ensure
[16:] my bowels from working,
[17:] I did take; But I feel so
[18:] very weak, that I am so giddy
[19:] & cannot stand or walk,
[20:] The Wife of Kirikar Koorookchi
[21:] (daughter of Bolus Hanna Bash)
[22:] died today at about 10 1/2
[23:] AM from heart disease she
[24:] has been suffering for a long
[25:] time, her daughter the wife
[26:] of Artin Eassayi being on
[27:] board the Mejidieh in
[pg: 40]
1901 April
[1:] Quarantine at Gherrara -[2:] she is on her way back down from
[3:] Basreh as her husband
[4:] Artin has left for London
[5:] to try & find a job for him
[6:] there;
[7:] Shekoory Sayegh, Eliahoo
[8:] Dennoos; Catterina mother of
[9:] Shekoory Sayegh & his wife
[10:] Terrooza & Antone Marine
[11:] called on us ~
[12:] My bowels has not worked
[13:] today since midnight, &
[14:] am taking nothing but milk
[15:] & soda water ~
[16:] Mr. Rappaport passed to see
[17:] me at 6 1/4 P.M. he did not come
[18:] up, & he says that the three
[19:] persons attacked by plague in
[20:] Basreh have died;
[21:] Light N. Ely breeze & fine moon
[22:] light 12 days old;
[23:] I took some Rice & milk only
[24:] but have no appetite ~
[25:] We are still sleeping in the
[26:] room;
[pg: 41]
May 1 Wedn. Th.5.68
[1:] Light N. Ely breeze, with[2:] some clouds coming on; I
[3:] slept well but feel very weak
[4:] still, as I eat nothing but milk
[5:] & some rice with it cooked
[6:] together;
[7:] Haji Ahmed Effendi
[8:] Maghazachi, the murder of
[9:] Kifil came to see me, I have
[10:] not seen him for the last 4
[11:] or 5 years, he came on leave
[12:] of one month, & have to see
[13:] Mr. Rappaport whom he
[14:] knows at Kifil;
[15:] I took few spoons of milk & Sage,
[16:] but with difficulty as I get so
[17:] sick of it & of the milk ~
[18:] At noon my bowels worked, it
[19:] had not worked since yesterday
[20:] noon; but this time it was
[21:] regular rather mild, but very
[22:] dark green & with very offensive
[23:] smell; I however felt relieved
[24:] Johny called, Also sister
[25:] Emilia came in
[26:] the afternoon; we sent for
[27:] Hannosh & explained to
[28:] him, & I told him that
[pg: 42]
1901 May
[1:] the none eating is making me[2:] so weak; he said that now
[3:] I can take some soup or
[4:] the yoke of an egg beatten with
[5:] milk & a small piece of
[6:] bread & so on; ~ I feel
[7:] better than any day;
[8:] Hannosh also told me that I
[9:] can take tomorrow some
[10:] boiled fish ~
[11:] I took my rice soup & toasted
[12:] bread with great relish this
[13:] evening; Light N.W. &
[14:] fine weather;
2d Thursd Th5.69
[15:] Light N.W. & fine clear[16:] weather ~ At about 4 1/2 am
[17:] the S.S. Mossul & barge left
[18:] my bowels worked regular this
[19:] morning after taking milk
[20:] & beaten egg; but very offensive
[21:] I feel better than before ~
[22:] The abricots have appeared
[23:] since 5 or 6 days but they
[24:] are not so good yet;
[25:] My wife being very anxious
[26:] to know the news of the Plague
[27:] in Basreh on account of
[pg: 43]
[1:] her children; so we wired
[2:] to Rufail so yesterday ~
[3:] Sayegh Basreh
[4:] Anxious inform state
[5:] Sickness. Svoboda,
[6:] I took my breakfast of Rice
[7:] soup & some boiled Fish,
[8:] but soon after it worked my
[9:] bowels very offensive and
[10:] billious very yellow and
[11:] burning, it is relieving me
[12:] though ~
[13:] Mr. Yousif Asfar called to
[14:] see me; he says that the three
[15:] cases of plague at Basreh
[16:] ended fatally; (2 are even
[17:] of Asfars place; & one in the
[18:] Turkish Hospital on the
[19:] opposite side ~
[20:] H. Ahmed Effendi the Mudir
[21:] of Kiffil called again on me,
[22:] at 3 P.M. we received
[23:] the following answer
[24:] of yesterday's telegram
[pg: 44]
1901 May
[1:] to Rufail dated today,[1:] Svoboda Baghdad
[2:] Sickness mild altogether
[3:] five cases, all healthy love
[4:] Sayegh;
[5:] Eliza Erame also Shekoory
[6:] Sayegh called on us;
[7:] my bowels worked four times
[8:] today & all bile I felt relieved
[9:] I took for dinner Soup and
[10:] a peice of boiled fish ~
[11:] Light N.W. & fine weather
3. Frida Th5.70 noon 97 4 P.M. 94
[12:] Light N.W. & fine cool[13:] morning; Dr. & Mrs. Macri
[14:] called on us ~ I feel much
[15:] better & my bowels worked
[16:] this morning as usual;
[17:] Very warm & breeze is
[18:] shifting to S. Est & N. Est,
[19:] The S.S. Phrat arrived to
[20:] Gherrara this morning at about
[21:] 2 AM. & is detained there to
[22:] make 10 days Quarantine;
[23:] It is too warm to sleep in
[pg: 45]
[1:] the room, although it is getting
[2:] a little cool after midnight,
[3:] some people are gone up on
[4:] the top of the houses;
4 Satur Th5.74
[5:] Light westly & fine;[6:] We are shifting down in
[7:] the Court Yard to sit &
[8:] putting the Serdabs to
[9:] right; ~
[10:] The Mejidieh will be out of
[11:] Quarantine on Tuesday evening,
[12:] from Gherrara ~
[13:] Weather Sultry & warm,
[14:] people are going on top of the
[15:] house ~
5 Sund Th5.76
[16:] Light N.W. & cloudy all[17:] over dull weather, I
[18:] feel much stronger & my
[19:] bowels are Costive ~
[20:] At 8 AM we all went to
[21:] Church; I then took Alexander
[22:] & called to visit Deir Narsis
[23:] Degdan the Armenian Priest
[24:] whom I saw several times at
[25:] Deir el Zoor on my way to
[26:] Aleppo & back in 1891 & 1897
[27:] he arrived here about four
[pg: 46]
1901 May
[1:] days ago from Mardin by[2:] Kelek from Mossul for
[3:] the Armenian Church to
[4:] stay with Father Philippus
[5:] Maghak; We also called
[6:] on Mons Rouet by was not
[7:] at home, called on Menusha
[8:] where Marie had gone &
[9:] we came home, we then
[10:] called on Yacoob Oossy to
[11:] condole him on the death of
[12:] his daughter about 8 days
[13:] ago from a lung disease she
[14:] was about 13 days old,
[15:] Called also on the Pahlewan's
[16:] family for the Congratulation
[17:] of the daugher Mina's
[18:] bethrothal a fortnight ago;
[19:] Shekoory Sayegh, Father Philippus
[20:] & Deir Narsis & Antone Marine
[21:] called on us ~
[22:] at 4 P.M. I went & called
[23:] on Dr. Sturrock for the Congrat-
[24:] ulation of his marriage about
[25:] two months Ago. I then Called
[26:] on Mr. & Mrs. Parry our
[pg: 47]
[1:] Agent, Mr. Mongil was there,
[2:] they were very affable to
[3:] me & enquired how I was getting
[4:] on ~ I then called on
[5:] Sister Emilia at Alice's
[6:] there Alexander & Marie joined
[7:] & we left at 7 & came home,
[8:] Very nice & cool weather,
[9:] a N.W. Wind but cloudy;
[10:] formed very nice & cool sleeping
[11:] in the room all the night,
[12:] with doors & windows open;
6 Mond Ther5.67
[13:] Modte N.W & Cloudy Cool[14:] Morning;
[15:] Sister Medula & Terrooza my
[16:] niece came in this morning from
[17:] the garden & they called on
[18:] us, they will all come in for
[19:] good next week; ~
[20:] I sent Alexander on his
[21:] Bycicle to Gherrara to the
[22:] Mejidieh to see if Metty has
[23:] paid the Ships wages for
[24:] April etc ~
[25:] At 4 P.M. I called on
[pg: 48]
1901 May
[1:] Mr Rappaport, & I spoke to[2:] him about my affair of the
[3:] little house & what my Lawyer
[4:] Kerop Sethyan is doing & wants
[5:] me to pay for every other
[6:] expences when he promised
[7:] by writing that he will clear
[8:] & finish the matter for the
[9:] 14 Liras he is taking etc etc;
[10:] Adoola &
[11:] Antone Marine called
[12:] on us;~
[13:] Light N. Ely & fine cool weather,
7 Tuesd Th5.65
[14:] Light N. Ely & Weather getting[15:] Cloudy, It was quite Cold last
[16:] night in the room;
[17:] At 8AM I went to call on
[18:] Asfar as being the anniversary
[19:] of the death of Safyeh Asfar
[20:] sister of Hannosh Asfar,
[21:] many people were there; I left at 9
[22:] with Alexander & called on
[23:] Menusha & then came home;
[24:] Sister Medula came to breakfast
[25:] with us; & went home at 1 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 49]
[1:] I went with Shekoory Sayegh
[2:] to Kerop Sethyan my Lawyer,
[3:] who has agreed to pay my
[4:] expenses there maybe for the
[5:] appointing a procurater
[6:] from the part of Emin's
[7:] member of families to settle
[8:] & annul the wakuf of the
[9:] little house; & I deposited
[10:] with Shekoory Sayegh 15
[11:] Liras to be paid to Emin
[12:] after getting all the necessary
[13:] papers & Ilaam etc,
[14:] At 4 P.M. Sister Medula
[15:] came to us to take Alexander
[16:] & Marie out with her to the
[17:] Garden until tomorrow
[18:] evening, they took tea &
[19:] left at 5 P.M. to go down
[20:] in the Goffa with Artin etc;
[21:] Eliza went to Asfar & at
[22:] 6 I went to Antone when
[23:] Eliza had gone & we came
[24:] home at 7 P.M. ~
[25:] Light N.W. & fine; I do not
[26:] feel well & got the indigestion
[27:] in the stomach on account
[pg: 50]
1901 May
[1:] of having eaten many different[2:] kind of food yesterday & today,
[3:] I have flatulency & pain in the
[4:] intestines; I took only some soup
[5:] & corn flower with milk ~
[6:] At 10 1/2 P.M. the S.S.
[7:] Mejidieh came up from her
[8:] quarantine at Gherrara;
8 Wedn Th5.65 noon 78 4 P.M. 80
[9:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather,[10:] I have the diarrhea, bowels
[11:] worked three times with much
[12:] wind & felt relieved ~
[13:] At 8 AM I went on board
[14:] the Mejidieh; I saw Metty. I
[15:] did not take over charge until
[16:] he finishes the wages of the Ship's
[17:] people & the cash account, I
[18:] will take over the business this
[19:] afternoon, as we leave on
[20:] friday, at 9 1/2 I came home
[21:] , the ship is discharging,
[22:] Mr. Reynolds our Chief mate
[23:] has gone to England by the
[24:] S.S. Tabaristan, he left the
[25:] ship at Basreh this last
[26:] trip Viz on the 22d Ultimo
[pg: 51]
[1:] and so we have only one
[2:] Officer Mr. Slack the 2d
[3:] now acting as 1st & he is
[4:] always drunk & does not
[5:] look after his duty, there is
[6:] no dicipline on board &
[7:] no one cares for the work,
[8:] Johny & Artin came over
[9:] to us & breakfasted, they left
[10:] at 1 1/2 P.M. ~
[11:] At 2 1/2 I went on board -
[12:] took over charge from Metty,
[13:] he is only taking Congo,
[14:] the mate Mr. Slack is drunk
[15:] in his cabin & cannot work,
[16:] there is no body on board,
[17:] Capt Hanslow has not come
[18:] on board today & so every
[19:] thing is loose; I worked
[20:] in giving shipping receipts
[21:] & at 5 1/4 P.M. left & came
[22:] home;
[23:] Fine Weather & very
[24:] unusually cool ~
[25:] Alexander & Marie came
[26:] back on donkeys from my
[pg: 52]
1901 May
[1:] Sister at the Gardin of Moshi[2:] Bahar ~
[3:] Very Cool Weather & fine
9 Thursd. Th5.62
[4:] Light N.W. & fine very Cool[5:] Weather ~ At 7 AM I came
[6:] on board, & sent my bed & Kit
[7:] also on board; ~ We are
[8:] shipping Cargo & passengers;
[9:] at 9 am a verbal message
[10:] Came from the office saying
[11:] not to take any Cargo or Passengers
[12:] for Coot & Amara; It Appears
[13:] that there was a case of
[14:] Plague yesterday in Baghdad
[15:] a Woman died & it is not
[16:] yet verified by the quarantine,
[17:] Capt Hanslow came on board
[18:] & showed me the letter written
[19:] by the Agent Mr. Parry to the
[20:] same above effect ~
[21:] At 1 P.M. I came back from
[22:] breakfast & got the news &
[23:] also a letter from the Agent
[24:] sent on by Capt Hanslow
[25:] to say that the Quarantine
[26:] Authorities have got instructions
[27:] from Constantinople that
[28:] we are to make 5 day
[29:] quarantine on our way
[pg: 53]
[1:] down at Gherrara & then
[2:] proceed on & call at Coot &
[3:] Amara & go down to Garmat
[4:] Ali, owing to alleged outbreak
[5:] of Plague here;
[6:] There has only been one case
[7:] supposed to be Bubonic Plague
[8:] of a Koordish woman found
[9:] with this attack & died yesterday,
[10:] the body was sent to Kerbella
[11:] but the quarantine intercepted
[12:] it at Musseyeb & was buried
[13:] there; Quarantine being put
[14:] on outside around the town
[15:] on different stations so as not
[16:] to let people leave the town,
[17:] & have to make 5 days quarantine
[18:] at these stations before proceeding
[19:] further ~
[20:] We finished cargo at 4 P.M.
[21:] We are full of passengers, they
[22:] are mostly Persians & other
[23:] Arab pilgrims; ~
[24:] Alexander came to me, & at
[25:] 6 P.M. we left the ship ~
[26:] Antone Marine called on us.
[27:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[28:] Weather ~
[pg: 54]
1901 May 10 Friday
[1:] Very light N.W. breeze & little[2:] cloudy ; ~ At 4 AM. I came
[3:] on board. My Servant Haji
[4:] Hamadi has remained in
[5:] Baghdad for this trip on leave
[6:] he is unwell, has some back
[7:] & wanted to remain behind,
[8:] he was allowed to do so by
[9:] Mr. Parry the agent; So I
[10:] took H. Mahomed my old
[11:] servant, the brother of Faraj
[12:] the coolie ~
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434
Baghdad to Basreh
Barge in tow
[13:] At 4,,45 A.M. We proceeded[14:] Light N.W. & little cloudy but
[15:] is clearing up ~
[16:] At 6,,30 passed through
[17:] the Bridge of Gherrara and
[18:] then rounded & anchored
[19:] just below it, & astern of
[20:] the S.S. Phrat which has
[21:] been here since the 3d Instt
[22:] she has good many passengers
[23:] & has to make 10 days
[pg: 55]
[1:] Quarantine whereas Baghdad
[2:] is declared contaminated
[3:] this is very strange way of
[4:] the quarantine regulation,
[5:] it seems We are making
[6:] Quarantine both ways,
[7:] We are to remain 5 days here,
[8:] We are anchored close to the
[9:] East bank about 50 yards
[10:] off the garden of Abbas ibn
[11:] Hassan bagga;
[12:] In overhauling the passenger's
[13:] tickets today there was a Persian
[14:] who had no money & we sent
[15:] him in the Boat to be landed
[16:] but the quarantine people would
[17:] not allow him, there are
[18:] about five Zaptyes & a Turkish
[19:] supposed to be a doctor & 2
[20:] or 3 Guardians on the banks,
[21:] what a stupid business
[22:] they are carrying on as the
[23:] town of Baghdad is supposed
[24:] by them to be infected they
[25:] have no right to object
[26:] landing anything , ~
[27:] Light N.W. air & cloudy.
[28:] I slept in my cabin & found it
[29:] nice & cool;
[pg: 56]
1901 May
[1:] Very light air & clouds ~[2:] They have got some more Zaptyes
[3:] with their horses & pitched a
[4:] tent on the bank opposite us,
11 Satur th5-72 noon 85 4 P.M - 86
[4:] At 7 AM Alexander came out[5:] riding Henry's mare, & spoke
[6:] to me from the bank, he says
[7:] that there is no cases of plague
[8:] at all in Baghdad, all are well
[9:] he went away after 15 minutes,
[10:] It has got warm a little during
[11:] the day ~
[12:] People brought some
[13:] provisions for our passengers,
[14:] & the quarantine guards here
[15:] want to allow it to come
[16:] on board, but Capt Hanslow
[17:] wont have it, saying that
[18:] he had orders not to have any
[19:] communication; they then
[20:] brought a permit from Baghdad
[21:] sanitary office still he wont
[22:] allow it to be fetched ~
[23:] A strong squall got up at
[24:] 4 P.M. & blew with Westerly
[25:] wind, some thunder & a
[26:] shower of rain for few minutes,
[27:] We have altogether 371 1/2 passengers
[28:] (besides Vartan in cabin &
[pg: 57]
[1:] a Blacksmith & 6 workmen for
[2:] Coot Wool Press, & Jejo Moorad
[3:] & 9 workmen for the Amara
[4:] Press all free, Jejo in a 2d
[5:] Class Cabin also) We have
[6:] 5 in 1st Class, an Indian Nawab
[7:] Safdar Jung & an Other with him,
[8:] a Jew of Calcutta Mr. E. A. Menasseh
[9:] the Wife of the Persian Consul
[10:] of Basreh, & Selman H. Dowd
[11:] to Coot; all our Passsengers
[12:] are Persians & Arab pilgrims
[13:] returning ~
[14:] I feel much better now except
[15:] my mouth is so bitter sometimes that
[16:] I feel again billious; I have good
[17:] appetite, but am not indulging in
[18:] everything that is heavy & indigestible,
[19:] I take my glass of whisky & soda
[20:] every evening; my bowels are
[21:] costive & weak regular ~
12 Sund Th5.72 noon 82 4 P.M. 84
[22:] Light S. Ely & fine weather,[23:] This morning a letter came from
[24:] Mr. Parry the Agent to Capt Hanslow
[25:] to allow the provision to come
[26:] on board for the passengers, but
[27:] the two Tilkefly Guardians
[28:] we have on board object to
[29:] letting it come saying that
[30:] they have orders from the
[pg: 58]
1901 May
[1:] Inspector not to let any thing[2:] come on board; Why did not
[3:] Mr. Parry obtain order to do so
[4:] from the Inspector, in fact
[5:] all our passengers are well
[6:] provided with provision for
[7:] they have been warned so in
[8:] Baghdad to carry 10 days provision
[9:] before we left, it is only one
[10:] man Selman H. Dowd a
[11:] 1st C passenger for Coot that
[12:] the provision came for ~
[13:] Yesterday 10 mounted zaptyes &
[14:] an Officer with 2 tents came
[15:] stationed themselves on the bank
[16:] opposite us;
[17:] Weather became cloudy all
[18:] over & dull this afternoon &
[19:] breeze shifted to N West;
[20:] It begun to thunder for a long time
[21:] & by 4 1/2 P.M. a very strong &
[22:] thick shower of rain poured
[23:] down for 10 minutes, Weather
[24:] overcast & gloomy, breeze
[25:] shifting around; Again it
[26:] came pouring down heavily
[27:] for an Other 1/4 of an hour; The
[28:] Awnings were furled & the Captain
[29:] wont spread it, so the passengers
[30:] got well socked & they got
[pg: 59]
[1:] up a quarrel with the Captain for
[2:] want of the Awnings, but was
[3:] not given to them; ~
[4:] The Inspenctor of quarantine
[5:] Dr. Cavaliaris wrote to Captain
[6:] Hanslow from Baghdad to allow
[7:] our Boat to take off provisions
[8:] for the passengers at least 4
[9:] times in the day, so our Boat
[10:] is going backward & forward,
[11:] At 11 P.M. the Phrat left
[12:] this place & proceeded to Baghdad
[13:] after making 10 days quarantine,
13 Mond Th5.70
[14:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[15:] but dampy from yesterday's rain,
[16:] I wrote a long letter to Blockey
[17:] at Cheshnut in Answer to
[18:] his two lettter I received, it is
[19:] dated the 16 for the Damascus
[20:] post & enclosed it in a letter to
[21:] Alexander who will probably
[22:] come out this morning;
[23:] Alexander did not come out, so I
[24:] sent the letter to him with a Jew boy
[25:] Huzkeil Ezra the brother in law of
[26:] Mr. E. A. Menasseh our 1st Class passenger
[27:] of Calcutta ~
[28:] Mr. Parry writes to Capt. Hanslow
[29:] this afternoon telling him to see that
[30:] all the passengers are provided
[31:] with pratique otherwise they will
[32:] not be allowed to land either
[33:] at Coot, Amara or Basreh ~
[pg: 60]
1901 May
[1:] At 5 1/2 P.M. Alexander came[2:] out to me riding on a Donkey
[3:] I went to the bank in our Launch
[4:] & had a talk with him, He
[5:] says that the Beledyeh Turkish
[6:] Doctor Nezam ed Din has been
[7:] arrested & is under investigation
[8:] for having declared the case of
[9:] Plague of the Kurdish Woman
[10:] falsly whereas she has had
[11:] a syfilitic desease & had been
[12:] treating her for the last 20 days
[13:] Alexander says that his mother
[14:] Marie & himself as well as
[15:] Antone Marine & family
[16:] Yaghchis, & Menusha & family
[17:] are going out tomorrow to
[18:] spend the day at Kadumain
[19:] at the Nawab Agha Mahomed
[20:] Garden; Him & Shekoory
[21:] Sayegh have found an office
[22:] for them in the Khan Barazallis
[23:] @ 18 Mejidies per year for
[24:] their trade in company;
[25:] they have made agreements
[26:] & are to trade together with
[27:] a capital of 600 T Liras
[pg: 61]
[1:] I paid 400 & Shekoory 200,
[2:] the profit or loss is to be
[3:] divided in half ~ Alexander
[4:] went away after 1/4 hour;
[5:] Light N.W. & fine, but rather
[6:] warm;
14 Tuesd Th5.72
[7:] Light N.W. & clouds are[8:] hanging about ~ At 6 am
[9:] Johnny my nephew came out to
[10:] me on the Bycicle; I dressed and
[11:] came out to talk with him from
[12:] the ship; He says Khalifah passed
[13:] Amara on Sunday afternoon;
[14:] he went away at 6 1/2;
[15:] Our Boat keeps constantly going
[16:] to the shore & back with passengers
[17:] buying provision & seeing friends etc,
[18:] I sent a letter to Alexander with
[19:] Johnny ~
[20:] At 3 1/2 P.M. two Goffas shoved
[21:] off from the quarantine station
[22:] with the Turkish Doctor & the clerk
[23:] Raffooly Rasmachy etc & came
[24:] alongside, they wont come on
[25:] board but asked me to point
[26:] out to them the rich passengers
[27:] from the poor, I told them, I
[28:] cannot tell them as I do not
[29:] know who is rich & who is poor,
[30:] they asked me the names
[31:] of the 1st class passengers,
[32:] I gave it to them they are
[pg: 62]
1901 May
[1:] five & they gave them pratique[2:] papers & charged each 37 1/2
[3:] G.S. Piasters taking the Mejidie
[4:] at 20 GSP., they also charged
[5:] Vartan & Jejo Moorad the
[6:] Clerk of S Lynch & Co going
[7:] for the wool Press also @ 37 1/2
[8:] P & then all the rest were given
[9:] free pratique, it is very
[10:] unjust & have no right to charge
[11:] because they did not land
[12:] & no shelter or assistance were
[13:] given to them; they gave about
[14:] 250 pratique until 6 3/4 P.M.
[15:] & they went away to drive &
[16:] return, they are growling because
[17:] no one wants to pay and
[18:] are thretening him that they
[19:] will wire to Basreh not to
[20:] let them land; ~ At 8 P.M.
[21:] they again came back to give the
[22:] rest pratigues, they managed to
[23:] get about 3 or 4 passengers to
[24:] pay & rest were let go, they
[25:] gave a Written paper for the
[26:] Mejidieh's pratique stating
[27:] that since there has been some
[28:] calls of plague in the town
[pg: 63]
[1:] of Baghdad; & therefore the traffic
[2:] by river has been contaminated
[3:] the S.S. Mejidieh after undergiong
[4:] 5 days Quarantine at Gherrara
[5:] has been allowed to proceed
[6:] & so on ~ They finished at about
[7:] 10 P.M. & went away;
15 Wedn Th5.73 noon 86 4 P.M. 90
[8:] Light S. Ely & little cloudy,[9:] At 4,,30 AM. we left Gherrara
[10:] At 5,,20 passed Diala
[11:] At 6,,55 passed Ctesiphon;
[12:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[13:] At 1,,50 met the S.S. Khalifah
[14:] coming up, she whistled for
[15:] us we stopped & she sent us
[16:] our letters & papers of three
[17:] mails she has brought, I
[18:] sent a letter to Henry, we
[19:] went on at 1,,55; Cloudy
[20:] all over & S. Ely wind;
[21:] The Khalifah has left Garmat
[22:] Ali on Saturday evening after
[23:] completing her 10 days Quarantine
[24:] there has been about 5 or 6 cases
[25:] of Plague at Basreh (2 of Asfars
[26:] arab servants one in the Turkish
[27:] Hospital & 2 in town; The
[28:] Khalifah took 50 passengers
[pg: 64]
1901 May
[1:] from Basreh (quarantine Station[2:] of Garmat Alii) and brought
[3:] 274 Turkish Soldiers to Amara
[4:] with Mohamed Pasha Daghestany
[5:] himself & also counted as Deck
[6:] & given a 1st Class cabin charging
[7:] them the usual passage of
[8:] 26 1/4 G.SP. each also 3 Horses
[9:] with them @ 1 TLira each -
[10:] she has also 3 1st class
[11:] passengers a frenchman of
[12:] the excavation mission at
[13:] Shushter Monsr. D'herim, and
[14:] an English traveller Mr. Barls
[15:] & a Persian Sheikh el Mulk
[16:] coming from Persia; she had
[17:] altogether with the Soldiers landed
[18:] at Amara 427 1/2 passengers
[19:] and 256,456 Okes; The Malamin
[20:] came up to Basreh & Mr. Taylor
[21:] came up in her & is returning
[22:] again to Ahwaz; The Post
[23:] Master of Basreh died suddenly
[24:] from Taphoid fever ~
[25:] At 3,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh,
[26:] weather cloudy & overcast,
[27:] light S. Ely breeze & warm,
[28:] At 4,,50 passed the S.S.
[pg: 65]
[1:] Baghdad & Barge going up at
[2:] Zeljeh ~
[3:] At 7,,30 P.M. We anchored
[4:] at Deboony, S. Ely Wind and
[5:] cloudy all over ~ It is warm
[6:] in Cabin ~
16 Thursd Th5.79
[7:] S. Ely Wind & hazy weather[8:] At 4,,40 A.M. we left Deboony;
[9:] wind increasing. ~
[10:] At 6,,50 AM passed Memlah
[11:] At 7,,10 landed a group of money
[12:] at Bughela & went on at
[13:] 7,,20. ~
[14:] At 9,,30 P.M. arrived
[15:] at Coot; before going alongside
[16:] they sung out to us not to
[17:] come, but to send the Ships
[18:] clean Bill of health Aziz Effendi
[19:] Youz Bashi of the Zaptyes &
[20:] some 5 Zaptyes with their rifles
[21:] were on duty among the crowd,
[22:] Went it off, he read it & sent
[23:] to the Kaimakam also &
[24:] was returned & were allowed
[25:] to get alongside,
[25:] We landed 28 1/2 Passengers
[26:] (1 of 1st Class Selman H. Dowd
[27:] also Vartan & 7 men for the
[pg: 66]
1901 May
[1:] Wool Press) and 102 Packages[2:] There were about 45 Sailing
[3:] Boats laden with grain which
[4:] had got out of the high river
[5:] Sunk Alongside at Coot during
[6:] a squall about 20 days ago
[7:] and only about 30 were got
[8:] up & saved but lost all the
[9:] grain & there are now about
[10:] a Dozen still sunk, with only
[11:] the Masts standing above water,
[12:] this loss of grain into the river
[13:] has attracted an immense
[14:] quantity of fish mostly all
[15:] of Shabboots & are selling at
[16:] one Reji Piaster for one large
[17:] fish ~
[18:] At 3 P.M. We left Coot
[19:] took 21 1/2 Passengers; ~
[20:] The Bridge below Coot, is cut
[21:] open for want of anchors
[22:] which they have not got yet,
[23:] Weather Keeps Very Cloudy & Overcast
[24:] & warm & calm;
[25:] At 6,,50 we rounded & came
[26:] to for the night; as soon as we
[27:] dropped anchor a strong wind
[28:] blew from the West & N. West
[29:] with dust & little rain
[pg: 67]
[1:] & kept blowing fresh with
[2:] cloudy weather; thunder and
[3:] Lightning kept on till 11 P.M.;
17 Friday Th5. 77 noon 87 4 P.M. 92
[4:] At 3 1/2 am. a noise was heard[5:] in the Barge by passengers, (the
[6:] steamer & Barge being very close
[7:] to the West bank, the Barge
[8:] touching the bank) and found
[9:] that some arab thieves had got
[10:] in the Barge, they had carried
[11:] away two Bags of Dogs shit
[12:] (180 Bags of this article being shipped
[13:] by Berk Puttman & co) and
[14:] also had got a Bag of wool
[15:] to the bank but it being too
[16:] heavy to be carried away,
[17:] they had cut it but still
[18:] could not get anything out
[19:] of it being pressed bale;
[20:] the alarm was given by the
[21:] passengers & they run away
[22:] & they had the courage in firing
[23:] two shots at us from the
[24:] bushes; no attempt was
[25:] made by the captain to send
[26:] people to their encampment
[27:] to recover the two Bags & not
[28:] even report them to the
[29:] Mudir of Sheikh Saad
[pg: 68]
1901 May
[1:] for we are only two reaches[2:] above the village ~
[3:] At 4,,30 A.M. we got
[4:] under way; very light n.Ely
[5:] breeze, cloudy sultry & warm,
[6:] At 5,,20 passed Sheikh Saad
[7:] At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
[8:] At 1,,20 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
[9:] Wind shifted to N.W. and
[10:] is getting fine, the haze disappeared,
[11:] At 6,,15 P.M. arrived at
[12:] Amara, We sent the clean Bill
[13:] of health to the shore, but no
[14:] one showed any strictness,
[15:] the Belem of Ibrahim Effendi
[16:] Mudir of the Senyeh boarded
[17:] us already; a Turkish Doctor
[18:] came off in our Launch he
[19:] asked me if we have any
[20:] sickness & went amongst
[21:] the passengers & ship went
[22:] alongside & the rush begun
[23:] to fill the ship; our Bill of
[24:] health was brought back
[25:] to us vis'ed on boack ~
[26:] We landed 37 1/2 Passengers
[27:] besides Jejo Moorad in 2d Cabin
[28:] & 9 workmen Mussullies
[pg: 69]
[1:] for the Wool Press, & 32
[2:] Packages; But the Blacksmith
[3:] Rezooki Georgis & some men
[4:] had already come down in
[5:] the Khalifah & had 155 Bales
[6:] of Wool pressed, which we
[7:] shipped. ~
[8:] I received the following telegram
[9:] of todays date, which I had
[10:] told Alexander to send, if there
[11:] are no cases of plague
[12:] Svoboda Amara
[13:] None well love
[14:] Alexander
[15:] I sent him also the following.
[16:] Alexander Svoboda
[17:] Baghdad
[18:] Perfect health, inform Rappaport
[19:] Cook arrived quarantine
[20:] Svoboda
[21:] Here they say all that further
[22:] cases of plague took place since
[23:] those first ones; ~
[24:] AbdulKadur Khdery, has
[25:] a large dinner given in his new
[26:] house on the opposite side to
[27:] Mahd Pasha Daghestany, also
[28:] all the affairs with him, the
[29:] Motserrif of Amara & all
[pg: 70]
1901 May
[1:] other functionaries of Amara[2:] Ibrahim Effendi of Senyeh &
[3:] his staff altogether about 80
[4:] persons took part at this dinner,
[5:] We finished at 8 1/2 & hauled
[6:] out & remained for the night,
[7:] N.W. breeze but warm in
[8:] my cabin & troubled by the
[9:] mosquitoes;
18 Satur
[10:] Light N.W. & some clouds[11:] but clearing up;
[12:] At 4,,30 AM left Amara,
[13:] took 18 passengers (2 women
[14:] family of Mahomed Nafissa
[15:] Nejah in 1st class cabin)
[16:] Wind increasing from N.W.
[17:] At 12 passed Azair, there
[18:] have not been any pilgrims
[19:] for Azeir this year, the Khalifah
[20:] had taken down 26 1/2 &
[21:] the Mejidieh 10 1/2 last trip,
[22:] & then the quarantine and
[23:] rumour of plague put a stop
[24:] to their visiting the Tomb,
[25:] Light N.W. wind & fine,
[26:] At 3,,25 P.M we landed
[27:] the 4 Zaptyeh guard who came
[28:] from Amara above Gorna
[pg: 71]
[1:] at the top of the date trees, as the
[2:] Khalifah they say had taken them
[3:] from Gorna, although captain
[4:] Hanslow objected landing them
[5:] by order not to stop everywhere
[6:] else, but after much persuasion
[7:] he accepted to land them,
[8:] At 3,,40 passed Gorna
[9:] At 7,,10 passed the S.S.
[10:] Mossul & Barge at Kteban
[11:] bound up she has many
[12:] passengers ~
[13:] At 8 we rounded & anchored
[14:] below Kteban, not willing to
[15:] go down to Garmat Ali on
[16:] account of the Island & shoal
[17:] place ~ Light N.W. & fine,
[18:] but the wind is on the Port
[19:] side, my cabin is very warm;
19 Sund th5.76
[20:] Fresh N.W. wind & fine ~[21:] At 4,,30 AM proceeded from
[22:] below Kteban;
[23:] At 5,,10 rounded & anchored
[24:] at the Quarantine Station just
[25:] above the Creek of Garmat Ali
[26:] opposite the Huts or Lazaretto
[27:] contstructed for travelers,
[28:] there are about 200 Boats
[pg: 72]
1901 May
[1:] alongside extending up all[2:] along the bank & about
[3:] 45 in the creek; no one
[4:] came to us or any news;
[5:] There is a Turkish Doctor here
[6:] inside his Hut, called Ferid
[7:] Effendi of the military, he never
[8:] showed himself out, I have
[9:] a parcel of clothes for him
[10:] & sung out to a guardian
[11:] whom I know to come & take
[12:] it he came off in a Belem
[13:] & I told him that we want
[14:] to land the passengers, and
[15:] where to land them, he
[16:] went & told the Doctor &
[17:] he allowed the ship to go
[18:] alongside at the Huts
[19:] just where we are & so we
[20:] did & landed all our
[21:] Basreh passengers to the
[22:] number of 345 ~ there are
[23:] only about 20 Belems here the
[24:] price is very high they ask to Basreh
[25:] at 5 Rupees each & so on;
[26:] Yousef Marine sent from
[27:] Shaebyeh his Belem for
[28:] his letter etc, & I also sent
[29:] Rufail's packet of letters to
[pg: 73]
[1:] him to be sent down to Rufail,
[2:] At about 10 1/2 the Steam
[3:] Launch Asp of Lynch Brothers
[4:] came up, Mr. Bottomley
[5:] came in her & also Dr. Ahmed
[6:] the quarantine sanitary
[7:] officers & Hannosh Lynch's
[8:] clerk, we gave them the
[9:] mail Bags & other parcels,
[10:] letters & Kit the cargo
[11:] is coming up for us in
[12:] a Barge to ship on board
[13:] also coal 50 tons; they
[14:] say that cases of Plague
[15:] are few about two per
[16:] week, some Jews have been attacked
[17:] & died & an armenian
[18:] boy since give days but
[19:] is dangerous; two Banian
[20:] or Hindoo of G. Mackenzie
[21:] died from it & were burnt
[22:] at Maghil according to
[23:] their religion; the Steam
[24:] Launch brought extra
[25:] crew & took our loaded
[26:] Barge in tow down to
[27:] Basreh & left at 12 am
[28:] At 4 P.M. Yousif Marine
[pg: 74]
1901 May
[1:] Rufail & Rezook Angoorly[2:] came up to see me, I gave
[3:] Rufail his kit; they are all
[4:] well, Rufail says that up
[5:] till now there have been
[6:] 17 cases mortal of plague,
[7:] but there must have been
[8:] much more which has been
[9:] kept secretly; it is among
[10:] arabs & some Jews; they
[11:] went away at 5, & by this
[12:] time the St. Launch Asp
[13:] came up, Mr. Bottomley came
[14:] Mr. Darby & an other they
[15:] came alongside & had
[16:] their whisky & soda, ~
[17:] Mr. & Mrs. Langridge also
[18:] came up in a Belem from
[19:] their quarantine at Basreh
[20:] they came out in the B.I. Steamer
[21:] via Bombay they are going up
[22:] with us, Mr. Langrige is to
[23:] act as agent for Sassoon
[24:] in Mr. Livingstone's place,
[25:] Mr. Bottomley told me to
[26:] charge them 3 Rps per
[27:] day during the time that
[28:] the ship is detained
[pg: 75]
[1:] here until she leaves; Mr.
[2:] F.T. Langridge was here
[3:] before two years I think &
[4:] I know him; At 6 1/4 the
[5:] Asp went down to Basreh,
[6:] Wind fell down & is getting
[7:] warm in my cabin as the wind
[8:] is more on the port side -
[9:] Plenty mosquitoes about;
20 Mond Th5.76
[10:] Modte N.W. & cloudy a little[11:] on East; The small Barge
[12:] came up yesterday evening;
[13:] she grounded just below the mouth
[14:] of the Creek of Garmat Ali as the
[15:] flood tide fell & had to send
[16:] a Meheyleh of Asfar to lighten
[17:] her a little she got alright;
[18:] We discharged cargo into the
[19:] Meheyles at Asfar ~
[20:] People coming up from Basreh
[21:] tell me that there are few
[22:] cases of Plague three arabs
[23:] got it yesterday behind
[24:] Lynch Brother house in the
[25:] Huts among the Jews too,
[26:] but none among the Christians
[27:] there is a great deadlock
[28:] in the trade & all traffic
[29:] is stopped, great fear is
[30:] entertained during the
[pg: 76]
1901 May
[1:] Coming date Season; Should[2:] it be rejeced in England
[3:] it will be a great calamity
[4:] to the date merchants,
[5:] There are very nearly 200
[6:] sailing Boats now here
[7:] bound up & making 10
[8:] days quarantine, and
[9:] are compelled to pay 17 1/2
[10:] Mejidies each irrespective
[11:] to their dimentions or
[12:] tonnage as quarantine
[13:] dues; ~ Meheylas & Belems
[14:] come alongside of the
[15:] steamer, & they take & give
[16:] freely & touch the steamer
[17:] It is impossible with the
[18:] Turks & their misrule to keep
[19:] a good & strict quarantine
[20:] The SS. Shushan which
[21:] came out of dock two days ago
[22:] steamed up to here at 5
[23:] P.M. & anchored, her officers
[24:] & workmen came up to us
[25:] in Belems, Mr. Barlow
[26:] is gone up to the Karoon
[27:] & thence to Ispahan to
[pg: 77]
[1:] construct Bridges & roads
[2:] which Taylor is making
[3:] for a caravan route;
[4:] The Barge came up alongside
[5:] & we begun taking from
[6:] her cargo being tumbled
[7:] in by the coolies she brought
[8:] up with her & our men
[9:] receiving it; We got the
[10:] Coal Boat alongside of us
[11:] & took in 50 tons working till
[12:] about 10 P.M. ~
21 Tuesd Th5.80 noon 87 4 P.M.93
[13:] Very light N.W. breeze & cloudy,[14:] It was very warm last night
[15:] in the Cabin I coul dnot
[16:] sleep & the mosquitoes were
[17:] very troublesome; Light
[18:] N.W. breeze ~ We are shipping
[19:] cargo from the Barge ~
[20:] It has been warm throughout
[21:] the day, hazy dusty weather,
[22:] We kept shipping cargo from
[23:] the Barge; some Jews came
[24:] & shipped money & took also,
[25:] Nassoory Toma Khayat &
[26:] his Wife came up to see their
[27:] son Neshat a young boy
[28:] employed in this quarantine
[29:] as clerk, he tells me that
[pg: 78]
1901 May
[1:] are no cases of plague at[2:] Basreh but the captain of
[3:] the Dwina came up & says
[4:] three Beloochies of Lynch's
[5:] watchmen got attacked &
[6:] one woman died, the
[7:] Armenian boy is getting on
[8:] well ~
[9:] Very Warm in my cabin
[10:] at sunset the thermo was
[11:] 93, cloudy on the west with
[12:] a light N.W. breeze, I am
[13:] obliged to sleep out on the
[14:] quarter deck tonight;
[15:] It became very calm at night,
22 Wedn Th5.80
[16:] Very Calm & Sultry Weather[17:] heavy dew fell last night
[18:] but I slept well on the
[19:] quarter deck; very muggy
[20:] morning & dead calm;
[21:] At 7 1/2 Am our Big towing
[22:] Barge came up being towed
[23:] by the Steam Launch Asp,
[24:] with the flood tide running
[25:] up; & with a verbal
[26:] message that at 3 1/2
[pg: 79]
[1:] P.M. the Laaunch will come
[2:] up with the mail & letters
[3:] and we can leave at 4;
[4:] We got the passsengers from the
[5:] quarantine ground in our
[6:] large Boat, they are mostly
[7:] Indians & Persians with a lot
[8:] of baggage; The weather is very
[9:] warm sultry & a very light
[10:] N.W. breeze;
[11:] At 11 the Stm Launch came
[12:] up with a letter from Mr. Bottomley
[13:] saying that Mr. Wratistaw
[14:] the Consul wants us to remain
[15:] until tomorrow (I suppose
[16:] to await for the mail)
[17:] We have the passengers on
[18:] board from the quarantine,
[19:] Rufail's Belem came & he sends
[20:] me what I had asked him to
[21:] get me 2 cases Paraffin, 6
[22:] Bottles soda water & one Oke
[23:] Butter; ~ At 5 1/2 P.M. the
[24:] Stm Launch cam eup, Mr.
[25:] Bottomley came she brings
[26:] us last weeks mail bag
[27:] & other letters & says we
[28:] shall have to wait till
[29:] tomorrow to take the
[pg: 80]
1901 May
[1:] mail which will arrive[2:] this evening or tommorrow,
[3:] three persons died from
[4:] Plague behind Lynch's house
[5:] wives of their servants etc,
[6:] a new mate arrived for
[7:] us & will finish his 5
[8:] days quarantine tomorrow
[9:] (as there are only 5 days now
[10:] for the direct steamers coming
[11:] from Europe) ~ They went
[12:] away at 6 1/2 ~ Calm
[13:] & warm; The Khalifah
[14:] probably will be here
[15:] tomorrow, she coming
[16:] right through as the 5
[17:] days quarantine at Gherrara
[18:] is taken off;
[19:] Very light N.W. air & fine, I slept
[20:] on the quarter deck;
23 Thursd Ther5.79 noon 95 4 P.M. 97
[21:] Light N.W. air & fine ~[22:] What a fine quarantine they
[23:] have this year, I see the people
[24:] that come up to make their
[25:] 10 days quarantine are
[26:] quartered together with the
[pg: 81]
[1:] others who have nearly finished
[2:] their days, even if they have
[3:] made their 7th 8th or 9th day
[4:] the fresh batch are put
[5:] with them & in the same Huts
[6:] & same ground; ~ People
[7:] coming up from Basreh in
[8:] Belems bringing all sorts of
[9:] things & give them to us on
[10:] board, we do the same in
[11:] fact the quarantine only
[12:] exists by name; & by show,
[13:] there is only one Bakkal
[14:] (or seller of vegetables & provisions
[15:] here) no other one is allowed
[16:] by the Turkish Doctor, (if he is
[17:] fit to be called a doctor, for he
[18:] never showes himself out of the
[19:] Hut & does not possess any
[20:] medicines whatever) he
[21:] forced this Bakkal to give
[22:] him 10 Liras so as the latter
[23:] can have the monopoly to
[24:] himself & is selling at a
[25:] fabulous price his vegetables
[26:] & other things ~
[27:] Weather became very Sultry
[28:] & cloudy all over, there is wind
[29:] but it is warm the therm in
[30:] my cabin at noon is 95º ~
[pg: 82]
1901 May
[1:] At 4 1/2 P.M. the Stm Launch[2:] Asp came up, bringing us the
[3:] mail of today, Mr. Bottomley
[4:] came up in her; he says that
[5:] the Khalifah passed Amara
[6:] this morning ~ I left all
[7:] the papers & letters of the
[8:] Khalifah with Mr. Bottomley
[9:] also Henry's letter etc;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434
Garmat Ali to Baghdad
Barge in tow
[10:] At 5 P.M. proceeded ~[11:] Weather very dusty & cloudy
[12:] warm ~ Mr. & Mrs. Langridge
[13:] are only in 1st class since
[14:] Sunday on board;
[15:] At 7,,40 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[16:] going down at Naher Omar,
[17:] Weather still hazy dusty &
[18:] calm warm ~
[19:] At 11 passed Gorna, I feel
[20:] it very warm on the quarter deck
[21:] Weather Sultry & hazy ~
[pg: 83]
24 Frid Th5. 81 noon 97 4 P.M. 98
[1:] At 2,,5 am. anchored;[2:] Weather cloudy, it blew fresh
[3:] N.W. & got cooler ~
[4:] At 4,,30 proceeded, Very
[5:] Cloudy all over Gloomy and
[6:] Light N.W. breeze;
[7:] At 7,,20 passed Azair;
[8:] Weather cleared up & getting
[9:] fine, modte; N.W. breeze;
[10:] We have only 48 passenge
[11:] from the quarantine station
[12:] & Mr. & Mrs. Landridge who
[13:] came via Bombay & made
[14:] their 10 days quarantine at
[15:] Basreh;
[16:] At 2 P.M. passed Kalat
[17:] Saleh. ~
[18:] At 9,,20 arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 26 Bales of through cargo
[20:] & took in 10 Tons of Coal;
[21:] The S.S. Phrat has just came
[22:] down here on her way to Basreh,
[23:] Fresh N.W. Wind & fine;
[24:] The Phrat has stopped five
[25:] days at Gherrara on her way
[26:] down so as to touch at Coot
[27:] & Amara, but the Khalifah
[28:] came right through without
[pg: 84]
1901 May
[1:] stopping at Gherrarah, & so did[2:] not touch at Coot or Amara,
[3:] I hear there is nothing in Baghdad
[4:] no cases of plage at all,
[5:] At 11,,45 left Amara,
[6:] fine cool weather I slept in
[7:] my cabin ~
25 Satur Th5.79
[8:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning[9:] gave tickets to 17 Amara
[10:] passengers (5 for Coot);
[11:] At 8,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
[12:] There is a little rise in the river
[13:] observable since yesterday,
[14:] the Phrat also reported at Amara
[15:] that it had risen about 2
[16:] feet while they were at Gherrara,
[17:] At 4,,10 P.M. passed Ali
[18:] Gherbi; modte n.w. wind &
[19:] fine;
26 Sund the5.75
[20:] Light N.W. & fine cool[21:] morning, it was quite cool in
[22:] my cabin last night ~
[23:] At 5,,45 AM am passed the
[24:] SS. Baghdad & Barge passed
[25:] down;
[26:] The Bridge below Coot is still
[27:] Open they have no anchors &
[28:] chains yet to hold it;
[pg: 85]
[1:] At 8,,10 AM. arrived at
[2:] Coot, landed 5 passengers &
[3:] 2 Bales through cargo;
[4:] The 5 days quarantine is taken
[5:] off at Gherrara & steamers will
[6:] come & touch also at every
[7:] station, as the Baghdad came
[8:] without stopping at Gherrara
[9:] & called at Coot etc; Yacoob
[10:] Oosey Naoom Serkis came
[11:] down in her, he tells me that
[12:] there is nothing in Baghdad
[13:] & no cases of plague;
[14:] At 9,,25 left Coot took
[15:] 24 1/2 Passengers, Menahem
[16:] son of Saleh Daniel in
[17:] 1st Class with us, he was at
[18:] Nasryeh since last month,
[19:] The river is still rising, we met
[20:] the rise below Amara about
[21:] 1/2 foot, & now it seems that
[22:] it must have risen about
[23:] 3 1/2 feet, what is the cause,
[24:] I presume some rain rain
[25:] must have fallen above
[26:] Baghdad, or can it possibly
[27:] be the matter of snow at
[28:] this time of the month;
[29:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Memlah
[pg: 86]
1901 May
[1:] Light N.W. & cloudy weather,27 Mond Th5.74 noon 91 4 P.M. 95
[2:] At 6,,35 AM. passed Azizieh[3:] River has fallen about one foot
[4:] At 11,,15 passed Baghdadieh
[5:] Fort, very calm & warm
[6:] sultry weather & cloudy
[7:] a little ~
[8:] I paid the Ship's company
[9:] their wages for this month,
[10:] as we shall have to leave
[11:] on the 31 I am sure, so I shall
[12:] have no time in Baghdad
[13:] to pay them;
[14:] At 6,,30 P.M. passed Khennasseh,
[15:] Very calm & warm weather,
[16:] clouds still are hanging about,
[17:] Therm 92 in my cabin. ~
[18:] At 11 passed Ctesiphon
28 Tuesd Th5.74
[19:] Light N. Ely & little cloudy,[20:] At 2,,10 AM passed Diala
[21:] At 4 anchored at the quarantine
[22:] station just below the Bridge
[23:] of Gherrara, the Turkish Doctor
[24:] came saw our clean Bill
[25:] of health & the passengers
[26:] & certified on the back of
[pg: 87]
[1:] our clean Bill & went
[2:] away, We weighed and
[3:] proceeded at 4,,25; at 5
[4:] landed a Deckman at Gherrara,
[5:] with Lynch's letters, I sent mine
[6:] & wrote to Alexander;
[7:] At 8 landed the mails at the
[8:] Residency & went up to the
[9:] Custom House. The SS. Mossul
[10:] is here; she is leaving on Friday,
[11:] I went home saw my wife
[12:] Alexander & Mary all well,
[13:] They are now below in the
[14:] courtyard & serdab, and
[15:] are sleeping on top of the
[16:] house; ~ Mr. Rappaport
[17:] called on us, he asked us to
[18:] have dinner with him tomorrow
[19:] at 7 1/2 all four of us ~
[20:] Shekory Sayegh called, he says
[21:] that all is settled about my
[22:] little house, & the Alam will be
[23:] made out as soon as I pay
[24:] its expences etc which came
[25:] to 317 1/2 GSP. so as to be registered
[26:] & stamped etc etc; It will
[26:] come to about 35 Liras
[pg: 88]
1901 May
[1:] all the expenses;[2:] Sister Eliza also Antone Marine
[3:] called on us this afternoon,
[4:] Johnny & Artin called in the
[5:] evening also;
[6:] Weather warm & light N.W.
[7:] air, we slept on top of the house,
29 Wedn Th5.78
[8:] Light N.W. air & little cloudy,[9:] At 7am called on Menusha
[10:] but was not at home, I
[11:] called on Sister Medula, who
[12:] came in from the garden
[13:] with all sister Eliza's family
[14:] the day before ~ I then
[15:] came on board the Mejidieh
[16:] she has been discharging
[17:] since yesterday & we are
[18:] leaving the day after;
[18:] At 10 I went to the office to Mr.
[19:] Parry for 58 L Stg etc; I then
[20:] called on Sister Emilia & Alice
[21:] & came home at 11, I went
[22:] with Alexander to see the
[23:] room they have hired in Khan
[24:] of Berezelli the small one
[25:] for 6 months @ 18 Mejidies
[26:] per year for himself &
[pg: 89]
[1:] Shekoory Sayegh to Open
[2:] business, they are getting out
[3:] some 4000 kilos of Local Sugar,
[4:] Leather, Cloth etc; I advanced
[5:] Alexander 50 Liras & 150
[6:] Others shall give him tomorrow,
[7:] At 1 P.M. I came on board
[8:] We are shipping cargo, We
[9:] have finished discharging;
[10:] Very hot weather;
[11:] Wind shifted to S. West & became
[12:] cloudy, & a few drops of rain
[13:] fell;
[14:] At 5 1/2 P.M. I went home,
[15:] We dressed & at 7 1/2, my wife
[16:] Alexander Marie & myself went
[17:] over to Mr. Rappaport to dinner
[18:] as he invited us, there were
[19:] no body else, We sat in the
[20:] Veranda, & dined at 8 in the room,
[21:] with a Punkah, it was not
[22:] warm, the breeze being from
[23:] the S. East; At 9 1/2 we left
[24:] & came home; ~ Wind got
[25:] up & blew during the night;
[26:] with clouds;
30 Thursd
[27:] Light N. Ely breeze & Cloudy,[28:] at 7 am I called on Menusha
[29:] for 1/2 hour & then came
[30:] on board; the Mossul
[pg: 90]
1901 May
[1:] and Mejidieh are both loading[2:] to leave tomorrow ~
[3:] At 11 went to breakfast & returned
[4:] at 1 P.M. very hot weather &
[5:] very light S. Ely breeze; ~ it got
[6:] very warm & weather so unsettled
[7:] with Clouds & heat ~ Alexander
[8:] came to me & we went home
[9:] at 5 1/4 P.M.
[10:] At 10 1/2 while we were just
[11:] getting asleep on the top of the
[12:] house a great squall came
[13:] on & strong wind shifted to
[14:] N.W. with dust, lightning &
[15:] thunder, it tore up the Curtains
[16:] & we all precipitated down
[17:] below; it rained for 1/2 hour
[18:] & the wind fell a little, but
[19:] We could not sleep well,
[20:] I slept in the room it was very
[21:] warm ~
31 Frid Th5.84 noon 95 4 P.M 100
[22:] Modte N.W. & cloudy all[23:] over & warm ~ At 4 AM
[24:] I came on board; ~
[pg: 91]
SS.Mejidieh Voy 434 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow;
[1:] At 4,,30 AM. We got underway,[2:] The SS. Mossul also soon followed
[3:] us; Weather very cloudy;
[4:] At 6,,5 had to turn and
[5:] anchor above the Bridge at
[6:] Gherrara, the Mossul also
[7:] did the same after us, the
[8:] Bridge is not Open & we
[9:] cannot make out the Cause,
[10:] At 7,,20 the Bridge Opened
[11:] & we passed, they said that the
[12:] Chain had dragged the Boats in
[13:] last night's squall etc.;
[14:] At 8,,5 passed Diala,
[15:] At 9,,40 passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] At 3,,45 P.M. passed
[17:] Baghdadieh Fort; Light N.W.
[18:] & very warm weather;
[19:] We have 167 1/2 passengers (1
[20:] only in 1st Class an Indian
[21:] called Yousif Ali) these including
[22:] 14 Arab Wool pickers to Coot
[23:] free belonging to Abdulghani
[pg: 92]
1901 June
[1:] Khdery, by a ticket from[2:] the agent of S Lynch & co ~
[3:] At 6,,5 P.M. passed Azizieh
[4:] weather still hot it is 100º in my
[5:] cabin ~
[6:] At 8 P.M. we rounded &
[7:] came to at Towil reach; very
[8:] Calm weather but fine,
[9:] I slept on the quarter deck;
[10:] At 9 1/2 the Mossul passed down
[11:] Fine cool night;
1st Satur Th.5.75 noon 98 4 P.M. 103
[12:] Light N.W. & fine cool[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 4 AM. We proceeded
[15:] from Towil ~
[16:] At 7,,5 met the S.S. Khalifah
[17:] coming down, she stopped
[18:] & sent her Boat off with
[19:] the new 2d mate for us,
[20:] called Mr. MacLure, I
[21:] received Henry's letters, they have
[22:] left Garmat Ali on Tuesday
[23:] evening & had to wait for the
[24:] mail & take it; they have
[25:] two french passengers in
[26:] 1st Class travelling in the
[27:] East, one is called Monsr.
[pg: 93]
[1:] Gervais Courtellmont Charge
[2:] de Mission du Ministère des
[3:] Colonies & the other Mr. Gaston
[4:] Bardat Chargé de Mission
[5:] du Ministère de l'Instruction
[6:] Publique, they will also return
[7:] & go to Persia & then to Mossul
[8:] Diarbekir Aleppo Damascus
[9:] & Beyrout; the Khalifah
[10:] left Basreh with only about
[11:] 26 1/2 passengers, she has
[12:] 289,645 Okes of Cargo in Steamer
[13:] & Barge, she had altogether
[14:] about 100 Passengers ~
[15:] At 8 Am passed Memlah,
[16:] Strong N.W. Wind set in blowing
[17:] I think it may be the Barek
[18:] that has sat in;
[19:] The S. Mossul had also Anchored
[20:] at Um Sneyem & she is ahead
[21:] of us, we are getting nearer to
[22:] her; ~
[23:] At 1,,25 P.M. We arrived
[24:] at Coot, the Mossul also just
[25:] about 200 yards before us she
[26:] was; We landed 61 passenge
[27:] (14 workmen of Abdulghani
[28:] free) and 85 Packages
[29:] Lynch's Press cannot work
[pg: 94]
1901 June
[1:] here, the Eassayi's Press is working[2:] against it & cheaper, they are
[3:] charging 14 R. Piasters less on
[4:] each Bale than Lynch's, &
[5:] their Press is worked by Steam
[6:] & Presses one foot less per
[7:] Bale; So the merchants are
[8:] nearly all gone over to Eassayi's,
[9:] The charge for pressing a Bale
[10:] of Wool, all included gunny
[11:] bags, bands etc is 5 1/2 Beshlics
[12:] & the Eassayis are charging
[13:] a little less than 5 or 14 Piast
[14:] less than Lynch's; At Amara
[15:] Lynch's charges 7 Beshlics
[16:] & all the Wool is pressed
[17:] by their Press, the Eassayis
[18:] have a Hydrolic Press but
[19:] is out of order; Here at
[20:] Coot their Press is worked
[21:] by Steam & can press 100
[22:] Bales per day & smaller
[23:] in Size, besides they have
[24:] a large stowing place
[25:] & rooms for thousands
[26:] of Bales, They have a Native
[27:] Engineer from Baghdad
[pg: 95]
[1:] & gets 10 Liras per month,
[2:] besides he gets 9 Piasters on
[3:] each Bale pressed & he
[4:] provides everything workmen
[5:] fuel oil etc etc; The fuel
[6:] I expect & as I am told
[7:] gets it for nothing or
[8:] for very little, as he burns
[9:] the Liquorice which is brought
[10:] down in Boats to him to
[11:] be pressed & is piled up around
[12:] the Press house ~
[13:] We have been detained here
[14:] over 1 1/2 hour waiting for the
[15:] the Custum House coolies
[16:] to come & discharge our
[17:] Cargo, as they were first
[18:] taken to discharge the Mossul,
[19:] At 4,,30 P.M. we left
[20:] Coot, Took 10 Passengers,
[21:] Strong hot wind from N.W.
[22:] At 8,,5 We rounded & came
[23:] to, light N.W. & fine moon
[24:] 14 days old, ~
[25:] At 9 1/2 P.M. the Mossul passed
[26:] on her way down~
[pg: 96]
1901 June
[1:] At 11 1/2 the S.S. Phrat passed[2:] on her way up; Mahomed Pasha
[3:] Daghestany & his troops 274 men
[4:] from Amara returning in her;
2d Sund Th 5.77 noon 109 4 P.M. 110
[5:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[6:] cool morning ~
[7:] At 4 AM. proceeded
[8:] At 5,,15 passed Sheikh Saad;
[9:] At 8,,40 we passed Ali Gherbi
[10:] the smoke of the Mossul is
[11:] ahead of us about 1/2 hour
[12:] distant; Very light N.W. breeze,
[13:] It became very hot & calm until
[14:] noon the breeze sprung up but very
[15:] hot;
[16:] At 5 1/4 P.m. passed the S.S.
[17:] Baghdad & Barge going up above
[18:] the Gardens of Amara;
[19:] At 6,,5 arrived at Amara
[20:] about 5 minutes after the Mossul
[21:] did, landed 41 passengers
[22:] and 104 Packages ~ We begun
[23:] to ship 351 Bales of Pressed Wool
[24:] from Lynch Press ~
[25:] At 7,,10 the Mossul left ~
[26:] Very calm & hot weather; I had
[27:] to wait until the Wool is shipped
[28:] so to send a telegram to S Lynch
[29:] in Baghdad & until the
[pg: 97]
[1:] Ship hauls off the bank to
[2:] get my bed out, it was 9 1/4
[3:] when we finished, Very warm
[4:] & calm weather, I could not
[5:] sleep at all ~
3 Mond Th5. 76 noon 101 4 P.M. 108
[6:] Very light N.W. breeze or Calm,[7:] At 4 AM left Amara, took
[8:] 3 1/2 passengers; It became
[9:] very calm & warm;
[10:] At 7,,50 passed Kalat Saleh
[11:] Very light Ely breeze & it is very
[12:] warm & oppressive Thermor. went
[13:] up at 8 am to 91º ~
[14:] At 11,,30 passed Azair
[15:] At 3 P.M. passed Gorna, Southerly
[16:] breeze & very hot weather;
[17:] It became dead calm & the heat
[18:] was something awful, I could
[19:] not resist one minute in the
[20:] Cabin, it is like a furnace,
[21:] the Thermor. is 105 at 6 1/2 P.M.;
[22:] At 8 we rounded between the
[23:] two Islands & steamed up to the
[24:] Quarantine Station & anchored
[25:] Astern of the Mossul, the heat
[26:] the bad marshy smell & suffocation
[27:] is enough to kill anyone;
[28:] I was obliged to shift my bed
[pg: 98]
1901 June
[1:] up on the top of the house but[2:] still the heat & calm weather
[3:] is unbearable ; & the clock in
[4:] the Captains cabin striking kept me
[5:] awake; the stench coming from
[6:] the shore, the Meheylas & Belems
[7:] scattered around us & their noise,
[8:] I came down at 10 1/2 to sleep on
[9:] the quarter deck but no sleep
[10:] could I get from the dampy heat
[11:] & was constantly fanning
[12:] myself ~ At about 12 P.M.
[13:] a light S. Westly breeze sprung
[14:] up & came so cool, I got dried
[15:] & refreshed, it drove away the
[16:] dampness ~
4 Tuesd Th5.82 noon 97 4 P.M.
[17:] Light Westerly air & cool[18:] morning; but it became warm
[19:] as soon as the sun rose ~
[20:] Many Belems are here taking
[21:] the Mossul's passengers and
[22:] ours; ~ The Mossul had arrived
[23:] yesterday at Sunset ~
[24:] There many passengers here in
[25:] Quarantine, Said Pasha the
[26:] Motserrif of Hassa, the Monsully
[27:] (my old friend) Tawfik Pasha
[28:] the Commandant of the Troops
[29:] at Basreh & other Turks;
[30:] The Assyrian Priest Kass
[pg: 99]
[1:] Yousif Georgyeh is here & going up
[2:] with us ~
[3:] The Steam Launch "Asp" came up
[4:] at 6 1/4 to take down our loaded
[5:] Barge & exchanged her crew,
[6:] she brought our papers of last
[7:] weeks mail; I sent Rufails
[8:] & other people's letters down
[9:] with her gave it to Yousif her
[10:] Engineer ~
[11:] Light Westly, but as I had put
[12:] up my windsel in Baghdad
[13:] it is of no use, whatever Since
[14:] the Captain's Cabin just on
[15:] the very required direction of the
[16:] wind (Portside) shuts entirely
[17:] the wind so it is useless being
[18:] put up;
[19:] There are about 120 Boats
[20:] here in quarantine along the bank
[21:] extending to as far as Garmat
[22:] Majed;
[23:] People say that there
[24:] are no cases of Plague at Basreh
[25:] since some days;
[26:] Modte N.W. Wind is blowing
[27:] since 9 AM but none comes to my
[28:] Cabin, the wind is on the Port Side;
[29:] At 3,,30 P.M. the Stm Launch
[30:] came up towing a Barge full
[pg: 100]
1901 June
[1:] of Cargo for us to Ship Mr.[2:] Bottomley also came in her
[3:] to have a talk & take some whisky
[4:] & soda, we shall have the
[5:] mail this time, as we are
[6:] working so slow & Capt Hanslow
[7:] does not wish to leave before
[8:] Friday ~ The Stm. Launch went
[9:] away at 5 P.M.;
[10:] The wind fell down before Sunset
[11:] & became very warm & close, I
[12:] am swelling all clothes in water,
[13:] Thermr. 102º in my Cabin at 6 1/2 PM.
[14:] A S. Westly breeze got up at 8 P.M.
[15:] & became a little cooler, I slept
[16:] well on the Quarter Deck; at 10 P.M.
[17:] Rufail sent his Belem for the
[18:] letters of Angoorly & writes to me
[19:] that he was coming this evening
[20:] but met his Uncle Yousif going
[21:] down to his place & having
[22:] the diarrhea so he returned
[23:] with him~
5 Wedn Th5. 83
[24:] Light S.W. breeze & fine,[25:] The sun is very hot ~ we got the
[26:] Barge alongside to ship its cargo,
[27:] Toma Shasha came up at 8 1/2
[28:] am to see his brother in law Metty
[29:] & take his Kit from him
[pg: 101]
[1:] I gave him a letter to Rufail &
[2:] the sweetmeats & 2 Bottles Sirop
[3:] that my wife is sending to Rufail
[4:] & Tookyeh to take to them;
[5:] Breeze shifted to N.W. since
[6:] 7 AM & is cool; bu the heat
[7:] of the desert is getting worse,
[8:] The wind kept up all through the
[9:] day but it got dusty so thick
[10:] that the opposite side could
[11:] scarcely be seen ~
[12:] I observed today that many
[13:] people from Basreh & persons
[14:] belonging to these high officials
[15:] in quarantine have free
[16:] access, they come & land &
[17:] mix with them & then return
[18:] to their Belems & go to Basreh,
[19:] Some women the harem of
[20:] Turkish officials were here
[21:] about 10 of them since yesterday
[22:] they went down in two Belems
[23:] to Basreh, The Agent of the
[24:] Turkish Steamers Hassan
[25:] Effendi & his staff are living
[26:] here they go down to Basreh
[27:] & come back & then go about
[28:] among the Huts & pay
[pg: 102]
1901 June
[1:] visits to the official Turks,[2:] as the Defterdar , Said Pasha
[3:] & Towfik Pasha, The people
[4:] of the Mossul also land
[5:] & go about the Huts & mix
[6:] with the people, this is one
[7:] of the worst quarantine
[8:] that I have ever seen, no
[9:] strictness or discipline is kept,
[10:] only the employers exercise
[11:] their absurd authority on the
[12:] poor people; It cannot be
[13:] called a quarantine; but
[14:] only it is used as a pretext
[15:] to extort money from the
[16:] native Boats, so numerous
[17:] as they are traficing up, &
[18:] down the river & charging
[19:] then at 1 1/2 Mejidie each,
[20:] We have coaled the ship
[21:] this afternoon taking 50 Tons
[22:] from a Meheyla ~ They finished
[23:] it at 9 P.M. ~
[24:] Modte N.W. wind but is not so
[25:] refreshing & cool, I could not
[26:] sleep well ~
[pg: 103]
6 Thursd Th5. 84
[1:] Light N.W. & fine, but not so[2:] cool; we are shipping cargo
[3:] very slow work, There are 20
[4:] Coolies in Barge but they are
[5:] merely playing ~ our two
[6:] mates are both ignorant & lazy,
[7:] we have never had before such
[8:] bad officers, Mr. Slack has only
[9:] been here about 10 months
[10:] & is always drinking & the other
[11:] Mr. Mac Lure is a Young stupid
[12:] man, & they have no one over
[13:] them to put them to right, the
[14:] Captain lets them do what they
[15:] like, & does not care a bit about
[16:] the interest of the company or
[17:] has any ability for discipline;
[18:] At 9 1/2 Rufail & Rezooki Angoorly
[19:] came up in a Steam Launch
[20:] of Angoorly, we were at breakfast,
[21:] & they went on shore among
[22:] the Huts to visit some friends,
[23:] the Defterdar etc they came off
[24:] to me at 10 1/2 Rufail & Rezooki,
[25:] They say that for the last 10
[26:] days there has been no cases
[27:] of Plague in Basreh; The mail
[28:] Str. arrived yesterday ~
[29:] Rufail tells me that the
[30:] Affair of Mubarek ibn Sobah
[pg: 104]
1901 June
[1:] Sheikh of Kweit & Sheikh[2:] Abdulaziz ibn Rashid of
[3:] Shammar el Jebel, has taken
[4:] a different phase, as the
[5:] wali of Basreh Mohsen
[6:] Pasha was ordered down to
[7:] Kweit to see Mobarek & try
[8:] to persuade him to be under
[9:] the Turkish protection with
[10:] all sorts of promises, but he
[11:] did not succeed he was told
[12:] plainly by Mobarek that should
[13:] he requires any assistance
[14:] or protection it must be under=
[15:] stood by the Turkish Government
[16:] that he will seek that of the
[17:] English, & so Mohsen Pasha
[18:] returned without having done
[19:] any thing; The Mushir Pasha
[20:] is here & will return next
[21:] week to Baghdad; There
[22:] are still 2 English men
[23:] of war in Kweit watching
[24:] events & Ibn Rashid is
[25:] far in land about 7 days
[26:] journey, ~
[pg: 105]
[1:] Rufail & Rezooki went away
[2:] at 11 1/2;
[3:] Weather became dusty the
[4:] wind blowing strong N.W.
[5:] this must be the Bareh
[6:] wind which sets in about the
[7:] 8th Instt when the Constellation
[8:] of the Pleiades appears on the
[9:] East ~
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.m a letter came
[11:] to Capt Hanslow from Mr. Bottomley
[12:] telling him that at 4 P.M. the
[13:] Stm. Launch will come up to
[14:] us with the mail & our Barge
[15:] in tow & must proceed up
[16:] as soon as possible; we
[17:] were going to leave tomorrow
[18:] just for no other purpose
[19:] but so as to get up on
[20:] Wednesday afternoon so
[21:] as to be able to leave back
[22:] on friday as Hanslow wished,
[23:] Some passengers are going
[24:] on board the Mossul too from
[25:] the quarantine & we saw a
[26:] Belem with 2 Turkish women
[27:] & their Baggage coming from
[28:] Basreh & going straight
[29:] to the Mossul & been put
[30:] on board, they were the
[pg: 106]
1901 June
[1:] people of Said Pasha (now in[2:] quarantine as I am told)
[3:] Some passengers are getting
[4:] ready on the bank to go up
[5:] with us ~
[6:] At 4 1/2 P.M., the Stm. Launch
[7:] came up towing our loaded
[8:] Barge, only the Clerk of the
[9:] Basreh Trading Copy Mr.
[10:] came up to take their specie,
[11:] & also Rezooki Sayegh
[12:] came up to see me, he says
[13:] since the 26 there has been
[14:] no plague in Basreh ~
[15:] They went away at 5, they
[16:] also brought the mails
[17:] & the S. Launch will return
[18:] with Mr. Bottomley;
[19:] We are getting some passengers
[20:] from the quarantine, the Mossul
[21:] went alongside to take also
[22:] her passengers perhaps over 100.
[23:] She will have, Kass Yousif
[24:] Georgyeh came also, Although
[25:] he was only gone 9 days,
[26:] & he wants me to put him in
[27:] 1st Class & charge 2nd fare
[28:] because our 2 class was
[pg: 107]
[1:] taken by Jews, I told him that
[2:] I cannot do it without an
[3:] order from the Agent Metty
[4:] tryed & spoke to Capt' Hanslow
[5:] to let him, but he referred
[6:] him to the Agent;~
[7:] A Bellem came up with Nassoory
[8:] Andria, Yousif Ghorgis & Yousif
[9:] son of Abdulahad Dellal, Nessoory
[10:] gave me a letter for his brother
[11:] in law Yousif Yaghchi Capt
[12:] Hanslow gave them whisky &
[13:] Soda to drink; Metty spoke
[14:] to Nessoory to ask Mr. Bottomley
[15:] to let Kass Yousif Georgieh
[16:] have a 1st Class & pay as 2d,,-
[17:] At 7 P.M. the Stm Launch Asp
[18:] came up with Mr. Bottomley
[19:] in her he brought Lynch's letters
[20:] & drunk his whisky & soda,,
[21:] Nessoory Andrea asked him
[22:] the favor of letting the Priest
[23:] take the 1st Class cabin &
[24:] pay as 2d fare, & so Bottomley
[25:] told Capt Hanslow to let
[26:] him do so; So Metty got
[27:] his wishes accomplished
[pg: 108]
1901 June
[1:] I then gave him a 1st C. Cabin,[2:] the Khalifah has left Baghdad
[3:] today; The Steam Launch
[4:] left at 7 1/2 ; & we remained
[5:] to take our dinner before
[6:] we start, although we have
[7:] been ready for the last 1 1/2
[8:] hour;~ I got the clean Bill
[9:] of Health, but they could
[10:] not put the exact number
[11:] of passengers, not knowing
[12:] how many came, but they
[13:] are not more than 50 persons;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 434 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[14:] At 8 P.M. we got underway[15:] & proceeded; Light N.W. wind
[16:] & fine~ wind got up during the
[17:] night~
7 Frid Th5. 85 noon 104 4 P.M. 102
[18:] Modte N.W. & fine weather[19:] At 4,, 30 A M passed Gorna,
[20:] We in all 46 1/2 passengers from
[pg: 109]
[1:] the quarantine of Garmat Ali
[2:] (3 in 2nd Class Kass Yousif Georgyeh
[3:] paying 2nd fare 150 G.S.P. & occupying
[4:] a 1st Class as per Mr. Bottomley's
[5:] Order last night; & the wife of
[6:] Aboodi Gorgi & his servant are
[7:] free having a Retn. Ticket from
[8:] Baghdad Agent who had come
[9:] in the Khalifah in April)
[10:] At 11,,5 passed Azair, wind
[11:] blowing fresh & rather hot;
[12:] At 6 P.M. passed Kalat
[13:] Saleh ~ Light N.W. air & fine
[14:] I slept in the Cabin but it was
[15:] very warm as the breeze is on
[16:] the other side ~
8 Satur The5.82 noon 101 4 P.M. 103
[17:] At 0,, 45 AM arrived at[18:] Amara, landed 2 Passengers
[19:] & 28 Packages of through cargo,
[20:] took 10 Tons of Coal, I left
[21:] the letters for the Khalifah here
[22:] At 3,,15 A M left Amara,
[23:] Modte N.W. wind got up,
[24:] there are some clouds hanging,
[25:] Took 22 Passengers (15 for Coot)
[26:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Ali
[27:] Sherghi & at 0,,45 passed
[28:] the SS. Khalifah & Barge going
[29:] down ~
[pg: 110]
1901 June
[1:] wind begun to fall a little,[2:] There are still some clouds on
[3:] the East & South; River is
[4:] falling fast, & this strong
[5:] wind will soon evaporate it;
[6:] At 8,,10 passed Ali Gherbi
[7:] Modte N.W. wind & cool,
[8:] I slept on the Quarter Deck, there
[9:] are also Metty & the Priest Yousif
[10:] Georgyeh ~
9 Sund Th 5.78 noon 95 4 P.m. 98
[11:] Modte N.W. & fine cool[12:] morning very pleasant;
[13:] At 11.45 AM arrived at Coot
[14:] landed 5 passengers; I
[15:] received a letter from Henry
[16:] he says that they arrived on
[17:] Sunday midnight & left
[18:] on Thursday with about
[19:] 90000 Okes & 60 passengers
[20:] all well in Baghdad ~
[21:] We shipped 61 Tons Coal
[22:] At 1,,20 P.M. left Coot
[23:] took 42 1/2 passengers,
[24:] Light N.W. & very cool weather
[25:] It is very cool sleeping on the
[26:] quarter deck;
[27:] At 10,,5 P.M. passed
[28:] Memlah ~
[pg: 111]
10 Mond Th5.77 noon 96 4 P.m. 98
[1:] Light N.W. breeze & very[2:] cool weather; River keeps falling
[3:] & sand banks appearing;
[4:] At 11 AM. passed Azizieh;
[5:] It became calm & warm, very
[6:] little breeze from N. West;
[7:] At 3,,30 P.M. passed the
[8:] S.S. Phrat & Barge going down
[9:] below Baghdadieh Fort;
[10:] At 3,,50 passed Baghdadieh
[11:] Light N. Westerly breeze;
11 Tuesd Th5. 72
[12:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 4,,10 A.M. passed
[15:] Ctesiphon~
[16:] At 7,,30 passed Diala,
[17:] At 8 touched a shoal at Rustumyeh
[18:] & grounded; It was calm
[19:] but a light breeze sprung up;
[20:] the steering block broke in backing
[21:] astern, anchored, repaired it &
[22:] left at 8,,20 ~
[23:] At 9,,40 stopped below the
[24:] Bridge for the quarantine Doctor
[25:] who came & inspected the
[26:] passengers & endorsed our
[27:] Clean Bill of Health & went
[28:] away, we sent a Deckman
[pg: 112]
1901 June
[1:] with letters, I sent mine to[2:] Alexander also ~
[3:] At 10 we proceeded through
[4:] the Bridge & went on;
[5:] Clouds are spreading on the
[6:] North & West & East very strange
[7:] to have them this time;
[8:] At 1,,35 P.M. landed mails
[9:] at the Residency & went up to
[10:] the Custum House, the S.S. Baghdad
[11:] is here inside ~ I went home
[12:] found that my wife Eliza has
[13:] gone to Awashik with Antone
[14:] her brother & his wife Terroza
[15:] to see his garden there, as
[16:] also there is a piece of ground
[17:] of Rufail & his brother there
[18:] so I found Alexander and
[19:] his wife Mary only at home
[20:] & the servants; ~ my sisters
[21:] Eliza, Emilia Alice, & Terrooza
[22:] my niece (sister Eliza's daughter)
[23:] called on us; I found letters
[24:] here from Jaboory Asfar
[25:] from London, & from Blockey
[26:] my wife will come back
[27:] on next Monday, we are
[pg: 113]
[1:] leaving on friday ~
[2:] I got an awful pain on my
[3:] back that I cannot move
[4:] or get up or walk, the same
[5:] as I had about 2 years ago,
[6:] it is troubling me awfully,
[7:] Johny & Shekoory Sayegh
[8:] called in the evening ~
[9:] I heard that Mons De Sarzec
[10:] formerly french consul
[11:] here died in france; they
[12:] say also Colonel Loch, the
[13:] former British Consul left
[14:] India dangerously ill to
[15:] England & perhaps dead,
[16:] Light N.W. & fine, but
[17:] got Cloudy at night;
12 Wedn Th5.76
[18:] Ely breeze & cloudy with[19:] some lightning at 3 AM. but
[20:] got fine after sunrise, I
[21:] suffering awfully from
[22:] the pain in my lower back
[23:] I cannot move or walk,
[24:] at 6 AM called on Menusha
[25:] Henry's wife & then came
[26:] on board at 7; the Mejidieh
[pg: 114]
1901 June
[1:] went alongside & begun[2:] to discharge her cargo as
[3:] we must leave on friday
[4:] this is dreadful work;
[5:] I sent money to the office and
[6:] at 10 went to call on Mr. Rappaport
[7:] there came also Capt Hanslow,
[8:] I came home at 11, the pain
[9:] on my back or the lambago
[10:] is killing me, I am rubbing
[11:] it with oils spirits etc but
[12:] still it is the same,
[13:] At 2 P.M. came on board
[14:] The Baghdad is loading &
[15:] leaving tomorrow ~ At 5
[16:] I went to Alexanders office in
[17:] the Khan of Brezelly saw Chekoory
[18:] Sayegh there, they have shipped
[19:] 20 Bales of sheep skins to Trieste
[20:] in the Phrat through by the
[21:] SS. Newstead of Kassim Khdery,
[22:] & received 20 cases sugar
[23:] from Trieste, Alexander has received
[24:] many Samples from Europe;
[25:] We came home had tea &
[26:] then took Marie & went to
[27:] call on Sister Eliza but I
[28:] went to my sister Emilia &
[pg: 115]
[1:] Alice, saw then Mrs. Perry
[2:] I then came to Sister Eliza
[3:] where Emilia & Alice also
[4:] came we spent the evening
[5:] on the top of the house, & left
[6:] at 9; ~ Light N.W. air
[7:] & fine, a strong wind got up
[8:] at night;
13 Thursd Th5.77
[9:] Light N.W. & fine; my[10:] lumbago pain is just the
[11:] same, I am suffering very
[12:] much from it; cannot have
[13:] a rest, at 6 1/2 AM. I went
[14:] to see the daughters of Antone
[15:] Marine Rosa & Ellen & the
[16:] children, there is no news
[17:] sent from their father & mother
[18:] & my wife from Awashik,
[19:] At 7 I came on board,
[20:] The SS. Baghdad left at about
[21:] 4 1/2 this morning ~ we
[22:] are shipping & discharging
[23:] Quarantine has been taken
[24:] off from Garmat Ali, as there has
[25:] been no official reports of any
[26:] cases of Plague since the
[27:] 24 Ulto, Lynch wrote to us
[pg: 116]
1901 June
[1:] today to say so but only the[2:] steamers will be subject to
[3:] the inspection of a doctor on
[4:] arrival at Gherrara;
[5:] At 11 went home to breakfast
[6:] I could scarcely walk from
[7:] the severe pain of my back, I
[8:] took some friction from the ships
[9:] medicine chest, as camphor
[10:] & Ammonia linament and
[11:] rubbed over but found very little
[12:] benefit ~ at 2 P.M. I came
[13:] on board; lots of cargo is
[13:] coming; ~
[14:] Alexander came to me in the
[15:] afternoon, but I am mad from
[16:] the pain on the back, it is a
[17:] thing I have never seen in my life,
[18:] I received from Mr. T. D.
[19:] Cree, the Agent of Blockey here
[20:] the 20 £ Stg which Blockey sent
[21:] me for the sale of the Tablets
[22:] of Eliahoo Dennoos to the
[23:] British Museum (Mr. Budge)
[24:] & I gave it to Alexander to give
[25:] it to Eliahoo Denoos ~
[26:] At 6 1/2 P.M. we went home
[pg: 117]
[1:] At 7 the SS. Mossul & Barge
[2:] arrived from Garmat Ali,
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[4:] weather;
14 Frid
[5:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather[6:] at 4 AM I came on board
[7:] my pain on the back is just
[8:] as bad & painful a before,
Baghdad to Basreh S.S. Mejidieh Voy 436 & Barge in tow,
[9:] At 4. 20 AM proceeded[10:] Very light N.W. air & fine;
[11:] River getting very low, we touched
[12:] at Rustomyeh; At 6,, 55 passed
[13:] Diala river ~
[14:] At 8,, 20 passed Ctesiphon,
[15:] I finished the passengers tickets,
[16:] we have altogether 95 1/2 ( 3 in
[17:] 1st Class a Mahomedan traveller
[18:] from Tunis H. Mahomed; & two french
[19:] travellers who had come up in
[20:] the Khalifah they are voyaging on
[21:] a Government mission one is called
[22:] Mons Jules Gervais & the other
[23:] Mons Gaston Bordat, they are
[pg: 118]
1901 June
[1:] going down to Muscat & then[2:] coming to Bushire, Shiraz
[3:] Ipahan Tehran & returning
[4:] to Mossul Dyarbekir Aleppo
[5:] Damascus, Beyrouth etc.
[6:] At 2,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[7:] Fort, modte N. W. wind
[8:] I am putting linseed poultecess
[9:] on my back & I feel much
[10:] relieved from the pain; But
[11:] it came back again, & I rubbed
[12:] it with the spirits of camphor
[13:] & ammonia & other stuff still
[14:] it is the same ~
[15:] At 5,,15 P.M passed
[16:] Azizieh;
[17:] At 8,,20 anchored for the
[18:] night; at Um Sneyem, Fine cool
[19:] weather, I rubbed my back with
[20:] the spirits, I feel a little relieved
15 Satur Th5.76 noon 103 4 P.m 106
[21:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning,[22:] I slept well last night, but this
[23:] morning while shaving & washing
[24:] the pain came on awful it
[25:] must be from the cold;
[26:] At 4,,10 AM we proceeded,
[27:] At 7,,10 Passed Memlah;
[28:] At 0,,25 P.M. arrived at
[29:] Coot, landed 19 passengers
[pg: 119]
[1:] & 39 packages; Fresh N.W.
[2:] wind blowing; ~ we are Shipping
[3:] 284 Bales of wool from Lynch's
[4:] Press;~ They say here that the
[5:] Khalifah passed Amara last
[6:] night at 9 P.M. without the
[7:] Barge in tow;
[8:] At 2,,25 P.M. we left Coot
[9:] no passengers came from Coot;
[10:] The pain keeps most awfully
[11:] I cannot stand up or sit down
[12:] I am like a mad; and the frictions
[13:] do not do me good; This time
[14:] it came on much stronger than
[15:] when I got it once in August
[16:] 1899, it had lasted from the
[17:] 10th to the 18th & went away
[18:] gradually, but was not so severe
[19:] Today is the worst day I feel,
[20:] perhaps it got cold this morning
[21:] & last night sleeping on the
[22:] quarter Deck;
[23:] At 7 1/2 P.M. passed Sheikh Saad,
[24:] Modte N.W. wind blowing; I
[25:] feel the pain worse than ever, I
[26:] could scarcely go to the table to
[27:] dinner & could not get up, I
[28:] rubbed my back with all sorts
[29:] of thing. Cajaput, Camphor linament
[pg: 120]
1901 June
[1:] Ammonia linament etc, but it[2:] did not do me good; I am
[3:] sleeping in my Cabin;
[4:] At 7,,45 anchored at Aboo
[5:] Dood, light N.W. breeze & fine
[6:] I slept in the cabin, it is not warm,
[7:] I rubbed my back with the usual
[8:] friction & slept pretty well;
[9:] At 10,,10 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
[10:] & Barge passed up;
16 Sund Th.5.74 noon 96 4 P.m.100
[11:] Light N.W. & fine cool[12:] morning ~
[13:] At 4 AM. proceeded;
[14:] My pain came on worse than
[15:] ever, it is mostly on my right
[16:] hip I could not stand or wash
[17:] with great difficulty, I am
[18:] so weak & nearly fainting from
[19:] the pain ~ we took 2 Passeng
[20:] came from Sheikh Saad;
[21:] At 7,,30 passed Ali Gherbi,
[22:] Strong wind got up blowing
[23:] all the day; I am lying in
[24:] bed unable to go out or walk
[15:] the pain is still the same
[26:] but more on my right hip
[pg: 121]
[1:] At 5,,15 P.M. arrived at
[2:] Amara, landed 16 1/2 Passeng
[3:] & 87 Packages; we begun to
[4:] ship 242 Bales of Pressed Wool
[5:] I feel the pain most awful I
[6:] am so done up that when I
[7:] go out I am obliged to return
[8:] to my cabin for I cannot
[9:] stand long; I received Henry's
[10:] letters & papers here, the Khalifah
[11:] had 176 passengers from
[12:] Basreh, Mr.Ovesink of the Russian
[13:] Chancellier returning, and
[14:] Nejib Beg the chief Clerk of the
[15:] Lynch in Baghdad & 2 females
[16:] with him in 1st Class; and
[17:] about 271260 Okes cargo;
[18:] At 7,,35 P.M. we left Amara
[19:] light N.W. & fine weather;
[20:] At 9 we anchored; I slept
[21:] in the cabin, my pain is little
[22:] easier I can lay & get up without
[23:] much pain ~
17 Mond The.5.76
[24:] Light N.W. & fine cool[25:] morning, at 4 AM proceeded
[26:] My pain came on again
[27:] very severe as soon as I rose
[28:] from my bed, it gets worse
[pg: 122]
1901 June
[1:] in the morning always, and[2:] to make it still worse, as
[3:] I cannot stoop down to wash
[4:] in my big basin on the low
[5:] stool, I lifted it up & put
[6:] it on the wash stand & being
[7:] very heavy, I felt the pain
[8:] most awful such as I never
[9:] felt & I strained myself, I
[10:] could not stand or wash,
[11:] & even go out, I got the Boy
[12:] Monsoor to rub my back with
[13:] all the frictions, but I felt
[14:] no better & am suffering
[15:] awfully, it is only when I
[16:] lye in bed that I feel easy
[17:] & no pain;
[18:] At 10,,30 passed Azair
[19:] At 2,,10 P.M. Went alongside at
[20:] Gorna & landed 83 Packges
[21:] & 6 passengers,~ Modte N.W.
[22:] wind, but I keeping in my
[23:] cabin cannot walk out at
[24:] all; ~ At 2,,45 left Gorna
[25:] I have put a mustard poultess on
[26:] my back for 1/2 hour, it burned
[27:] me & I felt little better, but
[28:] only for 1/2 hour & the pain comes
[29:] in walking or standing up,
[pg: 123]
[1:] It became very warm & calm
[2:] at sunset, Thermr. 100 in my cabin,
[3:] At 8,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
[4:] Phrat bound up at Anchor
[5:] she has come to grief, her boiler
[6:] burst ~
[7:] At 8,,50 arrived at
[8:] Basreh, very calm & warm;
[9:] Rufail sent me the Belem but
[10:] I could not go from the pain
[11:] I am suffering; I slept on the Quartr
[12:] deck, but could not sleep well,
18 Tuesd
[13:] Very light N.W. air; I got[14:] up at 4 am again with the
[15:] pain worse than ever, I
[16:] could with difficulty wash a
[17:] little & put my clothes;
[18:] At 7 1/2 Rezooki Sayegh came
[19:] to me, I went with him to the
[20:] Doctor just opposite us, a
[21:] new doctor came out from
[22:] Bombay for English community,
[23:] is Called Dr. Scroggie, he
[24:] examined me & I told him
[25:] also the story he rubbed
[26:] my back with Iodine which
[27:] burned me much, &
[28:] gave me a bottle of medicine
[29:] to take an ounce every
[pg: 124]
1901 June
[1:] four hours, he asked about my[2:] diet & drink etc, he told me
[3:] not to eat any solid food
[4:] but rice milk etc; his fees
[5:] are Rps 6, I came on board
[6:] & laid up in bed, the pain
[7:] is very bad when I get up,
[8:] Rufail came at 9 to me
[9:] & insisted that I should go
[10:] on shore to his place; he
[11:] came back at 12 & I with difficulty
[12:] got into his Bellem & went to his
[13:] house, where there are Tookyeh,
[14:] Rezooki & his wife Mina &
[15:] Toni Angoorlie's wife Margherita
[16:] They made a flour dough poultess
[17:] & rubbed my back with olive
[18:] oil, I felt a little relief, but
[19:] could not stand or walk
[20:] about; this was repeated
[21:] 3 times until bed time, I
[22:] also took the Medicine of
[23:] Dr. R.W. Scroggie every 4 hours,
[24:] but to no use, the internal medicine
[25:] has no effect on the pain
[26:] I slept in the big room with
[27:] windows opened, there is a modte
[28:] N.W. breeze, the rest all
[pg: 125]
[1:] Sleep on the top of the house,
[2:] it pained during the night
[3:] a little;
19 Wedn Th5.80 noon 100
[4:] Light N.W. breeze & fine,[5:] I feel the pain just as before,
[6:] there is no change for the better,
[7:] I dressed with difficulty; I
[8:] could not stoop to wash the
[9:] servant had to hold me the
[10:] Basin up; at 6 1/2 am I came
[11:] on board with Rufail & Rezooki
[12:] Angoorly & they went in to Basreh
[13:] I found a telegram from
[14:] Alexander or my wife, of
[15:] yesterdays date
[16:] Svoboda Basreh
[17:] Anxious hear health
[18:] Svoboda,
[19:] I replyed immediately;
[20:] Svoboda Baghdad
[21:] Sorry the same
[22:] Svoboda
[23:] We are shipping cargo ~
[24:] having discharged yesterday,
[25:] Teophil Tonietti came to me
[26:] with a paper from Alexander my
[27:] son it being a promissory note
[28:] for 5 £ Stg which he had borrowed
[29:] from his brother August at
[pg: 126]
1901 June
[1:] Cairo When he was there, and[2:] Alexander promising to send it
[3:] to him from Beyrout when he
[4:] got there but never did, I
[5:] know nothing about it, & he
[6:] never told me of it, I promised
[7:] to pay it to him next time,
[8:] The SS. Bardistan for Asfar
[9:] & Co came up from the quarantine
[10:] at 9 1/2, she is let to Yousif
[11:] Korkis here;
[12:] Mr. Glanville our 2d Engineer
[13:] is to be left here to go on board
[14:] the Malamir & I have paid
[15:] him here 10 £ for the whole
[16:] month as per Mr. Bottomley's
[17:] order ~ since 10 Am. I
[18:] begun to feel a little easier
[19:] I can get up & walk a little
[20:] the pain is inclined more
[21:] to my right leg;
[22:] At 2,,3p P.M. the Persian St. King Arthur
[23:] arrived in quarantine ~
[24:] Ezra Daniel & his wife the Viennese
[25:] of the family of Neumann whom
[26:] we saw in Vienna in 1897 &
[27:] called on her father's house
[pg: 127]
[1:] came & took a 1 Class Cabin
[2:] to go up with us; she tells me
[3:] that her youngest Sister whom
[4:] used to go out with us in Vienna
[5:] died four months ago on child
[6:] birth her first child ~
[7:] The mail Boat having passed
[8:] Fao at 1 P.M. & perhaps will
[9:] pass the night at Mohamerah
[10:] & we are to await, ~ Many
[11:] people came to me, Rezooki Roofail
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly, Nassoory Andrea,
[13:] It is very hot in cabin 103° &
[14:] calm, I am swetting awfully,
[15:] but I feel a little better,
[16:] Mr. Bottomley & Mr. Darby are
[17:] here up with capt Hanslow, &
[18:] they also dined with us; Mr.
[19:] Query the Inspector of Public Debt is
[20:] going to Amara with us. he
[21:] also dined together;
[22:] I had to sleep on the quarter deck
[23:] but it was too warm &
[24:] calm;
20 Thursd
[25:] Very light N.W. Air & Sultry,[26:] I have the pain again the
[27:] same as before; there is very
[28:] little difference, I could
[pg: 128]
1901 June
[1:] Stoop a little & wash my[2:] face, but the pain is very
[3:] shooting, I was better yesterday,
[4:] At 7 Am the Mail Steamer
[5:] "Chanda" arrived in quarantine,
[6:] We got our mails; ~ Dr. Ahmed
[7:] of the quarantine breakfasted
[8:] with us; ~
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 436 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow;
[9:] At 10,55 am. We proceeded,[10:] Modte N.W. wind ~
[11:] The pain on my back is still
[12:] killing me; while I lay down
[13:] it goes altogether & I feel much
[14:] relieved; ~ I had to copy the
[15:] cargo & sat up for 2 hours &
[16:] it pained me much, I could
[17:] not walk; Very hot in my
[18:] cabin Ther @ 6 P.M. is 101°
[19:] We have 94 1/2 passengers
[20:] in all (3 in 1st Class Ezra
[21:] Daniel the apothecary and
[pg: 129]
[1:] his Wife & Mr. F. Querry in the
[2:] Public Debt to Amara, & 2 in 2d
[3:] Class Moolla Mahmood
[4:] Clerk of Kassim Khdery &
[5:] his wife)~
[6:] At 7,,40 P.M. passed Gorna,
[7:] Very Calm Weather; ~
[8:] I am suffering awfully from
[9:] my back; I could not get up
[10:] from the table after dinner,
[11:] all the frictions have done
[12:] no good whatever;
21 Frid Th5. 84
[13:] At 1,,30 Am. passed Azair,[14:] At 2,,10 anchored near Ghumeyjeh
[15:] At 4,,10 proceeded; Modte
[16:] N.W. & fine weather, but not so cool,
[17:] I felt better when I got out of
[18:] bed, but while washing, the
[19:] pain came on very bad, it must
[20:] be a Vain which gets twisted
[21:] about that causes the pain,
[22:] & it remained so unable to
[23:] turn or stand upright;
[24:] At 9 we came to the Shoal
[25:] place at Nafikh & could not pass
[26:] sounded & found 2 3/4 draaz &
[27:] We kept steaming over the
[28:] shoal close along the West bank
[pg: 130]
1901 June
[1:] but she can't go ahead,[2:] Took an anchor out ahead &
[3:] hove her up along the W. bank
[4:] At 11,,45 proceeded ~
[5:] Strong N.W. wind blowing;
[6:] At 1 P.M. landed 3 Passeng
[7:] at Kalat Saleh & went on,
[8:] I feel myself a little better,
[9:] the pain does not come on
[10:] so acute; I am rubbing my
[11:] spine with the Cajaput oil,
[12:] & have put on my Truss since
[13:] 9 am; I can cough now without
[14:] feeling that lancing pain
[15:] At 5 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
[16:] wind falling;
[17:] I feel much better now than
[18:] I was this morning; I suppose
[19:] the pain is taking its own
[20:] course ~
[21:] At 8,,5 PM arrived at Amara
[22:] landed 11 passengers (Mr. Querry of
[23:] the Public Debt in 1st Class) and
[24:] 32 Bales of through Cargo;
[25:] I sent a telegram to my wife
[26:] Svoboda Baghdad
[27:] Much relieved, love
[28:] Svoboda
[pg: 131]
[1:] I feel much easier today, & I
[2:] can walk out but I cannot
[3:] stoop down, the pain is more
[4:] going down to my right hip,
[5:] we took 10 Tons of coal, &
[6:] about 11 packages cargo, I
[7:] left the Khalifah's letters here
[8:] as she has left this morning
[9:] I slept in my cabin, but could
[10:] not sleep from the heat & mosquitoes
[11:] At 11,,15 P.M. left Amara,
[12:] Light N.W. breeze & fine;
22 Satur The5.78 noon 101 4 P.M. 108
[13:] Modte N.W. & fine weather,[14:] I had no pain on getting up,
[15:] while washing & stooping down
[16:] it came on mostly on the right
[17:] leg; ~
[18:] Gave tickets to 38 Amara
[19:] passengers; Mr. Querry the
[20:] Inspector of Public Debt, is going
[21:] with us to Baghdad having
[22:] finished his work in 2 hours time,
[23:] & had to pay passage afresh
[24:] Viz GSP. 262 1/2 for 1st C. Cabin
[25:] At 7,,20 passed Ali
[26:] Sherghi; weather getting very
[27:] hot & light hot air
[28:] At 2,,10 P.M. passed
[pg: 132]
1901 June
[1:] the SS. Mossul & Barge going[2:] down~ Ahmed Beg son of
[3:] Mahomed Beg Rubey on board
[4:] he was at Constple. asking for
[5:] a job & has been appointed
[6:] a Moawen or Assistant to
[7:] the Valy of Basreh;
[8:] At 2,,30p P.M. passed Ali Gherbi,
[9:] very hot wind;
[10:] I feel little easier I can walk
[11:] about, but without straining
[12:] myself, the pain now mostly is
[13:] down my right leg, it must be
[14:] a Vein that has got irritated
[15:] or contracted ~
[16:] At 9 1/2 passed Sheikh Saad,
[17:] I slept out on the quarter deck,
[18:] nice & cool weather;
23 Sund Th5.79 nooon 109 4 P.m.109
[19:] At 0,,10 AM. we passed the[20:] SS. Khalifah at anchor bound
[21:] down~ Light N.W. breeze &
[22:] fine ~
[23:] The pain is on my right hip,
[24:] but I feel a little easier, I took
[25:] care in not stooping down
[26:] or haring about quickly
[27:] but could with difficulty put
[pg: 133]
[1:] on my trowser & socks
[2:] At 6,,10 arrived at Coot;
[3:] landed 14 passengers & one
[4:] Bale through cargo; received
[5:] Henry's letter also one from
[6:] my wife, she & Antone came
[7:] back from Awashek on
[8:] last Monday, she is in a great
[9:] way about my pain on the
[10:] spine, she has received my
[11:] telegram from Basreh; There
[12:] were only about 60 passeng
[13:] in the Khalifah, Toni Angoorly
[14:] in 1st C. to Basreh & Michail
[15:] Yaghchi in 1 C. to Bughela
[16:] she shipped 265 Bales of Wool
[17:] from here ~ We took in Coal,
[18:] 5 Tons ~ At 7,,15 left Coot, but
[19:] had to wait for Ezra Daniel who
[20:] had gone on shore, & we steamed
[21:] up above Coot until he came
[22:] in a Goffa between the islands
[23:] & We Went on at 7,,45;
[24:] Took 32 Passengers from
[25:] Coot;
[26:] It became Very hot, the
[27:] Wind is modte N.W. but hot;
[28:] At 5,30 P.M. passed Memlah,
[pg: 134]
1901 June
[1:] My pain continues strong on the[2:] spine & right hip, I rubbed it with
[3:] the camphor & Ammonia, also
[4:] the other friction I had before
[5:] but to no use; I felt the pain
[6:] in bed at night;
24 Mond Th.5.77 noon 108 4 P.M. 109
[7:] Modte N.W. & fine cool morning[8:] At 5 AM. passed Azizieh,
[9:] The Phrat passed up last night
[10:] at about 9 P.M. from Azizieh,
[11:] My pain was calmed down
[12:] but on washing & dressing it
[13:] pintched me again; I used
[14:] the friction;
[15:] At 9,,45 Am. passed
[16:] Baghdadieh, the Dijlehs wreck
[17:] is just Visible only two or three
[18:] ribs of the Paddle Box about
[19:] 6 Inches out of the water;
[20:] Wind getting again hot;
[21:] We saw the smoke of the
[22:] SS. Phrat ahead of us she is at
[23:] Ledje & we are at Jubail (Dawer
[24:] reach) Very hot & calm the
[25:] Thermr. is 109 in my cabin ~
[26:] I feel a little better today
[27:] the pain is not so acute
[pg: 135]
[1:] I can walk & move a little
[2:] easier, I could wash my face
[3:] by stooping down a little this
[4:] evening ~
[5:] At 6,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
[6:] Weather cooling down ~
[7:] We are catching the Phrat fast, she
[8:] is ahead of us getting to Semreh reach
[9:] & we are above Bostan ~
[10:] At 9 P.M. came to a Shoal at
[11:] Jurf el Batta, the Phrat has also
[12:] stopped there, We steamed up along
[13:] the East bank & past her
[14:] but it was blocked up ahead,
[15:] We sent to sound, & Pilot
[16:] returned, saying there was no water
[17:] only 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz, but the
[18:] Phrat is behind us & we cannot
[19:] drop back; the Captain made
[20:] up his mind to remain till the
[21:] morning, but the Phrat got
[22:] underway & passed through the
[23:] Channel & went on at 10,,20,
[24:] So we also dropped down
[25:] at 11 & steamed on to the Channel
[26:] & grounded, got anchors out
[27:] ahead & hove her up and
[28:] steaming too ~
25 Tuesd Th.5.82
[29:] At 1,,30 AM we got clear[30:] after heaving up by Anchors
[pg: 136]
1901 June
[1:] taken out three times, and[2:] we went on; I could not
[3:] sleep on the quarter deck from
[4:] the number of Sandflies, heat
[5:] & the noise of the Crew,
[6:] So I went into my cabin at
[7:] Midnight, but still I could
[8:] not sleep from the heat and
[9:] Sandflies; Very Calm Weather,
[10:] At 2,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[11:] We touched at Gusseiba &
[12:] other places several times,
[13:] Light N.W. & fine but it
[14:] looks sultry & great heat is
[15:] coming ~ I can see the
[16:] smoke of the Phrat at Dedewyeh,
[17:] Capt Hanslow tells me that he
[18:] detained the ship last night on purpose
[19:] to let the Phrat go ahead of
[20:] us & get to Baghdad first ~ It
[21:] is really getting too bad this
[22:] sort of work, the Agent in Baghdad
[23:] by instructions from London
[24:] & also from Taylor I believe
[25:] are not to let us stop in Baghdad
[26:] as much as they can, & not
[27:] more than two days, just
[28:] to discharge & load & be off
[pg: 137]
[1:] This work is Killing, every person
[2:] on board of both Steamers
[3:] are disgusted & growling,
[4:] At 7,,10 passed Diala
[5:] river, the Phrat is near
[6:] Gherrara;
[7:] At 9,,50 We anchored just
[8:] below the Bridge of Gherrarah
[9:] for the Turkish Doctor of quarantine
[10:] who came & inspected the
[11:] passengers & went away,
[12:] At 10,,10 we proceeded,
[13:] The Phrat must have arrived
[14:] at about 1 P.m. by her smoke
[15:] we see it ~
[16:] At 1,,40 P.m. landed the
[17:] mails at the Residency and
[18:] went to the Custum House , the
[19:] Phrat is only here just arrived
[20:] I went home; Saw Eliza &
[21:] Alexander (who had come to meet
[22:] me at the beach) & Mary,
[23:] Eliza came back from Awashik
[24:] since Monday; ~ I got some
[25:] Turpentine & Olive Oil & rubbed
[26:] my back, I feel better now
[27:] but the pain is still; I can
[28:] work better,
[29:] Johny & Artin called on us
[pg: 138]
1901 June
[1:] Also Antone Marine & Shekoory[2:] Sayegh; ~
[3:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
26 Wednes
[4:] Light n.w. & fine ~ Sister[5:] Emilia called at 6 1/2 am to
[6:] enquire about me ~ at
[7:] 8 am I came on board,
[8:] My back is paining me
[9:] again but not so much I
[10:] had it rubbed with that
[11:] black moomyeh & Ghee;
[12:] The Phrat is discharging,
[13:] no exact news of our departure
[14:] but most probably it will
[15:] be on Sunday ; ~ Capt Hanslow
[16:] came & said it is to be on Sunday,
[17:] At 11 I went home, found
[18:] Sister Medula, Père Jean &
[19:] Jemileh the Moussulite widow
[20:] of Rezooki Shamas Antone;
[21:] I made the friction & rubbed
[22:] my back, the pain is getting
[23:] less especially from noon
[24:] till next morning; ~
[25:] There is a rumour among
[26:] the Christian people & my
[27:] relatives too, that Sister
[pg: 139]
[1:] Medoola wants to get married
[2:] for the third time, & now
[3:] with a young boy, Rezooki
[4:] son of Risha Hanna Andria
[5:] with a squint eye, he is
[6:] about 36 or 37, & she is 58,
[7:] he is marrying her for the sake
[8:] of her money & the fine house
[9:] she has; but I cannot make
[10:] out why she wants to marry,
[11:] probably because she is
[12:] alone & lonely in the house
[13:] & wants to have a companion
[14:] but as it appears & she had
[15:] always said before, that
[16:] she will repent, we shall
[17:] see if there is any truth in
[18:] the rumour;
[19:] I called on Menusha at 4
[20:] P.m. she has also heard of
[21:] Medoolas marriage but
[22:] till now Medoola has not
[23:] told any body of our parents,
[24:] My pain is little better
[25:] I am rubbing it ~
1901 June 27 Thursd Th.5.78
[pg: 140]1901 June
[1:] Light n.w. & fine ~ my[2:] back pains me as usually
[3:] every morning; I got the
[4:] American plaster from
[5:] Ezra Daniel the apothecary
[6:] & stuck it on my back;
[7:] At 7 am I came on board,
[8:] the Mejidieh is discharging
[9:] & loading;
[10:] At 7,,30 the S.S. Baghdad
[11:] & Barge arrived from Basreh;
[12:] I gave Alexander an other
[13:] 50 TLiras for his trade making
[14:] 250 up till now;
[15:] At 10 1/2 I went on Shore,
[16:] called on Sister Medoola,
[17:] she opened the matter of her
[18:] marriage to me; & said that
[19:] I must have heard it from
[20:] outside, I said I did & every
[21:] body is talking of it, she
[22:] asked my opinion & what
[23:] I think about it, I said
[24:] you ought to know better,
[25:] you are old enough & can
[26:] do what you like,
[pg: 141]
[1:] She said that the boy Rezooki
[2:] Risha Andrea & his parents
[3:] are insisting much & would
[4:] have it, I said you know
[5:] better; now it is clear
[6:] that the case is true & she
[7:] does wish to have this young
[8:] person, I said to her that
[9:] you must know that he
[10:] is not marrying you out of
[11:] affection or love, but solely
[12:] for the sake of your money
[13:] & house, & she confessed
[14:] that; so I left her & came
[15:] home ~
[16:] The pain is continuing on my
[17:] back & I can walk with difficulty
[18:] but feel better than before
[19:] two or three days ~
[20:] At 3 P.m. I came on board
[21:] we are shipping cargo;
[22:] At 6 went home, Mr. Rappaport
[23:] had just called on us & left,
[24:] At 6 1/2 we all went to
[25:] call on Alice & sister Emilia, I
[26:] passed to see sister Eliza a little
[27:] & Terrooza, Johny Artin &
[pg: 142]
1901 June
[1:] his wife Serpohy came over[2:] to Alice's & we spent the
[3:] evening on top of the house,
[4:] all of them are talking &
[5:] disapproving sister Medoola's
[6:] stupidity of getting married,
[7:] At 8 1/2 we came home,
[8:] Light n.w. & fine weather,
[9:] My back is paining me
[10:] it is from the walk & going
[11:] up & down the terrace ~
28 Frid Th5.80
[12:] Light n.w. & fine but[13:] not cool ~ At 7 am I came
[14:] on board, Alexander came
[15:] with me; I paid the wages
[16:] of the Crew & Officers for
[17:] this month ; At 10 1/2 I went
[18:] home found Mr. Guilietti there,
[19:] I took a warm bath & had a
[20:] good scrub with hot water & Soap
[21:] up my spine I left relieved a
[22:] little; but it came on to
[23:] me afterward but not so severe,
[24:] Antone Guilietti called on us
[25:] in the evening;
[pg: 143]
[1:] Tomorrow is the birth day of
[2:] the Prophet Mahomed; there
[3:] are illuminations on the minarets
[4:] & Public edifices ~
[5:] Light n.w. & fine cool
[6:] weather ~
29 Satur Th5.79 noon 105 4 P.m. 108
[7:] Light n.w. & fine weather[8:] My pain on the Spine continues
[9:] I applied the frictions: but I
[10:] can walk better;
[11:] At 7 am called on Sister
[12:] Eliza & then came on board
[13:] at 8 ; ~
[14:] Today is a Holiday of St.
[15:] Peter & Paul ~
[16:] We are shipping cargo, the Phrat
[17:] also is leaving tomorrow with
[18:] us; The river is falling very
[19:] rapidly, it is below the lowest
[20:] steps of the Custum House,
[21:] At 11 I went & called on
[22:] Menusha for the Holyday of
[23:] my brother Henry, as he is christened
[24:] Peter ~ Went home to
[25:] breakfast & came on board
[26:] at 2 P.m. ~ very hot,
[pg: 144]
1901 June
[1:] At 4 1/2 P.m. we finished loading[2:] & hauled out ~ Mr. Rappaport
[3:] called on me for 1/2 hour
[4:] Alexander came to me and
[5:] at 6 P.m. We left, called on
[6:] our way at Henry's house &
[7:] took Eliza & Mary, there
[8:] were many people all my
[9:] relatives ~
[10:] Light n.w. & fine, but not
[11:] so cool ~
30 Sund Th.5. 85 noon 109 4 P.m. 112
[12:] Light n.w. air & fine[13:] at 4 am. I come on board
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 437 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow
[14:] At 4,,15 am. we proceeded,[15:] The SS. Phrat also left soon
[16:] behind us; Detained 20 minutes
[17:] at Cherd el Pasha in a Shoal;
[18:] Captain Hanslow has had
[19:] a son born to him this morning
[20:] at 1 am; this is the second child
[pg: 145]
[1:] the first one had died last year
[2:] a daughter about 6 month old;
[3:] My pain is getting better
[4:] I can walk & work easier;
[5:] At 7 passed Diala ~
[6:] The medical inspection at Gherrrah
[7:] on Steamers arriving from
[8:] Basreh on account of the late
[9:] outbreak of Plague there, has
[10:] been taken off & abolished;
[11:] Weather calm & is getting
[12:] warm; Breez N. Easterly
[13:] At 8,,50 passed Ctesiphon,
[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets, we have altogether 203 1/2
[16:] (one in 1st Class, the young Abdul=
[17:] Jebbar son of Abdulrezack
[18:] Khedery to Basreh with a
[19:] free Return ticket & a Jewess
[20:] the wife of Yousef Hyim to Amara
[21:] in 2nd Class)
[22:] At 3,,35 P.m we passed
[23:] Baghdadieh ~ weather very
[24:] warm, a light n.w. breeze is
[25:] blowing aft & we can't feel
[26:] it ~
[27:] At 6,,5 P.m. passed
[28:] Azizieh ~
[29:] At 8,,10 anchored at Shedeif
[pg: 146]
1901 July
[1:] for the night ~ Calm weather,[2:] It got cooler a little later on ;
1st Mond Th5. 80 noon 111 4 P.m. 109
[3:] Calm weather & fine ~[4:] At 4.15 Am. proceeded, the
[5:] Phrat is behind us about
[6:] half hour, she must have anchored
[7:] also ~
[8:] At 6 passed the S.S. Khalifah
[9:] going up at Deboony ~
[10:] The pain on my spine is getting
[11:] less now, I feel much easier
[12:] though the pain is still on the
[13:] spine, but I can move & walk
[14:] better;
[15:] At 8,,20 passed Memlah,
[16:] At 8,,50 we stopped at Bughela
[17:] & picked on board from a Goffa
[18:] Michail Yaghchi
[19:] going to Basreh he took a
[20:] 1st Class Cabin , he has lost
[21:] a pile of Liquorice about 50
[22:] Taghars being burnt down
[23:] by Arabs, we went on at 9;
[24:] Very calm & warm weather,
[25:] Took an other passenger too
[26:] for Coot;
[27:] At 10,,25 passed the SS.
[28:] Mossul & Barge going up at
[pg: 147]
[1:] Aboo Hmar she was deep with
[2:] passengers & cargo ;
[3:] At 1,,55 P.m arrived at Coot
[4:] landed 27 passengers and 41
[5:] Packages ~ There are 238 Bales
[6:] of wool here to be shipped,
[7:] I received a short letter from
[8:] Henry, he says that he has left
[9:] the letters etc at Amara,
[10:] There were in the Khalifah all
[11:] her cabin passengers free,
[12:] Two women of Haji Monsoor,
[13:] Amelda daughter of Nassoory
[14:] Andria & the mother of Kass
[15:] Yousif Georgyeh in 1st Class,
[16:] the wife of Hannosh Clerk of
[17:] Lynch Broth & 2 servants in
[18:] 1st Class; AbdulKadur Khdery
[19:] & his wife from Amara
[20:] & 3 servants in 1st Class, and
[21:] a female servant with Amelda
[22:] all these were free ~
[23:] Light Westerly breeze and
[24:] very warm impossible to
[25:] stay in the Cabin; ~
[26:] At 3,,55 P.m. we left Coot
[27:] the Phrat is just arriving to
[28:] Coot by this time; We took
[29:] 14 Passengers & the 238 Bales
[pg: 148]
1901 July
[1:] of wool ~[2:] Weather very hazy & loaded with
[3:] heat, calm & very suffocating,
[4:] At 8 P.m. came to for the night
[5:] below Sheikh Saad; Very light
[6:] southerly breeze; it shifted to a light
[7:] n.w. at about midnight;
2 Tuesd Th5.82 noon 103 4 P.m. 105
[8:] Very light n.w. & fine, but warm[9:] At 4 A.m. we proceeded ~
[10:] at 4,,50 passed S. Saad; It
[11:] became very calm;
[12:] The pain on my spine is better,
[13:] I do not feel it so much, it is
[14:] passing away but very gradual,
[15:] At 6,,30 we anchored at Seyd
[16:] Abbass & sounded, At 7 proceeded,
[17:] Very light N. Ely breeze ~
[18:] I am taking for the last 3 days
[19:] a dose of Eatton's Syrup composed
[20:] of Quinine, Iron & Strycnine,
[21:] & I think it does me good,
[22:] At 9,,10 passed Ali Gherbi,
[23:] Breeze Shifted to n. wester,
[24:] The wind blowing today strong
[25:] but cool, & it became cool &
[26:] pleasant in the afternoon;
[27:] At 7,,25 P.m. arrived at
[pg: 149]
[1:] Amara landed 40 Passenger
[2:] & 32 Packages ~ There are 327
[3:] Bales of wool here to Ship;
[4:] I received Henry's letter & Papers
[5:] left here; the Khalifah had about
[6:] 90 passengers and 267,700 Okes
[7:] I had to sleep in my Cabin as
[8:] the breeze is very cool tonight
[9:] but not in my Cabin, it is very
[10:] hot inside , we finished at 10
[11:] P.m. & remained at Amara;
3 Wedn Th5.75 noon 98 4 P.m
[12:] Light n.w. & fine cool[13:] night ~
[14:] At 2 a.m. left Amara,
[15:] At 6 passed Kalat Saleh;
[16:] Took 13 passengers from Amara
[17:] My pain on my spine is decreasing
[18:] there is little pain left & I feel it
[19:] when I sit long; by can move &
[20:] work easyer ~
[21:] At 7 anchored at Nafikh &
[22:] sent to sound; found the place
[23:] getting bad, only 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz
[24:] close alongside the west bank,
[25:] steamed on to it, & took ropes
[26:] on shore to work her close
[27:] alongside the bank; There is
[28:] a Boat aground in the Channel
[29:] just ahead of us, we sent the
[30:] Barge down forward, and
[pg: 150]
1901 July
[1:] worked the ship down with anchors[2:] & ropes ~ Modte n.w. breeze
[3:] At 11,,10 got over and then
[4:] proceeded; The smoke of the
[5:] Phrat is visible at Kalat Saleh,
[6:] It is getting hot;
[7:] At 2,,35 P.m. passed
[8:] Azair, it is very hot, the sun
[9:] is so hot & the wind light
[10:] wind shifted to S. Ely moderate
[11:] & hot;
[12:] A female passengers of
[13:] Muscat having been brought ill
[14:] on board in Baghdad coming from
[15:] Kerballa has just died;
[16:] At 6,,20 P.m. passed Gorna,
[17:] Light S. Easterly breeze;
[18:] At 12 arrived at Basreh,
[19:] Very warm & dampy; air shifted
[20:] to n.w.; There are no Steamers
[21:] here except the mail Steamer
[22:] in quarantine the Assyria ~
4 Thursd
[23:] Light n.w.& fine; we landed[24:] the passengers; & also cargo;
[25:] There is the Persian Steamer Nadri
[26:] here having a cargo of Jawy planks
[27:] for the Maymany ~
[28:] Rezooki Angoorly came to me, also
[29:] Rezooki & Roofail Sayegh
[pg: 151]
[1:] The Phrat arrived at 5 1/2 am;
[2:] The pain on my spine does not
[3:] go away altogether; it exists, but I
[4:] can move about & walk but I
[5:] cannot stand long; it makes
[6:] me feel tyred;
[7:] At 11 I went up with Rufail
[8:] to his home, saw Tookyeh there
[9:] & her 3 children, Rezooki's wife
[10:] Mina is gone to Basreh to her
[11:] mother this morning; We
[12:] spent the day, there is a strong
[13:] n.w wind blowing & not so
[14:] hot; Rezooki went in to
[15:] Basreh to join his wife Mina
[16:] & pass the night there;
[17:] Yousif Marine came from Shaebyeh
[18:] he dined & slept with us on
[19:] the top of the house, nice cool
[20:] weather; a modte n.w. breeze
[21:] blowing all the night;
5 Frid
[22:] Modte n.w. & fine cool[23:] morning; It was very cool
[24:] last night; At 7 am. I
[25:] came on board; We are
[26:] shipping cargo, & will leave
[27:] this tomorrow until they
[28:] will load the Barge for us,
[29:] we shall have to go up
[30:] to Maghil & coal Ship
[pg: 152]
1901 July
[1:] there in future always to be[2:] so until further orders, as the
[3:] Khalifah had done so too, it
[4:] is on account of the coal
[5:] which has always been sent
[6:] down in Boats & found it
[7:] comes out short, it is getting
[8:] stolen on the way by the Boatmen
[9:] themselves & sold in Basreh,
[10:] But I found out also today
[11:] that at Maghil even the
[12:] coal stores is robbed by
[13:] Maghil Arabs, amongst them
[14:] one called Taher brother of
[15:] Haji Mohsen, he steels Belems
[16:] ful & sells it to Yamen the
[17:] Keeper of the Steam Press &
[18:] Ice at the mouth of the creek;
[19:] Lynch Brothers have an agent
[20:] there Hannah ibn Shamsy
[21:] who is just as bad & been steeling
[22:] & frauding Lynch since six
[23:] years & become wealthy
[24:] & bound a date ground at
[25:] Maghil, & Mr. Taylor knew
[26:] all about him but he overlooked
[27:] all he did, because he served
[28:] him as agent to his property
[pg: 153]
[1:] on the opposite side which he
[2:] has sold for 1400 Liras about
[3:] two months ago ~
[4:] Weather getting dusty & hazy
[5:] from the N.W. wind blowing
[6:] also hot ~
[7:] My pain today is the same, it
[8:] was little more painful in
[9:] the morning but is better in
[10:] the afternoon; I am still using
[11:] the friction of Terpentine & olive
[12:] Oil, also Cajaput etc ~
[13:] At 4 P.M. I crossed over to
[14:] Lynch Brother's office,& see Mr.
[15:] Bottomley & gave him some
[16:] marks of cases of goods coming
[17:] out for Alexander & Shekoory
[18:] Sayegh & requested him if he
[19:] can ship them as soon as they
[20:] arrive, he was quite willing
[21:] & told the Clerk Hannosh
[22:] about them; there is one case
[23:] arrived today with the cargo
[24:] of the SS. Assyria & am going
[25:] to get it ~ I then went
[26:] up to Rufail's house, saw
[27:] there Tookyeh, Rezooki & his
[28:] Wife Mina, Rezooki Angoorly
[29:] came & Mirza Hamza
[30:] the agent here of Sheikh
[pg: 154]
1901 July
[1:] Khazal of Mahomerah, he[2:] sat till 8 P.M. & drunk arak
[3:] & went away ~
[4:] Very Calm nasty warm
[5:] weather; we dined on top of the
[6:] house & slept;
6 Satur Th5. 82 noon 112 4 P.m.
[7:] Very Calm or light S. Westly[8:] warm & Sultry ~ at 6 1/2 am
[9:] I came down to the Steamer
[10:] with Rufail who is going in
[11:] to Basreh to get my money
[12:] the interest of my 1000 TLiras
[13:] placed with him for an
[14:] other year @ 7 1/2% = 75 Liras
[15:] it will be done on the 6 of
[16:] Rabi Thany (or 21st of this
[17:] month, I have his house
[18:] mortgaged to me by the Tapo
[19:] since three Years ~ I sent a
[20:] telegram to Alexander with
[21:] Rufail to be wired from Basreh
[22:] as tomorrow is his birthday
[23:] I said
[24:] Alexander Svoboda
[25:] Happy Birthday love
[26:] Svoboda
[27:] he will be finishing his 23d
[28:] year ~
[pg: 155]
[1:] We have lit fires to go up
[2:] to Maghil & coal Ship;
[3:] We got the Basreh mails &
[4:] Lynch's letter at 10 1/2;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 437 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[5:] At 10,,45 Am. We got under=[6:] way & proceeded to Maghil,
[7:] Very warm & light Westly
[8:] Breeze;
[9:] The SS. Newlyn arrived in
[10:] quarantine at 10 am for Gray
[11:] Mackenzie ~
[12:] At 11.30 arrived at Maghil &
[13:] went alongside to coal; The
[14:] heat is great, with a light S. Ely
[15:] breeze, ~ Rufail came up in
[16:] his Belem with 4 men to go up
[17:] to Gorna with us towing his Belem
[18:] Capt Hanslow gave him a
[19:] free passage; We took 45
[20:] tons coal ~
[21:] At 3,,30 P.M. we left
[22:] Maghil, it became very hot
[23:] & calm; very suffocating
[pg: 156]
1901 July
[1:] Rufail dined with us;[2:] At 9 P.M. passed Gorna,
[3:] Rufail & his men cast off their
[4:] Belem & went away ~
[5:] At 11 we passed the SS.
[6:] Baghdad & Barge bound down,
[7:] The breeze shifted to a
[8:] light N. W. ~
7 Sund Th5.81 noon 104 4 P.m.106
[9:] Very light Ely breeze and[10:] not pleasant ~
[11:] At 2 am passed Azair,
[12:] At 3,, we anchored ~
[13:] At 4 proceeded
[14:] At 10 landed 2 passengers at
[15:] K. Saleh & took 3 for Amara,
[16:] Light S. Ely & warm sultry,
[17:] We have 98 1/2 Passengers
[18:] from Basreh (1 in 2 C. Cabin
[19:] a Young Jew Eliahoo Levy)
[20:] My spine is better, the great
[21:] pain is gone, but am feeling
[22:] still like a strain or pain as
[23:] if I had been tyring myself
[24:] from a great walk ~
[25:] At 1,,40 P.M. passed Aboo =
[26:] Sedra ~
[pg: 157]
[1:] At 4,,15 P.m. arrived at
[2:] Amara landed 35 1/2 Passengers
[3:] & 6 Bales; Took in 10 Tons of
[4:] Coal, weather became dead
[5:] Calm & warm sultry;
[6:] At 6,,30 P.M. left Amara,
[7:] I left the Khalifah's letters here,
[8:] she has left on friday;
[9:] Breeze shifted to N.W. but very
[10:] light scarcely felt;
[11:]
8 Mond Th5. 79 noon 109 4 P.m 114
[12:] At 0,,40 A.M. passed the SS.[13:] Khalifah & Barge at anchor
[14:] bound down ~
[15:] At 1,,25 passed Ali Sherghi,
[16:] Light S. Ely & sultry hot weather,
[17:] Gave tickets to 28 1/2 Amara
[18:] passengers ~ Light S. Ely &
[19:] warm ~
[20:] At 8,,25 AM. passed Ali Gherbi
[21:] At 0,,15 P.M. grounded at Seyd
[22:] Abbass, had to take anchors
[23:] ahead & heave off ~ At 1,,15
[24:] proceeded; Very hot weather
[25:] light N. Wester;
[26:] Yesterday was the first day
[pg: 158]
1901 July
[1:] of the Saam heat setting in[2:] At 4 P.m. passed Sheikh
[3:] Saad, very hot wind from
[4:] N.W. but light & weather Sultry;
[5:] wind got up later on but blowing
[6:] hot; I had to sleep in my cabin
[7:] as we shall get to Coot about
[8:] midnight but the cabin was
[9:] still hot & the bed too ~
9 Thursd Th 5. 80 noon 103 4 P.m.
[10:] At 1 Am arrived at Coot,[11:] landed 9 passengers & 5 Bales
[12:] took in 10 tons of coal;
[13:] I received a letter from Henry
[14:] also one from Alexander,
[15:] They inform me of the marriage
[16:] of Sister Medoola with the
[17:] young son of Reesha Hanna
[18:] Andrea, Rezooki on Monday
[19:] last the 1st Instt; at 8 P.M.
[20:] the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
[21:] Noory & two Priests went to
[22:] her house & contracted the
[23:] marriage ceremony secretly,
[24:] no one of our relatives has been
[25:] to see her; She has caused
[26:] a great talk & scandal in
[27:] town; This is the third husband
[pg: 159]
[1:] she has had, she is 58 years
[2:] (born on 5 July 1843) and
[3:] her husband is about 38 or
[4:] 39 years old; he has married
[5:] her solely for the sake of her
[6:] house & her money about
[7:] 1,000 Liras perhaps in cash
[8:] & Jewellery ~ At 3 we left Coot
[9:] The "Khalifah" had little Cargo
[10:] about 100,000 Okes, & some 72 1/2
[11:] passengers; she took 196 Bales of
[12:] wool from Coot Press;
[13:] Gave tickets to 42 1/2 Passengers
[14:] from Coot ~
[15:] Modte N.W. wind blowing,
[16:] At 1,,5 P.M. passed Memlah,
[17:] It is not so hot today; there is a
[18:] Modte; N.W. breeze all throughout
[19:] the day;
[20:] At 12 P.M. we stopped at
[21:] Azizieh to pick on board an Arab
[22:] passenger came off in a Goffa,
[23:] the Pilot stopped for him, the captain
[24:] being asleep, & we were detained
[25:] 10 minutes in backing etc &
[26:] then went on ~
[27:] Very cool night, it got so quite
[28:] cold that I had to fetch my
[29:] thick Lahaf to cover myself
[pg: 160]
1901 July 10 Wedns Th5.75 noon 96 4 P.m.102
[1:] Very light N.W. breeze & cool[2:] At 4,,30 AM. passed
[3:] Baghdadieh Fort, the Dijleh's
[4:] wreck is more visible out of
[5:] the water;
[6:] Detained 15 minutes in shoal water
[7:] at Thabtyeh (lower Dowar reach)
[8:] At 1,,35 P.M. passed Bostan,
[9:] Modte N.W. breeze & not so hot,
[10:] My spine is getting better I feel
[11:] the pain very slightly, & it does
[12:] not prevent me from moving about
[13:] or walk or stoop as before;
[14:] Detained 10 minutes in shoal
[15:] water at Joorf el Batta;
[16:] At 5 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[17:] Detained 10 minutes at Gusseiba,
[18:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[19:] At 6,,40 passed the SS Mossul
[20:] & Barge bound down & aground
[21:] at Zembaranyeh hard & fast
[22:] close to the East bank and
[23:] heaving on, we passed outside
[24:] of her without touching, she
[25:] must have left this morning;
[26:] At 6,,50 we touched a shoal
[27:] close to the Island of Zembaranyeh
[28:] sent the Pilot to sound
[pg: 161]
[1:] Pilot returned at 7 1/2 & said there
[2:] was no water everywhere there
[3:] are 2 & 2 1/4 draaz, unless the
[4:] Mossul gets off so that we
[5:] can drop & take her channel,
[6:] The captain ordered to bank
[7:] fire & remain till the morrow,
[8:] Weather calm, but not so warm,
11 Thursd The5.81 noon 100 4 P.m.105
[9:] Light N.W & fine ~ The SS.[10:] Mossul is still aground below
[11:] us & heaving into deep water,
[12:] we sent to sound, there is no
[13:] better place but the Mossul's,
[14:] we are close alongside the Island
[15:] of Zumbaranyeh, some passengers
[16:] landed to walk to town, but they
[17:] returned, having found water
[18:] at the upper part between the island
[19:] & the main land; The Mossul
[20:] got into deep water at 6 AM,
[21:] we have lighted the ship putting
[22:] few packages in the Barge ~
[23:] The Mossul left at 7 ~ we
[24:] also dropped down to her channel,
[25:] & steamed on to it, we stuck &
[26:] took anchors out ahead & hove
[27:] on & got over to the East bank
[28:] close alongside the bank;
[29:] At 8,,55 we proceeded
[pg: 162]
1901 July
[1:] At 11 AM passed Diala[2:] At 1,,15 P.M. landed a Deckman
[3:] at Gherrara, I sent letters to
[4:] Alexander, Fresh N.W. & dusty
[5:] weather & hot wind;
[6:] At 4,,15 landed the mails at
[7:] The Residency & steamed to the
[8:] Custum House, no steamers
[9:] are here; I went home found
[10:] my wife, Alexander & Marie, but
[11:] Alexander has been unwell. He
[12:] has had little fever; I suppose
[13:] it is from hot weather & cool
[14:] nights, or because him & Marie
[15:] have gone to Kadumain in
[16:] the Tramway & returned by
[17:] Moadem in a Carriage the
[18:] other day; ~
[19:] I heard the particulars of
[20:] Sister Medoolas marriage
[21:] on the 1st of this month with
[22:] Rezooki Andrea as I related
[23:] before, no one of my sisters
[24:] or relatives has been to her
[25:] yet; ~ Johny, Antone Marine
[26:] & Shekoory Sayegh called
[27:] on us ~
[pg: 163]
[1:] I have a bad cold since this
[2:] morning my nose & sneeze
[3:] awfully;
[4:] Modte N.W. it increased
[5:] at night, I could not sleep
[6:] well at all;
12 Frid The5.80 noon 102 4 P.m 106
[7:] Modte N.W. & fine cool[8:] morning; at 7 AM I called
[9:] on Menusha & then I came
[10:] on board; no one knows
[11:] when we are going away,
[12:] The newborn son of Captain
[13:] Hanslow on the 30 June, has
[14:] died after five days from
[15:] fever & convulsion;
[16:] At 9 I went & called on Mr. Rappaport
[17:] We talked about Medoola's marriage
[18:] he is disappointed for not having
[19:] given him notice of her intended
[20:] marriage according to rule
[21:] as being an Austrian Subject,
[22:] he has fined her I think one
[23:] Lira for having done so; and
[24:] tells me it is the cause of the
[25:] Bishop Aghnatius also for
[26:] not informing him that he
[27:] was going to marry her,
[28:] the Bishop had been tipped
[pg: 164]
1901 July
[1:] of about 10 Liras for celebrating[2:] the marriage secretly, and
[3:] with obtaining licence, as
[4:] it is not allowed for a man
[5:] to marry his uncle's widow,
[6:] Mr. Rappaport wants that
[7:] Alexander should better come
[8:] over to him to register his
[9:] having begun to trade and
[10:] undertakes commercial
[11:] business, I told him that I
[12:] will send him tomorrow;
[13:] At 10 I went to the Office to
[14:] Mr. Parry with money and
[15:] other papers, & got from him
[16:] 45 £ to pay the Captain and
[17:] Mr. Falletts wages for last
[18:] Month; We are leaving on
[19:] Tuesday ~ I came home,
[20:] I took a Bath in the afternoon,
[21:] At 4 P.M. called on Alice
[22:] & Sister Emilia, & then on
[23:] Sister Eliza, they are sorry
[24:] for Medoola's marriage
[25:] & strongly disapproves of it,
[26:] I came home at 6 1/2 P.M
[pg: 165]
[1:] Fine weather with N.W. breeze
[2:] & cool;
13 Satur Th5.78
[3:] Modte N.W. breeze & fine[4:] cool morning; at 7 AM
[5:] I came on board; we are
[6:] discharging cargo,
[7:] The river is getting very low
[8:] Lynch's Agent here Mr. Parry
[9:] writes a letter to Capt Hanslow
[10:] to inform him that the Annual
[11:] General Meeting of Shareholders
[12:] held in London on the 14th June
[13:] the following resolutions and
[14:] proposed were carried ~
[15:] " That the thanks of the meeting
[16:] " be transmitted to the Agents
[17:] " & Officers of the Company for
[18:] " the Satisfactory Manner in
[19:] " which the business of the past
[20:] " year has been conducted
[21:] " & that the Directors be empowered
[22:] " to make payment of 5 %
[23:] " gratuity to the Working
[24:] " Staff on the Tigris ~
[25:] We have not had a Bonus
[26:] Since 1897 ~
[27:] At 11 I went home to breakfast
[28:] And returned at 2 P.M.
[pg: 166]
1901 July
[1:] Very warm weather ~[2:] No more cargo came for Shipment,
[3:] So I left at 4 P.M. went to
[4:] Alexander's Office in Khan el
[5:] Berezelli;
[6:] They sent for me in the Office
[7:] I went to Mr. Parry, he wants
[8:] to know whether we had paid
[9:] Bonus before to the whole crew
[10:] or only the Officers, he had prepared
[11:] a List with the whole crew &
[12:] Barge men, I told him that
[13:] in 1895 the whole crew were
[14:] paid, & that was the first
[15:] time granted, but in 1897
[16:] I cannot say as I was out
[17:] on leave to Europe, & they
[18:] must have got a copy or
[19:] entry in the Office, he says
[20:] that if the crew had been paid
[21:] always he will also do so,
[22:] but if not, he does not want
[23:] to make a rule of it, they
[24:] are going to look, & I also
[25:] will try to find out ~
[pg: 167]
[1:] Weather fine & cool ~
14 Sund The5.78
[2:] Light N.W. & fine Weather,[3:] At 7 AM. Eliza Alexander Marie
[4:] & I went to the house Monseigneur
[5:] Altmayer, to hear Mass
[6:] performed by Père Augustin
[7:] who is alone here now (during
[8:] Monsg Altmayer's absence)
[9:] the chapel is nicely arranged &
[10:] clean; there were Mr. Rappaport,
[11:] my sister Eliza & her children,
[12:] Emilia Alice, etc; ~ At 8,
[13:] I took Alexander, Johny & Artin
[14:] & we called on Mons Rouet
[15:] the french Vice Consul as
[16:] it is the anniversary of the
[17:] french Republic; many people
[18:] & the foreign Consuls & Turkish
[19:] officials, the Waly Namik Pasha
[20:] called; ~ We then called on the
[21:] french Priests; Asfar, Antone
[22:] Marine; Abduljebbar Effendi,
[23:] Minia Abood; Eliza & Adoola
[24:] my cousins; Yaghchis, and
[25:] Menusha & came home at
[26:] 12 ~ At 4 P.M. Johny came
[27:] & we went to call on Polus Serkis
[28:] & Fetoohi Maghat, and at
[pg: 168]
1901 July
[1:] 6 P.M. took Eliza & Marie & we[2:] all went to Sister Eliza & spent
[3:] the evening on top of the house,
[4:] Came home at 8 3/4 P.M.;
[5:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather,
15 Mond Th5.78
[6:] Modte N.W. & fine cool[7:] morning; At 7 Am I came
[8:] on board, we are Shipping
[9:] Cargo; River falling very
[10:] much;~ At 11 I went on shore
[11:] called on the Office to tell Mr. Parry
[12:] about the Bonus, he is going to
[13:] Make out a List perhaps until
[14:] next trip when we return;
[15:] I went home to breakfast &
[16:] returned on board at 2 P.M.
[17:] We finished shipping cargo
[18:] at 6 P.M. ~ I went home
[19:] with Alexander; ~
[20:] Artin, his wife Serpohy, Terrooza
[21:] his sister & her daughter Bella
[22:] called on us & spent the evening
[23:] till 8 1/2 P.M. ~
[24:] Light N.W. air & fine cool
[25:] night;
[pg: 169]
16 Tuesd Th5. 80 noon 104 4 P.m. 111
[1:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning[2:] At 4 AM I came on board.
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 438 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow;
[3:] At 4,,30 Am. got underway;[4:] Light N.W. breeze & fine ~
[5:] At 6,,50 anchored at Dedewyeh
[6:] and Sent to Sound; At 8,,10
[7:] we proceeded without touching;
[8:] At 8,,50 passed Diala ~
[9:] At 9,,30 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[10:] Island & sent to Sound,
[11:] At 11 we steamed down to the
[12:] shoal where there are 2 1/2 & 2 3/4
[13:] draaz, We grounded and
[14:] took anchors Ahead & hove,
[15:] At about 1 P.M. the SS. Phrat
[16:] & Barge came up & she anchored
[17:] at 1,,10 the SS. Khalifah
[18:] came up & also anchored,
[19:] We are heaving fore & Aft,
[20:] The Khalifah's Boat came
[21:] to us with Capt Brain
[pg: 170]
1901 July
[1:] & Charley Cowley; I received[2:] a letter from Henry; he has
[3:] left my letters at Coot, the
[4:] Phrat had left about 48
[5:] hours before the Khalifah,
[6:] Yousif Korkis & his wife are
[7:] passengers on board, also
[8:] a New Russian Chancellier
[9:] Mr. De Nauphol, in place of Mr.
[10:] Ovesinko the present Chancellier,
[11:] We got over the Shoal place
[12:] and proceeded at 3 P.M.
[13:] left the Khalifah & Phrat
[14:] there to pass it on their way
[15:] up; Wind Very hot ~
[16:] Finished the passengers
[17:] tickets, We have altogether
[18:] 247 (3 in 1st Class, Abdulaziz
[19:] Zheir son of Abdulkadur Zheir
[20:] and the Persian Burmese merchant
[21:] Haji Seyd Reza & a female with
[22:] him, & one Jew in 2d Class)
[23:] At 3,,55 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[24:] At 4,,25 anchored at Joorf el
[25:] Batta & sent to sound,
[26:] At 5 proceeded over 3 draaz,
[pg: 171]
[1:] At 7,,35 P.M. came to for the
[2:] Night at the bottom of Ledje reach,
[3:] Light N.W. & fine Cool night;
17 Wednesd Therm5.78 noon 102 4 P.m. 111
[4:] Calm morning & fine cool weather,[5:] At 4,,30 Am. proceeded, and
[6:] at 4,,45 grounded, hove off with
[7:] an anchor & proceeded at 5,,30 ~
[8:] At 5,,45 anchored at Oweyn
[9:] and sent to sound the Channel;
[10:] The pain on my Spine is nearly
[11:] gone since 2 or 3 days I feel much
[12:] easier & now can scarcely feel it;
[13:] At 7,,30 the SS. Baghdad and
[14:] Barge passed up ~
[15:] At 7,,40 We proceeded, having
[16:] touched the shoal & cleared it on;
[17:] At 11,,10 passed Baghdadieh
[18:] Light hot breeze sprung up;
[19:] At 1,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh
[20:] At 7,,20 We came to for the night
[21:] at Sheresh, Very Calm Weather,
[22:] I was so disturbed from sleeping by the
[23:] noise, singing & playing instruments
[24:] by this fool of Abdulaziz son of
[25:] Abdulkadur Zheir & his followers
[26:] on the Hatch, that Capt Hanslow
[pg: 172]
1901 July
[1:] had to come down & stop them,[2:] they are very bad lot, ~
18 Thursd The5.84 noon 106 4 P.m. 110
[3:] Light N.W. & fine weather[4:] At 4,,15 AM. We proceeded,
[5:] At 5,,50 passed Memlah;
[6:] A strong wind got up blowing
[7:] hot & dusty ~
[8:] At 11,,45 arrived at Coot
[9:] landed 28 1/2 passengers and
[10:] 80 packages; We shipped 70
[12:] Bales of Wool from Lynch's
[13:] Press; ~ I received Henry's letter
[14:] & Papers; the Khalifah had
[15:] about 60 passengers and
[16:] Yousif Korkis & his wife, and
[17:] the new Russian Chancellier
[18:] Mr. De Nauphol to replace
[19:] Mr. Ovesinko; & about 250,000
[20:] Okes Cargo;
[21:] The Mail Steamers of the
[22:] B. India are now to touch
[23:] at Kweit & have established
[24:] an Agency there, that tally man
[25:] Selman ibn Kass Elias, this
[26:] last time was the first time
[27:] that the Mail steamer called
[pg: 173]
[1:] there; & I dare say bye & bye
[2:] the English Will have a Consular
[3:] Agent there; as they intend to
[4:] occupy Kweit, & never let
[5:] the Turks have any thing to
[6:] do there; As the Sheikh Mubarek
[7:] ibn Sebah is protected &
[8:] subsidized by the English Govermt,
[9:] and he told the Waly of Basreh
[10:] plainly that he does not require
[11:] the Turkish protection, but
[12:] that of the English ~
[13:] At 1,,10 P.M. left Coot
[14:] Took 18 passengers ~
[15:] Wind blowing very hot, just a
[16:] Saam wind, even at 6 1/2 it was
[17:] blowing strong & hot as fire;
[18:] At 6,,40 landed 6 Passengers
[19:] at Sheikh Saad, just below the
[20:] Village round the point ~ We went
[21:] on at 6,,45 ~ Strong wind blowing;
[22:] At 7,,5 we rounded & came
[23:] to at Aboo Dood, it is still day
[24:] light, & we could have gone to
[25:] Seyd Abbass ~
[26:] Strong wind blew all the night
[27:] but not cool ~
< [pg: 174]
1901 July 19 Frid Ther5. 85 noon 107 4 P.m. 116
[1:] Modte N.W. & hazy weather, not[2:] Cool at all ~
[3:] At 4,,15 AM. proceeded from
[4:] Aboo Dood, at 4,,30 grounded
[5:] hove off with a stern anchor &
[6:] sounded ~
[7:] At 5,,15 proceeded ~
[8:] At 8,,55 passed Ali Gherbi,
[9:] It became awfully hot, the
[10:] wind is light N.W. but as hot
[11:] as fire, In my cabin the iron
[12:] & wood work is very hot to touch,
[13:] In Capt Hanslow's cabin up on Deck
[14:] he had the Thermor. 118° ~
[15:] By sunset it became very calm
[16:] & very warm,
[17:] At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at Amara
[18:] landed 56 Passengers & 39 Packgs
[19:] impossible to resist in my cabin
[20:] the heat is fearful, although
[21:] the atmosphere is cooled down
[22:] a little ~ There are 344 Bales of
[23:] Wool to be shipped; Here with
[24:] this great heat, the confusion,
[25:] & noise of the crowds of people
[26:] filling the Ship, & no order or
[27:] decipline; our two new
[28:] mates Slack & MacLure
[29:] & the Third Engineer Foreman
[pg: 175]
[1:] who only joined last trip, were
[2:] in MacLures cabin aft next
[3:] to Mettys all were Singing
[4:] & playing instruments and about
[5:] 50 people looking at them through
[6:] the windows, careless of the
[7:] Bales of Wool coming on board
[8:] they are left to be counted Simply
[9:] by the deckmen; the Captain
[10:] upstairs went to turn in, and
[11:] such a scandal I never saw
[12:] in my life having taken place,
[13:] They are certainly encouraged
[14:] to do so, seeing that the Captain
[15:] takes no notice & lets them
[16:] do as they like, but the worst
[17:] is this young MacLure who takes
[18:] such liberty, & brings aft his
[19:] fellow scotch countryman
[20:] the 3rd Engr. Forman, & they sit &
[21:] talk, & the ship & Cargo are
[22:] left to their faith; I could
[23:] not sleep aft on the quarter,
[24:] we finished shipping the wool
[25:] at 10 1/2 & lay rather close to
[26:] the bank, & I lost my sleep
[27:] altogether ~
20 Satur The5. 80 noon 106 4 P.m. 110
[28:] Light N. Ely breeze & hazy[29:] At 3 Am left Amara ~
[30:] Took 21 Passengers; ~
[pg: 176]
1901 July
[1:] At 7,,35 passed Kalat Saleh;[2:] At 8,,15 anchored above Nafikh
[3:] and sent to sound; there is water
[4:] enough but, it is intricate & close
[5:] alongside the West bank, We
[6:] steamed on to it & got jammed
[7:] close to the bank, took ropes on
[8:] shore & hove on; At 9,,35 we
[9:] proceeded;
[10:] Detained on the Shoal at
[11:] Aboo Roba from 10,,45 till 11,,45
[12:] Getting hot again, there is a
[13:] light N.W. breeze;
[14:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed the S.S.
[15:] Mossul & Barge going up below
[16:] the Elbow ~
[17:] At 2 P.M. passed Azair,
[18:] Modte N.W. Wind but hot;
[19:] At 5,,55 Went alongside at
[20:] Gorna & landed 32 packges
[21:] and 5 passengers; Weather
[22:] getting Calm ~
[23:] At 6,,20 proceeded, my
[24:] Cabin is so scorching the heat
[25:] is intense, Ther. 106; Very Calm,
[26:] Light S. W. breeze & mostly
[27:] warm very uncomfortable;
[pg: 177]
Sund 21
[1:] At 0,45 Am. arrived at Basreh[2:] & anchored; Weather not pleasant,
[3:] a light S. W. Air ~ There are no
[4:] steamers here or in Quarantine, the
[5:] mail boat left either last night
[6:] or early this morning without waiting
[7:] to take our mails ~ The Afrikander
[8:] is expected here for Gray Mackenzie
[9:] she is in Bushire;
[10:] Dates are commencing to get
[11:] yellow here & even there are
[12:] some ripe, It is the early heat
[13:] which sat in this year since
[14:] May, that caused maturity ~
[15:] Modte N.W. breeze prevailed
[16:] at 7 am, & it is cooler now;
[17:] The SS. Afrikander arrived
[18:] at 8 Am to the quarantine ground;
[19:] we are shipping & discharging Cargo,
[20:] At 1 P.M. Rufail came to me
[21:] & Rezooki Angoorly & I went up
[22:] with them to the house, saw there
[23:] Tookyeh & her children, Rezooki
[24:] & Mina also they were in town
[25:] & came at sunset; ~ At 7 1/2
[26:] P.M. Yousif Marine came down
[27:] from Shaebyeh, he dined with
[28:] us & at about 9 P.M. went
[29:] back again, as he says he
[pg: 178]
1901 July
[1:] Cannot sleep & change his place,[2:] Very light air & not cool at
[3:] all, it got better later on
22 Mond
[4:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning,[5:] we took our tea in the Garden,
[6:] & at 7 Am I came on board
[7:] We are going up to Maghil
[8:] to coal at 11 AM; We
[9:] got the Barge loaded for
[10:] us alongside; (as one of the
[11:] Barges is now repaired & ready
[12:] after 3 months time)~
S.S.Mejidieh Voy 438 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[13:] We received the Mails on board;[14:] At 11,,30 Weighed & proceeded
[15:] to Maghil to coal Ship;
[16:] Light N.W. & hot Wind;
[17:] At 9,,20 P.M. arrived at Maghil
[18:] & commenced to coal 50 Tons
[19:] Yousif Marine sent me & to Capt
[20:] Hanslow some watermelons &
[21:] Melons; & I crossed over to
[22:] him & spent an hour and
[23:] had tiffin with him, he
[pg: 179]
[1:] gave me a Bag of Onions a little
[2:] gazale & some dates; at 3 I
[3:] came on board, ~
[4:] Mr. Bottomley came up in the
[5:] Stm Launch, & brought Lynch's
[6:] letters; We finished coaling
[7:] at 5 1/2
[8:] At 5,,35 left Maghil;
[9:] Light N.W. but moisty & unpleasant;
[10:] We have 81 1/2 Passengers (3
[11:] in the 1st Class; Abdulwahab son
[12:] of H. Abdulghani Khdery, Mahd
[13:] ibn Shbeli a Nejdi Merchant
[14:] to Baghdad; & the American
[15:] Missionary Mr. H.J. Wiersum
[16:] going to Amara took a Ret Ticket
[17:] & charged him a 2nd Class fare
[18:] as it is the order, and one Indian
[19:] in 2 Class)~
[20:] At 11,,20 P.M. passed Gorna,
23 Tuesd The5. 82 noon 100 4 P.m. 103
[21:] Light N.W. & warm, no air[22:] at all; At 5,,10 passed
[23:] Azair ~ Detained at Ghumeyjeh
[24:] from 7,,10 till 7,,50; & at the
[25:] Elbow also & Aboo Roba about
[26:] 1/2 hour on shoal places ~
[27:] At 1 P.M came up to the Shoal
[28:] place at Nafikh, Boats aground
[29:] in the narrow channel; We had
[30:] to heave over close alongside
[pg: 180]
1901 July
[1:] the West bank, it is too narrow[2:] had to Cast off the Barge and
[3:] sent aft & we hove over, also
[4:] sounded & marked the Channel
[5:] At 3,,50 P.M. got over & proceeded
[6:] from Nafikh ~
[7:] At 5 landed 6 1/2 Passengers
[8:] at Kalat Saleh & took two;
[9:] Light N.W. Wind but warm,
[10:] Breeze shifted at 6 P.M. to S.Wt
[11:] & it is very warm & not pleasant;
[12:] it shifted again to west & north
[13:] but it is very calm muggy &
[14:] moist ~ I slept on the quarter
[15:] deck on the Port side, I have
[16:] a bad cold since this morning
[17:] it is from the heat & drought;
[18:] At 11,,30 arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 11 passengers, Mr.
[20:] Wiersum the American Missionary
[21:] in 1st Class also; and 36 Packges
[22:] of through Cargo, Took in
[23:] 10 Tons of Coal; ~ Weather
[24:] became cool, with a light
[25:] N.W. breeze ~
24 Wedn The5. 82 noon 102 4 P.m.106
[26:] At 1,,50 AM. left Amara[27:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[pg: 181]
[1:] Gave tickets to 29 1/2 Amara
[2:] passengers;
[3:] At 10,10 Am passed Ali Sherghi,
[4:] Modte hot wind blowing;
[5:] At 4,,50 PM. passed the
[6:] SS. Phrat & Barge going down,
[7:] at the grove of Ali Gherbi;
[8:] At 5,,10 passed Ali Gherbi
[9:] Village; Strong N.W. Wind,
[10:] At 11 P.M. we met the SS.
[11:] Khalifah & Barge at anchor at
[12:] Aboo Dood; we touched a shoal
[13:] just below her, I got up & went to
[14:] my cabin to close Henry's letter,
[15:] should anyone come to send it to
[16:] him, but We went on at 11,,15
[17:] & passed close to her; ~
[18:] Fine & Very cool night, moon
[19:] just setting;
25 Thursd. the5.73 noon 105 4 P.m.105
[20:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[21:] morning very pleasant;
[22:] Wind got up blowing strong
[23:] by 8 AM;
[24:] At 9,,35 arrived at Coot
[25:] landed 10 passengers and
[26:] 2 Bales of through Cargo, and
[27:] took in 6 Tons of Coal;
[28:] I received a letter & Papers from
[29:] Henry left here, also one from
[pg: 182]
1901 July
[1:] my son Alexander, who is[2:] complaining of his health being
[3:] still weak, his mother & Marie
[4:] are well; he is waiting impatiently
[5:] his goods which did not go
[6:] up in the Khalifah, (but I have
[7:] them this time shipped, they
[8:] are 7 Packages of Elastic and
[9:] Leather etc) so I have just
[10:] sent him a notice through Mr.
[11:] Antoine Giulietti, free. Viz .
[15:] Henry tells me that great many
[16:] soldiers arrive from up Country
[17:] every day there about 24 Battalions
[18:] & all are going to rendevous
[19:] at Semawa, so as to march
[20:] to Kweit, to punish Moubarek
[21:] ibn Sobah & prevent the
[22:] English from taking possession
[23:] of it; It looks apparently
[24:] that as if Turkey is supported
[25:] by foreign powers either
[26:] Germany or Russia,
[pg: 183]
[1:] The Khalifah had not much
[2:] Cargo about 80,000 Okes, & few
[3:] passengers ~
[4:] We finished coaling at 11, but
[5:] the Engineers have some work to
[6:] do in the wheel & had to await,
[7:] The Engineers having repaired
[8:] the starboard wheel & arms,
[9:] At 2,,5 P.M. proceeded;
[10:] Took 26 passengers; ~ The
[11:] weather Kept Cool throughout the
[12:] day, a modte N.W. breeze, & not
[13:] so hot as before;
[14:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[15:] night ~
26 Frid The5. 77 noon 101 4 P.m. 109
[16:] At 1,,35 AM. passed[17:] Memlah; ~ Detained at Deboony
[18:] (lower & upper part) in shoal water
[19:] from 5 3/4 till 6 3/4 Am; ~
[20:] Detained below Azizieh in shoal
[21:] water from 2,,10 P.M till 2,,40;
[22:] At 2,,50 passed Azizieh,
[23:] The SS. Mossul passed up yesterday
[24:] before noon; ~
[25:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
[26:] Baghdad & Barge going down
[27:] at Sened;
[28:] At 7,,30 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[29:] Fort; Wind died away and
[pg: 184]
1901 July
[1:] became quite Calm; The[2:] Wreck of the Dijleh is so much
[3:] out of the water more than
[4:] any other years; I never saw
[5:] her so much out of the water,
[6:] it seems that the river is falling
[7:] very fast; ~
[8:] At 10,20 P.M. landed Abdulwahab
[9:] son of Abdulghany Khderi at
[10:] Jwemisseh Above Swera Village
[11:] to see his property there & went
[12:] on at 10,,30; Fine cool weather
27 Satur The5. 76 noon 100 4 P.m. 105
[13:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[14:] I had to go to my cabin at 3 1/2 Am,
[15:] as the cold in my head & nose
[16:] is troubling me from sleeping;
[17:] Passed over the Shoal at
[18:] Joorf el Batta at 7 3/4 over 2 1/2
[19:] draaz just rubbing over;
[20:] At 8,,45 Am passed
[21:] Ctesiphon ~
[22:] At 10,30 anchored below
[23:] Zumbaranyeh & found to our
[24:] astonishment the Mossul &
[25:] Barge Alongside the West bank
[26:] below the Island, discharging
[pg: 185]
[1:] her cargo on the bank, she is
[2:] here since Yesterday; We
[3:] sent to sound the Channel;
[4:] I paid the Ship's Company
[5:] their Wages for this month, as
[6:] I shall have no time to do it
[7:] in Baghdad, considering the
[8:] short stay they are giving us
[9:] now; ~
[10:] Our new second mate MacLure
[11:] is very fond of singing & playing
[12:] the instruments, he is constantly
[13:] whenever off duty does nothing
[14:] but plays & sings with the
[15:] other Engineer Foreman, as
[16:] loud as they can, one can have
[17:] no rest, I am so close to his
[18:] cabin that I cannot do
[19:] anything & Capt Hanslow
[20:] hears them & does not say
[21:] anything, this Officer has not
[22:] the slightest respect to his
[23:] Captain, & sees that he does not
[24:] tell him anything & even
[25:] talks & chafs with him;
[26:] Pilot returned at 11 1/2 not
[27:] having found any water, there
[28:] are only 2 & 2 1/4 draaz, &
[29:] Very narrow, we are lightning
[30:] the ship into the Barge;
[pg: 186]
1901 July
[1:] At 2 3/4 P.M. the Mossul after having[2:] landed a large part of her Cargo
[3:] on the bank, & sent for a
[4:] Boat to come down & take
[5:] it; she steamed on to the
[6:] shoal & grounded; she took
[7:] out anchors & begun heaving
[8:] on to the East bank; ~
[9:] We sounded an other place further
[10:] down below the Mossul & found
[11:] 2 & 2 1/4 draaz & Very narrow,
[12:] at 4 1/2 P.M. We steamed on
[13:] to it & grounded, it is very doubtful
[14:] that we can get over it,
[15:] Took anchor out ahead & hove,
[16:] We are working for nothing, just
[17:] to loose our time in hopes of seeing
[18:] the Mossul getting off, but she
[19:] knocked off heaving & are laying
[20:] idle; ~ Breeze fell down
[21:] & got warm, but not so bad
[22:] as the days before; at 8 1/4
[23:] we knocked off heaving & remained
[24:] for the night, The Mossul also
[25:] worked till about 11 P.M. she
[26:] is still in the same place ~
[27:] Weather got cool during the night
[28:] & was pleasant ~
[pg: 187]
28 Sund The5.77 noon 106 4 P.m 109
[1:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine,[2:] At 5 Am we begun to heave on
[3:] fore & aft over 2 1/4 draaz, the
[4:] ship now drawing only 3,, 4;
[5:] The Mossul also in the same
[6:] place & has advanced a little
[7:] toward the East bank ~
[8:] At 8 Am the Mossul hove over &
[9:] got in deep water alongside the
[10:] East bank, just ahead of us,
[11:] her Cargo is lying still on the
[12:] opposit side, where an empty
[13:] Boat alongside; We are still
[14:] jammed in a narrow channel
[15:] & heaving fore & aft & working
[16:] the Engines too; At 10,,20 We
[17:] hove into deep water Close to the
[18:] East bank, & then hove the Barge
[19:] which was cast off astern of us,
[20:] The Mossul has sent her Crew
[21:] to the Other side to load the Boat
[22:] with the Cargo hove on shore;
[23:] We got the Barge alongside, but we
[24:] find the place shoal yet, we cannot
[25:] get to steam over it & had to
[26:] take an anchor ahead, it being
[27:] narrow between the shoal & the
[28:] East bank;
[29:] At 3,,25 P.M. We hov up & proceeded
[30:] from Zumbaranyeh, leaving the
[31:] Mossul alongside the bank getting
[32:] her Cargo from the opposite side
[pg: 188]
1901 July
[1:] It has been a hot day throughout,[2:] At 5,,30 P.M. passed Diala
[3:] river;
[4:] Detained 10 mints at Dedewyeh
[5:] & 10 mint below the Bridge near
[6:] the Nawab's Garden in shoal water
[7:] At 7,,50 passed through the
[8:] Bridge of Gherrara; ~
[9:] I slept in my cabin as it is not
[10:] worth while to go out on the
[11:] quarter deck; ~
[12:] Detained at Cherd el Pasha or
[13:] a little above it from 10,,45 till
[14:] 11 in shoal water; I have
[15:] had no sleep at all in my
[16:] cabin; ~
[17:] At 11,,15 landed the mails
[18:] at the Residency, I also landed in
[19:] a Goffa & Went home; found
[20:] Eliza, Alexander & Mary all
[21:] Well, he has received my
[22:] notice from Coot; I had
[23:] Very little sleep;
29 Mond
[24:] Light air & sultry with[25:] some light Clouds, the air
[26:] shifted to S. Est & then to N.W.
[27:] At 7 Am I called on Henry's
[28:] wife Menusha & at 8 came
[pg: 189]
[1:] on board, there are no steamers
[2:] here, we are alongside the wharf;
[3:] We are leaving on thursday morning,
[4:] at 11 I went home; ~
[5:] Took a cold bath; ~ I advanced
[6:] Alexander an other 50 Liras making
[7:] up till now 300 Liras ~
[8:] Mr. Rappaport called on us,
[9:] also Mr. Rouet, Antone Marine,
[10:] Johny & Artin & Shekoory Sayegh
[11:] Johnny dined with us, & went
[12:] at 9 P.M.;
[13:] Weather unsettled, variable
[14:] airs & sultry; ~
30 Tuesd The5.88
[15:] Light N. Ely breeze & Sultry,[16:] At 7 Am I called on Antone Marine
[17:] & at 8 came on board;
[18:] The Mossul came up last
[19:] night at 9 P.M. & grounded at
[20:] the Cherd el Pasha, & is still
[21:] Aground there;
[22:] We are shipping cargo; The
[23:] weather is very warm today,
[24:] It is the Bahoora heat I think
[25:] has sat in either today or
[26:] tomorrow ~ at 11 I went home
[27:] to breakfast called on my
[28:] way to Alexanders office &
[29:] took him home; It is very
[30:] warm ~
[pg: 190]
1901 July
[1:] At 2 1/2 P.M. I came on board[2:] we are shipping cargo, ~
[3:] A very large Shark was caught
[4:] by a hook just close here &
[5:] I have not seen such a large
[6:] one in this river for a long
[7:] time, the river is infested with
[8:] sharks this year, all over from
[9:] Basreh to here, many people
[10:] got lost this year, being caught
[11:] by them; ~
[12:] At 5 1/2 I went home, took Alexander
[13:] & called on Alice & Emilia & on
[14:] sister Eliza & came home at
[15:] 7 P.M. ~
[16:] The SS. Mossul got off the
[17:] shoal near Cherd el Pasha and
[18:] came up at 6 1/2 P.M.;
[19:] Light N.W. & fine night, it
[20:] became a little cooler;
31 Wednes The5.82 noon 109 4 P.m.109
[21:] Light N.W. & fine, not so[22:] Cool;
[23:] At 7 Am called on
[24:] Menusha & came on board
[25:] at 8; We are shipping Cargo;
[26:] The weather is very warm & disagreable
[27:] We are in the Bahoora now
[28:] since about 2 days ~
[pg: 191]
[1:] At 11 1/2 went to breakfast,
[2:] It is awfully hot, even in the Serdab
[3:] one is swetting much ~
[4:] At 2 P.M. came on board, We
[5:] Shipped a lot of Cargo, over 800
[6:] Bales of wool; The heat is great
[7:] one cannot stay in the Cabin,
[8:] At 6 P.M. I went home, found
[9:] Alice, & Adoola my cousin, also
[10:] Mr. Chaveni the french Civil
[11:] Engineer in the Turkish service,
[12:] they left at 7, ~ Light N.W.
[13:] & fine & it got a little cooler,
Augt 1 Thursd The5.78 noon 108 4 P.m. 114
[14:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather[15:] at 4 Am I came on board
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 439 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow
[16:] At 4,,45 AM., Got underway ~[17:] At 5 anchored at Babel Sherghi
[18:] & sent to sound the bad place
[19:] further down;
[20:] At 5,,45 proceeded over the
[21:] shoal without touching ~
[22:] Detained 15 min at Dedewyeh
[pg: 192]
1901 Augt
[1:] in shoal water;[2:] At 8,,35 passed Diala river,
[3:] Mr. Parry the Agent sent us yesterday
[4:] the Bonus, to be distributed
[5:] among the whole crew &
[6:] officers who were serving on
[7:] board last year; all the Deckmen
[8:] Firemen, Tindals, Cooks, Pilot
[9:] Steersmen & servants, also
[10:] the Blacksmiths in the Khan
[11:] & all hands employed, he
[12:] sent me a Bag with 615
[13:] Mejidies, @ 77 R. P. per Mejidie
[14:] as I had no time yesterday
[15:] to pay it & make out a list
[16:] & get their signatures as he
[17:] asked to do, I left it to be
[18:] paid on the way down
[19:] At 9,,35 Anchored at
[20:] Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound,
[21:] found the Chanel the same as
[22:] before, 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz but
[23:] intricate; At 10 1/2 steamed
[24:] on to it & grounded; Worked
[25:] with an Anchor & hove off ,
[26:] At 0,,30 P.M. proceeded
[pg: 193]
[1:] At 1,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[2:] Very hot & calm Weather;
[3:] We have altogether 145 Passen
[4:] (Besides 10 that are free by
[5:] Lynchs Abdulkadur Khdery
[6:] & his 2 wives in 1st Class &
[7:] 3 servants with them to Amara,
[8:] & 4 other Deck free to Coot &
[9:] Basreh) We have also Elias
[10:] son of Tanton Eassayi in 1st
[12:] Class to Basreh, & Yousif Shantob
[13:] the Old Man brother of Yoda
[14:] Shantob in 2nd Class, ~
[15:] At 6,,15 P.M. Anchored at Dawar
[16:] (Thabtyeh) & sounded; ~ As
[17:] the Pilot did not come quick,
[18:] We remained at Anchor for the
[19:] night, very warm, with clouds
[20:] on the South & East;
[21:] I have the stomach Ache since
[22:] yesterday, I am very bilious &
[23:] mouth bitter & dirty tongue; I
[24:] have taken the sulphur & cream of
[25:] Tartar, also fruit salt, but it has
[26:] not gone;
2d Frid Th5-83 noon 106 4 P.m.112
[27:] Light N.W. & fine, but not so[28:] Cool ~
[29:] At 4,,45 Am proceeded
[30:] from Dawar reach;
[31:] At 7 passed Baghdadieh
[pg: 194]
1901 Augt
[1:] At 9,,40 passed Azizieh,[2:] Very Calm & warm weather,
[3:] Detained in shoal water at
[4:] Zwyet el Zereh in heaving off
[5:] from 10,,15 till 11;
[6:] At 1,,35 P.M. passed the
[7:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge going
[8:] up at Shedeif ~ There is
[9:] a Modte Wind but hot;
[10:] At 5,,20 passed Memlah;
[11:] At 6,,50 passed the SS. Phrat &
[12:] Barge going up at Mehdi ~
[13:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[14:] it is getting cool ~
[15:] At 7,,10 We Came to for
[16:] the night at Aboo Homar,
[17:] Very light N.W. air; It
[18:] became cool at night, with a cool
[19:] N.W. breeze but I could not sleep
[20:] till midnight;
3 Saturd The5.84 noon 113 4 P.m. 109
[21:] Light Ely breeze & fine Weather[22:] but not cool, ~
[23:] At 5 AM. We proceeded from
[24:] Aboo Homar; ~ Wind got up from
[25:] N. Est & blowing hot
[26:] At 9,,10 arrived at Coot
[pg: 195]
[1:] landed 28 passengers and 128
[2:] Packages, we could not go further
[3:] up to our Coal Depot, the place
[4:] is getting shoal, & had to go along
[5:] side the bank below the Depot,
[6:] There are 74 Bales of Wool
[7:] here, but the owner of it would
[8:] not ship it this time until all
[9:] his wool is pressed; ~
[10:] I received Henry's letters & my
[11:] papers, The Khalifah had about
[12:] 255900 Okes & few passengers,
[13:] Ibrahim Effendi the Mudir
[14:] of Senyeh at Amara my friend
[15:] is on board going to Baghdad,
[16:] & the Apothecary Dr. DeSilva
[17:] & his wife for the Comet;
[18:] At 10,,25 AM. We left Coot
[19:] took 13 Passengers; ~
[20:] Very hot Erly wind blowing fresh,
[21:] with dust & hot wind;
[22:] At 4,,45 P.M. came to at
[23:] Aboo Dood to the Shoal place
[24:] & sent to sound, two Boats aground
[25:] in the Channel; We hove & steamed
[26:] to the Boat Aground sent the Launch
[27:] & got her anchor out, but we grounded
[28:] astern of her; We had to take an
[pg: 196]
1901 Augt
[1:] anchor ahead & heave off & then[2:] We remained for the night, it
[3:] is quite broad day light yet;
[4:] Modte Northerly wind is blowing,
[5:] but hot; I had to sleep in my
[6:] cabin as the wind was on my side
[7:] & too strong to sleep out, but I felt
[8:] it warm & the wind fell a little
[9:] later on;
4 Sund The5.85 noon 110 4 P.m. 111
[10:] Ely breeze & warm weather[11:] At 5 Am proceeded from Aboo
[12:] Dood;
[13:] At 8 Am passed Ali Gherbi
[14:] Wind shifted to a fresh N.W.
[15:] & hot; Detained in shoal water
[16:] above Flefleh reach from 9,,30
[17:] till 9,,50 ~ Very strong Wind
[18:] from N. Est, & hot blowing like
[19:] fire; it turned to the N. West
[20:] & blew Very strong all the day,
[21:] At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at
[22:] Amara landed 29 passengers
[23:] Besides Abdulkadur Khdery
[24:] & his 5 followers free not
[25:] Booked; and 39 Packages
[26:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge are
[27:] here bound up, she left at 7 1/2
[pg: 197]
[1:] There are 379 Bales of Wool here
[2:] to be shipped;
[3:] My pain in stomach is very bad,
[4:] it came on since 3 P.M. it is killing
[5:] me; I am taking the sulphur &
[6:] C of Tartar daily ~ I slept out
[7:] on the quarter Deck, Breeze from
[8:] N.W. increasing & blew fresh
[9:] at 10 P.M. I cannot sleep at all
[10:] from the pain; We finished at
[11:] 9 & hauled out; Toward midnight
[12:] the wind fell to a modte breeze
[13:] & became cool;
5 Mond Th5.80 noon 108 4 P.m.
[14:] Light N.W. & fine cool N.W.[15:] breeze ~
[16:] At 3,,10 AM. we left Amara
[17:] fine moonlight night;
[18:] My pain is calmed; I took a
[19:] cup of hot water early in the morning
[20:] Gave tickets to 13 1/2 Amara
[21:] passengers; ~ Picked 7 passengers
[22:] Subba also from Kalat Saleh,
[23:] At 8,,15 came to at Nafikh &
[24:] sounded; Weighed & steamed to
[25:] the channel close alongside
[26:] the West bank & after working
[27:] & shuving, we passed and
[28:] Went on at 9:30 ~
[29:] At 10,,30 grounded at Aboo
[pg: 198]
1901 Augt
[1:] Roba, took anchor out & haft[2:] At 0.50 P.M. proceeded;
[3:] Hot wind blowing from N.W.
[4:] At 3,,15 P.M. passed Azair,
[5:] Wind fell down, & a very light
[6:] N.W. breeze prevails;
[7:] At 7,,5 P.M. landed 9 Passengers
[8:] & 14 Packages (12 carabas spirit)
[9:] at Gorna; at 7,20 proceeded
[10:] Light Westerly breeze;
6 Tuesd
[11:] Light N.W. breeze & fine ~[12:] At 1,,20 am. arrived at Basreh
[13:] No steamers are here; ~
[14:] We landed the passengers; ~
[15:] Rufail came to me at 5 1/2 am
[16:] he comes from Mohamerah, he
[17:] had gone there to receive his empty
[18:] date Boxes landed by the Avristan
[19:] as he is engaged by Hamilton Hotz & co
[20:] to pack for them about 60,000
[21:] Boxes for an American firm
[22:] on Commission; he took tea
[23:] with me & went away;
[24:] There are the S.S. Avristan of
[25:] Strick & Co. & the SS. Java
[26:] in quarantine ~ The Afrikander
[27:] & Goolistan have left a few days
[28:] ago ~
[pg: 199]
[1:] That American missionary, Mr.
[2:] H. J. Wiersum who went up with us
[3:] to Amara last time, & returned
[4:] by the Khalifah to Basreh, has
[5:] had the fever & small Pox, and
[6:] died here about 3 days ago;
[7:] The Gunboat Sphinx came
[8:] up from Bushire at 10 am
[9:] with the British Resident colonel
[10:] Kemball on board, she anchored
[11:] in the quarantine & had an
[12:] interview with Mr. Wratislaw
[13:] the Consul here;
[14:] At 10 1/2 Rufail came & we
[15:] went in to Basreh called on
[16:] Angoorlies as it is the Holy day
[17:] today of the Transfiguration
[18:] (Tejelly) & so it is the holy day
[19:] of Rezooki Angoorly, Tookyeh is
[20:] also there & all the family &
[21:] people calling on them, I
[22:] met Ali Beg the mudir of Tapo
[23:] near there & he also went in
[24:] with us; we found Yousef Marine
[25:] also there; they all breakfasted
[26:] together ~ At 2 P.M. Rufail
[27:] Yousif & I called on Nassoory
[28:] Andria it is also his Holy day
[pg: 200]
1901 Augt
[1:] we then went to Rezooki's shop[2:] he came & opened it on purpose
[3:] I got some Kit from him, &
[4:] we came back to Angoorlies
[5:] we had tea and at 4 1/2 P.m.
[6:] Rufail & I left; I came on
[7:] board & at 6 went up to the
[8:] house of Rufail there were
[9:] Rezooki his brother & his wife
[10:] Mina, it is also Rezooki's Holy day,
[11:] Rufail, Yousif Marine and
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly came at
[13:] 7 P.m. they all stayed and
[14:] dined & slept ~ I have not
[15:] been able to sleep at all from
[16:] the Sand flies, there was no
[17:] breeze it is warm a little
[18:] & hazy dusty weather, It
[19:] became cooler at about
[20:] midnight;
7 Wedn The.5.85 Noon100 4 P.m 102
[21:] Light N.W. & dusty hazy[22:] weather ~ At 7 am I came
[23:] on board; we are shipping
[24:] cargo; ~ The SS. Sphinx left
[25:] early this morning ~ I hear that
[26:] a large English Gunboat the
[27:] Marathon of 19 guns is at
[pg: 201]
[1:] Kweit & in the Gulf ~
[2:] It became very warm and
[3:] dusty hazy weather, very close
[4:] & suffocating; We are doing
[5:] nothing since 8 am; ~
[6:] Rezooki Angoorly & Rezooki Sayegh
[7:] called on board;
[8:] At 3 1/2 P.m. we received
[9:] the mails;
[10:] Very calm & hot oppressive
[11:] weather & dusty no sun can
[12:] be seen, it is so close and
[13:] suffocating ~
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 439 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[14:] At 4,,15 P.M. we proceeded,[15:] Very warm disagreable cloudy,
[16:] hazy, dusty weather; and
[17:] it is very calm, like a foggy
[18:] day; It became very warm and
[19:] suffocating in the evening, my clothes
[20:] got quite wet from the perspiration;
[21:] Toward 10 P.M. the breeze increased
[22:] & became better, the dust disappearing,
[23:] At 10,,45 landed two passengers
[24:] at Gorna & went on at 10,,50
[25:] Wind freshening up;
[pg: 202]
1901 Augt 8
[1:] It blew strong at about 2 AM.[2:] at 3 I was obliged to go in to my
[3:] Cabin, the blowing the curtain,
[4:] At 4,,20 A.M. passed Azair,
[5:] Modte N.W. wind & fine ~
[6:] Finished with the passengers
[7:] tickets, We have 87 1/2 from
[8:] Basreh (2 in 1st Class, a young
[9:] Doctor of the quarantine called
[10:] Dr. Achou a Syrian of Beyrout
[11:] going to Suleimanyeh, he is
[12:] a relation of the Khdeir family
[13:] in Beyrout from whom Chakoury
[14:] Abood has married their daughter,
[15:] he has a recommendation to
[16:] Nassoury Aboud, he studied
[17:] in Beyrout & in France; and
[18:] the Kadi of Nasryeh Abdulhalim
[19:] Effendi a Kurd) ~
[20:] Since 7 am we got to Ghumeyjeh
[21:] & begun the shoal place &
[22:] groundings & heaving over &
[23:] steaming but with not much
[24:] progress, for want of water
[25:] in the river; although the
[26:] steamer is only drawing 3,,7 Inches,
[27:] up till 1,,30 P.M. we had got
[28:] only up to the Elbow & here
[pg: 203]
[1:] stuck & hove off & proceeded;
[2:] At Aboo Roba we grounded and
[3:] hove off & steamed from 2 P.M.
[4:] till 4,,45 when we proceeded,
[5:] Modte N.W. wind & fine, It
[6:] is not so hot today;
[7:] We passed Nafikh without touching,
[8:] Capt. Hanslow did not let
[9:] the officer overhaul the passengers
[10:] tickets, he said that they were
[11:] tyred, & not even Metty who
[12:] went to overhaul them, he
[13:] tells me that there are so very
[14:] few it is not worth while,
[15:] so I have to be satisfied with
[16:] what tickets I have given;
[17:] Very nice & cool weather,
[18:] with a light N.W. breeze;
[19:] At 8 P.M. anchored at Kalat
[20:] Saleh , landed 2 1/2 passengers, &
[21:] repaired a broken float of the
[22:] starboard wheel, just opposite the
[23:] village ~
[24:] At 8,,30 left Kalat Saleh,
[25:] Light N.W. & fine cool Night;
9th Frid
[26:] Fresh N.W. Wind & fine ~[27:] at 2 AM. I went to my cabin, too much
[28:] wind blowing ~
[pg: 204]
1901 Augt
[1:] At 3,,10 AM arrived at Amara,[2:] We could not approach alongside
[3:] our wharf, being too Shallow,
[4:] had to put planks & make a
[5:] stage, we landed 7 Bales of
[6:] through Cargo, & 24 1/2 passengers,
[7:] Took in 10 Tons of Coal ~
[8:] Fresh N.W. Wind blowing ~
[9:] At 6 left Amara, I left the
[10:] Khalifah's letters here ~
[11:] Strong N.W. Wind;
[12:] Gave tickets to 27 1/2 Amara
[13:] passengers; (10 for Ali Gherbi
[14:] whom Capt Hanslow would not
[15:] take to land them, but they came
[16:] on board, & he insists not to land
[17:] them, as he hates stopping any
[18:] where to land either cargo or
[19:] passengers; at last I told Metty
[20:] to tell him up that they had
[21:] asked me on the way down to
[22:] speak to him but I forgot and
[23:] one of them is Jebary brother of
[24:] Khdeir son of H. Ismail our
[25:] friend, he consented)
[26:] We found 4 other passengers
[27:] free today (2 having a pass
[28:] by Mr. Bottomley, the Agent &
[29:] 2 men servants of Tom Tartt
[pg: 205]
[1:] who is now working in repairing
[2:] the Blosse Lynch, these Captain
[3:] Hanslow gave them free Passage,
[4:] Very strong wind blowing
[5:] to half a gale, all the day, the
[6:] awnings being furled & all
[7:] the passengers are down;
[8:] At 3 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[9:] Wind as Strong as ever; ~
[10:] Toward evening it went down a little
[11:] Detained on shoal water above
[12:] Flefleh from 7,,45 P.M. till 8 in
[13:] sounding etc;
[14:] At 11,,30 P.M. landed 10
[15:] Passengers at Ali Gherbi & took
[16:] one & went on at 11,40 ~
[17:] I slept in the cabin there is a modte
[18:] N.W. Wind & is not so warm in
[19:] cabin ~
10 Satur The5.80 noon 105 4 P.m.103
[20:] Modte N.W. breeze & fine[21:] pleasant weather;
[22:] At 6,,10 AM. grounded at
[23:] Aboo Dood, sent to sound and
[24:] took an anchor out ahead and
[25:] hove off; At 7,,30 got over and
[26:] proceeded, there are 2 1/2 draaz here,
[27:] At 9,,10 passed Sheikh Saad
[28:] wind getting up moderately;
[29:] At 3,,55 P.M. passed the
[pg: 206]
1901 Augt
[1:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge going[2:] down at Gardyeh reach;
[3:] The Bridge which the Sennyeh
[4:] have constructed below Coot since
[5:] last year, is still lying idle
[6:] & open half on each side of
[7:] the river for want of anchors
[8:] chains & Buoys, ~
[9:] At 6,,30 P.M. arrived at Coot,
[10:] Cannot get up to our Coal Depot
[11:] on account of a shoal having
[12:] formed below it; we landed 4
[13:] passengers & one Bale of through
[14:] cargo; ~ We took no coal;
[15:] I received a letter from Henry
[16:] & one from my son Alexander
[17:] they are all well; the Khalifah
[18:] had about 100,000 Okes only
[19:] & 185 Passengers & 12 Tilkeflies free;
[20:] At 7,,30 P.M. We left Coot,
[21:] Light N.W. & fine ~
[22:] We passed the S.S. Mossul
[23:] & Barge today at 1 P.M. going
[24:] down ~ Light N.W. & fine
[25:] cool night ~
[pg: 207]
11 Sund The5. 81 noon 101 4 P.m.100
[1:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[2:] weather ~
[3:] Detained 1/4 hour, above
[4:] Bughela on shoal water ~
[5:] At 6,,10 AM. passed Memlah,
[6:] Gave tickets to 34 Coot Passengers
[7:] We have besides 10 men being the
[8:] workmen of Lynch's wool Press,
[9:] now returning having finished
[10:] pressing; Vartan the Clerk
[11:] & Naoomy Amon the Blacksmith
[12:] in a 2nd Class cabin & 8 Mossullies
[13:] all free; This Year there has
[14:] been pressed at Coot 1619
[15:] Bales charging 5 1/2 Beshlies
[16:] net all including Gunnies bands
[17:] & freight down to Basreh
[18:] (which we charge 7 G.S.P. per Bale)
[19:] Last year there were 1,300
[20:] Bales pressed ~
[21:] At 2.15 P.M. while passing
[22:] along the East bank at Towil
[23:] I saw my old Arab friend
[24:] Khdeir (son in law of Arbid)
[25:] in one of the two Boats alongside
[26:] the bank, he sung out to me)
[27:] I thought he was dead as
[28:] Henry had written to me lately
[29:] that he had heard so, we
[30:] touched a shoal & could not
[pg: 208]
1901 Augt
[1:] pass further up, so we anchored[2:] and sent to sound, Khdeir
[3:] came up the bank & I called
[4:] him to cross off to me, he
[5:] was afraid of the Sharks,
[6:] but he came on board, I
[7:] found much altered and
[8:] wearying down, he lives on the
[9:] opposite side with his daughter
[10:] Mehayeh & her husband
[11:] Zebala, I gave him a melon
[12:] some rusk & 2 Kerans & I
[13:] told him to come up to Baghdad
[14:] poor fellow he is just the
[15:] same as before; he then recrossed
[16:] We found the water on the
[17:] other side along to West bank
[18:] so we had to turn & steam
[19:] down river & round an island
[20:] & then steamed up & went
[21:] on at 3,,50 P.M.;
[22:] Two passengers for Azizieh from
[23:] Coot went off in a Goffa at
[24:] 7 1/2 just below Azizieh ~
[25:] We touched the shoal & detained
[26:] about 15 minutes ~
[27:] At 8,,30 passed Azizieh
[28:] Light N.W. & fine cool night
[pg: 209]
12 Mond The5.77 noon 97 4 P.m.99
[1:] Light N.W. & fine cool weather[2:] At 1,,30 AM. passed Baghdadieh
[3:] Fort ~
[4:] At 5 we grounded at Dawar
[5:] lower reach on the West bank
[6:] near the Cherds; Took anchors
[7:] out & hove on; ~
[8:] At 7 we got over & proceeded
[9:] Light N.W. breeze & pleasant;
[10:] At 10,,20 stopped on top of
[11:] Ledje reach to let the S.S. Phrat
[12:] & Barge pass bound down,
[13:] She has Troops on board of both
[14:] for Nasryeh & Basreh relief force,
[15:] At 10,,30 we went on;
[16:] At 0,,30 P.M. passed Bostan;
[17:] Modte N.W. breeze & cool;
[18:] (My stomach does not pain me
[19:] for the last 2 days so much as before
[20:] I took 8 doses of Sulphur & a cup of Tartar
[21:] & a cup of hot water early on rising
[22:] & I think this has done me good)
[23:] I brought a nice young Gazelle
[24:] given to me by Rufail it
[25:] got loose just opposite the
[26:] arch of Ctesiphon & running
[27:] about the deck the men could
[28:] not catch her, & it jumped
[29:] overboard, we sung out to
[30:] a wood Boat alongside they
[pg: 210]
1901 Augt
[1:] went off in a Goffa & got her,[2:] we passed Ctesiphon at 4 P.M.
[3:] we sung out to the mudir's men
[4:] & other Arabs to get the Gazelle,
[5:] At 6 P.m. we anchored at
[6:] Zumbaranyeh below the Island
[7:] & sent to sound the Shoal place,
[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[9:] found 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz but narrow
[10:] & intricate at 6 1/2 steamed on to it,
[11:] grounded, took an anchor out ahead
[12:] & hove on & steamed; ~
[13:] At 8,,30 we got over & proceeded,
[14:] Calm weather, very light N.W. breeze;
[15:] At 10,,40 passed Diala ~
[16:] we touched in some places;
[17:] Passed through the Bridge of
[18:] Gherrara ~
13 Tuesd The5.78
[19:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[20:] At 4 am anchored above
[21:] Cherd el Pasha & sounded;
[22:] found 2 1/2 draaz, stuck on it
[23:] took anchor out & hove up,
[24:] most of our passengers landed
[25:] in Goffas; at 6 1/2 I also
[pg: 211]
[1:] landed & walked to town & came
[2:] home at 7, found Eliza & Mary
[3:] but Alexander had gone out
[4:] at 5 am on a Bycicle to meet
[5:] me, & he did not come back
[6:] till 9 am, he said he had gone
[7:] far beyond Gherrara but
[8:] did not know that we had
[9:] passed at night time, until he
[10:] asked at Gherrara; Antone
[11:] Marine called, ~ at 10 I came
[12:] on board, sent money to the
[13:] office; The Baghdad is here,
[14:] she has finished discharge, &
[15:] load, but repairing Engines,
[16:] she will leave on Friday; ~
[17:] I went home at 11 am passed to
[18:] Alexander's office, & took him home
[19:] Lots of people wanting cabins
[20:] I have let them all; Shekoory
[21:] Sayegh also going down with
[22:] us to work at the dates for
[23:] Rufail & many other Christians
[24:] I took a cold bath ~ At 4
[25:] P.m. called on Menusha with
[26:] Alexander & came home at
[27:] 6, Johny & Artin called on
[28:] us & left at 8 1/4, ~
[pg: 212]
1901 Augt 14 Wedn The5.80
[1:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[2:] weather;~
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cool
[4:] morning~ at 7 AM. I called
[5:] on Antone Marine & at
[6:] 8 came on board; we are
[7:] discharging cargo; ~
[8:] At 10 I called on Mr. Rappaport
[9:] he regrets very much that of
[10:] us Henry & myself will not be
[11:] here for our Emperor Francis
[12:] Joseph's Birthday on the 18th
[13:] I also regret it very much, I
[14:] was always anticipating
[15:] that by this time I would have
[16:] resigned the service & be here
[17:] to be present on this occasion
[18:] He is giving a dinner in the
[19:] evening to the Austrian Colony
[20:] he brought me two letters of
[21:] invitation to myself & my
[22:] wife & one to Alexander & his
[23:] wife for Sunday @ 8 P.M.
[24:] also one for Henry his wife
[25:] & daughter Harriette ~
[26:] Mr. Rappaport has received
[27:] an answer from the minister
[pg: 213]
[1:] of the Austro Hungarian Territorial
[2:] Defence, with regard to my
[3:] son Alexander's Military service
[4:] & the application he made &
[5:] the medical certificate he
[6:] has sent them, So they have
[7:] accepted it & allowed my son
[8:] to be free & exempt from
[9:] the service on account of the
[10:] defect in his eyes; But Mr.
[11:] Rappaport had to fine Alexander
[12:] 30 florins as per military code
[13:] of Regulation & has given him
[14:] a temporary Passport, until he
[15:] gets the regular Passport from
[16:] Agram, I left at 11 ~ Called
[17:] on my way to Menusha gave
[18:] her the letter of invitation of Mr.
[19:] Rappaport & came home;
[20:] At 2 P.M. came on board
[21:] we are shipping cargo, also
[22:] the Baghdad is ~
[23:] At 5 I went home, took Alexander
[24:] & went to see Sister Emilia & Alice
[25:] & then went to Sister Eliza I only
[26:] saw her & Johny; Serpohy wife
[27:] of Artin had gone to see her father
[28:] who arrived today, Dr. Kazassyan
[29:] from Constple via Aleppo and
[30:] Deir, he had gone about
[pg: 214]
1901 Augt
[1:] seven months ago in company[2:] with the young military Students
[3:] sent from Baghdad;
[4:] At 7 I came home, Fine clear
[5:] weather & cool;
15 Thursd The5.78
[6:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[7:] pleasant weather ~ Today
[8:] is the Holyday of the Virgin Mary,
[9:] my wife, Alexander & Mary went
[10:] to Church, & at 7 1/2 I came
[11:] on board; we are shipping good
[12:] deal of cargo; At 11 went on shore
[13:] called on Menusha to wish her
[14:] good Holyday; Henry has wired
[15:] to her from Amara yesterday
[16:] evening, on his way up; I went
[17:] home, some visitors called for
[18:] Mary's holiday; at 2 P.M.
[19:] I came on board; ~ we finished
[20:] at 4 P.M. at 6 I went home;
[21:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[22:] night;
16 Frid
[23:] Light N.W. & fine cool[24:] weather ~ At 4 AM I came
[25:] on board; ~
[pg: 215]
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 440 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow
[1:] At 4,,35 AM. got underway[2:] & proceeded; ~
[3:] The SS. Baghdad & Barge also
[4:] got underway behind us; we
[5:] touched & grounded at Cherd el
[6:] Pasha at 4, 45; the Baghdad
[7:] also anchored astern of us; we took
[8:] out an anchor & hove on; ~
[9:] The Baghdad sounded & steamed down
[10:] & got aground before us on our
[11:] way; we got off at 6 1/2 and
[12:] are waiting for the Baghdad;
[13:] she got off at 11 & went alongside
[14:] the East bank; we sounded
[15:] & steamed on to the shoal where
[16:] the Baghdad was; She went
[17:] on at 11 1/2; we stuck in
[18:] the shoal place & worked with
[19:] anchors fore & aft in heaving,
[20:] Weather getting warm with
[21:] very light air; we are
[22:] heaving & shifting anchors all
[23:] the day; ~ many people came in
[24:] Boats, Christians & Mahomedans
[pg: 216]
1901 Augt
[1:] & Yacoob Sweda from his garden[2:] opposite us; ~ we knocked off
[3:] work at 7 ~ very calm & Sultry
[4:] warm weather; Johny my nephew
[5:] also came down in his jolly Boat;
\
17 Satur Th5. 83 noon104 4 P.m109
[6:] Very light N.W. breeze & not[7:] pleasant at all ~ At 5 AM.
[8:] begun to heave & sound, there
[9:] are only 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz ~
[10:] People Jews & Christians coming
[11:] from the towns in Boats & by
[12:] land;~ we are lightning
[13:] the ship by putting cargo in
[14:] the Barge, to lighten her to
[15:] 3 feet; Goffa loads of
[16:] Jews keep coming on board
[17:] to amuse themselves, no
[18:] one tells them to go away
[19:] At 9 steamed on to the shoal
[10:] & grounded;~ Alexander came
[21:] down in a Boat to see me at
[22:] 9 1/2 & went away at 10 1/2 ,
[23:] we are heaving & steaming
[24:] over the shoal;
[25:] At 12 AM. got over and
[26:] proceeded from Cherd el
[27:] Pasha ~
[28:] At 1,, 25 P.M grounded
[pg: 217]
[1:] at Joorf el Batta (above Gherrara)
\ [2:] Took an anchor out & Sent
[3:] to sound; weather getting
[4:] warm & breeze falling;
[5:] Took anchors several times & hove
[6:] but she wont move, the anchor
[7:] comes home;
[8:] A large Shark is here swimming
[9:] about; there are any amount
[10:] of them this year all along
[11:] the river from Basreh to
[12:] Baghdad;
[13:] We took several anchors aft &
[14:] hove to, but she wont move, She
[15:] got on top of the shoal place,
[16:] where she got aground the Captain
[17:] was asleep, he does not care
[18:] a bit whether she gets aground
[19:] or not; our both mates are
[20:] new & ignorant of the river;
[21:] At 7 1/2 we floated off; & remained
[22:] at anchor for the night ~ Light
[23:] N.W. breeze & fine; ~ They took an
[24:] other anchor aft at 8 & hove her
[25:] off & gathered the other anchor until
[26:] 9 P.M. while the Captain had gone to
[27:] sleep; I had to sleep in my cabin
[28:] as they were working aft, but
[29:] it was not very warm;
[pg: 218]
1901 Augt 18 Sund The5. 80 noon101 4 P.m.111
[1:] Light N.W. & fine cool morning,[2:] Today is the Birthday of our
[3:] Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
[4:] Hungary; Mr Rappaport is
[5:] going at 6 1/2 AM. to the Latin
[6:] Church to hear a high mass
[7:] he is getting celebrated; he had
[8:] sent a Circular to the Austro-
[9:] Hungarian subjects who are only
[10:] myself, Henry, Mrs. Paduani
[11:] & his clerk Rosenfeld (the
[12:] son of Hermann the tailor)
[13:] and is giving a dinner this evening
[14:] at 8 P.M. to my family, Henry's,
[15:] Johny my nephew, Mr. MacLaughton
[16:] the Sub Director of the Ottoman
[17:] Bank, Mr. Querry assistant inspector
[18:] of the Règis & Mrs. Paduani &
[19:] her daughters ~
[20:] At 5, 30 AM. we proceeded
[21:] from Joorf el Rot; passed
[22:] through the Gherrara Bridge,
[23:] they told us that the Baghdad
[24:] is aground at Rustumyeh;
[25:] At 6,, 50 we grounded below
[26:] Dedewyeh, took anchor out
[27:] astern & hove off, she
[pg: 219]
[1:] wont move, took several anchors
[2:] fore & aft; but of no use; she
[3:] seems to be stuck hard, although
[4:] she is only drawing 3 feet,
[5:] & there are 2 1/2 draaz (3,,9),
[6:] Such a trip we have not had
[7:] for many years; ~
[8:] At 4,, 45 P.M. After much heaving
[9:] we got detached & proceed on
[10:] through the proper channel;
[11:] At 4,, 55 passed Diala
[12:] river, fresh N.W. & hot wind
[13:] blew all the day;
[14:] At 6 P.M. anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[15:] and sent to sound the Channel;
[16:] found 3 & 3 1/2 draaz; and we remained
[17:] here for the night~ Light N.W.
[18:] breeze & fine cool night;
[19:] Since four days I have again
[20:] got the pain on my back but not
[21:] so bad as before, It is from the
[22:] cold at night I get it, it had not
[23:] gone altogether since I had it
[24:] in June;
19 Mond The5.79 noon103 4 P.m.109
[25:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[26:] Cool weather ~
[27:] At 5,, 15 AM. proceeded from
[28:] Zumbaranyeh & passed over
[29:] the Shoal without touching,
[30:] At 6,,20 passed Ctesiphon
[pg: 220]
1901 Augt
[1:] At 6,, 45 anchored at Joorf el[2:] Batta & sounded the channel;
[3:] found 3 & 3 1/2 draaz ~
[4:] At 7, 35 proceeded without
[5:] touching; ~
[6:] Strong wind got up at about
[7:] 9 AM; ~ Detained at Jubeil
[8:] 15 minutes ~
[9:] At 0,,30 P.M. anchored at
[10:] Dawar reach (lower part) &
[11:] sent to sound; Very Strong
[12:] N.W. wind blowing, with dust
[13:] had to furl awnings ~
[14:] At 2,, proceeded, touched the Shoal
[15:] & at 2, 30 passed & steamed
[16:] on;
[17:] At 4,,45 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[18:] The wreck of the Str. Dijleh is
[19:] so visible out of the water
[20:] more than any low season
[21:] since she went down on
[22:] the 8 Septr. 1876; I never saw
[23:] her so out of the water;
[24:] it must be the extraordinary
[25:] low state of the river this
[26:] year, half of the Boiler
[pg: 221]
[1:] is exposed; the Cylinders,
[2:] cranks, superheater, the
[3:] Port wheel Box; it is now
[4:] embedded with sand and
[5:] a sand bank stretching
[6:] below the wreck;
[7:] Wind fell down at 5 P.M. & became
[8:] nice & cool;
[9:] My pain on the Spine is still the same
[10:] it is not so severe, but it does not
[11:] get better, I am rubbing it with
[12:] the Cajaput, & Turpentine & oil,
[13:] At 7,, 15 P.M. we rounded
[14:] & came to at Raddat; Light
[15:] N.W. breeze ~
[16:] An Indian passenger who
[17:] was sick when brought on
[18:] board, died this afternoon,
[19:] We sent the dead Indian in
[20:] a Boat to be burried on the
[21:] East bank ~ The noise & raw
[22:] that the people who accompanied
[23:] the body on shore & the Boat going
[24:] & coming backward & forward
[25:] till 11 P.M. prevented one from
[26:] sleeping, no one is looking to
[27:] check what the crew are
[28:] doing, they are left to themselves
[pg: 222]
20 Tuesd Th5. 81 noon105 4 P.m.113
[1:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing,[2:] at 2 1/2 AM I had to go to my Cabin
[3:] I did not seep 3 hours all
[4:] the night ~
[5:] At 5, AM proceeded
[6:] from Raddat; ~
[7:] At 5,,25 passed Azizieh,
[8:] and at 5, 30 Anchored, here
[9:] we found the SS. Baghdad
[10:] aground with her Barge too,
[11:] she had left together with us
[12:] & had passed us at Cherd el
[13:] Pasha; We sent to sound;
[14:] It is only up to this morning that
[15:] our mate Mr. Slack has overhauled
[16:] the passengers tickets after
[17:] five days; we have therefore
[18:] altogether 234 1/2 (2 in 1st
[19:] Class Jews Haroon Gareh &
[20:] Noonoo Mekammel, & 2 Jews
[21:] in 2nd Class Tweg & his wife
[22:] all to Basreh) about 10 Christians
[23:] going to work for dates; also
[24:] Shekoory Sayegh going to
[25:] work for Rufail Sayegh's
[26:] dates at Mohamera taking
[pg: 223]
[1:] with 3 or 4 Christians; Rufail
[2:] is working for Hamilton Hotz &co
[3:] & these are doing it for an
[4:] American merchants of
[5:] New York on Commission;
[6:] Pilot found only 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz;
[7:] We have besides the above passing
[8:] four other with white papers from
[9:] the Agent (2 are divers with a
[10:] Goffa to Shedeif to be landed
[11:] where a boat has sunk with
[12:] the railing of the Kadumain
[13:] Tramway which the Khalifah
[14:] took up to Baghdad free, &
[15:] there are some more sunk
[16:] to be got up by these 2 divers)
[17:] At 7 1/2 we steamed on to
[18:] the shoal place on the west
[19:] bank, after putting all the
[20:] passengers in the Barge,
[21:] the Baghdad is alongside the East
[22:] bank & her Barge is aground,
[23:] we took a different channel
[24:] on the opposite side, & we grounded
[25:] took an anchor out astern,
[26:] Kept taking several anchors
[27:] for & aft & heaving over
[28:] It became very calm &
[pg: 224]
1901 Augt
[1:] warm ~ we got over to the[2:] East bank at 12 Am. and
[3:] sent to gather the anchor &
[4:] chain,
[5:] At 1,,20 P.M. we got
[6:] underway, left the Baghdad
[7:] with her barge still aground;
[8:] Breeze S. Ely & calm;
[9:] At 2,,25 P.M. passed the
[10:] S.S. Khalifah & Barge bound up
[11:] at Zweyet el Zere, I saw Ali
[12:] Beg the mudir of Tapo on board
[13:] going up;
[14:] It became very hot & Suffocating
[15:] Calm & very unpleasant;
[16:] At 4,,10 landed the two divers
[17:] & their Goffa at Shedeif to the
[18:] sunken Boat on the East bank
[19:] to pick up what remains of the
[20:] Iron rail bars of the Kadumain
[21:] Tram way all free, S Lynch & co
[22:] are Agents for the Insurance,
[23:] The Khalifah had brought up
[24:] about 130 rails & the divers &
[25:] Goffa last month; The sunken
[26:] boat is all broken & the
[27:] wood from half of it taken
[28:] away by the Arabs ~
[pg: 225]
[1:] At 5,,35 P.M. anchored at Deboony
[2:] & sent to sound; Boat in the Channel,
[3:] very calm & hot a very light breeze
[4:] from N.W. The Therm in my Cabin
[5:] at 6 P.M. I still 108º ~
[6:] My spine still pains me a little
[7:] it is like a Rheumatism, it extends
[8:] down to my legs ~
[9:] Pilot returned at 6 1/2 there are 3 1/2
[10:] & 4 draaz, but Boats are in the
[11:] Channel; we remained for the
[12:] night to sleep quietly; ~
[13:] Last night there was a fine
[14:] scandal & comedy; our chief
[15:] mate Slack got a woman
[16:] in his cabin & made her
[17:] drink as well as himself, &
[18:] a great raw took place,
[19:] they had to carry her dead
[20:] drunk on deck & he was
[21:] drunk the whole time and
[22:] today too; ~ It is all the Captain's
[23:] falt, he does not care whatever they
[24:] do on board, has no respect by
[25:] his officers, after dinner this evening
[26:] I left the table & the two mates,
[pg: 226]
1901 Augt
[1:] remained sitting with him talking[2:] & he relates all sorts of dirty
[3:] stories, nearly every evening when
[4:] it happens that we have no
[5:] European passengers; & even the
[6:] new Young 3d Engineer Mr. Forman
[7:] joins their company & sits at
[8:] the table; This evening after
[9:] having talked for an hour
[10:] Capt Hanslow went up to sleep
[11:] and the 2 Mate Maclure, the
[12:] 3 Engineer Forman & Alex Blaney
[13:] the assistant Engineer took
[14:] the little Boat & went off pulling
[15:] about in the river singing
[16:] & playing instruments till
[17:] 10 P.M; these are things that
[18:] I never saw in my life before,
[19:] it is making me very disgusted
[20:] & sick of this service on board,
21 Wedn The5.81 noon 110 4 P.m 114
[21:] Very light N.W. & not pleasant[22:] at all, rather warm;
[23:] At 5 AM. proceeded from
[24:] Deboony & went on without
[25:] touching;
[26:] At 8,, passed Memlah,
[27:] At 8,,15 anchored above
[28:] Bughela & sent to Sound,
[pg: 227]
[1:] There are 2 1/4 & 2 1/2, We then proceeded
[2:] at 9 & passed over by touching
[3:] & went on, as the steamer is
[4:] now only drawing 2.9 fore &
[5:] 3.2 aft; At 9,,10 anchored
[6:] again near the West bank
[7:] and sent to Sound; at 9,45
[8:] proceeded & then turned round
[9:] & went alongside the village
[10:] at Bughela to allow the
[12:] passengers to get provisions,
[13:] very calm & warm day;
[14:] At 10,,45 am left Bughela,
[15:] Very calm Sultry & warm weather,
[16:] At 4 P.m. passed the S.S.
[17:] Mossul & Barge going up at
[18:] Aboo Dukar (above Coot)
[19:] Light N. Ely breeze & very hot,
[20:] the sun is as hot as fire;
[21:] At 4,,45 arrived at Coot,
[22:] landed 27 1/2 passengers & 54
[23:] packages below our Coal Depot
[24:] cannot go further up as it is
[25:] getting Shoal; I received a
[26:] letter from Henry, he has left
[27:] all the letters at Amara, she
[28:] had left that place on Saturday
[29:] morning; she has about
[30:] 238000 Okes cargo ~
[pg: 228]
1901 Augt
[1:] At 6,,30 P.m. we left Coot,[2:] At 7,,5 we came to for the
[3:] night, very light N.W. breeze,
[4:] Our acting Chiefmate Mr. Slack
[5:] had a young mongoose pet &
[6:] it died today; This evening
[7:] he had prepared a small coffin
[8:] for it with a tin box & had it
[9:] conveyed in the big Launch to
[10:] the opposite bank with Metty
[11:] & other officiers & burried solemnly
[12:] among the roaring laughter
[13:] of the crew & the rest with
[14:] yelling & noise & they returned
[15:] at about 10 P.M. what a
[16:] scandal & stupidity of this
[17:] drunken man, this is the
[18:] sort of things I am to see
[19:] in these my last days;
22 Thursd The5.84 noon 111 4 P.m117
[20:] Light N Ely & fine, but[21:] not so cool & refreshing weather
[22:] At 4,,45 Am. proceeded
[23:] from Gardyeh ~
[24:] We took 17 1/2 Passengers from
[25:] Coot ~ Hot wind blowing from
[26:] N. East ~
[pg: 229]
[1:] At 10 am. passed Sheikh Saad,
[2:] Hot disagreable wind is blowing
[3:] from N. East;
[4:] At 11 anchored at Aboo
[5:] Dood & sounded, then steamed
[6:] on to the shoal, grounded, took
[7:] out anchors fore & aft &
[8:] hove, Strong wind had to furl
[9:] awnings, very hot wind as
[10:] fire; ~ At 2,,15 P.m. proceeded,
[11:] Took one Jew passenger from
[12:] the Boat of Liquorice
[13:] At 5,,15 anchored above
[14:] Maghessil & sent to sound;
[15:] Still the wind is strong and
[16:] hot; At 6 proceeded ~ Wind
[17:] falling ~
[18:] At 6,,25 passed Ali Gherbi
[19:] At 7,,5 we came to for the night
[20:] fresh N.W. wind & hot weather,
[21:] I have a bad cold on my head &
[22:] nose since this morning; The
[23:] wind is too strong out on the quarter
[24:] Deck;
[25:] We have had an other comedy
[26:] by the officers tonight after they
[27:] had their talk at the table, &
[28:] the 3 Engineer Forman joined, the
[29:] Captain went up to sleep; and
[pg: 230]
1901 Augt
[1:] they begun to skylark & run about[2:] following each other, through the
[3:] Saloon & out round the cabins
[4:] & in & out, Skeeming & laughing
[5:] & make a hell of a noise; then
[6:] Mr. Slack the stupid half dead
[7:] man, came with the copper
[8:] mouth piece of our Pump, and
[9:] begun to blow it as a trumpet
[10:] on the quarter Deck, preventing
[11:] us from sleeping, as if he was
[12:] doing it intentionally, and
[13:] the Captain never said anything
[14:] and even it looks as if he is
[15:] encouraging them to do so
[16:] the 2nd mate MacLure was trying
[17:] to stop him from making such
[18:] noise & take him away, but
[19:] he insisted being drunk and
[20:] stupid, but at last went forward,
[21:] I was on the point of getting up
[22:] & pitch in to him, but I knew
[23:] I would only get out of temper
[24:] & injure my health & then
[25:] loose my sleep all the night;
23 Frid The5. 83 noon 108 4 Pm 111
[26:] Modte N.W. & fine but not[27:] cool at all ~
[28:] At 4.30 AM. we proceeded
[pg: 231]
[1:] At 5,,15 passed the S.S. Phrat
[2:] & Barge bound up above Flefleh,
[3:] At 9,,15 passed Ali Sherghi,
[4:] wind getting strong & hot;
[5:] awnings furled & all passengers
[6:] down below; wind moderate
[7:] at 2 P.m.
[8:] At 3,,10 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Amara, landed 49 1/2 Passengers
[10:] & 220 Packages (150 Bags of
[11:] Wheat) There are no Bales of
[12:] wool to be shipped, the workmen
[13:] Jejo Moorad & others have all
[14:] gone up in the Khalifah,
[15:] We took 5 Tons of Coal;
[16:] At 6,,15 P.M. left Amara
[17:] took 21 passengers; ~
[18:] Light N.W. breeze and
[19:] Clouds on West & South,
[20:] weather not pleasant, but
[21:] rather hazy;
[22:] At 8,,5 anchored above Abou
[23:] Sedra; Light N.W. & pleasant
[24:] night;
24 Satur The5.79 noon 103 4 Pm
[25:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[26:] At 4,,30 A.M. proceeded ~
[27:] At 7,,25 passed Kalat Saleh
[pg: 232]
1901 Augt
[1:] Detained at Elbow & Ghumeyjeh[2:] 1 1/2 hour ~
[3:] At 0,,50 P.M. passed Azair,
[4:] N.W. breeze & not so hot as before,
[5:] At 5 landed 8 Passengers and
[6:] 2 Bales at Gorna & went on at
[7:] 5,10; Light N.W. breeze and
[8:] not so warm today ~
[9:] At 11,,45 P.M. arrived in Basreh
[10:] Very light N.W. breeze; I have not been
[11:] able to sleep afterward, from the
[12:] noise & number of steamers close
[13:] by & above us, with their bells striking,
25 Sund
[14:] Very light N.W. breeze & hazy still[15:] as last night it was; Landed
[16:] passengers & Cargo;
[17:] There are no steamers up here but
[18:] the Esther Lotus, Henry Bolckow
[19:] & Devina these are only lighters
[20:] to carry down cargo to the
[21:] Bar for the sea going steamers,
[22:] & in quarantine there are
[23:] the mail Str. Pachmuba the Kourdistan
[24:] of Strick & Co & the Persian steamer
[25:] Hosseini ~ Also the King Arthur up here
[26:] Shekoory Sayegh went up to
[27:] Rafail's house; but Rufail
[28:] has gone to Fhelyeh three
[pg: 233]
[1:] days ago for the Dates to be
[2:] packed for Hotz & Co, & where
[3:] Shekoory is to go & look after
[4:] that work there;
[5:] At 12 am. I took a Belem & went
[6:] up to Rufail's house, I saw there
[7:] Tookyeh & her husband Rezooki, also
[8:] Yousif Marine, Shekoory Sayegh
[9:] went down in a Belem at 1
[10:] PM. to Fhelyeh to look after the
[11:] packing of dates where Rufail
[12:] is waiting for him; Rezooki
[13:] Sayegh & his wife Mina were
[14:] in Basreh they came out in
[15:] the evening; also Medoola
[16:] sister of Yousef John with them,
[17:] Light N.W. Wind & fine
[18:] cool night;
26 Mond.
[19:] Light N.W. & fine, I felt it quite[20:] cold after midnight, at about
[21:] 1 am. Rufail came up from
[22:] Fhelyeh in a Belem;
[23:] At 6 am I came on board;
[24:] I passed on my way to Jeboory Asfar's
[25:] house to see Michail Raffi
[26:] his clerk about my money of
[27:] 1000 Liras placed with Jeboory
[28:] as he sent me a letter last
[29:] night telling me that Asfar
[pg: 234]
1901 Augt
[1:] wrote out from London to him[2:] to charge only 4% Interest
[3:] instead of 7 as before, and
[4:] Michail asks me for the restitution
[5:] of the Balance of 30 Liras,
[6:] we arranged so as I am to write
[7:] to Jeboory & inform him
[8:] of my non acceptance;
[9:] We are not working in taking
[10:] cargo & the ship is quite
[11:] empty yet, we have taken little
[12:] cargo & are to go to Maghil &
[13:] take in 60 tons of Coal;
[14:] The S.S. Baghdad & Barge arrived
[15:] at 11 1/2 am;
[16:] We got our Barge alongside
[17:] for tow;
[18:] Modte N.W. wind & not so
[19:] warm;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 440 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in Tow
[20:] At 0.15 P.m. weighed & proceeded[21:] to Maghil to Coal Ship ~
[pg: 235]
[1:] At 1 P.m. went alongside at
[2:] Maghil & begun to coal 60 Tons
[3:] Yousif Marine sent me some
[4:] melons, I went to him in his
[5:] Belem to the other side & spent
[6:] 2 hours & had tea & returned,
[7:] Rezooki Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
[8:] came up to me, Rezooki
[9:] brought me 6 Vienna chairs
[10:] I bought; ~
[11:] Mr. Bottomley came up in the
[12:] steam Launch bringing Lynch's
[13:] letters, & two English passengers
[14:] we have to take up one
[15:] is Lieutt. A. J. Marsack
[16:] New Capt. for the Comet
[17:] of the Indian Marine, &
[18:] the other is a traveller by
[19:] name Mr. Watson, who was
[20:] in South Africa & in the
[21:] siege of Kimberly ~
[22:] At 5,,45 P.m. we left
[23:] Maghil, Light N.W. air
[24:] We have also the french father
[25:] Père Emmanuel going to Amara
[pg: 236]
1901 Augt
[1:] for a month; he has obtained[2:] a 1st Class Cabin by paying a
[3:] 2nd Class fare; this arrangement
[4:] had been applied to & obtained
[5:] from Lynch Brothers in London
[6:] by Père Pièrre the Superior
[7:] of the Carmelite fathers, Pere
[8:] Emmanuel messes himself;
27 Tuesd The5.72 noon96 4 P.m.103
[9:] Light N.W. & fine cool[10:] night, At 2,,10 am landed
[11:] a passenger at Gorna & took
[12:] one ~ I felt it quite cold
[13:] toward morning;
[14:] Finished with the passengers
[15:] tickets, we have in all 99; ~
[16:] (3 in 1st Class, the new Captain
[17:] for the Comet Lieutt A.J. Marsack
[18:] and the English traveller Mr.
[19:] H.G. Watson & Père Emmanuel
[20:] & a Turkish officer Rushdi
[21:] Beg & his wife in 2 class)
[22:] also 2 Christian women family
[23:] of the clerk Yousif of Malamir
[24:] free on Lower Deck;
[25:] At 7,,30 passed Azair
[26:] From 9 AM until 4 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 237]
[1:] we have been steaming up all
[2:] the time from Ghumeyjeh to
[3:] the Elbow, going so very Slow,
[4:] this short distance, for want
[5:] of water & current very strong
[6:] & narrow river; The Ship being
[7:] light & dragging over the bottom,
[8:] At 8,,15 we anchored for the
[9:] night at Abdulla ibn Ali; Fine
[10:] cool weather with a moonlight
[11:] night 13 days old; ~ There are
[12:] many Sandflies here ~
28 Wedn The5. 71 noon95 4 P.m.100
[13:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine,[14:] At 4,,50 A.M. proceeded;
[15:] we passed over Nafikh Shoal
[16:] without touching;
[17:] At 7,,20 landed 1 Passenger
[18:] at Kalat Saleh & took 2 ~
[19:] At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at Amara
[20:] landed 22 passengers (Père Emmanuel
[21:] also) and 9 Bales through cargo;
[22:] We shipped 22 packages &
[23:] Bales of Carpets @ 12 Paras about
[24:] 2080 Okes; and 8 Tons of
[25:] Coal; I learnt here that the
[26:] Khalifah has left yesterday
[27:] so I left their letters here,
[28:] At 4,,25 P.m. left Amara
[pg: 238]
1901 Augt
[1:] Took 51 Passengers (9 for[2:] Coot) ~ Light N.W. & fine
[3:] Cool weather;
29 Thursd The5.72 noon 96 4 P.m.104
[4:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[5:] morning;
[6:] At 7,,20 Am. passed Ali
[7:] Gherbi;
[8:] At 8,,10 Grounded above
[9:] Maghessil, sounded, & then took
[10:] an anchor out & hove; At 9,30
[11:] proceeded;
[12:] At 0,,30 P.m. anchored at
[13:] Seyd Abbass & sent to sound
[14:] found 2 1/4 draaz, Boats are
[15:] in the Channel ~ At 1 proceeded
[16:] to the shoal, grounded, took
[17:] out anchors ahead & hove
[18:] over, some Boats are in the
[19:] Channel & some are discharging
[20:] cargo; ~ At 4,,20 got over
[21:] & proceeded from Seyd Abbass,
[22:] Weather has been calm and
[23:] warm today, but the great heat
[24:] seems to have passed ~
[25:] At 6,,15 came to the shoal at
[26:] Aboo Dood, sent to sound
[27:] found lots of water 3 & 3 1/2 draz,
[28:] steamed on to it & grounded
[pg: 239]
[1:] took out an anchor & hove
[2:] over;
[3:] At 8,,5 got over & proceeded,
[4:] Light N.W. & fine weather,
[5:] At 10 passed Sheikh Saad,
30 Frid Th5. 72 noon 100 4 P.m.106
[6:] Very light N.W. but cool weather[7:] & fine ~
[8:] The Bridge of the Sennyeh,
[9:] below Coot is put across, it
[10:] had been left open since last
[11:] year for want of anchors &
[12:] Chains, they opened it for
[13:] us at 6 1/2 am: from the West
[14:] bank & the Eastern bank
[15:] the Bridge has not reached yet
[16:] on account of shoal, about 100
[17:] yards distant which they are
[18:] trying to fill up with thorn
[19:] & brushwood; it is only put
[20:] across for the sake of charging
[21:] the toll on steamers & Boats;
[22:] At 7.45 am arrived at Coot
[23:] below our Depot, landed 13 1/2 Passeng
[24:] & 3 Bales of through cargo;
[25:] Took in 4 Tons of Coal, brought
[26:] down by Coolies & charging double
[27:] hire Viz 9 G.S.P. per Ton on account
[28:] of the distance ~ The Khalifah
[29:] passed Azizeh yesterday
[30:] at 5 P.m. ~
[pg: 240]
1901 Augt
[1:] At 9,,45 left Coot, Took 23[2:] Passengers;
[3:] Weather became very Calm
[4:] toward sunset, but it is not so
[5:] warm outside the cabin;
[6:] At 8 1/2 P.m. while I had just gone
[7:] to turn in, the steamer stopped
[8:] just above Bughela village and
[9:] sent to sound, the S.S. Khalifah
[10:] & her Barge are at anchor above
[11:] us; soon after Capt. Braine,
[12:] Charley Cowley, & the Engineer
[13:] Weber came to us, they sat on
[14:] the quarter Deck talking & drinking
[15:] with Capt Hanslow; our Pilot
[16:] brought me Henry's letter &
[17:] some newspaper of Mr. Rappaport
[18:] & Mr. Rouet to read them, I
[19:] kept them in my bed there came
[20:] also some of the Khalifah's
[21:] 1st. C. passengers going to Basreh
[22:] like Meneshi Mathalon,
[23:] De Bono of Hotz etc etc ~
[24:] At 9,,20 we weighed & proceeded
[25:] passing the Khalifah; and
[26:] at 9,,40 passed Memlah,
[27:] I red Henry's letter, they
[28:] had left on Tuesday, they have
[pg: 241]
[1:] 140,000 Okes & 255 passengers
[2:] besides about 19 free Tilkeflies
[3:] (12 by Capt Braine permission &
[4:] 7 by SLynch also Jejo Moorad
[5:] sent down for packing dates)
[6:] They have in 1st Class Ibrahim
[7:] Effendi agent of the Senyeh at
[8:] Amara, Meneshi Mathalon,
[9:] Yousif Nazo, Yousif Ferej, the
[10:] wife of AbdulKadur Khdery free
[11:] to Amara, son of Abdulghany
[12:] Khderi, & Solon Calcothi etc,
[13:] I also got a letter from Alexander
[14:] he tells me that he was unwell
[15:] for 4 days, he had a pain on
[16:] his left side with fever, but
[17:] he got well by putting a Linseed
[18:] poultess which Hannosh of Dr.
[19:] Ramsey recommended; He tells
[20:] me of the dinner which Mr.
[21:] Rappaport gave on Sunday the
[22:] 18 for the occasion of the Emperor's
[23:] Birth day, there were 21 persons
[24:] invited, my wife, Alexander,
[25:] Mary, Menusha, her daughter
[26:] Harriet, Mr. Maclaughlin of
[27:] the Bank, Edward Blockey
[28:] Broomhead, Mad. Paduany
[pg: 242]
1901 Augt
[1:] & her daughters, & the family[2:] of Coidan & Mr. Querry etc;
[3:] they left at 12 ~
31 Satur The5 74 noon 98 4 P.m.105
[4:] Light S. Ely breeze and[5:] not cold at all;
[6:] At 2,,40 am. We Grounded
[7:] at Deboony, took anchors out
[8:] & hove forward
[9:] It is very curious to see our
[10:] new 2d mate Maclure on duty
[11:] forward at the Anchor as it
[12:] was being hove, sitting on a
[13:] chair & smoking while the
[14:] captain standing before him
[15:] talking & laughing, care less
[16:] of his duty; What a fine
[17:] decipline we have in these days,
[18:] At 4,,50 we got over and
[19:] proceeded;
[20:] Breeze Shifted to N.W. very light,
[21:] I paid the ship's Company their
[22:] wages for this month;
[23:] Weather became very calm
[24:] & sultry warm ~
[25:] At 11,10 touched at Breinij,
[26:] Sounded, took an anchor &
[27:] hove off at 11,,50 proceeded
[pg: 243]
[1:] At 1 P.m. grounded further up
[2:] the reach, below Azizieh village
[3:] sounded there are 2 1/2 & 3 draaz;
[4:] took anchors out ahead & hove
[5:] off ~ At 3,,50 P.m. proceeded;
[6:] At 4,,15 passed Azizieh ~
[7:] Very calm weather & not cool; It
[8:] became cooler later at night;
[9:] At 9,,25 passed Baghdadieh,
Septr 1 Sund The5. 73 noon 103 4 P.m.111
[10:] Light N.W. & fine weather ;[11:] At 1,,30 Am. anchored at
[12:] Dawar (lower end) this place has
[13:] become very shoal, sand islands
[14:] in the middle, & there are only
[15:] 2 1/4 & 2 1/2 draaz, in some places
[16:] people can walk across from
[17:] one bank to the other, This is
[18:] a very extraordinary low
[19:] season, We have not seen like
[20:] it before; There has been no rise
[21:] of the river this last spring;
[22:] At 5 am. sent to sound, and
[23:] at 6 we steamed on to the shoal
[24:] & kept steaming & heaving
[25:] over; there are 5 Boats here laden
[26:] with Liquorice ~
[27:] At 8,,5 got over & proceeded
[28:] It became very calm & warm
[pg: 244]
1901 Septr
[1:] throughout the day, and especielly[2:] in the afternoon it was unbearable,
[3:] At 5,,30 P.m. passed Ctesiphon,
[4:] I wrote a letter & threw it to the
[5:] Mudir Selloomy Effendi Jemil,
[6:] our old friend who has been
[7:] appointed Mudir here since two
[8:] month in place of Saleh Effendi
[9:] who died lately; I told him
[10:] that I have heard that he has
[11:] got my young Gazelle from
[12:] the Wood Boat which I lost
[13:] overboard last trip up just
[14:] up here & if so he may keep
[15:] it for himself;
[16:] At 7 1/2 P.m. we passed the Shoals
[17:] of Gusseiba without Grounding
[18:] but simply touched & went on,
[19:] Very light N.W. breeze;
[20:] At 10,,30 passed Diala,
[21:] At 11 anchored & sounded at
[22:] Rustumyeh & went on at 12
Mond 2 The5.77
[23:] At 1 am passed through the[24:] bridge; Detained 1/4 hour at
[25:] Joorf el Rot ~ Detained
[26:] 1/4 hour at Cherd el Pasha
[pg: 245]
[1:] At 5,,10 landed mails at
[2:] the Residency & went up to
[3:] the Custum House, The SS.
[4:] Mossul & Phrat are here
[5:] alongside; ~
[6:] There was great illumination
[7:] last night in Baghdad on the
[8:] occasion of the Sultan Abdul-
[9:] hamid's Corronation , it used
[10:] to be on the 30 August but this
[11:] years Bissentile altered the
[12:] Greek style to 13 days in the
[13:] year instead of 12, all the
[14:] Government offices, the Comet
[15:] & foreign Consulates all had
[16:] illuminations ~
[17:] I went home found Eliza
[18:] Alexander & Marie all well,
[19:] They are talking of going out
[20:] to encamp at Gerrara with
[21:] Antone Marine, Henry's family,
[22:] & Joseph Yaghchi;
[23:] I came on board at 8 1/2 , We
[24:] are going away on Friday,
[25:] The Mossul is loading to leave
[26:] tomorrow, & the Phrat is discharging
[27:] I went to the office to Mr. Perry
[28:] & took 50 TLiras from him to
[29:] pay the officers Pay;
[pg: 246]
1901 Septr
[1:] Came home at 11; my wife is[2:] suffering from a great pain &
[3:] rheumatism on her leg & down
[4:] to the feet, she cannot walk
[5:] some thing like a lumbago, like
[6:] my back which I had, & has
[7:] not yet gone, ~ I took a cold
[8:] bath, and at 4 P.m. called on
[9:] Menusha, she is going to encamp
[10:] at Gherra & tomorrow morning
[11:] they are going to see the ground
[12:] near the distillery where they
[13:] were last year, Antone & Joseph
[14:] Yaghchi are also going,
[15:] I came home, Antone Marine
[16:] called, also Johny & Artin,
[17:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[18:] but not so cool, it is calm
[19:] & hazy ~
3 Tuesd Th5.80
[20:] Light n.w. breeze but not[21:] cool; I & Eliza did not sleep
[22:] well; she suffered the pain
[23:] of rheumatism very much,
[24:] Alexander & Mary went at
[25:] 4 1/2 Am to Antone Marine
[26:] to go with them to Gherrara
[27:] to see the encamping ground,
[28:] Eliza & I could not go,
[29:] Mary rode a donkey &
[pg: 247]
[1:] Alexander on his Bycicle,
[2:] The S.S. Mossul & Barge left
[3:] at 5 am. ~
[4:] I called on Shekoury Sayegh's wife
[5:] Takoohy, but she was not at
[6:] home;
[7:] More Troops are coming
[8:] down from the up country
[9:] & proceed to concentrate at
[10:] Semawa, no one knows
[11:] the object, every one says something
[12:] They say that they want to take
[13:] Qweit & prevent the English
[14:] from taking it & they want
[15:] to depose Moobarek ibn
[16:] Sebah etc etc;
[17:] At 8 am I came on board,
[18:] the Phrat is still discharging,
[19:] I left at 10 went to call on Hamdy
[20:] Beg the Muffettish Adlyeh who
[21:] has been dismissed from here &
[22:] appointed at Van but he declined
[23:] this mean post & rigorous weather
[24:] & is leaving for Constanple, also
[25:] his brother is here Ali Beg, but
[26:] none were at home; I called
[27:] at Alexander's office & came
[28:] home, found Mina widow of
[29:] Naoom Abood & Catterina
[pg: 248]
1901 Septr
[1:] Yaghchi there ~ Eliza is still[2:] suffering from the rheumatic
[3:] pain; At 3 P.m. I came on board
[4:] The Phrat is shipping cargo,
[5:] but we are not, the officers wont
[6:] recieve cargo today & so we
[7:] are loosing some Local cargo,
[8:] So at 4, I left & went to call
[9:] on Alice & Sister Emilia, they also
[10:] wish to go out encamping
[11:] with us, but Alice has no
[12:] tents sufficient; I called on
[13:] Sister Eliza also & came home
[14:] at 6 1/2, warm wind and
[15:] disagreable, it blew all the
[16:] night;
4 Wedn Th5.81
[17:] Modte n.w. breeze, but not[18:] so cool; ~ at 7 am. Emilia
[19:] & Alice called on us, I then
[20:] came on board at 8 1/2, We
[21:] are discharging the rest of
[22:] the cargo;
[23:] The Mossul shipped
[24:] great quanty of ammunition
[25:] the day before for the Troops
[26:] both for Cannon & Rifle
[pg: 249]
[1:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast &
[2:] came at 1 1/2 P.m., we are
[3:] shipping a lot of cargo;
[4:] Mr. Rappaport called on me
[5:] on board in his Boat at 5 P.m.
[6:] I then left with him, & he landed
[7:] me at the beach of Sebh Ubkar
[8:] (near sister Eliza's house) & he
[9:] went down to the Comet,
[10:] I called on Mrs. Cowley, we
[11:] had a long talk, Alfred
[12:] Holland her brother has
[13:] left the service of Lynch, after
[14:] being there 27 years, he
[15:] left last week & is at home,
[16:] The Lynchs' wanted him to go
[17:] down as Agent at Ahwaz
[18:] & Shushter etc, he asked
[19:] for an increase of pay, as he
[20:] used to get before & they had
[21:] cut it down from 350 £ a
[22:] year to I believe 240 or 50,
[23:] those places are most abbominable
[24:] to leave in & the work is
[25:] very tyresome, they declined
[26:] to give him & so he resigned
[27:] I called then on Dr. Sturrock
[28:] to bid him goodbye as
[29:] he is going away to England
[pg: 250]
1901 Septr
[1:] with his wife next trip by[2:] the Khalifah to replace his
[3:] brother temporary; I came
[4:] home at 6 1/2 P.m. ~
[5:] Light N.W. & fine ~
5 Thursd Th5. 79 noon 101 4 P.m103
[6:] Light N.W.& fine[7:] at 7 1/2 am. I called on Antone
[8:] Marine & then called on
[9:] the Assyrian Bishop for
[10:] 1/2 hour & came on board
[11:] The SS. Phrat left at 5
[12:] am; ~ We shipped again 400
[13:] Bags of wheat for Amara as
[14:] it is getting very dear there on
[15:] account of scarcity this year,
[16:] At 11 I went to breakfast &
[17:] returned at 1 1/2 P.m.;
[18:] We shipped about 165,000 Okes
[19:] cargo ~ at 6 I left the Ship
[20:] called on Menusha for few
[21:] minutes & came home, found
[22:] Antone Marine & Antoine Guilietti
[23:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[24:] it became cooler at night;
[pg: 251]
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 441 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow.
6 Frid The5. 74 noon 4 P.m.
[1:] Very light air & fine, at 5 am.[2:] I came on board ~
[3:] At 5,,15 proceeded & at 5,30
[4:] anchored at Bab el Sherghi
[5:] & sent to sound;
[6:] Some Christians are encamped
[7:] on the opposite side of the town;
[8:] Abduljebbar Effendi Khayat the
[9:] Lawyer is building a house for
[10:] him on the opposite side;
[11:] Found 2 1/2 draaz, steamed on
[12:] to it & grounded; took anchors out
[13:] fore & aft & hove her into deep
[14:] water ~ At 7,,40 We proceeded
[15:] At 9,,35 rounded & went
[16:] alongside the bank below the
[17:] Bridge of Gherrara & Shipped
[18:] one Horse belonging to Mr.
[19:] Ovesinko the Russian Chancellier,
[20:] At 10 proceeded ~
[21:] At 10,,30 passed the SS. Baghdad
[22:] & Barge going up at Rustumyeh,
[23:] Detained 15 minut. in rounding
[24:] the point at Diala river;
[pg: 252]
1901 Septr
[1:] At 0,,15 P.m. anchored at[2:] Zumbaranyeh & sounded &
[3:] then proceeded we grounded
[4:] hove off and at 2 P.M. went
[5:] on;
[6:] At 2,,55 passed Ctesiphon,
[7:] Fresh n.w. hot wind & dusty
[8:] atmosphere;
[9:] We have altogether 191 1/2 Passengers
[10:] (2 in 1st Class, Lieutt F. Dobson)
[11:] the Captain of the SS. Comet going
[12:] to Bombay, and Mr. Ovesinko
[13:] the Russian Chancellier being
[14:] appointed Consul in Bushire
[15:] for the first time the Russian
[16:] Governt; have established a
[17:] Consulate there; & Eliahoo,
[18:] Levy & wife in 2nd Class);
[19:] Weather became very calm;
[20:] at 6,,20 anchored at Ledje
[21:] Boats are aground in the Channel,
[22:] sent to sound ~ We remainded
[23:] here for the night; Light n.w.
[24:] breeze & fine cool night;
7 Satur The5 72 noon95 4Pm100
[25:] Light n.w. breeze & fine[26:] cool morning ~
[27:] At 5,,15 am proceeded
[28:] At 7 came to at the lower
[pg: 253]
[1:] end of Dawar & sent to sound
[2:] the bad place; We steamed on
[3:] to the narrow shoal along the
[4:] sand bank on the E. bank and
[5:] grounded, took out a stern
[6:] anchor & hove; took others & the
[7:] chain broke several times; The
[8:] Phrat was here yesterday & left
[9:] this morning ~ We had to send
[10:] the Barge down forward & moved
[11:] inside along the sand island,
[12:] by a stern anchor dropping
[13:] gradually; at 4 1/2 P.m. We
[14:] got down a good bit; ~
[15:] At 5,,45 P.m. we hove into deep
[16:] water & proceeded from Dawar,
[17:] At 7,,5 We came to at Rwebyeh
[18:] for the night; very calm but
[19:] not hot, it is pleasant;
[20:] It became very cool at night;
8th Sund The5.75 Noon96 4 P.m.101
[21:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool[22:] morning; At 5 Am. we left Rwebyeh,
[23:] At 6,,5 passed Baghdadieh
[24:] Today being the anniversary of
[25:] the loss of the SS. Dijleh in 1876
[26:] just 25 years ago, as she was
[27:] steaming down & struck the
[28:] hard bank & opened her plates
[29:] forward at about 4 P.m.
[pg: 254]
1901 Septr
[1:] She is so much out of the water[2:] this low season more than any
[3:] year we have seen yet, ~ I
[4:] see there are only five of her
[5:] men still left in the service
[6:] & on board here, they are Mr.
[7:] Follett our 1st Engineer, the
[8:] Tindal Mikha, myself, my
[9:] servant H. Hamadi and a
[10:] Deckman Shamoka, the rest
[11:] have mostly died, and also left
[12:] the Service ~
[13:] At 9.15 am passed Azizieh,
[14:] At 9,,20 anchored & sent the
[15:] Pilot to sound the bad place,
[16:] Found bad water of 2 1/2 draaz, We
[17:] steamed on to it & grounded, took
[18:] anchors for & aft & hove ~
[19:] At 0,,50 P.m. got over & proceeded;
[20:] At 1,,15 grounded further
[21:] down at Brenij; took an
[22:] anchor out & hove off &
[23:] sent to sound; ~ At 3,,50
[24:] got off & proceeded; At 4,,10
[25:] again grounded, just at the
[26:] mound of Brenij near the
[pg: 255]
[1:] bank, sounded & marked the
[2:] channel & steamed on to it, &
[3:] touched it is very narrow & close
[4:] along the west bank;
[5:] At 5.35 went on, Light n.w.
[6:] breeze & not warm; ~
[7:] An Indian passenger who
[8:] came on board ill, with diarrhea
[9:] died this evening; last trip
[10:] also we had an Indian passenger
[11:] dead also came sick from
[12:] Kerbella;
[13:] At 6,,45 rounded & anchored
[14:] at Zeljeh, Very calm weather but,
[15:] cool; landed the dead Indian to
[16:] be buried here; ~ I slept in my
[17:] Cabin thinking it might get cool
[18:] at night, but it kept calm with
[19:] no breeze at all & it was warm
[20:] in the Cabin so I did not enjoy
[21:] my sleep at all;
9 Mond The5. 80 noon 106 4 P.m.113
[22:] S. Ely, Very calm weather, with[23:] few clouds on the n. & west;
[24:] we sent to sound the Channel
[25:] at Zeljeh there are 2 1/2 draaz, &
[26:] four Liquorice Boats aground
[27:] At 6 we proceeded & passed
[28:] without touching;
[29:] I saw the Arab Khdeir on
[30:] the bank at Toweel at his
[pg: 256]
1901 Septr
[1:] Arab encampments on west[2:] bank;
[3:] Since last night the breeze had
[4:] shifted to S. East,
[5:] Detained in Shoal water at
[6:] Deboony from 8,,40 till 9,,30,
[7:] in going close alongside the
[8:] west bank guided by ropes
[9:] on shore;
[10:] At 11,,25 Am. passed the
[11:] SS. Khalifah & Barge at Summer
[12:] (Bottom of Sheresh) going up;
[13:] At 0,,20 P.m. passed Memlah,
[14:] At 0,,30 anchored & sounded
[15:] found 2 1/2 draaz, At 1 we
[16:] proceeded on without touching
[17:] At 3,,20 Grounded at Aboo
[18:] Homar (lower part of the reach)
[19:] Very hot wind from South,
[20:] & atmosphere hazy dusty &
[21:] very unpleasant weather,
[22:] Heaved off & proceeded at 4,,15,
[23:] At 6,,55, we rounded & came
[24:] to for the night at Aboo Duker;
[25:] Light Southerly breeze & hazy
[26:] weather, very disagreable,
[pg: 257]
[1:] I have the Stomach ache very
[2:] bad & am very billious, I do not
[3:] feel well at all;
[4:] It got cool during the night, with
[5:] a light southerly breeze
10 Tuesd Th5. 73 noon 97 4 P.m 112
[6:] Light Southerly breeze & fine,[7:] At 5 am. proceeded;
[8:] I took a dose of Castor Oil early
[9:] this morning, I am very billious &
[10:] my stomach ache is very bad
[11:] & troublesome;
[12:] At 5,,50 arrived at Coot,
[13:] landed 10 passengers and
[14:] 13 Packages; I received Henry's
[15:] letter & Papers etc left here,
[16:] The Khalifah had left Basreh
[17:] on Thursday evening, she has
[18:] 196,600 Okes & over 173 Passengers
[19:] none in Cabins; Henry tells
[20:] me that Sheikh-Sadoon the
[21:] son of Sheikh Monsoor Pasha
[22:] of the Montefik has come in
[23:] to Basreh under the Guarantee
[24:] of his Cousin Mezyed Beg son
[25:] of Nasser Pasha, & the Turkish
[26:] government have pardoned
[27:] him for having participated
[28:] with Mubarek ibn Sobah
[29:] Sheikh of Kweit against
[pg: 258]
1901 Septr
[1:] Sheikh Abdulaziz ibn Rashid[2:] of Shammar el Jebel in the
[3:] late fight about 3 months
[4:] ago, & also he became so
[5:] rebellious against the government
[6:] & took to flight in the desert
[7:] beyond Zobeir, but I am afraid
[8:] the Turks will never let him
[9:] go out of their hands, & will
[10:] keep him in Basreh ~ The
[11:] Turkish Gunboat Zohaf which
[12:] was stationed at Basreh,
[13:] had been sent down to Kweit
[14:] about 25 days ago, taking
[15:] 50 soldiers & 4 guns to be
[16:] landed at Kweit, but on
[17:] arrival there in the evening
[18:] there were two English men
[19:] of war, they prevented her
[20:] from landing the Troops and
[21:] ammunition, & they kept a
[22:] strict watch all the night
[23:] over her with the Search light,
[24:] the next day she weighed
[25:] & came to Kweit, & her
[pg: 259]
[1:] Captain Wired to his Commodore
[2:] at Basreh the result of his
[3:] mission, & they say that the
[4:] latter expressed his sorrow
[5:] & said that Kweit is gone
[6:] out of their hands;
[7:] We took in 5 Tons of Coal,
[8:] At 9,,10 left Coot, Took 12 1/2
[9:] passengers ~ Passed through
[10:] the Bridge of the Sennyeh at
[11:] Mahomed Abool Hassan;
[12:] At 3 P.M. passed Sheikh
[13:] Saad. Weather very hot, wind
[14:] from N. East ~
[15:] At 4,,10 came to at the bottom
[16:] of Aboo Dood & Sounded; there is
[17:] 3 draaz, We steamed on to it &
[18:] grounded took an anchor out
[19:] ahead & hove her into deep water
[20:] At 6 we proceeded; ~
[21:] At 6,,25 grounded, took out a Stern
[22:] anchor & hove off; we remained
[23:] for the night ~ Light N. Ely
[24:] breeze & cool ~
11 Wedn. The5.78 noon 104 4 P.m.
[25:] Light N. Ely breeze & fine ~[26:] At 5,,10 am proceeded ~
[27:] At 5,,40 anchored at Seyd Abbass
[28:] & sounded the channel
[pg: 260]
1901 Septr
[1:] At 7 am steamed down to the shoal[2:] touched & swung round & dropped through
[3:] along the sand island and
[4:] went on at 7.30 ~
[5:] I suffered last night the pain
[6:] of my stomach in the intestines
[7:] there was the gas confined and
[8:] pained me awfully; I am taking
[9:] a cup of hot water every morning,
[10:] the Castor Oil I took yesterday
[11:] did me not much good, &
[12:] I am still billious;
[13:] At 9,,40 touched the shoal above
[14:] Meghessil, anchored & sent to sound,
[15:] steamed on to it & grounded; At 11,, we
[16:] got over & went on ~
[17:] At 11,,20 passed Ali
[18:] Gherbi ~ At 1, P.M. anchored
[19:] above Flefleh & sent to sound the
[20:] bad place, a Boat aground,
[21:] At 1,,50 we proceeded & passed
[22:] without touching ~
[23:] Modte wind from N. West
[24:] At 5,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[25:] Modte N. W breeze & fine weather;
[26:] I had to sleep in the cabin, but
[27:] although it was not warm,
[28:] but the awful pain in my
[29:] intestines, the wind confined
[pg: 261]
[1:] & my bowels are costive have
[2:] not worked since yesterday,
[3:] which caused the wind & pain,
[4:] & so could not sleep at all,
[5:] At 11,,45 P.M. arrived at
[6:] Amara & landed 49 1/2 Passeng
[7:] & 524 Packges (410 Bags of
[8:] wheat) & the noise of the Coolies
[9:] near my head, & the people
[10:] made me worse & so had to
[11:] pass the night without Sleep,
[12:] but occasional dosing off;
[13:] The SS. Phrat left this morning
[14:] for Basreh, she was to take
[15:] Troops from Amara for
[16:] Basreh, but an Order came
[17:] countermanding it; ~
12th Thursd Th.5.77
[18:] Light N. Ely breeze, with[19:] some clouds on the Est. South
[20:] & West horyzon ~
[21:] At 5,,45 Am. left Amara
[22:] took 3 cases of Pelican Feathers
[23:] & 6 Passengers ~
[24:] Wind got up blowing very fresh
[25:] from N. Est with dust, In turning
[26:] the sharp reach at Kalat Saleh
[27:] the wind swung the ship and
[28:] her stern grounded on the East
[29:] point; the ship being very
[pg: 262]
1901 Septr
[1:] light having no cargo scarcely[2:] all was put in the Barge
[3:] on the shoal place & consequently
[4:] the rudder wont answer,
[5:] we were detained from 10,,10
[6:] till 10,,25; we furled the
[7:] awnings; ~
[8:] Detained 1 1/2 hour at Nafikh
[9:] & other places;
[10:] At 1,,50 P.M. grounded below
[11:] Aboo Roba, just below the village
[12:] place too narrow & shoal,
[13:] At 2,,30 proceeded & passed the Elbow;
[14:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed Azair,
[15:] N.W. wind & clouds of dust
[16:] on the horyzon ~
[17:] At 8,,50 landed 5 Passengers
[18:] at Gorna & went on at 9 ~
[19:] Light N. Ely breeze & cool, I
[20:] slept in my cabin & it was not
[21:] warm but pleasant;
13 Frid
[22:] At 2,,10 A.M. we dropped anchor[23:] just below Maghil ~
[24:] At 5,, Proceeded to Basreh
[25:] & arrived at 5,,45, Landed the
[26:] passengers, There are here the
[27:] S.S. Koordistan & the Afghanistan
[pg: 263]
[1:] loading dates & wood etc at
[2:] Asfar's house, also the Austro-
[3:] Lloyed SS. Polluce for Nicola
[4:] Jocolas the Greek merchant, she
[5:] is to load dates for Trieste,
[6:] In Quarantine there are the
[7:] SS. Tabaristan & Gorgistan also
[8:] the Hosseini & the mail SS. Simla
[9:] the latter is leaving today,
[10:] also an extra steamer of the B.I. Copy
[11:] the Ellora ~
[12:] Rezooki Sayegh called on me,
[13:] also Nassoory Andria, him &
[14:] his family are out, down
[15:] the river at Mehejran living
[16:] with Michail Yaghchi who is
[17:] packing dates for Hamilton
[18:] Hotz & co; Shekoory Sayegh is
[19:] at Fhelyeh packing dates for
[20:] Rufail on account of also
[21:] Hamilton Hotz & co;
[22:] The Date market in London
[23:] is very low this year so that
[24:] Lynch Brothers are not packing
[25:] this year but about 2500 Cases,
[26:] & Georgis the clerk of Lynch
[27:] who had come down in the
[28:] Khalifah is returning with
[29:] us ~
[pg: 264]
1901 Septr
[1:] The mail Steamer "Java" arrived[2:] this morning; ~
[3:] The stern Paddle Steamer
[4:] of Lynch the Shushan' is here
[5:] at anchor astern the Blosse
[6:] Lynch, she has not been able
[7:] to get over the stone cataract
[8:] above Ahwaz so as to run
[9:] between the latter place &
[10:] Shushter for want of water
[11:] & so she has laid up here
[12:] to await the rise of the river,
[13:] At 11 Am the SS. Tabaristan
[14:] left the quarantine she steamed
[15:] up & turned down, I saw
[16:] Rufail Sayegh going down
[17:] in her to Fhelyleih to ship
[18:] some dates;
[19:] Only our Deckmen are tallying
[20:] the discharge of cargo, the officers
[21:] are, the chief Mr. Slack is
[22:] so drunk & his visitors; & the
[23:] other McLure also with his
[24:] visitors in his cabin but does
[25:] not drink; We are Shipping
[26:] no cargo, but will have
[27:] to take some from the Barge
[pg: 265]
[1:] which we are to tow, to alighten
[2:] her, & so load with Coal,
[3:] taking 90 Tons (40 in the
[4:] Barge & 50 in the ship 10
[5:] Tons of which is to be landed
[6:] in Baghdad ~ The Captain
[7:] is also up in his cabin drinking
[8:] with his visitors, captains of
[9:] different ships & Mr. Bottomley
[10:] too;
[11:] The Blosse Lynch has now
[12:] been over two months undergoing
[13:] repairs, if repairs can be called
[14:] for she has only two or
[15:] three patches to put on and
[16:] scrub her bottom etc, and
[17:] Tomb Tartt is superintending
[18:] this Job, after he had the
[19:] Shushan for about 5 months
[20:] in dock at Maghil, a little
[21:] Boat which could be done
[22:] in 1 month; he gets his pay
[23:] of 20 £ per month, & humbugs
[24:] the Lynch's, because his
[25:] father old W. Tartt is robbing
[26:] them in London in buying
[27:] stores etc for the company
[28:] the same as when he was here
[pg: 266]
1901 Septr
[1:] he used to plunder the company[2:] when they used to go in dock
[3:] our steamers, so it has
[4:] come down this instinct from
[5:] father to son; no one of
[6:] Lynchs Agents seems to care
[7:] a bit of what is going on
[8:] either on shore or on board
[9:] these two steamers; ~
[10:] Catpain Braine has sent for
[11:] his wife to come out, and
[12:] has hired a house in Baghdad
[13:] He got the Ship's carpenter
[14:] in the Khalifah to make for
[15:] him his house furniture
[16:] since two months he has
[17:] been working in making
[18:] Tables, Couches, Cupboards
[19:] & other things; ~
[20:] At 12 1/2 Rezooki Sayegh came
[21:] alongside & I went with him
[22:] up to their house, saw there
[23:] his wife Mina, Tookyeh and
[24:] her children etc; The SS. Polluce
[25:] is anchored just abrest of
[26:] Rufail's house & loading
[pg: 267]
14 Satur
[1:] dates for Trieste; Rezooki[2:] Angoorly went up to near Maghil
[3:] where he is also packing dates
[4:] for Hamilton Hotz & co for
[5:] America, Rezooki Sayegh
[6:] went to the Polluce, he got me
[7:] two Tins of Gunpowder (2
[8:] Kilos for 10 francs) ~
[9:] at sunset Yousef Marine came
[10:] down & spent the night with
[11:] us & slept here; Light N.W.
[12:] breeze & cool night;
[13:] Light S. Ely breeze and
[14:] Clouds on East & south
[15:] travelling up; ~ At daybreak
[16:] Rufail came up from
[17:] Fhelyeh in Angoorlie's steam
[18:] Launch, he shipped some
[19:] dates in the Tabaristan
[20:] chartered for America by
[21:] Hamilton Hotz & co her
[22:] Commander is Sanders,
[23:] who was in the Afghanistan
[24:] when I was at Marseilles
[25:] in Septr 1897 ~
[26:] At 7 Am I came on board
[27:] my stomach is still paining
[pg: 268]
1901 Septr
[1:] me last night & today too,[2:] We are taking in coals,
[3:] (50 Tons on board & 40 in the
[4:] Barge) ~
[5:] The SS. Koordistan left
[6:] early this morning ~
[7:] A fire took place last
[8:] Night on board the Gledhow
[9:] in the quarantine accidentally
[10:] by some body throwing a
[11:] match or cigarette on piles
[12:] of Bales of wool & skins
[13:] stowed on deck & about 40
[14:] Bales were damaged, also
[15:] the foremost awnings burnt,
[16:] Gray Mackenzie held a survey
[17:] Capt. Hanslow & the Captain of the
[18:] Dwina were asked to survey the
[19:] damaged goods ~
[20:] Flood tide made at 1 1/2 P.M.;
[21:] At 2,,30 P.M. the SS. Mossul
[22:] & Barge left for Baghdad;
[23:] Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly Mirza
[24:] Hamza & Nassoory Andria
[25:] called on board; ~
[pg: 269]
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 441 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow
[1:] At 4.50 P.M. we got underway[2:] & proceeded; Flood tide still
[3:] running up ~ Mr. Bottomley
[4:] & the two other Captains of steamers
[5:] came up as far as Maghil;
[6:] Wind fell down & became Calm,
[7:] we have no one in 1st Class,
[8:] except the Captain of the SS.
[9:] Shushan going up to Baghdad
[10:] by order of Lynch, for what
[11:] purpose it is not known;
[12:] but he is one of the meanest
[13:] & commonest seaman a
[14:] fearful drunkard; he has
[15:] already become dead drunk
[16:] and his behavior is most
[17:] disgraceful; his name is
[18:] Cook, what sort of officers
[19:] Lynchs are getting now is a
[20:] disgrace for this Company,
[21:] At dinner he came to table
[pg: 270]
1901 Septr
[1:] but was too drunk & could not[2:] speak, he jawed & tryed to speak,
[3:] At 11 we passed Gorna
[4:] I slept in my cabin, it was not
[5:] warm, but had the stomach
[6:] Ache;
15 Sund The5.69 noon 90 4 P.m.98
[7:] Light air, from west &[8:] very cool morning ~
[9:] At 4.45 AM. passed
[10:] Azair; we caught the Mossul
[11:] up, she is close ahead of us,
[12:] but at 7 we got to Ghumeyjeh
[13:] & here we stopped, on account
[14:] of the shallowness & narrow
[15:] river, the "Mossul" is gaining
[16:] on us & is going better in this
[17:] part of the river; ~
[18:] Weather is very disagreeable &
[19:] a very light S. Ely, rather dampy
[20:] & not refreshing but warm
[21:] & sultry ~
[22:] By 10 1/2 we got up to the
[23:] Elbow, went better this time
[24:] here; the Mossul is also ahead
[25:] of us about one mile;
[26:] Patches of clouds appearing
[27:] on the East & South horyzon,
[pg: 271]
[1:] At 3.30 P.M. passed Kalat
[2:] Saleh, S. Ely breeze & warm
[3:] very sultry; The Mossul is
[4:] ahead about 1/2 mile distant,
[5:] We have in all 91 1/2 Passengers
[6:] (only the Capt of the Shushan
[7:] Cook is in the 1 C. Cabin, and
[8:] Jejo Moorad in 2nd Class with
[9:] two men with him all these
[10:] are free, besides 3 other Tilkeflies
[11:] free by the Captain, all these
[12:] are not included in the 91 1/2 Passeng)
[13:] We get up very close astern of
[14:] the Mossul by 6 P.M. but cannot
[15:] get room to pass her;
[16:] Light Ely breeze, & the clouds
[17:] have vanished, it is the heat
[18:] which causes these clouds;
[19:] At 7.10 P.M. passed Aboo Sedra,
[20:] Breeze shifting to S. West; ~
[21:] The Mossul is still ahead of us
[22:] & we cannot pass her, she gives
[23:] us no room to do so ~
[24:] At 10,,10 P.M. arrived at
[25:] Amara, the Mossul arrived
[26:] just 5 minutes before us; We
[27:] landed 14 passengers & 12
[pg: 272]
1901 Septr
[1:] Bales of through cargo; The[2:] weather keeps calm & dampy,
[3:] I slept in my cabin;
[4:] I received a telegram from
[5:] Alexander which had arrived
[6:] yesterday to inform me when
[7:] they are going out encamping
[8:] at Gherrara;
[9:] Svoboda, Amara
[10:] Encamping, Monday
[11:] Alexander,
[12:] So they are going out tomorrow,
[13:] We shipped a lot of cargo
[14:] about 76 packages over 8000
[15:] Okes of Hides, Carpets, Cloth etc,
16 Mond The5.78 noon 93 4 P.m.100
[16:] At 1,, AM. we left Amara,[17:] weather getting cloudy, but
[18:] breeze N.W. & calm;
[19:] It became very cloudy all
[20:] over & misty hazy weather
[21:] At 6,,5 AM anchored to
[22:] repair the starboard wheel
[23:] the Segments & arms getting
[24:] bent ~
[25:] At 7,,35 the Mossul
[pg: 273]
[1:] came up & passed us;
[2:] Gave tickets to 24 Amara
[3:] passengers; ~
[4:] At 11,,20 finished repairs we
[5:] proceeded;
[6:] At 1,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi,
[7:] weather keeps very warm with light
[8:] Eastly breeze & some clouds spred,
[9:] We passed the SS. Baghdad &
[10:] Barge going down at 12 AM;
[11:] Sunset very calm and
[12:] oppressive some clouds on the
[13:] East & South, very disagreable
[14:] weather & warm; I slept
[15:] outside & it was not cool at all,
[16:] At 8,,45 P.M. passed Ali
[17:] Gherbi;
17 Tuesd The5.82 noon 89 4 P.m.102
[18:] At 0,,45 AM. anchored[19:] at Seyd Abbass, the Mossul
[20:] is here aground ahead of us
[21:] & heaving over ~ at daybreak
[22:] we Sent to Sound, & are waiting
[23:] for the Mossul to get away,
[24:] S. Ely breeze & hazy misty
[25:] weather; dampy atmosphere,
[26:] The pain of gas in my stomach
[27:] & intestines is much less today
[28:] & do not feel it scarcely, I
[pg: 274]
1901 Septr
[1:] have been taking for the last[2:] three or four days some Carbonate
[3:] of Magnesia & feel it agrees
[4:] with me; ~
[5:] At 10,,40 the Mossul got over
[6:] into deep water ~ At 11 we
[7:] steamed up to it & worked
[8:] with the Engines, till 11.30
[9:] when we got over the Shoal
[10:] the Mossul had just started
[11:] & we Also went on astern
[12:] of her;
[13:] At 1,,30 P.M. we
[14:] grounded the Mossul also
[15:] is aground; or alongside the
[16:] bank waiting for us to
[17:] get off; we took out an
[18:] anchor & hove over; at
[19:] 2,15 we proceeded from Mendelyat
[20:] & the Mossul came up & grounded
[21:] on it ~ Breeze shifted to
[22:] N. Wester, ~ The Mossul
[23:] got over & is following us ~
[24:] Heat clouds on the North &
[25:] West all along the horyzon &
[26:] far up, ~
[pg: 275]
[1:] At 3,,15 grounded at Aboo Dood
[2:] worked off & went on at 3,,45,
[3:] The Mossul is left there sounding,
[4:] At 4,,15 passed Sheikh
[5:] Saad ~
[6:] Light N.W. breeze clouds
[7:] disappeared but the atmosphere
[8:] remains hazy, it is nice and
[9:] Cool ~
18 Wedn The5. 74 noon 4 P.m.
[10:] At 1 Am passed through the[11:] Bridge below Coot;
[12:] I slept in my cabin it is nice
[13:] & cool, but I have a bad cold
[14:] on my head & nose, which prevented
[15:] me from sleeping ~
[16:] At 2 we grounded below Coot,
[17:] took an anchor out & hove &
[18:] sounded; ~
[19:] At 3,,15 Am arrived at
[20:] Coot, below the Village, landed
[21:] 6 passengers & 5 Bales of Cloth
[22:] through Cargo; ~ The SS.
[23:] Mossul arrived an hour after
[24:] us & went alongside below
[25:] us, ~ I left Henry's letters
[26:] & ships papers at Coot ~
[27:] At 5,,30 Am left Coot
[pg: 276]
1901 Septr
[1:] the Mossul left 1/2 hour after[2:] us ~ Very light or calm N.W.
[3:] breeze ~
[4:] Took 32 1/2 Passengers from
[5:] Coot~ Ely breeze & moisty;
[6:] At 4,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
[7:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[8:] Detained at Sheresh in sounding
[9:] & grounding from 6,,45 to 7,,15 ,,
[10:] Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
[11:] At 9,,45 grounded at Deboony
[12:] & worked by heaving forward
19 Thursd The5.69 noon 91 4 P.m.102
[13:] At 0,,15 Am got clear of the[14:] shoal; Proceeded; Fine cool
[15:] weather, I slept in the cabin,
[16:] my cold is bad yet & could not
[17:] Sleep till 2 Am;
[18:] At 4 Am. We grounded
[19:] at Zeljeh reach, took an anchor
[20:] out, sounded, & heaved over
[21:] At 6,,30 proceeded,
[22:] Fine Cool Weather & a light
[23:] N.W. breeze ~
[24:] At 8,,30 Grounded at
[25:] Brenij took an Anchor & hove
[26:] At 9,,45 proceeded ~
[pg: 277]
[1:] At 10,,30 grounded below
[2:] Azizieh Village, Worked in
[3:] heaving over & taking anchors
[4:] until we got over and went
[5:] on at 1,,15 P.M. ~
[6:] At 1,,30 passed Azizieh,
[7:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
[8:] At 6,,30 passed Baghdadieh
[9:] Fort; Weather got very calm at
[10:] sunset, & not so warm ~
[11:] Just as we were getting near the
[12:] Fort, one of our fireman Hanna
[13:] fell overboard from the Barge
[14:] & he swum across to the Island
[15:] We sent the Launch & picked
[16:] him up & went on at 6,,35;
[17:] At 10,,30 P.M. We anchored
[18:] at the bottom of Dawar reach,
[19:] the Khalifah is aground in
[20:] the bad place further up;
[21:] I slept in the Cabin; Light
[22:] N.W. & fine Cool Weather
20 Frid The5.74
[23:] Light N.W. & fine cool[24:] morning~ at 4 1/2 Am. I
[25:] was up dressed for shooting
[26:] to land & walk across to Oweyn
[27:] & thence up to Ledge,
[pg: 278]
1901 Septr
[1:] I left a letter for Henry to be given[2:] by Hamadi; At 6 AM I
[3:] landed just at Sunrise took
[4:] with me Shamoka the Deckman
[5:] & asked Capt Hanslow to pick
[6:] us up at Ledje, should he
[7:] get up there by noon I shall
[8:] be waiting there, I made an
[9:] error in not taking anything
[10:] to eat but only two rusks,
[11:] We walked across the desert
[12:] with very little brushes, at
[13:] half way I saw 7 Gazels on
[14:] my left grasing, I managed
[15:] to get pretty near, by dodging
[16:] behind brushes & a mound
[17:] but they saw me when I was
[18:] about 200 yards & then I had
[19:] to fire as they begun to turn back,
[20:] I had a cartridge of No. 2 shots,
[21:] but the range was too far
[22:] for a smooth bore gun ~
[23:] I saw very few partridges at
[24:] Oweyn, & started 2 hares,
[25:] by 8 1/2 we got above the
[26:] creek/Nahar Shheyl) to
[27:] the Lubia Cultivation, I
[pg: 279]
[1:] had only 3 partridges, I shot
[2:] well & the powder was very
[3:] good, but the birds are scarce
[4:] again this year; there is
[5:] nothing to eat, every thing is
[6:] dry & deserted; there has
[7:] been no high rise last year
[8:] & no cultivation ~ The watchman
[9:] of the Lubia tells me that at
[10:] noon & after, the partridges
[11:] came here in great number,
[12:] I went out & walked up as
[13:] far as the Pile of Liquorice,
[14:] where Johnny & I encamped
[15:] last October, but I saw
[16:] very few, walked out in the
[17:] desert, it was worse, no
[18:] birds at all, I shot one,
[19:] & lost a winged one; but I
[20:] begun to suffer the great heat
[21:] in the brushwood, & great pain
[22:] on my Knees, I begun to feel
[23:] very weak at 10 1/2, the Bile
[24:] getting stirred & the pain of
[25:] my stomach begun, I returned
[26:] [pg: 280]
1901 Septr
[1:] called Ihrisam, I could[2:] hardly eat a rusk, my
[3:] mouth so dry that it wont
[4:] go down unless I shove it with
[5:] a sip of water, I took few
[6:] drops of Arak once or twice
[7:] the pain increased~ I went
[8:] out to shoot at 11 I walked
[9:] up & down, few partridges
[10:] flew from the Lubia &
[11:] no others, I shot two right
[12:] & left barrels & both fell &
[13:] were lost as they were winged
[14:] It was 2 P.M & no signs of
[15:] the Mejidieh coming up, so I
[16:] determined to return, but how
[17:] was I to walk, I am so tortured
[18:] most awfully, my knees are
[19:] preventing me from making
[20:] one step ahead; my feet
[21:] both have got blistered
[22:] from the rubbing of coarse
[23:] stocking, & my weakness
[pg: 281]
[1:] of stomach & pain, in fact
[2:] I was done up, but I forced
[3:] myself to walk back toward
[4:] Oweyn, the heat is very
[5:] intense, & so I used to sit
[6:] on the bank & drink water,
[7:] & wash & take 10 minutes
[8:] rest & recommense walking,
[9:] here I shot a Hare & an
[10:] Other partridge, making
[11:] in all 6 partridges & the
[12:] Hare, & 3 which were winged
[13:] & lost; But Oh my God
[14:] the pain & suffering was
[15:] so much that I could
[16:] not possibly walk one
[17:] step, my stomach got so sick
[18:] that I wanted to throw up,
[19:] At 3,,20 P.M. we were glad
[20:] to see the Mejidieh coming
[21:] up & rounding Rahmanyeh
[22:] reach; we had to turn and
[23:] walk up river, on account
[24:] of shoal Sand bank just
[pg: 282]
1901 Septr
[1:] Abret of us; and by 4 P.M.[2:] I got on board, complety
[3:] done up & not able to walk,
[4:] I received a letter from Henry,
[5:] & Alexander; but am sorry
[6:] that my letter to Henry was
[7:] not given as the Khalifah
[8:] had got off & proceeded down
[9:] by 8 1/2 AM; ~ Henry tells
[10:] me that they had left on Tuesday
[11:] with 180,000 Okes, they rose the
[12:] freight, the Local Cargo at 11
[13:] paras per Oke instead of 9,
[14:] & the through at 8 instead of
[15:] at 4 & 5 etc; they have 10 Passeng
[16:] in 1st Class, Dr. & Mrs. Sturrock
[17:] going to London, Mr. & Mrs.
[18:] Berk his wife going to Europe,
[19:] Ali Beg the Mudir of Tape,
[20:] Catterina Yaghchi free,
[21:] a Belgin of the Persian Custom
[22:] House Mr. Dambrain & a
[23:] Persian clerk with him, an
[pg: 283]
[1:] Indian Nawab; & Sleman
[2:] Beg son of Rafat Beg going
[3:] as Mudir for Ali Gherbi,
[4:] & 200 Passengers Deck & 6
[5:] Tilkeflies free by Brain,
[6:] & 8 Horses; ~
[7:] At 7,,15 P.M. passed Bostan
[8:] very light breeze & warm;
[9:] I slept in the cabin, but no sleep
[10:] at all from the pain on my
[11:] Knees, & stomach & feet blistered
[12:] I could not turn over or extend
[13:] my legs, ~ at about 11 passed
[14:] Ctesiphon ~ Touched at 12
[15:] at Gusseiba several times &
[16:] worked the Engines ~
21 Satur Th5.74 noon93
[17:] At 1 1/2 Am dropped anchor[18:] at Gusseiba as we could not
[19:] pass; at 6 sent to sound, and
[20:] hove over with an anchor,
[21:] At 7,,15 proceeded from Gusseiba,
[22:] I had about an hour's sleep
[23:] At 9,,55 passed Diala river,
[24:] Weather Calm;
[25:] I feel the fatigue & pain very much
[26:] today & cannot walk ~
[27:] At 11,,50 passed through the
[pg: 284]
1901 Septr
[1:] Bridge of Gherrara; Very Calm[2:] & hot day;
[3:] At 0,,15 P.M. I landed at
[4:] our Tents above the Garden of
[5:] Gherrara where Henry, Yousif
[6:] Yaghchi, Antone Marine &
[7:] us, also above us sister
[8:] Emilia & Alice are encamped
[9:] but the day was very hot &
[10:] unbearable in the Tents,
[11:] I am so tyred & my bile is
[12:] very troublesome, I am
[13:] constantly drinking water,
[14:] In the evening Antone & his
[15:] family & Menusha etc.
[16:] all called on us for an hour,
[17:] The Weather is so unsettled,
[18:] getting cloudy;
[19:] I hear that after we left
[20:] Basreh this time up, a very
[21:] hard rain fell there for
[22:] few hours it was a torrent,
[23:] & damaged great deal of
[24:] Crop dates, Cargo etc,
[pg: 285]
22 Sund
[1:] Light Variable air, the[2:] night was cool, but there are
[3:] some sand flies; at 6 am I
[4:] rode in to town on a donkey
[5:] got home by 7, found that
[6:] we have only the Indian
[7:] watchman Shaoly, our old
[8:] watchman looking after
[9:] the house; as I was undressing
[10:] to wash & shave, Mr. Rappaport
[11:] called on me, I invited him to
[12:] go out with me to Gherrara
[13:] tomorrow & spend the night;
[14:] he agreed & asked me to come
[15:] & breakfast with him tomorrow
[16:] at 11 1/2 am with Alexander,
[17:] I then called on Mons Rouet
[18:] found there Mr. Rappaport, Mr.
[19:] MacLaghlin of the Ottoman Bank,
[20:] Mr Oman, Mr. Querry &
[21:] Sasson Effendi; I left and
[22:] called on Sister Eliza she
[23:] is very busy getting Shifted
[24:] to an Other house & are sending
[25:] their Kit, they have hired
[26:] the house of Pachachi, the
[27:] one opposite Capt Cowley's
[28:] which has been bought lately
[29:] by Jeboory Asfar for 2000 £
[pg: 286]
1901 Septr
[1:] & has been let to them for 56[2:] Liras a year ~ I came home
[3:] at 12, sent Juma our coolie
[4:] to get me breakfast from
[5:] a nice & clean shop in the
[6:] bazaar @ 1 GSP. per dish I
[7:] found it very nice & delicious
[8:] I took a Cold water bath &
[9:] found it very agreable,
[10:] The weather is getting cloudy
[11:] all over & very hot, the
[12:] wind is S. Ely;
[13:] The SS. Mossul arrived
[14:] at about 3 1/2 P.M.;
[15:] At 4 I rode out to Gherrara,
[16:] it is very hot, cloudy & sultry
[17:] we had some drops of rain
[18:] today, I dismounted at
[19:] Alice's & Emilia, had tea
[20:] there & came to my Tents,
[21:] Alexander has shot a Hare
[22:] today ~ Edward Blockey
[23:] came out at Alices to pass
[24:] the night, We all went over
[25:] to Antones & spent the evening,
[26:] they sung, & played till 8 P.M
[pg: 287]
[1:] while there a shower of rain
[2:] came over us for about 10
[3:] Minutes; it is very cloudy
[4:] all around; Later at night
[5:] it thundered & rained too
[6:] it is very early for this time
[7:] yet;
23 Mond
[8:] Light S. Ely sultry & clouds[9:] still hanging around; ~ at
[10:] 6 1/4 Am I rode in to town, also
[11:] Alexander on his Bycicle, as
[12:] he always uses in & out;
[13:] I got home by 7 1/4, Alexander
[14:] arrived before me;
[15:] At 8 I came on board; We are
[16:] discharged & our Barge is
[17:] discharging now;
[18:] Today being the Jews Holyday
[19:] of the Pentateuch, & they are not
[20:] out of their houses;
[21:] This officer Capt Cook of the
[22:] Shushan who is living on board
[23:] I hear he is dead drunk now
[24:] & he has shut himself up in the
[25:] water closet or Bathroom, since
[26:] five hours & they have been singing
[27:] out to him & he wont answer
[28:] Capt Hanslow came on board
[pg: 288]
1901 Septr
[1:] & said that this fellow Cook[2:] is to Act here on board as
[3:] Chief mate, & Slack will be
[4:] second & MacLure third,
[5:] these two have refused and
[6:] struck work & have both
[7:] gone to Mr. Parry the Agent,
[8:] He told them that the order
[9:] from London is that Mr. Cook
[10:] is engaged by his Contract at
[11:] the monthly pay of 210 Rps
[12:] Messing included & to serve
[13:] either on the Karoon or Tigris
[14:] & he is ordered to place him
[15:] as chief on board the Mejidieh,
[16:] Mr. MacLure returned & is going
[17:] to remain, but Mr. Slack
[18:] wants to leave but he is so
[19:] drunk & stupid, you cannot
[20:] get anything out of him,
[21:] the Other one Mr. Cook, is
[22:] still drunk & laid up in
[23:] the cabin; Last night
[24:] they had a fine scandal
[25:] here in the saloons, they
[pg: 289]
[1:] got four women made
[2:] them drunk, & stripped them
[3:] naked & so every one even
[4:] the servants left them &
[5:] went away what a disgrace
[6:] for the ship & the company
[7:] At 11 1/2 I went home
[8:] took Alexander & went to
[9:] Mr. Rappaport & breakfasted
[10:] with him, he excused himself
[11:] of not being able to go
[12:] out With us to Gherrara
[13:] this evening, as his cold
[14:] is still bad; at 1 P.M.,
[15:] We left & came home,
[16:] at 2 I came on board,
[17:] There is no head or tail among
[18:] the Mates Mr. Slack refused
[19:] to take Cargo, they sent one
[20:] from the Office Jejo Moorad
[21:] to take the through Cargo,
[22:] At 4 1/2 P.M. I left the ship and
[23:] went home with Alexander
[24:] at 5 I rode out to Gherrara &
[25:] Alexander on a Bycicle;
[26:] Got to our Tents by 6 P.M.
[pg: 290]
1901 Septr
[1:] Weather very unsettled S. Ely[2:] Cloudy & dusty, we spent the
[3:] evening at Yousif Yaghchi,
[4:] & came back at 8; ~ Eliza
[5:] had prepared everything for
[6:] Mr. Rappaport's dinner, but
[7:] he did not come; ~
24 Tuesd
[8:] S Ely wind & clouds on[9:] the East & sultry turbid
[10:] weather; At 6 1/2 AM. I rode
[11:] in to town & hastened so much
[12:] to get in early I arrived at 7,,10
[13:] but I am very tyred & weak
[14:] from the effect of the shooting
[15:] & very billious & caustive yet;
[16:] I am not going out tonight
[17:] at 8 Am I came on board
[18:] the steamer; we are taking
[19:] cargo, Mr. Cooke of the Shushan
[20:] who is now to be as Chief mate
[21:] is taking cargo, but he does
[22:] not know how to take,
[23:] also Jejo Moorad, & the
[24:] 3rd mate, Mr. MacLure
[25:] taking local cargo, we
[26:] are charging 11 Paras
[pg: 291]
[1:] per Oke for local & 8 for
[2:] the through cargo, there is
[3:] lots of Dates shipped for
[4:] the Mediterranean Ports,
[5:] At 11 1/2 I went home,
[6:] Alexander also came from
[7:] his office, we had breakfast
[8:] brought from the bazaar
[9:] 4 dishes for 16 R. Piaster ~
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.M. I came on board
[11:] we shipped a lot of cargo,
[12:] at 5 P.M. we finished, Alexander
[13:] came to me & then left for
[14:] Gherrara, as I am staying
[15:] here tonight; at 6 I went
[16:] home; I sent Juma the Coolie
[17:] to fetch me my dinner, ~
[18:] Very calm & warm, we have
[19:] no bedsteads or anything out
[20:] in the Verandah, I had to
[21:] sleep in the room, but felt it
[22:] very hot ~
25 Wedn The5.74 noon 98 4 P.m.
[23:] Light N.W. & fine weather[24:] At 5 AM I came on board
[pg: 292]
1901 Septr
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 442 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow
[1:] At 5,,30 AM we proceeded[2:] At 5,,50 anchored to sound
[3:] at Cherd el Pasha there are many
[4:] Christian tents here & on the
[5:] opposite side; there are none
[6:] this year at Gherrara, except us,
[7:] Found 2 1/2 draaz, at 6,,35 weighed
[8:] & steamed through & went on,
[9:] The S.S. Phrat arrived last night
[10:] at 12 P.M.;
[11:] In passing our Tents at 8 1/4
[12:] I threw the key of our room on
[13:] shore, as we pass very close to
[14:] the bank, I saw all of them
[15:] standing on the bank;
[16:] At 9,,35 passed Diala river,
[17:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing;
[18:] At 10,,40 anchored at Zumbaranyeh
[19:] & sent to sound ~
[20:] I finished with the Passengers
[21:] Tickets, we have in all 159 1/2 ,
[22:] (2 in 1st class women the family
[23:] of H. Monsoor H. Selman, the
[pg: 293]
[1:] owner of Lynch Bro. houses in
[2:] Basreh they are free with 3
[3:] servants & a little donkey; and
[4:] 2 in 2nd Class also free Retn Ticket
[5:] they are Isak the son of Elias servant
[6:] Jejo Lynch's brother, & his Sister
[7:] he is taking her to Basreh to
[8:] go to Constantinople to join
[9:] her husband there the son of
[10:] Shukry, in the SS. Korniloff
[11:] of the Russian line;)
[12:] At 0,,15 P.M we steamed on
[13:] to the Shoal of 2 1/2 & 2 3/4 draaz
[14:] but we grounded, & worked
[15:] with heaving aft;
[16:] At 4,,30 PM. we got over and
[17:] proceeded ~
[18:] At 5,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
[19:] Light N.W. breeze & fine;
[20:] At 7,,5 we came to for the
[21:] night below Semreh reach;
[22:] Very calm weather, but it is not
[23:] warm; I slept out on the quarter
[24:] Deck, it became very cool at
[25:] night ~
[26:] I see this fellow Isak son
[27:] of Elias Jejo has his ticket from
[28:] Mr. Parry for himself & his
[pg: 294]
1901 Septr
[1:] Sister in 2nd Class & a servant,[2:] but this servant turned out to
[3:] be his other younger Sister
[4:] & there are three children also
[5:] of his married sister the wife
[6:] of Rezooki Shukry, whom he
[7:] is accompanying to Basreh
[8:] to go to Constple in the S.S.
[9:] Korniloff ~
26 Thursd The5.68 noon 90 4 P.m97
[10:] Light N. Ely & fine cool[11:] morning ~
[12:] At 5,,30 proceeded
[13:] from Semreh; wind begun
[14:] to blow a S. Easter -
[15:] At 9,,30 anchored at Dawar
[16:] & sent to sound, about 7 Boats
[17:] are down here on the shoal
[18:] at 11 steamed on to the shoal &
[19:] grounded worked with anchors
[20:] fore & aft; there is a Boat further
[21:] down aground we sent our
[22:] men to tow her off;
[23:] At 3,,10 P.M. we then weighed
[24:] & proceeded down;
[25:] Wind shifted to N.W. since
[26:] 1 P.M ~
[27:] At 5,,35 passed
[28:] Baghdadieh ~
[pg: 295]
[1:] The wreck of the Dijleh is
[2:] showing more than last
[3:] trip;
[4:] At 6 we touched a shoal
[5:] at upper reach of Gutnyeh & could
[6:] not get clear, so we anchored
[7:] for the night; ~ Light N.W.
[8:] breeze & fine cool weather;
[9:] I had to sleep in the cabin ~
27 Frid The@6.79 noon97 4 P.m.106
[10:] Light N.W. & fine, with few[11:] Clouds on the East & South;
[12:] Sent to sound the channel
[13:] At 6,,10 AM proceeded from
[14:] Gutnyeh reach;
[15:] At 8,,30 we stopped at Raddat
[16:] awaiting for the S.S. Baghdad
[17:] coming up to pass;
[18:] At 8,,50 she passed up and
[19:] we went on ~
[20:] At 9,,5 passed Azizieh;
[21:] At 9,,10 anchored & sent to sound,
[22:] At 9,,50 proceeded ~
[23:] At 10,,5 anchored & sent to Sound;
[14:] At 11,,30 left & went on ~
[25:] Weather became calm;
[26:] at 0,,50 P.M. Anchored at Zeljeh
[27:] & sent to sound;
[28:] At 1,,50 proceeded after
[pg: 296]
1901 Septr
[1:] touching & getting off, we went[2:] on;
[3:] Detained at Deboony from
[4:] 4,,30 till 5 P.M. in a narrow &
[5:] shoal place dropping down along
[6:] the west bank;
[7:] At 6,,55 P.M. anchored
[8:] at Summer for the night ~
[9:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine;
[10:] I slept in the Cabin ~
28 Satur The6. 73 noon91 4 P.m.
[11:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine ~[12:] At 5,, 20 AM. we proceeded
[13:] from Summer ~
[14:] At 6,,15 passed Memlah;
[15:] At 6,,30 grounded above Bughela
[16:] village worked her with the Engines
[17:] she turned round & round & then
[18:] got cleared & went on at 7,,35,
[19:] weather getting cloudy all
[20:] over ~
[21:] At 2,,15 P.M. arrived at
[22:] Coot, very shoal below the village
[23:] & cannot get up not even to the
[24:] garden below it; Landed
[25:] 22 Passengers & 42 Packages,
[26:] I left a letter & Papers here for
[27:] Henry, also wrote to Alexander
[pg: 297]
[1:] But heard here that the Khalifah
[2:] has made a very long trip
[3:] down, she arrived here last
[4:] Monday the 23d being 7 days
[5:] from Baghdad (having left on the
[6:] 17th) and here we hear that she
[7:] has only left Amara yesterday
[8:] morning on her way down,
[9:] she was 3 days detained at Seyd
[10:] Abbass; that makes her trip
[11:] to Basreh about 11 days down,
[12:] she had about 10 1st class
[13:] Passengers & they all messed
[14:] at the Captains table, @ 5
[15:] Rupees each per day, besides
[16:] the charges for Liquors;
[17:] We are waiting here for our
[18:] cargo 42 packages to be discharged
[19:] the Hamal Bashi has sent for a
[20:] Meheyleh to come down & take
[21:] it; we do not hurry now a
[22:] days in any detention of this Sort;
[23:] they are taking every thing
[24:] very easy; It is 4 PM & no boat
[25:] has come down yet ~
[26:] At 4,,40 we left Coot,
[27:] Took 12 passengers; Passed through
[28:] the Bridge opened for us;
[29:] Weather keeps cloudy all
[30:] around & hazy, it became
[pg: 298]
1901 Septr
[1:] calm at Sunset, very dim[2:] clouds around & warm
[3:] moon 15 days old;
[4:] At 6,,45 we rounded & came
[5:] to for the night; Very calm and
[6:] warm ~
[7:] Our 3d mate MacLure is sitting
[8:] aft on the quarter deck playing with
[9:] his Banjo, & the other mates doing
[10:] nothing Mr. Slack the 2nd & Mr.
[11:] Cooke have no work but Simply
[12:] keep watch on the Bridge, all
[13:] the 3 mates are now doing nothing
[14:] in fact they are at liberty to do
[15:] what they like, there is no discipline
[16:] and no one cares what he is doing,
[17:] as the Captain is encouraging them
[18:] to do what they like, he joins them
[19:] in their amusement; ~
[20:] My stomach had been paining me
[21:] until yesterday, but today I felt
[22:] much better, & the dry bitter
[23:] tongue is passing; I am still
[24:] taking the sulphur & cream
[25:] of tartar, also Bicarbonate
[26:] of Soda, & the hot water
[27:] every morning ~
[pg: 299]
[1:] I slept in the cabin; a light S. Ely
[2:] breeze & clouds dispersed;
29 Sund The6. 76 noon95 4 P.m.101
[3:] S. Ely wind fresh and[4:] Cloudy all over, wintry weather
[5:] At 5,,15 AM. proceeded
[6:] At 9,,30 passed Sheikh Saad
[7:] At 10 grounded at Aboo Dood;
[8:] but got off & went on at 10,,40,
[9:] strong S. Ely wind & cloudy warm
[10:] weather ~ At 11.15 grounded
[11:] at Mendelyat; sounded and
[12:] hove off; at 1,,5 P.M proceeded
[13:] to the marked shoal & also grounded
[14:] took anchor out & hove, ~ Furled
[15:] all awnings from the wind
[16:] but it is not so strong now;
[17:] At 1,,55 P.M. got over & proceeded
[18:] Clouds clearing off a little, but
[19:] weather so sultry & dusty like,
[20:] wind fell down;
[21:] At 3 anchored at Seyd Abbass
[22:] & sounded; Wind Shifted to N.W.
[23:] & is more cloudy; Pilot returned
[24:] at 5, we weighed & proceeded down
[25:] to the shoal & anchored by the
[26:] stern the strain of the ship drifting
[27:] down snaped the chain had to
[28:] send & gather it; took an other
[29:] anchor out to turn her stern up
[30:] stream again it broke the chain
[pg: 300]
1901 Septr
[1:] got it & lashed it & hove on &[2:] got her stern up; the shoal is
[3:] marked before us, there is only
[4:] 2 draaz water here; at 6,,20
[5:] we knocked off work and
[6:] remained for the night;
[7:] Cloudy calm & warm weather
[8:] Very unpleasant & oppressive;
[9:] They took an other anchor out at
[10:] 6 1/2 & hove her up stream; ~
[11:] It is very curious to see our two
[12:] mates Mr. Slack & Mr. MacLure
[13:] in the latters Cabin & Metty with
[14:] them singing & MacLure playing
[15:] his banjo, while they are working
[16:] aft in heaving; Mr. Cooke the
[17:] now chief mate is attending
[18:] on duty but does not know
[19:] any thing at all & the Captain
[20:] too is aft pegging his whiskey
[21:] & soda;
[22:] Very warm in the Cabin, I
[23:] am swetting from the heat;
[24:] the weather is cloudy & loaded
[25:] with heat atmosphere ~
30 Mond The6.82 noon98 4 Pm106
[26:] Very light S. E. & cloudy ~[27:] A loud crack of thunder came
[28:] on at 3 AM, & at 3 1/2 a heavy
[pg: 301]
[1:] shower of rain came down pouring
[2:] for about 10 Minutes, no wind
[3:] & the weather is warm & dampy
[4:] It remained cloudy ~
[5:] At 6 AM begun to lay anchors
[6:] for & Aft & heave over the Shoal
[7:] of 2 & 2 1/4 draaz; ship drawing
[8:] 3 feet 4 Inches;
[9:] Cloudy with some drops of rain
[10:] & S. Ely breeze;
[11:] We kept by heaving over the Shoal
[12:] close alongside a high Sand
[13:] island the whole day advancing
[14:] very gradually, Capt Hanslow
[15:] does not adopt the necessity of
[16:] landing the passengers on Shore,
[17:] Modte S. Ely hot wind and
[18:] warm ~ At sunset the Thermor. in
[19:] my Cabin is 98º ~ weather very
[20:] cloudy on the North & East &
[21:] hazy on South; the sand flying
[22:] from the island close alongside
[23:] of the steamer is filling the cabins
[24:] Light S. Ely wind prevails
[25:] I am suffering from a bad tooth
[26:] ache since 20 days but not so
[27:] severe as it came on tonight,
[28:] it is on the upper right jaw, so
[29:] bad it came that I could not
[30:] sleep all the night, and
[pg: 302]
1901 Octer
[1:] being so warm in the cabin[2:] there is a light S. Ely warm breeze
[3:] & cloudy hazy weather, the
[4:] tooth is getting decayed & it
[5:] is hard to pull it out, I have
[6:] only about 15 teeth left in my
[7:] mouth & few are decayed, I
[8:] have much trouble now in
[9:] eating & masticating; I
[10:] put several times whiskey but
[11:] it only allays the pain for a
[12:] few minutes ~
1st Tuesd The6.86 noon n98 4 P.m.100
[13:] S. Ely increasing wind,[14:] at daylight they begun to heave
[15:] & shift anchors, They worked
[16:] last night till 10 1/2 , she
[17:] only advanced few feet down
[18:] alongside the sand island,
[19:] the wind blowing the sand
[20:] on board & my cabin is getting
[21:] filled, They cast the Barge
[22:] off & shifted anchors, the
[23:] wind is blowing very strong,
[24:] & the sand blinding us, I
[25:] shut all my windows & Still
[26:] the Sand penetrates; ~
[27:] We hove her down & then got
[28:] the Barge alongside & gathered
[pg: 303]
[1:] anchors~
[2:] At 11,,30 left Seyd Abbass,
[3:] Strong S. Erly wind blowing,
[4:] Cloudy weather; ~
[5:] At 2,,30 P.M. passed
[6:] Ali Gherbi;
[7:] My tooth still aches me every now
[8:] & then very severly; I have applied
[9:] Carbolic Acid, hot vinegar and
[10:] Laudanum, but did no good,
[11:] the smoke of Tobacco allays it a
[12:] little;
[13:] At 6,,45 P.M. we rounded and
[14:] Came to for the night below SKheryeh
[15:] reach, S. Ely breeze & clouds
[16:] on every part, warm weather;
[17:] I am sleeping in the cabin, & it is nice
[18:] & cool ~
2 Wedn Th6.78 Noon 94 4 P.m.108
[19:] Light N.W. & clouds still[20:] are hanging about;
[21:] At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
[22:] Breeze shifted to S. Easter very light,
[23:] At 6,,35 passed the S. S.
[24:] Khalifah & Barge above Ali Sherghi,
[25:] I saw Henry & his son Louis 13
[26:] years old who he took down for a
[27:] change, & some other European
[28:] passengers aft ~
[29:] At 7 passed Ali Sherghi
[30:] At 1,,25 P.M arrived at Amara
[pg: 304]
1901 Octer
[1:] landed 27 passengers and[2:] 63 packages; I received Henry's
[3:] letter & my Papers; The Khalifah had
[4:] 240,000 Okes (125,000 in the Barge
[5:] and only 15,000 in the Ship including
[6:] 5 Tons Coal for Baghdad) she
[7:] had 80 Tons of Coal for her
[8:] consumption, she left Basreh
[9:] on Monday at 4 P.M. with
[10:] 217 1/2 Passengers & 9 Tilkeflies free
[11:] by Capt Brain, in 1st Class she
[12:] had Mr. Berk returning; a Russian
[13:] from Persia Mr. Severin Koseykh
[14:] 2 Indians 3 Mahomdans
[15:] & a new young clerk for Blockey
[16:] Hotz in place of Edward
[17:] Blockey called Levack ~
[18:] At 2,,50 P.M. we left Amara
[19:] Very warm S. Ely breeze,
[20:] Took 29 1/2 passengers;
[21:] Abdulla Rawandouzli
[22:] the Lawyer at Basreh has been
[23:] assassinated about 10 days
[24:] ago in the bazaar in broad
[25:] daylight by 2 negro Servants
[26:] of the Nakib ~ the
[pg: 305]
[1:] Waly of Basreh Mohsen Pasha
[2:] has been dismissed at last
[3:] he intrigued greatly in the affair
[4:] of Moubarek ibn Sobah
[5:] Sheikh of Kweit, & Sheikh
[6:] Yousif el Ibrahim, the latters
[7:] opponent & has taken large
[8:] sums of bribes some say
[9:] over 10,000 Liras ~
[10:] Very calm & warm weather ~
[12:] my tooth ache is troubling fearfully,
[13:] my mouth got blistered from hot
[14:] things I have applyed ~
[15:] At 6,,40 P.M. we anchored
[16:] for the night, calm & warm;
[17:] It became cooler toward midnight,
3 Thursd The6.73 noon 93 4 P.m.
[18:] Light N.W. & cool morning,[19:] At 5,,30 A.M. proceeded
[20:] At 6.30 passed Kalat Saleh
[21:] Very calm but fine, with a little
[22:] cloudy on the N. & N West;
[23:] At 7,,30 anchored at Nafikh
[24:] & sounded at 7,,50 proceeded
[25:] At 9, grounded at Aboo Roba,
[26:] took out an anchor astern & hove
[27:] off, sent to sound; ~ At 9,,35
[28:] proceeded;
[29:] At 11,,15 Grounded at Ghumeyjeh
[30:] hove off aft & proceeded at
[pg: 306]
1901 Octer
[1:] 0,,15 P.M. Very light S. West[2:] breeze,
[3:] At 1,,10 P.M. passed
[4:] Azair;
[5:] At 5,,15 landed 12 1/2
[6:] Passengers at Gorna & went on
[7:] at 5,,20; Light N.W. breeze &
[8:] fine weather; At sunset it became
[9:] very calm, but it is not so warm
[10:] Therm. 90' in my cabin;
[11:] At 12 P.M. arrived in
[12:] Basreh; it is still warm in the
[13:] cabin with many sand flies I
[14:] could not sleep; there is the S.S.
[15:] Henry Bolckow the lighter for
[16:] other sea going steamers close to
[17:] us, & the S.S. Muristan for Asfar & co
[18:] & only the mail steamer Pachumba
[19:] in quarantine ~
4 Frid Th6.76
[20:] Very calm weather & hazy,[21:] We landed cargo & passengers
[22:] The date packing & shipping
[23:] is nearly over, People are finishing
[24:] their works in the Cherdaks
[25:] on the river, But Shekoory
[26:] Sayegh is still at Fhelyeh
[pg: 307]
[1:] has finished the packing for
[2:] Rufail on account of Hotz & Co.
[3:] & will go up in the Khalifah,
[4:] I am sorry for his detention
[5:] here, because the trade of
[6:] Alexander & him is suspended
[7:] in Baghdad which is not
[8:] good for their name ~
[9:] Rufail came to me as well
[10:] as Rezooki Angoorly; Rufail
[11:] has packed some 60,000 cases
[12:] of Dates for Hotz & Co., he
[13:] takes a Commission of 2 1/2
[14:] %; ~
[15:] Mohsen Pasha the Wali
[16:] of Basreh is dismissed, and
[17:] Abdullatif Pasha the Motserrif
[18:] of Kerbella is appointed in
[19:] his place temporary, he
[20:] leaves Baghdad today in the
[21:] SS. "Baghdad" I know him
[22:] well, when he was Mektubchi
[23:] during the time of the Wali
[24:] Hamdi Pasha, when I had
[25:] the trouble about my Claim
[26:] from Mahomed el Freh,
[27:] Nothing has been done
[28:] & no notice taken of the
[pg: 308]
1901 Octer
[1:] Murder of the lawyer Abdulla[2:] Rawandouzly; the two men
[3:] murderors are at liberty &
[4:] after having fired a Revolver
[5:] shot on his chest & fell down
[6:] from horse back at the
[7:] Bazaar of Suk el Dejaj, the
[8:] men went to the Nakib's
[9:] house deposited their arms
[10:] & came back to look at
[11:] the body with the other
[12:] spectators, no steps at all
[13:] being taken for their arrest,
[14:] His son is in the military
[15:] service & is coming out from
[16:] Constantinople ~
[17:] At 3 P.M. Rezooki Sayegh
[18:] came to me, & then I went with
[19:] him to their house, saw there
[20:] Tookyeh Rufail Mina the
[21:] wife of Rezooki, & in the
[22:] evening Yoursif Marine came
[23:] down; I slept in the Saloon
[24:] it was not so warm, but there
[25:] were many sand flies, the
[26:] rest slept on the top of the
[27:] House ~ A light westerly
[pg: 309]
[1:] prevailed during the night
5 Satur
[2:] Light Westerly & N.W.[3:] at 7 1/2 AM. I came on board
[4:] we are doing nothing having
[5:] taken on board some cargo
[6:] from the loaded Barge which
[7:] we are to tow & 80 tons
[8:] of coal half in the Barge;
[9:] At 9 AM. the SS. Mossul
[10:] arrived, having left Baghdad
[11:] on Friday last; The Mufettish
[12:] Adlyeh Hamdi Beg the
[13:] brother of Ali Beg & my friend
[14:] came down in her, as he is
[15:] appointed Motserrif for Hodeida
[16:] on the Red Sea ~
[17:] The S.S. Muristan left at 10
[18:] am to the Bar to fill up
[19:] cargo taken down for the S.S. Turkistan
[20:] I sent the following telegram
[21:] to Alexander
[22:] Svoboda, Baghdad
[23:] Cases Beer went up Khalifah,
[24:] Shekoury coming next
[25:] trip Khalifah
[26:] Svoboda
[27:] 5/10/901}
[28:] 1 Mejidi}
[pg: 310]
1901 Octer
[1:] N.W. breeze, but not cool;[2:] Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly
[3:] came to me;
[4:] We received the mails at 3 P.M.
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 442 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow;
[5:] At 3,,30 P.M. we left Basreh,[6:] Light N.W. & fine weather;
[7:] But it is unusually warm and not
[8:] at all refreshing ~
[9:] We have in 1st Class 2 persons
[10:] a Mr. Thomas an Englishman
[11:] who came out to Basreh to be
[12:] agent for Bucknall's steamer
[13:] but it appears that it has been
[14:] dispensed with & he is returning
[15:] to London by way of Damascus
[16:] & Constantinople; and a
[17:] man called Sheikh Abdulla
[18:] son of Sheikh Abou Beker
[19:] of Erwill, considered by many
[20:] Arabs Mahomedans to be
[pg: 311]
[1:] inspired with much veneration
[2:] & sanctity, lots of people
[3:] came to see him off & they
[4:] all kissed his hand & even
[5:] fell down & kissed his feet,
[6:] he comes from a pilgrimage
[7:] from Mecca; also 2 persons
[8:] the family of Hamad el
[9:] Assafi coming from Nejid
[10:] for Baghdad, but they had
[11:] not arrived in time from Zobeir
[12:] & so they remained behind
[13:] they had taken tickets from
[14:] me yesterday ~
[15:] At 11,,40 landed 4 Passengers
[16:] at Gorna, & went on ~ N.W.
[17:] breeze & fine cool weather,
6 Sund The6.66 noon 84 4 P.m. 86
[18:] At 5 AM. passed Azair;[19:] Light N.W. breeze & fine cool
[20:] morning;
[21:] At 7 1/2 we got up to the
[22:] upper Ghumeyjeh Canal and
[23:] begun to go on slow & grounded
[24:] took an anchor ahead and
[25:] hove over, kept going very slow,
[26:] At 10,,40 anchored to repair
[pg: 312]
1901 Octer
[1:] the starboard wheel, a float[2:] been carried away; at 11
[3:] proceeded going very slow,
[4:] At 0,,45 P.M. had to
[5:] stop for the SS. Phrat & Barge
[6:] coming down she passed
[7:] & we remained making fast
[8:] & repairing the wheel, as
[9:] the float was carried away
[10:] & sunk with the brackets etc
[11:] & had to put a new one;
[12:] At 3,,15 finished repair
[13:] of the wheel proceeded;
[14:] Modte & cool N.W. wind,
[15:] We have altogether 133
[16:] Passengers (2 in 1st Class, Mr.
[17:] Thomas of Bucknall's agent
[18:] going to England overland,
[19:] & a Sheikh Abdulla of Erwill
[20:] a venerated person, & the 2
[21:] 2d C. family of Hamad el
[22:] Assafi have not come)
[23:] also one free to Amara by
[24:] the Captain; ~
[25:] At 5 1/2 P.M. we passed Aboo
[26:] Roba going slow all the time,
[27:] Weather very pleasant &
[28:] a light cool N. Wester,
[pg: 313]
[1:] It appears that the weather has
[2:] settled down & the heat is gone,
[3:] It is quite an Autumn weather,
[4:] At 6,,35 we anchored
[5:] near Abdulla ibn Ali for the
[6:] night, Fine clear & cool
[7:] weather, light N.W. breeze;
[8:] It became very cool, that I had
[9:] to cover myself in the cabin;
7 Mond The6. 60 noon 80 4 P.m.84
[10:] Light N.W. breeze and very[11:] cool weather, quite cold in
[12:] the morning;
[13:] At 5,,30 AM. proceeded
[14:] from Abdulla ibn Ali; I feel
[15:] it quite cold with the light cotton
[16:] clothes; Atmosphere very fine &
[17:] clear; ~ At 8,,30 landed 6 passeng.
[18:] at Kalat Saleh & went on
[19:] a cold breeze blowing from N.W.
[20:] & fine weather; Therm 70º at 9 am
[21:] At 3,,50 P.M. arrived at Amara
[22:] landed 4 Passengers & 3 Bales
[23:] of through cargo; we shipped 29
[24:] Bund of Hides & carpets @ 12 Paras
[25:] per Oke; They say here that the river
[26:] rose in Baghdad about 4 Inches,
[27:] At 5,,5 P.M. left Amara
[pg: 314]
1901 Octer
[1:] Gave tickets to 35 1/2 Amara[2:] passengers;
[3:] Very fine clear weather,
[4:] & cool but very calm;
[5:] Abdul Kadur Khdery gave Capt Hanslow
[6:] 8 Bags (6 Barley & 2 Rice) at
[7:] Amara, & to Mikha Tindal 1
[8:] Bag Rice; ~
[9:] It got very cool during the night;
8 Tuesd The6. 61 noon 84 4 P.m.86
[10:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[11:] cool night; ~ At 1,,30 am,
[12:] we grounded below Skheryeh, took
[13:] an anchor out & hove off and
[14:] at 2,,15 proceeded ~ Fine
[15:] cool weather & calm;
[16:] At 8,,40 landed 3 Passengers
[17:] at Ali Gherbi & took 2 for
[18:] Coot & went on at 8,,45;
[19:] At 10,,15 P.M. anchored at
[20:] Seyd Abbass & sent to sound,
[21:] Some Boats here in the Channel,
[22:] Pilot returned at 2 1/2 having found
[23:] an other Channel with 3 draaaz
[24:] but very narrow, we steamed
[25:] up to it, & sent the Boat to
[26:] get the laden Liquorice Boats
[27:] off the Channel, two other
[pg: 315]
[1:] Boats wanted to attempt to
[2:] drop to the Channel but we
[3:] stopped them, we had to take
[4:] an anchor ahead to keep
[5:] her streight in the Channel,
[6:] we kept heaving & taking anchors
[7:] ahead
[8:] At 5,,45 P.M. the S.S. Baghdad
[9:] & Barge came down & anchored
[10:] up above, she has the flag
[11:] flying for Abdullatalif Pasha
[12:] Motserrif of Kerbella, who is going
[13:] down to act as Wali of
[14:] Basreh in place of Mohsen
[15:] Pasha dismissed, (see
[16:] further up); ~
[17:] We worked in heaving over till
[18:] 9 P.M. & knocked off, having advanced
[19:] a little & nearly got over ~
[20:] Very cool weather & fine ~
9 Wednes The6.58 noon77 4 P.m.87
[21:] Fine clear weather & light N.W.[22:] breeze, quite cold in the morning,
[23:] the water is as cold as ice ~
[24:] At 5 1/2 am begun to heave &
[25:] steam over ~
[26:] At 7 cleared the Shoal and
[27:] proceeded; left the Baghdad
[28:] here to get to the shoal and
[29:] proceed down ~
[30:] I paid the Ship's Company
[pg: 316]
1901 Octer
[1:] their wages for September;[2:] At 8,,30 grounded at Mendelyat
[3:] sounded & Marked the channel
[4:] a Boat aground here; took
[5:] an anchor out & hove over
[6:] At 9,,55 proceeded;
[7:] At 12 passed Sheikh Saad,
[8:] Breeze fell down & became calm
[9:] At 8,,30 P.M. grounded at Gardyeh
[10:] hove off & proceeded at 9,,10 ~
[11:] At 10,,35 arrived at Coot,
[12:] landed 7 passengers & 1 Bale
[13:] of through cargo ~ I left the
[14:] letters & papers here for the S.S.
[15:] Khalifah ~
[16:] At 11,,40 we left Coot
[17:] Fine very Cool weather ~
[18:] I had the pain in my stomach
[19:] the whole night;
10 Thursd The6. 59 noon79 4 P.m.90
[20:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[21:] cold morning ~
[22:] Gave tickets to 20 1/2 Coot passengers
[23:] In passing Shadi we saw on
[24:] the bank about 200 Persian Pilgrims
[25:] from Shushter & Desfool going
[26:] to cross over from Bughela to
[27:] go to Kerbella;
[pg: 317]
[1:] At 0,,20 P.M. passed Memlah,
[2:] It is awful the pain in my stomach,
[3:] it came on so suddenly last night,
[4:] it must be cold that I caught,
[5:] either in washing or in going out
[6:] at night; ~
[7:] Weather getting cloudy &
[8:] rather warm ~ It is the end of
[9:] the moon 28 days old ~
[10:] There is a very slight rise of the river
[11:] of about 2 Inches they said at
[12:] Coot, it is not perceptible;
[13:] My stomach & intestines pain
[14:] me most awfully such as I have
[15:] not had for a long time; can it be
[16:] from cold in washing or what
[17:] came of it so painful; I am
[18:] so shivering from the pain;
[19:] After dinner I took some Bicarbonate
[20:] of Soda, as I have no more Sulphur
[21:] & Cream of Tartar;
[22:] We touched several places during
[23:] the night, weather little cloudy,
11 Frid The6. 63 Noon 87 4 P.m. 91
[24:] At 2,,20 AM. passed Azizieh[25:] Calm weather & not so cool, there
[26:] are some clouds;
[27:] The pain in my stomach was not so
[28:] severe during the night, I slept better
[29:] At 7,,15 AM. passed Baghdadieh
[30:] Fort; S. Ely breeze got up;
[31:] At 10 we passed the S.S. Khalifah
[pg: 318]
1901 Octer
[1:] & Barge going down at Jwemisseh[2:] lower part of Dawar reach
[3:] I saw Mr. Malcom Balthazar
[4:] the Dragoman of the Russian
[5:] Consul, also the wife of Elias
[6:] Jejo & her daughter going down
[7:] for a change & certainly
[8:] free Ret Ticket ~
[9:] We passed the shoal of Dawar
[10:] without touching, it has got
[11:] better; ~
[12:] Weather got cloudy all over &
[13:] a very light S. Ely;
[14:] At 4,,10 P.M. in passing Khanassah
[15:] we saw about 5 or 6 Tents on
[16:] the bank, & Dr. Ramsey the
[17:] Residency Surgeon Mr. Cree of
[18:] Blockey Hotz his sister (who is
[19:] engaged to Dr. Ramsey) & an
[20:] other lady, out for shooting
[21:] excursion ~
[22:] My stomach is killing me from
[23:] the pain in the intestines ~
[24:] At 5 passed Bostan, Very
[25:] cloudy all over & getting gloomy,
[26:] At 5,,40 came to repair
[27:] the starboard wheel an arm
[28:] broken ~ very cloudy & getting
[28:] dark ~
[pg: 319]
[1:] At 8 it began to rain lightly
[2:] for 1/2 hour;
[3:] At 10,,50 it cleared up, we
[4:] proceeded ~
[5:] I am dying from the pain, as
[6:] if my guts are poisoned, no Sleep
[7:] & no rest, it is awful;
12 Satur Th6 67
[8:] At 1,,55 am passed Ctesiphon[9:] weather clear & light S. Erly
[10:] breeze. I cannot sleep from
[11:] the pain in my intestines,
[12:] I took twice froot Salt, but
[13:] to no effect & I am so restless from
[14:] the cutting pain, & digging like so
[15:] many daggers, this is the worst
[16:] pain I have ever experienced;
[17:] I am mad from it ~
[18:] At 2,,50 am we touched at
[19:] Gusseiba (lower part) & could not
[20:] get clear, we grounded & took
[21:] anchors out fore & aft, we are
[22:] at upper Menary reach, kept
[23:] heaving all the time ~
[24:] I took hot water a cup, & then the
[25:] Tea but cannot eat anything,
[26:] I am so costive too, & the wind
[27:] is confined, & does not pass down,
[28:] I have had no relief since
[29:] 48 hours & no sleep at all,
[30:] Light N.W. breeze & cool,
[pg: 320]
1901 Octer
[1:] We are still heaving on; I[2:] put on the flannel Cholera belt,
[3:] & a pair of drawers as it is
[4:] chilly & cold; The pain having
[5:] kept so severe that I could not bear
[6:] it, I went to Capt Hanslow & took
[7:] a dose of Tincture of Ginger in
[8:] water, but the pain was still and
[9:] getting worse; so I thought of
[10:] taking a dose of Castor Oil,
[11:] but when I got the glass filled
[12:] the smel & nausea made me
[13:] sick & I vomited with much
[14:] force, & I threw up only the ginger
[15:] with much acidity; at 9 I took
[16:] the castor oil & then took a
[17:] cup of broth, but the pain is just
[18:] as severe as ever;
[19:] At 10 we got clear & went on;
[20:] At 0,,35 P.M. passed Diala ~
[21:] The castor oil does not work
[22:] me at all; as if I have not taken
[23:] it, & the pain is just the same
[24:] I applyed mustard poultess
[25:] but after 1/2 hour I vomited
[26:] again very sower; my bowels
[27:] not working ~
[pg: 321]
[1:] At 2,,45 P.M. I landed at
[2:] the Tents at Gherrara; I saw them
[3:] all there, & I had to lay down
[4:] from the excessive pain, my wife
[5:] tryed every thing to alleviate the
[6:] pain but it was impossible
[7:] I put Linseed poultess, drunk
[8:] some Cetrate of Magnesia
[9:] effervesent from Sister Emelia;
[10:] Mr. Rappaport came to stay
[11:] & pass the night with us, as he
[12:] had promised, but when he
[13:] saw me in this state, he wanted
[14:] to go to Mr. Kritchlis Tents
[15:] on the opposite side at the
[16:] garden of Yousif Korkis below
[17:] the Bridge, but I insisted
[18:] on him to stop & so he stayed,
[19:] we gave him Alexander's Tent
[20:] & made his bed there;
[21:] at dinner I took nothing but
[22:] a plate of soup, I cannot
[23:] smell the food, after dinner
[24:] I left them & went to turn
[25:] in; got bottle with hot water
[26:] applied on my stomach,
[27:] But at midnight my
[pg: 322]
1901 Octer
[1:] bowels worked briskly with[2:] Bile; & then after an hour
[3:] I vomited very sower and
[4:] bitter, I was relieved from
[5:] the pain & dosed off to sleep
[6:] for about an hour, & then
[7:] rose again & went out to the
[8:] closet & worked my bowels
[9:] so briskly; ~
13 Sund
[10:] Light N.W. breeze & very[11:] cool weather, I feel very weak
[12:] but no pain; Mr. Rappaport
[13:] had tea with us & then at
[14:] 8 Am he went to spend the
[15:] day with Mr. Kritchly on the
[16:] other side ~
[17:] Alexander & his wife went
[18:] also to town this morning,
[19:] being invited by Artin my
[20:] nephew, for Mary to stand
[21:] as Godmother for his newly
[22:] born daughter on the 3d
[23:] & she is to be called Mary
[24:] Josephine ~ my sister Emilia
[pg: 323]
[1:] Alice, Menusha etc came to
[2:] see me; the pain is continuing,
[3:] & the diarrhea too, & I am
[4:] passing bile; I took nothing
[5:] for breakfast but some
[6:] soup & that even I cannot
[7:] take or feel inclined ~
[8:] The Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius,
[9:] & Père Augustine came out
[10:] to Antone Marine to Spend
[11:] the day, they visited us;
[12:] all my relatives are insisting
[13:] on me to stop behind this
[14:] trip & treat myself, ~
[15:] Alexander & Mary came
[16:] out this evening, he tells me
[17:] that the Medjidieh leaves on
[18:] Wednesday; they had breakfast
[19:] at sister Eliza ~ I feel
[20:] it quite cold out here; I had
[21:] only a plate of Soup at dinner
[22:] The pains comes & goes; at
[23:] bed time I took a cup of
[24:] Cammomile flower & violet
[25:] flower an effusion, and
[26:] this calmed the pain, &
[pg: 324]
1901 Octer
[1:] My bowels worked one with[2:] a very offensive smell ~
14 Mond
[3:] Light N.W. & fine ~[4:] I find myself awfully weak
[5:] at 6 AM Eliza & I prepared
[6:] to ride in we took tea &
[7:] at 7 rode on donkeys to
[8:] town; I changed & went on
[9:] board but could hardly walk
[10:] from the weakness & pain in
[11:] stomach; I sent Metty to
[12:] Mr. Parry the Agent to bring
[13:] from him 42 £ to pay the
[14:] rest of the officers' wages and
[15:] to tell him that I am unwell
[16:] & suffering from stomach
[17:] ache, diarrhea & vomiting,
[18:] & perhaps it is disentry &
[19:] I am unable to go down
[20:] this trip & ask him to send
[21:] Vartan to assist Metty
[22:] in the business; he came
[23:] back at 10 & said Mr. Parry
[pg: 325]
[1:] says alright I can stop
[2:] behind & he is sending Vartan
[3:] the clerk in Metty's place,
[4:] I gave Metty the Books etc,
[5:] & kept all the ship's money
[6:] in the big Iron safe, I sent
[7:] my bed etc home & I told
[8:] Capt Hanslow of my stopping
[9:] behind, & at 11 I came
[10:] home, I sent to fetch the
[11:] apothecary of the SS. Comet,
[12:] (as there is no English doctor
[13:] here, Dr. Sturrock has left
[14:] for England by Khalifah
[15:] the trip before last, & Dr.
[16:] Ramsey is out encamped
[17:] at Khenassa) Mr. De Silva
[18:] of the Comet came & I explained
[19:] every thing to him from the
[20:] commencement, he saw
[21:] that I still had the fever
[22:] of 102 degrees, he sent me
[23:] two different medicines
[24:] one for stopping the fever
[25:] & the other for the stomach
[pg: 326]
1901 Octer
[1:] every two hours; ~ my bowels[2:] still are loose working about
[3:] 6 or 7 times a day; I am
[4:] eating nothing but chicken
[5:] broth, milk & soda & a piece
[6:] of bread; for Eliza we got
[7:] dinner from the bazaar;
[8:] at night I swetted very much
[9:] & the fever left me, my
[10:] bowels went twice at night
[11:] I had no pain;
15 Tuesd
[12:] Light N.W. & fine; I feel[13:] very weak, but I feel my
[14:] appetite better; bowels still
[15:] working; ~ Alexander
[16:] rode in his Bycicle from
[17:] Gherrara at 7 1/2 AM;
[18:] News came of the death
[19:] of Abdulrahman Khan
[20:] Emir of Afghanistan;
[21:] Dr. De Silva came to
[22:] see me; he prescribed to me
[23:] two other bottles of mixture
[pg: 327]
[1:] one is quinine to be taken
[2:] once every 4 or 5 hours, &
[3:] the other for stopping the
[4:] diarrhea should be necessary
[5:] to stop it, but when I
[6:] took the quinine it brought
[7:] on the pain in my stomach
[8:] so I knocked off taking it,
[9:] Dr. De Silva takes one Mejidie
[10:] as his fees for every visit,
[11:] My bowels only worked
[12:] twice so I am not taking
[13:] the other mixture;
[14:] The SS. Mossul arrived at
[15:] about 3 P.M;
[16:] Metty came to see me, also
[17:] Mikha Tindal ~
[18:] Sister Eliza came yesterday,
[19:] & Today her daughters Terrooza
[20:] & Regina; also Eliza and
[21:] Adoola my cousins ~
[22:] We are sleeping out in the
[23:] Iwan & verandah; I
[24:] took broth & bread only,
[25:] with some Brandy & soda
[pg: 328]
1901 Octer
[1:] I sent a telegram today to[2:] brother Henry telling him
[3:] Svoboda Basreh,
[4:] Stopping behind indisposed
[5:] Svoboda,
[6:] Light air & warm night;
16 Wedn
[7:] Light Southerly air & some[8:] clouds; my bowels worked
[9:] once last night & once this
[10:] morning very loose ~
[11:] I feel weaker than ever;
[12:] I took chiken broth & bread
[13:] for breakfast; my bowels
[14:] have stopped working & am
[15:] not taking any medicine, so
[16:] that I am just the same as before
[17:] the pain exists as before;
[18:] Alexander came in from Gherrara
[19:] & went to his office; ~
[20:] A very bad incident happened
[21:] this afternoon which caused me
[22:] so much rage & vexation that
[23:] injured me awfully,
[pg: 329]
[1:] Some Sakkas came to
[2:] claim some old donkey hire
[3:] from Eliza & begun to make
[4:] noise & quarrel with her,
[5:] I could not resist it longer
[6:] & it is all through Eliza's fault
[7:] in not sending them away,
[8:] & not paying them before,
[9:] at last I got up & let myself
[10:] out I screamed & dammed
[11:] them & ordered them out of the
[12:] house, Eliza turned against
[13:] me in this scuffle & I begun
[14:] with her as I lost my self
[15:] control & temper, finding
[16:] myself so ill & weak; I
[17:] told her she better leave me
[18:] alone & go out to Gherrara,
[19:] She then took her Igar and
[20:] left the house at 4 1/2 P.M;
[21:] I do not know where to, &
[22:] never came back;
[23:] Alexander was in a fix and
[24:] he did not know what to
[25:] do, in leaving me alone,
[26:] I told him to go out, and
[27:] not to be in any way anxious
[pg: 330]
1901 Octer
[1:] about me ~ By this time,[2:] Antone Marine came in
[3:] to tell me that a telegram has
[4:] just arrived from Basreh
[5:] signed by Sayegh for Azoory
[6:] Chanteduc, telling him
[7:] that Henry is stopping
[8:] behind indisposed and
[9:] must send his wife down
[10:] by first steamer; Antone
[11:] has sent the telegram to
[12:] Gherara & wrote to Alice
[13:] to tell Menusha so;
[14:] Alexander did not know what to
[15:] do by leaving me so alone; at
[16:] last he left at 5; & Antone too;
[17:] I had to warm some chicken
[18:] broth here left of this morning
[19:] and took it as my dinner with
[20:] bread; Johny & Artin called
[21:] here to see me, & went to see
[22:] Menusha, but she came in
[23:] this evening with her son
[24:] Antone to take him down
[25:] with her in the Mejidieh
[26:] tomorrow morning, and
[pg: 331]
[1:] she is staying tonight with
[2:] her brother Azoory;
[3:] At 10 P.M. the SS. Phrat
[4:] arrived from Basreh ~
[5:] I got the pain in my stomach
[6:] as bad as ever & prevented
[7:] me from sleeping, I was mad
[8:] with it trembling & tossing
[9:] about;
17 Thurs
[10:] Light S. Westly breeze with[11:] some clouds & warm weather,
[12:] At 6,,15 AM. the Mejidieh
[13:] left for Basreh ~
[14:] Menusha Henry's wife
[15:] with her son Antone went
[16:] down in her, to my brother
[17:] Henry -
[18:] My wife did not come
[19:] home since yesterday, and
[20:] could not find out where
[21:] she slept last night ~
[22:] I sent the following telegram
[23:] to Rufail Syegh at 7 AM.
[24:] Sayegh
[25:] Basreh
[26:] Anxious brother's illness
[pg: 332]
1901 Octer ,, ,, ,,
[1:] inform particulars malady[2:] Menusha, Antone, Mejidieh
[3:] thursday ~
[4:] Svoboda
[5:] Alexander came in from
[6:] Gherrara at 7 1/2 AM. he says
[7:] that he met his mother on
[8:] the way to Gherrara riding
[9:] out on a donkey~ he
[10:] sent me our cook Elias from
[11:] Gherrara to cook for me,
[12:] Every one out there is very
[13:] anxious & sorry about my
[14:] state of living & illness &
[15:] about my brother's illness
[16:] in Basreh ~
[17:] I sent for Dr. De Silva, who came
[18:] at 11 AM. & told him that the pain
[19:] is not gone & my bowels are
[20:] stopped, & wish something which
[21:] can relieve the pain, & work
[22:] my bowels mildly; he sent me
[23:] a Bottle to take a half a cup
[24:] before each meal, but
[pg: 333]
[1:] as soon as I took it, the pain
[2:] got more acute & I ate my
[3:] breakfast with Alexander,
[4:] but I took a piece of chicken
[5:] boiled & broth with some
[6:] wine & soda water, the pain
[7:] remained very severe, no
[8:] wind passing, & bowels not
[9:] working;
[10:] Johny & Artin came at 1 P.M.
[11:] to see me ~ I sent our cook
[12:] Elias out to Gherrara ~
[13:] Weather very hot with
[14:] clouds, ~
[15:] At 2 1/2 P.M. Père
[16:] Jéan the Ex. superior of the
[17:] Carmelite father called on
[18:] me, he comes to break the
[19:] sad news to me of death
[20:] of my poor brother Henry
[21:] in Basreh at noon
[22:] today, he has just received
[23:] a telegram from Père
[24:] Emmanuel, he does
[pg: 334]
1901 Octer
[1:] not know the cause of his[2:] illness, but thinks it is
[3:] the same as the attack
[4:] he had this last winter
[5:] of cerebral attack in the
[6:] head; and wishes if it is
[7:] possible to send some body to
[8:] over take the Mejidieh, so
[9:] as to bring his wife back
[10:] & son Antone; What a
[11:] blow my God, to his family
[12:] of so many young children
[13:] yet; ~ I sent for Alexander
[14:] at once & got him to ride
[15:] out to Gherrara & inform
[16:] them, & I shall send a
[17:] Boat tomorrow to bring
[18:] the Tents; ~ I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
[19:] our Consul & informed him of
[20:] the sad news ~
[21:] Antone called on me, we
[22:] proposed to send people at
[23:] once down as far as Ledje
[24:] to catch the Mejdieh
[pg: 335]
[1:] While at anchor tonight
[2:] so as to bring Menusha
[3:] & her son Antone back,
[4:] I wrote to Mr. Rappaport
[5:] requesting him to get me
[6:] a zaptyeh or one of his Kawasses
[7:] to accompany the party,
[8:] he came to me himself, &
[9:] he fetched his Dragoman
[10:] Rosenfeld & sent him to
[11:] the Halai Beg for a Zaptyeh,
[12:] We sent & got Selloomi
[13:] the man of Yousif Yaghchi,
[14:] to go out with them, and
[15:] from Gherrara they can
[16:] take Mahomed the Hamal,
[17:] Antone Marine went out to
[18:] Gherrara at 5 ~ The Zaptyeh
[19:] came very late it was about
[20:] 7 P.M. & as they were going
[21:] to start, Selloomy brought
[22:] me a letter from Alexander
[23:] by a Sakka, saying that
[24:] Mahomed with two other
[25:] Arabs have already
[26:] started to Ledje, so I
[pg: 336]
1901 Octer
[1:] dispensed with the Zaptyeh &[2:] Selloomy, as it was too late
[3:] for them to try & catch the
[4:] steamer ~ Johny & Artin
[5:] called, my sister Eliza heard
[6:] of this sad news she is very
[7:] much affected; Johny
[8:] went home to dine & came
[9:] back to sleep with me,
[10:] Alexander says that they
[11:] are coming to town tomorrow,
[12:] I am so weak & lost my
[13:] head, I forgot my illness,
[14:] & cannot touch any food,
[15:] This is my last brother
[16:] that I have lost, poor
[17:] Henry, he is much younger
[18:] than me, being born
[19:] on the 28 of June 1847,
18 Frid
[20:] S.Ely breeze & getting cloudy[21:] all over, warm nasty weather,
[22:] Johny took tea with me &
[23:] left at 7 3/4 am ~
[pg: 337]
[1:] At 9 1/2 Alexander & his wife
[2:] Marie came in from Gherrara
[3:] my wife remained out to prepare
[4:] the Kit & pack, so as to
[5:] come in tomorrow, Alice & sister
[6:] Emilia are also coming in,
[7:] Marie came to me weeping so
[8:] much like a child, & poor
[9:] children of my brother are mad
[10:] & inconsolable ~
[11:] Monsr. Rouet the French Vice Consul
[12:] called on us to condole;
[13:] I hired a Boat for 3 Mejidies to
[14:] go down to Gherrara & bring
[15:] the Kit tomorrow;
[16:] Artin my nephew called ~ also
[17:] Eliza & Adoola, & Johny Pehlawan,
[18:] his uncle Selman (brother of
[19:] his mother Farida) died yesterday
[20:] afternoon he is about 75 years
[21:] Old;
[22:] I received a telegram from
[23:] Basreh from Sayegh condoling
[24:] us on the loss of my brother
[25:] Henry ~
[26:] Light S.Ely air & cloudy
[27:] weather ~ I took only soup
[28:] & boiled chicken for dinner,
[29:] & the pain came on just
[pg: 338]
1901 Octer
[1:] as before, troubling me very[2:] much; I am taking the
[3:] Vals water, I feel it agrees
[4:] with me; at night it pained
[5:] me fearfully ~
19th Satur
[6:] My stomach worked at 4 am[7:] very loose, black & billious
[8:] with offensive smell ~ I
[9:] felt relieved from the gastric
[10:] pain ~
[11:] My birth day today, born
[12:] in 1840 ~
[13:] At 6 1/2 am our Kit from
[14:] Gherrara arrived in the Boat;
[15:] Mahomed the Hamal of
[16:] my brother & others, have brought
[17:] Menusha & her son Antone
[18:] to Gherrara yesterday evening
[19:] at about 5 P.M. they caught
[20:] up the Mejidieh at Thaji
[21:] early in the morning, having just
[22:] got underway, from Dawar
[23:] & as she passed Rwebyeh, they
[24:] saw the three horsemen on the
[25:] beach of Thaji,
[pg: 339]
[1:] Mr. Rappaport came to me,
[2:] he wishes to know when Menusha
[3:] is coming to town because
[4:] he wants to go to the house
[5:] & make an Inventory, or
[6:] if she does not come today, he
[7:] shall have to seal the rooms
[8:] until she comes, because
[9:] all Henry's children are
[10:] under age; He wants Yousif
[11:] Yaghchi to Come to town so
[12:] as to act as procurator;
[13:] or Azoory (Menusha's brother)
[14:] as I cannot be on account
[15:] of my constant absence
[16:] from town; ~ So Mr. Rappaport
[17:] went & took Azoory Chanteduc
[18:] also Alexander my son to be
[19:] as witness, & overhauled all
[20:] my brother's Kit in the room, his
[21:] clothes & every thing, was taken
[22:] note of, & written down; This
[23:] is too much I detest such a
[24:] law as this; the Austrians are
[25:] more severe in this sort of
[26:] business than any other
[27:] Nations ~
[pg: 340]
1901 Octer
[1:] Eliza my wife came from[2:] Gherrara at 10 am, with her
[3:] servant Zekky ~
[4:] My bowels worked three times today
[5:] very loose & with bile & dark coffee
[6:] colour & I still have the pain,
[7:] I am taking no medicine, it
[8:] is a wonder how much Bile
[9:] I have; ~ At dinner I took soup
[10:] rice made with it & little boiled
[11:] fowel; I took a glass of the
[12:] Vals water with wine; but
[13:] as I felt it heavy on me,
[14:] I took a mixture of my old
[15:] Medicine Sulphur & cream
[16:] of Tartar, when I went to bed
[17:] I could not sleep from the pain
[18:] in stomach like a boil & heavy,
[19:] I kept suffering until midnight
[20:] the gastric juice coming up
[21:] to my throat & felt sick,
[22:] when I got up, I hove all
[23:] the contents of my stomach
[24:] in the verandah; Still I was
[25:] not relieved from the pain,
[26:] it troubled me all the rest of
[27:] the night, & not having been
[pg: 341]
[1:] able to sleep a wink;
20 Sund
[2:] Light n.w. & fine cool morning[3:] I feel so weak that I could
[4:] not dress & go to Menusha
[5:] where all my relations have
[6:] gathered, she came in last
[7:] night in a carriage from
[8:] Gherrara, with her brother
[9:] Azoory, her son Antone the
[10:] eldest of 17 years & Harriet,
[11:] my wife, Alexander & Marie
[12:] went to church & thence
[13:] went to my brothers house,
[14:] there were sisters Eliza, & Emilia,
[15:] & all the rest;
[16:] I feel calmed & no pain,
[17:] I took Tea; & at noon took
[18:] only rice soup; People called
[19:] on us to condole; ~
[20:] Eliza, Alexander & Marie went to
[21:] Menusha where my sisters & their
[22:] children were & others; ~
[23:] Tomorrow a high mass is to be
[24:] celebrated for the repose of my
[25:] brother Henry, a circular
[26:] made out out & sent round
[27:] to all the Europeans etc;
[pg: 342]
1901 Octer
[1:] I took my dinner only Soup[2:] & some arrow root; but felt
[3:] the food heavy in my stomach
[4:] & prevented me from Sleeping
[5:] when by midnight, the Shooting
[6:] pain begun to prick; I
[7:] took Fruit Salt; Effusion
[8:] of Cammomile flower, but
[9:] to no use, & so could not
[10:] sleep till day break;
21 Mond Th.6. 67
[11:] Light n.w. & fine cool[12:] morning; we took tea & at 7 1/2
[13:] am we all went to my brother's
[14:] house, but the weeping &
[15:] yells of Menusha & my sisters
[16:] as soon as they saw me
[17:] was very heart rending;
[18:] I could not keep myself from
[19:] the bitter weeping; At 8 we
[20:] all went to the Latin Church
[21:] many people were there, also
[22:] Mons Rouet, (Mr. Rappaport
[23:] was absent out at Gherrara)
[24:] after the prayers we came back
[25:] to the house; where all the
[pg: 343]
[1:] Christians called, also Mons
[2:] Richarz the German Consul,
[3:] but no other Europeans or
[4:] Englishmen; at 11 1/2 I
[5:] & Eliza came home as I could
[6:] not resist longer, being very
[7:] weak & hungry; ~ Antone
[8:] Marine is the only family left
[9:] encamped at Gherrara, he did
[10:] not come in, or called today;
[11:] My pain came on this afternoon
[12:] very bad, & I sent Alexander to Dr.
[13:] De Silva of the Comet to ask him
[14:] for a mixture of Assafoetida
[15:] which used to do me good before,
[16:] I took half a wine glass; it seemed
[17:] to have allayed the pain,
[18:] but while Johny was here, I
[19:] took just one sip of arak
[20:] & water & the pain came
[21:] on worse than before, I took
[22:] soup, but to no effect; at
[23:] night I was dying from it,
[24:] took Fruit salt, & put
[25:] hot salt & brand on my belly,
[26:] I never felt it so bad in
[27:] my life & no sleep at all,
[28:] even I took hot soup
[pg: 344]
1901 Octer
[1:] at midnight, it used to go &[2:] come back;
22 Tuesd
[3:] S.Ely breeze & cloudy; ~[4:] Toward 4 am the pain calmed
[5:] down & I slept for about 3
[6:] hours; ~ I sent to ask if
[7:] Dr. Ramsey is receiving patients
[8:] & Hannosh his man said
[9:] that at 10 am. & he will send
[10:] me word; ~
[11:] The S.S. Mossul left yesterday
[12:] for Basreh ~
[13:] At 11 1/2 I went to Dr. Ramsey
[14:] & related to him about my
[15:] stomach ache, he tapped my
[16:] stomach & he recommended
[17:] me not eat every thing, only
[18:] soup, Rice pudding & so on
[19:] & drink milk & soda; and
[20:] prescribed two Bottles of each
[21:] one table spoonful mixed
[22:] together which will cause
[23:] an effervesence to be taken
[24:] before each meal, & not
[25:] to sleep so soon after
[pg: 345]
[1:] meal but to give about 3
[2:] hours time to digest, & a
[3:] little Cognac with water
[4:] at meal; & that is all, I
[5:] paid him fees of 1/2 Lira;
[6:] Mr. Rappaport called on
[7:] me, he wants me to act as
[8:] Tutor or guardian in
[9:] the affair & estate of my
[10:] brother Henry, jointly with
[11:] his wife Menusha, as she
[12:] preferred so; ~ I went then
[13:] at 1 1/2 P.M. he was there
[14:] with his Dragoman & papers
[15:] etc, & making and inventory
[16:] & estimation of all the
[17:] effects furniture etc, being
[18:] estimated by Rezooki Tessy
[19:] hired for the purpose;
[20:] In his library room (that which
[21:] used to be my fathers) is found
[22:] in a small box his valuable
[23:] papers as the Hyjeh of the House,
[24:] his Passport & other papers;
[25:] Mr. Rappoport suggested to me that
[26:] it would safer if he takes them
[27:] under his charge if his wife
[28:] consents, but she & I preferred
[pg: 346]
1901 Octer
[1:] that she should keep them[2:] under key; I signed all the
[3:] papers as well as Menusha
[4:] did, as the papers of procuration
[5:] & gave me one; He left
[6:] at 3; People are still calling
[7:] for condolence;
[8:] The Khalifah has arrived
[9:] at Gusseiba; & a letter came
[10:] to Alexander by passengers
[11:] landed there; from Shekoory
[12:] Sayegh from Basreh, telling
[13:] him that my brother arrived
[14:] there ill & was taken to
[15:] Rufails house; he does not
[16:] say further of his death;
[17:] At 4 P.M. the S.S. Khalifah arrived
[18:] Faraj the assistant Clerk sent me
[19:] two letters from Rufail & Rezooki
[20:] Sayegh in which they relate
[21:] to me the sad news of my brothers
[22:] death on the 17th at 11 A.M.
[23:] It appears that he felt unwell
[24:] two days before arrival
[pg: 347]
[1:] at Basreh, he had landed
[2:] to shoot at Gusseiba on the
[3:] day of their leaving Baghdad
[4:] & then he felt ill & had fever
[5:] & when they were at Amara
[6:] on Monday night, he
[7:] had a fit & fell down from
[8:] his bunk; he was very bad
[9:] that day as they were going to
[10:] Basreh, from Gorna Capt
[11:] Braine telegraphed to Mr. Bottomley
[12:] to have a doctor ready
[13:] on arrival; on Wednesday
[14:] the Khalifah arrived at 3 am
[15:] & Mr. Bottomley & the doctor
[16:] came on board, but he was
[17:] very seriously ill; He was
[18:] taken on shore to Rufails
[19:] house & treated there, but he
[20:] was speechless, he must have
[21:] got his old sickness of last
[22:] year, something like a Congestion
[23:] of the Brain; and on
[pg: 348]
1901 Octer
[1:] Thursday at 11 am he died,[2:] His body was towed up by
[3:] the Khalifah with Great
[4:] many Belems full of people
[5:] to Maghil & burried in the
[6:] New English Cemetery just
[7:] above Maghil, all the friends
[8:] & relatives were there as well as
[9:] the Priests, Père Emanuel &
[10:] Kass Yousif Georgyeh the Assyrian
[11:] I am still suffering awfully
[12:] from my stomach, the pain is
[13:] continual, & am not eating any
[14:] thing but soup, or milk etc,
23 Wedn.
[15:] S. Ely breeze & Clouds; ~ I had[16:] a fearful night last night, I
[17:] did not sleep at all from the
[18:] pain, & was taking every thing
[19:] to allay the pain, Dr Ramsey's
[20:] medicine is not doing good;
[21:] The S.S. Phrat left at 6 am;
[22:] and the S.S. Baghdad arrived
[23:] at 9 am ~
[24:] I sent for Hannosh
[25:] & explained every thing to him
[pg: 349]
[1:] & told him to ask Dr. Ramsey to
[2:] come & see me; he came at 11
[3:] he ordered Castor Oil to be taken
[4:] just now & continue the medicine
[5:] I took the Castor Oil at 11 am
[6:] but it did not work till late
[7:] in the evening, & I had to use
[8:] a soap injection, I have no
[9:] appetite at all; ~
[10:] All my brother's Kit was sent
[11:] from the Ship to the English Residency
[12:] as well as Menusha's Box of
[13:] jewellery, & his private cash about
[14:] 180 TLiras, & I had to send
[15:] Alexander with Antone my
[16:] brother's son to Mr. Rappaport &
[17:] they all went to the consulate
[18:] where an inventory was made
[19:] & estimation of the Kit and
[20:] was then sent to Menusha
[21:] the money 180 TLiras was retained
[22:] by order of Mr. Parry the agent,
[23:] fearing that it might belong
[24:] to other people, & besides this
[25:] they have made my brother
[26:] debitor to the Chest of 37 Liras
[27:] which they want to recover
[28:] from that money of 180 Liras
[pg: 350]
1901 Octer
[1:] I heard since that Mr. Parry is[2:] ready to give the money provided
[3:] that the inheritors give a written
[4:] promise, that if any body should
[5:] claim any money from the
[6:] ship with a written paper in
[7:] his hand then it must be
[8:] paid to him; I told Mr. Rappaport
[9:] that I will guarantee that,
[10:] My pain came on awfully, I can
[11:] take nothing & have no inclination
[12:] the Castor Oil worked me four times
[13:] all bile, but still the pain
[14:] exists, ~
24 Thursd
[15:] Light N.W. & fine cool[16:] weather;
[17:] I am not better & the pain came
[18:] on very severe; I became constipated
[19:] the medicine of Dr. Ramsey has not
[20:] done me any good ~
[21:] People are calling on us to condole
[22:] & to see me, ~ Sister Medula
[23:] also called to see me; she
[24:] sent me a Bottle of wine, and
[25:] a plate of marmalade of orange
[26:] blossoms; ~ At dinner I took
[pg: 351]
[1:] little soup, a little of the rice &
[2:] milk pudding & a spoon full
[3:] of the Marmalade; I had also
[4:] taken a glass of whiskey & Soda,
[5:] & after turning in I felt very bad
[6:] & sick so much that by 12 P.M.
[7:] I had to heave up all I had
[8:] taken; & the pain was very acute,
[9:] I applyed very often Poultesses
[10:] of Linseed, to calm a little
25 Frid
[11:] Light N.W. & fine ~ The S.S.[12:] Khalifah left at 6 am ~
[13:] I feel very weak & the pain
[14:] continues the same; am using the
[15:] Doctor's medicine but it is not so
[16:] beneficial,
[17:] The S.S. Comet left early this morning
[18:] with Major Melvill the Consul to
[19:] Shoot down the river at Rwebyeh
[20:] taking Mr. MacLaclin assistant
[21:] Director of the Bank with him for
[22:] three weeks;
[23:] My pain keeps on it come very
[24:] strong, I am laid up in bed
[25:] using Poltesses on my stomach
[pg: 352]
1901 Octer
[1:] and belly; I can take nothing[2:] & have no appetite; my Sisters
[3:] Eliza & Emilia came to see me;
[4:] In the evening, I took little
[5:] soup, I am using Seidlitz
[6:] Powder when required, also
[7:] Fruit Salt but only for a short
[8:] time the pain goes & comes;
26 Satur Th6. 50
[9:] Light N.W. & very cool weather[10:] it is quite cold in the Oorsy where
[11:] we are sleeping;
[12:] We sent for Hannosh, & told
[13:] him what I am suffering, & that
[14:] the medicine is doing no good
[15:] he went to fetch D Ramsey
[16:] who came at 11, he recommended
[17:] me not to touch any food
[18:] but simply to use extract of
[19:] Beef, or Liebig's; & as there is none
[20:] to be got in the Bazaar, he
[21:] offered to find me a couple of
[22:] tins; & to take one Teaspoonful
[23:] every hour, Brand's extract
[24:] is the best; I sent to ask
[25:] Mr. Rappaport if he has any
[26:] of it, as he had none, he
[pg: 353]
[1:] wrote to Mr. Richarz to ask
[2:] him; he sent 3 Pots but Liebigs
[3:] extract; Dr Ramsey sent me
[4:] two Tins of Brand's, which
[5:] I found more digestible; &
[6:] much lighter: ~
[7:] At night the pain was killing
[8:] me, I applied many hot poultesses
[9:] & drunk, Seidlitz, also Fruit
[10:] Salt, but at about 3 am
[11:] I vomited all & nearly my
[12:] guts were coming out;
[13:] & still I was not relieved;
27 Sund The.6.50
[14:] Light N.W. & fine cool[15:] weather; I feel awfully weak,
[16:] I cannot get out of bed,
[17:] am nearly fainting; I am
[18:] using Brand's extract only
[19:] & still I cannot feel inclined
[20:] to take; ~
[21:] Alexander & Mary went to church,
[22:] but my wife stayed with me;
[23:] sister Emilia & Alice came to see
[24:] me also Terrooza my niece ~
[25:] The river rose about 4 Inches
[26:] or more; Rain has fallen in
[27:] the up country ~
[pg: 354]
1901 Octer
[1:] The pain came again & am[2:] using poultesses to alley it
[3:] my bowels not working at
[4:] all; all the night it pained
[5:] me & I am getting no sleep
[6:] at all ~
28 Mond Th6. 49
[7:] Light N.W. & fine cold[8:] morning; ~ at about 4 am
[9:] I got so sick with heartburn
[10:] & nausea that I vomited all
[11:] the contents that was accumulated
[12:] in my stomach, so sower and
[13:] offensive; we sent for Dr
[14:] Ramsey, he came at 11 and
[15:] told me to take nothing else
[16:] except the extract of Beef;
[17:] & he sent me a Bottle of Mixture
[18:] to be taken every three hours
[19:] one, Table Spoon full; which
[20:] will stop the pain ~ I took
[21:] the first dose at 1 P.M. but
[22:] the pain came on most severe
[23:] my guts were tearing, & I was
[24:] mad with it ~
[25:] At 2 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
[26:] arrived from Basreh ~ Metty
[27:] & Hamadi came to see
[pg: 355]
[1:] me; The Mejidieh made a good
[2:] passage, up in 5 days, the Channels
[3:] are all good not less than
[4:] 3 draaz; She has no 1st Class
[5:] passengers up, only Metty's
[6:] wife returning with him; also
[7:] Shekoory Sayegh in 2nd Class,
[8:] he finished with the packing
[9:] of Rufail's dates at Fhelyeh,
[10:] I got mad with the pain
[11:] this afternoon, it is worst than
[12:] ever, applying hot poutlesses,
[13:] In the evening I took some
[14:] hot grevey, at 7 P.M. I took
[15:] fruit Salt, it alleyed it a bit,
[16:] But I see the Doctor's medicine
[17:] is acting in some curious
[18:] way, it is sending the pain
[19:] up my throat, I am throwing
[20:] Saliva constantly & the
[21:] throat is burning like fire
[22:] Always feeling inclined to
[23:] vomit; at midnight I hove
[24:] up a potfull of all the liquid
[25:] I had taken, very acid
[pg: 356]
1901 Octer
[1:] & frothy; I felt relieved but[2:] the weakness is frightful
[3:] I cannot stand or walk,
[4:] I took the medicine once
[5:] more at 4 AM, and I was
[6:] quiet, & no pain came on
29 Tuesd The6.49
[7:] Light N.W. & fine Cold[8:] morning; ~ I begun to feel
[9:] relieved from pain & other
[10:] disturbance of my stomach
[11:] the wind & gas working downward,
[12:] I bought an Enema of Coutchan;
[13:] for injection in warm Soap water,
[14:] I sent to inform Dr. Ramsey of
[15:] my state & the vomiting, but he is
[16:] out today busy in Consular
[17:] affairs; ~
[18:] Metty came to me
[19:] I told him to send me my pay
[20:] for Octor I sent this morning
[21:] Johny & Alexander on board
[22:] the Mejidieh, they gave Metty
[23:] all the balance of cash which
[24:] I had of last trip & squared
[25:] with him by balancing up
[pg: 357]
[1:] the cash Book, they found
[2:] that I was 135 3/4 G.S.P. short
[3:] which I told Metty to deduct
[4:] from my pay & send me the
[5:] Balance, he did so; ~
[7:] ~
[8:] My stomach is quiet today
[9:] I took little soup of Chicken
[10:] & slept well;
30 Wedn The6.50
[11:] Light N.W. breeze & fine ~[12:] I feel well & no pain but am
[13:] very weak; Mr. Rappaport
[14:] called to see, he wants me
[15:] to go to him when I get well
[16:] so as to Open my brother's Papers
[17:] & letters etc which are sealed
[18:] with him; & also to go to
[19:] Mr. Parry to settle so as to take
[20:] the 180 Liras deposited still in
[21:] the Residency;
[22:] Dr. Ramsey came at 11. to
[23:] see me, I told him that I had
[24:] no pain now, & like to take
[25:] something more substantial
[26:] he allowed me to take rice soup
[27:] & chicken well minced; also
[28:] a glass of Champagne,
[pg: 358]
1901 Octer
[1:] but as I cannot get less than[2:] a dozen sellable, so he offered
[3:] to send me a bottle of his own,
[4:] & to let him know the result
[5:] tomorrow; I took the soup
[6:] for breakfast with small pieces
[7:] of dry toast;
[8:] Abduljebbar Effendi, Shekoory
[9:] Sayegh, Eliza Erame etc called,
[10:] I took the same soup in the
[11:] evening, & a glass of Champagne
[12:] I turned in at 9 & I slept well,
31 Thursd The6.60
[13:] Light Ely breeze & fine,[14:] but weather getting cloudy,
[15:] I feel well but am awfully
[16:] weak I could not shave &
[17:] wash without trembling,
[18:] I am taking a little tea & milk,
[19:] & the same soup;
[20:] Antone Marine & his family
[21:] Came in from Gherrara yesterday
[22:] for good; he called now on
[23:] us ~
[24:] I sent two telegrams yesterday
[25:] to Basreh, one in answer to
[26:] the letter of Condolence which
[pg: 359]
[1:] Ali Beg Mudir of Tapo wrote
[2:] to me by Mejidieh & said,
[6:] and the other to Rufail Sayegh
[7:] I said
[8:] Sayegh Basreh
[9:] Many thanks for Condolation
[10:] and trouble you all took,
[11:] Am better; Svoboda
[12:] Dr. Ramsey recommended me
[13:] today that I can take same bread
[14:] with my soup, & a little boiled
[15:] fish if I like ~ But I felt the
[16:] pain of wind in stomach & intestines
[17:] today coming back, after taking
[18:] my Soup, because my bowels
[19:] have not worked for the last three
[20:] days; ~ In the evening too after
[21:] I took my rice soup; it troubled
[22:] me in bed for about two hours,
[23:] S. Ely breeze & cloudy weather,
[24:] I slept well but am very weak,
[pg: 360]
1901 Novr 1st Frid The6.58
[1:] S. Ely breeze & cloudy weather[2:] At 6 AM the S.S. Mejidieh
[3:] left for Basreh, she had a
[4:] lot of deck passengers over
[5:] 200 they say ~
[6:] I feel very weak but no pain,
[7:] I took Tea & a little arrow root,
[8:] The river is rising today about
[9:] one foot they say;
[10:] I took soup & some boiled
[11:] fish for breakfast; ~
[12:] Yousif Yaghchi called at noon,
[13:] Also Antone Marine & his wife
[14:] Terrooza ~ by noon the pain
[15:] Came on rather severe for about
[16:] one hour ~ Sister Medula
[17:] Came to see me at 4 P.M. also
[18:] the wife of Shekoory
[19:] Sayegh & himself too; by
[20:] 6 P.M. the pain Came on to
[21:] me very severe, the Wind
[22:] again Cutting my guts and
[23:] every part of my intestines
[pg: 361]
[1:] I took a cup of of tea & milk, but
[2:] did not do much good, Sent
[3:] to inform Hannosh, he said
[4:] that I may take half a
[5:] dose of the medicine which
[6:] Dr. Ramsey had given me,
[7:] I did so but no result ~
[8:] I took dinner soup & boiled
[9:] fish, the pain allayed but
[10:] my stomach ached me very
[11:] heavily like a cannon ball,
[12:] for a long time at night &
[13:] then the Wind passed down,
[14:] It must be the boiled fish
[15:] that does not agree with me,
[16:] & lays heavy in my stomach,
2d Satur The6.64
[17:] Ely & S. Ely breeze; I have[18:] no pain at all, but my
[19:] stomach is weak; ~ my
[20:] bowels worked costive this
[21:] morning in Order; ~
[22:] I took a soup of rice & a leg of
[23:] boiled chicken for breakfast,
[24:] my stomach is quiet, but it
[25:] is weak & with little pain
[pg: 362]
1901 Novr
[1:] Yousif Georgi Asfar called to[2:] see me; ~
[3:] Weather became very hazy
[4:] Cloudy Calm & Close, all the
[5:] day ~
[6:] I took a cup of milk & tea
[7:] at 4 P.M. the pain is very slight,
[8:] I am trying always to fill my
[9:] stomach with some liquid
[10:] like tea or milk & broth so
[11:] as not to give it time to
[12:] pain me when empty;
[13:] Artin my nephew & Johny Pahlawan
[14:] Called in the evening, when my
[15:] pain came on very bad, I took
[16:] the rice soup & a piece of
[17:] boiled chicken, but felt it
[18:] very heavy & could not sleep,
[19:] at midnight the pain came
[20:] on very strong, that I had to
[21:] take some fruit Salt, & then
[22:] after an hour I was relieved
3d Sund
[23:] Light S Ely & Cloudy;[24:] I feel no pain, but weak
[25:] my bowels worked costive,
[pg: 363]
[1:] I had spoken with a broker
[2:] Yousif the lame to find a buyer
[3:] of my house; he brought
[4:] Kerop Effendi Kouyoumdjian
[5:] the Armeniam merchant
[6:] to see it, he saw every place,
[7:] & sat with us, I had Mr
[8:] Rappaport who came to
[9:] see me; ~ Mr. Rappaport tells
[10:] me that a Complaint had
[11:] come to Mr. Rouet the french
[12:] Vice Consul by my sister in
[13:] law Blanche from Constanple
[14:] through a Lawyer then she
[15:] is claiming from me 2000
[16:] francs as expenses incurred
[17:] when she went across to London
[18:] to see my son Alexander last
[19:] year; I explained to him the
[20:] matter, & he does not attach
[21:] any importance to her Claim,
[22:] as I am going to him tomorrow
[23:] to over haul my brother Henry's
[24:] letters & papers still remain
[25:] sealed up with him, he told
[26:] me that he will make out
[27:] the answer simply in the way
[pg: 364]
1901 Novr
[1:] of a Process Verbal, saying[2:] that I do not owe Blanche
[3:] any thing at all, & if she chooses
[4:] to open a process against me
[5:] she will have to nominate
[6:] her lawyer in Baghdad,
[7:] Some more people called on
[8:] us as Père Augustin, Eassayi's
[9:] Mother Rabka & her daughter
[10:] in law; Artin & his wife Serpohi
[11:] Yousif Yaghchi, Sister Emilia
[12:] Antone Marine etc ~
[13:] My stomach does not pain
[14:] me, but is very weak and
[15:] the pain is like a boil in my
[16:] stomach; I am taking Soup
[17:] & Chicken; & in the evening
[18:] too took nothing but soup
[19:] & little Chicken ~
[20:] I could not sleep well at all
[21:] the wind is confined in my
[22:] Stomach all the night;
4 Mond
[23:] Light N.W. & fine weather[24:] with few Clouds;
[pg: 365]
[1:] My stomach is the same, I have
[2:] not had those severe attacks,
[3:] but it is so irritated, & I feel
[4:] still weak;
[5:] At 9 1/4 Am. I went to call
[6:] on Mr. Rappaport for business
[7:] as promised; He red me the
[8:] letter of Blanche's Lawyer
[9:] called Alexander, in which
[10:] she is claiming 2000 francs
[11:] as pecuniary expenses she
[12:] incurred when in London to
[13:] see my son; We made out
[14:] an answer, simply saying
[15:] that I acknowledge the receipt
[16:] of her claim & pretentions
[17:] and that I am not indebted
[18:] to her whatever & I am
[19:] prepared to proof her nullity
[20:] in this claim, & a copy is sent
[21:] to Mr. Rouet to be sent to
[22:] Constple; ~
[23:] Mr. Rappaport wished to have
[24:] my brothers papers & letters be
[25:] opened in presence of an
[pg: 366]
1901 Novr
[1:] Other person sent by my[2:] sister in law Menusha, so
[3:] he sent her word, & she sent
[4:] her son in law Yousif Yaghchi
[5:] We examined all his papers
[6:] We found only two Bonds
[7:] One for 60 T. Liras that Rufail
[8:] Sayegh Owes him for one Year
[9:] from the first January of this
[10:] year & an Other for 25 T. Liras
[11:] of Artin my nephew, that he
[12:] owes him for 3 months, which
[13:] begins from the 26 Septr ~
[14:] I found many letters mine
[15:] which I had written to him
[16:] those I took to be destroyed,
[17:] & no other documents or
[18:] accounts worth mentioning,
[19:] which I then took all &
[20:] brought home, I then sent
[21:] for Antone his son and
[22:] gave them to him to be put
[23:] among the rest in the
[pg: 367]
[1:] house; Mr. Rappaport
[2:] wished me to wire to Rufail
[3:] at Basreh & ask him to
[4:] let us know the sum total
[5:] expended on my brother's death
[6:] so that he can deduct all
[7:] the expences & divide the
[8:] residue among the inheritors,
[9:] Yousif Yaghchi waved all
[10:] claims or share of the house
[11:] or furniture of whatsoever
[12:] kind for the part of Louisa
[13:] his wife, from her parents,
[14:] I then came home & wired
[15:] to Rufail.
[16:] Sayegh
[17:] Basreh
[18:] Please wire total sum expended
[19:] brothers death;
[20:] Svoboda
[21:] Among the papers we found
[22:] my brother's last letter to me
[23:] of his last trip down which
[24:] he left open & unfinished
[pg: 368]
1901 Novr
[1:] He begun it on the 9 Octer the[2:] day they left Baghdad, &
[3:] relates how the next day at
[4:] 6 1/2 am he landed at Menary
[5:] & went out shooting with
[6:] Capt Braine, the Pilot, Faraj etc
[7:] & returned at 10 1/2; & left it
[8:] open until they got to Coot,
[9:] & no further, probably he
[10:] felt unwell after leaving
[11:] Coot, & at Amara he got the
[12:] fit & the Congestion of the
[13:] brain which rendered him
[14:] Senseless; & it may be through
[15:] the effect of walking out in
[16:] shooting at Gusseiba;
[17:] At 4 P.M. I went to see Menusha
[18:] my wife was there also; ~ Mr.
[19:] Rappaport sent to me his dragoman
[20:] Rosenfeld, with more documents
[21:] to be signed by Menusha &
[22:] myself; he kept the two bonds
[23:] of Artin & Rufail & sent two
[24:] registered copies of them to be
[25:] kept with Menusha; We
[pg: 369]
[1:] signed a declaration in which
[2:] it states that all the residue
[3:] of my brother's estate, is to
[4:] be divided in 6 parts to
[5:] each of the five children
[6:] Antone, Hariette, Louis,
[7:] Thomas & Mary, one part
[8:] & the sixt part to the mother
[9:] according to the Austrian
[10:] Law; ~ I came home at
[11:] 5 1/2; ~
[12:] Johny my nephew called
[13:] on us, he came to intercede,
[14:] between my wife & myself
[15:] on one part & Alexander &
[16:] his wife on the other, to a
[17:] reconciliation; as we have
[18:] been very angry against their
[19:] behaviour again & especially
[20:] Marie his wife with my wife,
[21:] which gave me great grief
[22:] in these past days of my
[23:] illness & caused me to Suffer
[24:] immensely; I spoke very strongly
[25:] to Mary & reproached &
[26:] warned her if she continues
[pg: 370]
1901 Novr
[1:] in behaving in such an[2:] unbecoming harshness &
[3:] carless way she has been
[4:] going with my wife ~
[5:] Johny dined with us; I
[6:] am only taking Soup & a
[7:] little roast chicken; but
[8:] I took some custard with
[9:] plums after it & this caused
[10:] much irritation & change
[11:] in my stomach, & prevented me
[12:] from sleeping;
5 Tuesd The6.70
[13:] S. Ely. breeze with Clouds,[14:] & weather warm ~ my
[15:] stomach got out of order & worked
[16:] loose from last nights dinner
[17:] but no pain ~
[18:] At 10 Am I called on Mr. Rappaport,
[19:] & at 10 1/2 we both went to Lynch's
[20:] Office to Mr. Parry, he asked
[21:] me how I was & if I can't go
[22:] down next trip in the Mejidieh
[23:] I can stay until I get well,
[24:] I wrote out a declaration
[25:] in my name, on account of
[pg: 371]
[1:] the money of 180 TLiras or
[2:] more which has been detained
[3:] by him at the English Consulate,
[4:] & took on my responsibility,
[5:] should any claim may be
[6:] made henceforth by other
[7:] people, & Mr. Rappaport
[8:] took it to draw the money
[9:] in his custody; Mr. Parry
[10:] showed me the balance of
[11:] the ship's account made
[12:] & the deficit being about
[13:] 3700 GSPiasters, having
[14:] recovered from this my brother's
[15:] pay 1800 GSP. & other little items
[16:] & the balance of GSP. 1699 1/2
[17:] GSP. left due, which is to be
[18:] deducted from the 180 TLiras
[19:] I gave the following declarations,
[20:] Baghdad 5 Nov 1901
[21:] I hereby indemnify the Euphrates
[22:] & Tigris S. N. Copy against any claim
[23:] on the cash found in the safe
[24:] on the S.S. Khalifah in excess of
[25:] the Company's fund, after the
[26:] death of my brother Mr. Henry
[pg: 372]
1901 Novr
[1:] Svoboda late Supercargo[2:] of the Khalifah;
[3:] Svoboda
[4:] We left & I came home;
[5:] At 4 P.M. called on Menusha
[6:] for an hour & came home;
[7:] My stomach is troubling me
[8:] with wind and indigestion;
[9:] I took a plate of Soup for
[10:] dinner, & a very small piece
[11:] of meat & a potato, but it
[12:] kept me awake at night with
[13:] noise wind & heart burn &
[14:] at midnight, my bowels worked
[15:] loose & with offensive smell,
[16:] I was restless;
6 Wedn The6.64
[17:] Light N.W. & fine, with few[18:] Clouds ~ My bowels worked
[19:] again, I took a cup of milk
[20:] & piece of toast; I felt well
[21:] throughout the day; I called
[22:] on Alice and Sister Emilia &
[23:] came home at 11 AM.;
[24:] At 2 1/2 P.M. I went to the Auction
[25:] sale of Fetoohi Maghak &
[pg: 373]
[1:] bought for 50 Beshlics some
[2:] woollen cloth for me, about
[3:] 8 Yads of Tweed, & other small
[4:] objects with Alexander &
[5:] Shekoory Sayegh;
[6:] At 2 3/4 P.M. the SS. Khalifah
[7:] arrived from Basreh, we
[8:] received a letter from Rufail;
[9:] Johny Berjony came up in
[10:] her from Amara to get
[11:] married with the daughter of
[12:] Fetoohi Toma Loca, the
[13:] Khalifah had 186,000 Okes &
[14:] not many passengers; only
[15:] Faraj the assistant clerk
[16:] is kept on board doing my
[17:] poor brother's work every
[18:] thing consequently is trusted
[19:] to him; his pay is increased from 120 Beshls to 160 & no messing
[20:] Artin, & Johny & Johny Pahlawan
[21:] Called in the evening ~
[22:] The SS. Comet came up this
[23:] morning from Rwebyeh with
[24:] Major Melville where had
[pg: 374]
1901 Novr
[1:] been shooting he bagged[2:] about 60 braces of partridges
[3:] altogether with Mr. MacLacklin
[4:] I took nothing but Soup
[5:] this evening & feel better,
7 Thursd
[6:] Light Ely breeze & fine[7:] but at 9 it shifted to S. Ely
[8:] & became cloudy; at 9
[9:] I called on Sister Eliza in their
[10:] newly hired house opposite
[11:] Capt Cowley's (now the property
[12:] of Jeboory Asfar) & at 11 I
[13:] came home;
[14:] I took a warm bath, but I
[15:] got so tyred & felt weak afterward
[16:] I took soup, a little cow's
[17:] brain boiled, & a piece of sheep's
[18:] feet, I felt better today &
[19:] no pain ~
[20:] Weather Very Cloudy, had
[21:] few drops of rain at 3 P.M. &
[22:] it remained very Cloudy &
[23:] gloomy ~ At 7 it rained
[24:] drizzly for about 1/2 hour,
[25:] It cleared up toward midnight
[pg: 375]
8 Frid Th6. 51 noon 66 4 P.m 68
[1:] Light N.W. breeze & Cold[2:] morning ~ I had a little pain
[3:] in my stomach last night,
[4:] & I feel still weak; ~
[5:] at 8 1/2 A.M. I called on Menusha
[6:] & came home at 10, I then
[7:] went over to Alice & Sister
[8:] Emilia to breakfast with
[9:] them; I got the stomach ache
[10:] again all the day today, it
[11:] must be from the food I
[12:] ate, at Alice I only took,
[13:] rice soup & a leg of boiled fowl,
[14:] at 3 P.M. came home;
[15:] Père Marie Joseph the school french
[16:] master called on us ~
[17:] Light N.W. & fine Cold
[18:] Weather ~
[19:] I am taking Rhubarb with a little
[20:] arak before dinner; I had soup
[21:] & roast chicken & salad ~
9 Satur Ther6.44
[22:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather[23:] It begun to get Cloudy;
[24:] Today being the birthday of
[25:] King Edward the 7th of England
[26:] as there is an official reception
[pg: 376]
1901 Novr
[1:] at the British Residency, I[2:] had asked Mr. Rappaport
[3:] to take me with him so as
[4:] to be introduced to Major
[5:] Melvill whom I do not know
[6:] yet except on meeting &
[7:] saluting, ~ At 10 AM. I
[8:] went over to Mr. Rappaport
[9:] & after 1/4 hour we went down
[10:] in his boat, him in uniform,
[11:] & Rosenfeld & myself; We
[12:] found there the Waly Namik
[13:] Pasha, Kadem Pasha &
[14:] other visitors; the Turkish
[15:] military band playing;
[16:] we left after 1/2 hour, & I
[17:] walked home ~
[18:] At 3 P.M. Eliza, Marie, Alexander
[19:] & I went to call on Sister Medoola
[20:] to render, her two visits to me
[21:] while I was unwell few
[22:] days ago; her young husband
[23:] also was there, we returned
[24:] at 5 P.M. ~
[25:] Weather cold; & fine
[pg: 377]
[1:] The SS. Phrat arrived last night
[2:] ; at 7 P.M.~
[3:] I wrote a letter to Rufail and
[4:] Rezooki Sayegh by the Khalifah
[5:] leaving tomorrow morning,
[6:] My stomach pains me a
[7:] little, I had for dinner some
[8:] soup, a piece of cutlet & potatoes;
10 Sund Ther6. 44 noon 64
[9:] Light N.W. & fine cold[10:] weather;
[11:] The SS. Khalifah left at
[12:] 6 AM. for Basreh;
[13:] Mohsen Pasha the destituted
[14:] Waly of Basreh arrived in the
[15:] SS. Phrat, he is to join his military
[17:] head quarter at Kerkouk;
[18:] At 9 AM. we went to Church
[19:] & then Alexander & I called on
[20:] Menusha & came home at 11;
[21:] Rezooki the son of Risha Andrea &
[22:] husband of Sister Medula called
[23:] on us; also Shekoory Sayegh; Mr.
[24:] Duncan Alexander husband of
[25:] my niece Regina etc ~
[26:] The SS. Mossul arrived at
[27:] 4. P.M. ~
[pg: 378]
1901 Novr
[1:] Johny & Artin called in the evening,[2:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
[3:] I took dinner stew with potatoes
[4:] & rice, but toward midnight
[5:] I had the heartburn, with wind
[6:] & noise in stomach & intestines,
[7:] I felt unwell with little pain,
11 Mond Ther6.47
[8:] Light N.W. breeze & fine[9:] Cold weather;
[10:] Since 4 AM I awoke with
[11:] trouble, wind heartburn and
[12:] pain in stomach, it must be
[13:] last night's dinner, & the abricot
[14:] marmalade I took which
[15:] caused this derangement;
[16:] this lasted all the day & at dinner
[17:] I took soup, & some vegetable,
[18:] I sucked a little pomegranate
[19:] & I felt better at night;
[20:] Johny Pahlawan called in
[21:] the evening;
[22:] Weather mild & fine;
12 Tuesd The6 50
[23:] Light N. Ely breeze & fine,[24:] My bowels worked at 4 AM. loose,
[25:] I feel better, no pain but the
[26:] wind still is working ~
[27:] Catterina widow of Rezooki
[pg: 379]
[1:] Serkis called on us to Condole;
[2:] I went to see Dr. Ramsey at 9 1/2
[3:] I told him that I intend going in
[4:] the Mejidieh this time, and
[5:] that my stomach is still weak
[6:] with much wind & indigestion
[7:] but no pain; he prescribed
[8:] me some medicine to last 12
[9:] days to be taken after each
[10:] meal; also an other bottle
[11:] of the same medicine I took
[12:] to stop the pain whenever
[13:] it comes; I paid him 1/2 Lira,
[14:] The S.S. Phrat left at noon,
[15:] River is rising today and the
[16:] Mossul is alongside discharging,
[17:] At 3 P.M. Eliza Marie Alexander
[18:] & I called on Menusha;
[19:] I took the medicine after breakfast
[20:] & I feel better today than any
[21:] day, no noise or wind in stomach,
[22:] At 6,,25 P.M. the S.S. Mejidieh
[23:] & Barge arrived; I received a letter
[24:] from Rufail; ~
[25:] S. Ely wind & fine weather,
13 Wedn Th6. 55
[26:] Light westerly breeze & fine[27:] weather; I have had no
[pg: 380]
1901 Novr
[1:] trouble in my stomach last[1:] night, or wind; it must be
[2:] the medicine which checked
[3:] it, its taste is very acid like
[4:] Muriatic acid & sweet;
[5:] At 9 AM I went on board the
[6:] Mejidieh, the Mossul is inside
[7:] discharging; ~ I received from
[8:] Metty the balance of cash
[9:] left on board about 2400 GSP.,
[10:] the rest about 31,000 P. he has
[11:] sent to the office, Metty shifted
[12:] his kit to his cabin where
[13:] Vartan was & this latter left
[14:] the ship; I got my cabin washed
[15:] & will send my kit tomorrow;
[16:] We will leave on Sunday;
[17:] At 11 1/2 I came home;
[18:] Antone Marine his wife & two
[19:] daughters Rosa & Ellen called
[20:] on us & spent the evening;
[21:] Light N.W. & fine cold weather,
[22:] I took dinner as usual, having boiled
[23:] fish stew rice etc; & I do not
[24:] feel any wind or derangement
[25:] in Stomach at all;
[pg: 381]
14 Thursd The6.49
[1:] Light N.W. & fine cold[2:] morning; ~ I sent my kit
[3:] to the ship; at 9 I went on board
[4:] the Mejidieh, she begun to discharge
[5:] cargo & the Mossul is loading
[6:] I arranged my kit in the Cabin,
[7:] At 11 left called at Alexander's
[8:] office in the Khan & we then
[9:] Came home to breakfast;
[10:] At 1 1/2 P.M. I went on board
[11:] We shipped cargo, the local
[12:] for the river @ 13 Paras per
[13:] Oke, & the through @ 8 & 9 Paras
[14:] since last voyage I see they
[15:] have risen the freight;
[16:] Our 3rd Mate Mr. MacLure
[17:] is doing nothing, he does
[18:] not take any cargo or do
[19:] any work at all, except
[20:] that he had a woman in
[21:] his cabin all the day, he
[22:] locks her in & then plays
[23:] with his fiddle or mandolin
[24:] in the Saloon ~ At 5 P.M
[25:] I came home, we then
[26:] all went to Antone Marine
[27:] & spent the evening, at
[28:] 8 We came home;
[pg: 382]
1901 Novr
[1:] At 8 1/2 the SS. Baghdad[2:] arrived ~
[3:] I had pain & wind in Stomach
[4:] at night, because I ate
[5:] every thing & even some
[6:] cream & dates & this must
[7:] have given me this trouble
15 Frid The6.52
[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather,[9:] At 8 1/2 AM I called on Menusha
[10:] & at 9 1/2 came on board,
[11:] The wife of Sheikh Khazal
[12:] of Mahomerah, or rather
[13:] the new Bride came from
[14:] Teheran, & other wife Gool
[15:] Hayat & a lot of followers
[16:] are going down with us,
[17:] they want all the cabins
[18:] available we have only
[19:] 3 in the Saloon, the 4th is
[20:] occupied by the Chief Mate
[21:] Mr. Cook ~ as I was going
[22:] home at 11 1/2, Mr. Rappaport
[23:] pulled up in his Boat to
[24:] see me, so I went with
[25:] him to his house, it is
[pg: 383]
[1:] on account of my brothers
[2:] estate settlement, I then
[3:] came home ~
[4:] I took a warm bath ~ Shekoory
[5:] Sayegh & Johnny my nephew
[6:] called & spent the evening
[7:] Menusha, wished me to
[8:] make out a letter in her
[9:] name to the Lynch's, in
[10:] London, stating her present
[11:] pecuniary state after
[12:] my brother's death & requesting
[13:] them to allow her a sort
[14:] of gratification, (as they
[15:] had paid Alice 200 £ Stg
[16:] & to Mrs. Cowley 350 £)
[17:] I made a rough copy out
[18:] & gave it to Johny to have
[19:] it copied & sent;
16' Satur Th6.58
[20:] Light S. Ely breeze and[21:] cloudy weather, a slight
[22:] rain fell early at daybreak,
[23:] weather gloomy;
[24:] At 8 1/2 AM it rained again,
[25:] I came on board the streets
[pg: 384]
1901 Novr
[1:] got muddy & slippery; It cased[2:] at 9 ~
[3:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast & returned
[4:] At 1 P.M Our Mate Mr. Slack
[5:] cannot take cargo, he is so drunk
[6:] & slow in taking that he has
[7:] not given me one number
[8:] yet;
[9:] The river has again fallen
[10:] there is altogether about 1 1/2
[11:] foot rise only, & is falling
[12:] now; weather cleared up
[13:] & became fine;
[14:] We shipped a good deal of Cargo,
[15:] Alexander came to me & at 5 P.M.
[16:] We went home ~
[17:] Light N.W. & getting fine,
17 Sund Th6.
[18:] Light N.W. & fine weather[19:] At 5 AM. I came on board;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 445 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow ~
[20:] At 6,,15 AM. proceeded[21:] from Baghdad ~
[pg: 385]
[1:] At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
[2:] At 11,,5 passed Ctesiphon;
[3:] The Channels are good, although
[4:] there is a little rise of the river
[5:] Gave tickets & finished with
[6:] the passengers;
[7:] Capt. Hanslow has brought
[8:] his wife Beaty with him this
[9:] trip; also her little brother Victor
[10:] We have altogether 141
[11:] Passengers; (8 in 1st Class Cabins
[12:] they are the family of Sheikh
[13:] Khazal of Mohamerah, they
[14:] are taking a new bride a
[15:] Persian lady from Tehran for
[16:] him, they have occupied the
[17:] only 3 Cabins we have in the
[18:] Saloon available, and they have
[19:] 38 1/2 on deck Persians & Arabs
[20:] the Agents of Lynchs have shown
[21:] them much courtesy and
[22:] allowed the baggage to pass free
[23:] of freight; we have also
[24:] in the 2nd Class the wife of Hannosh
[25:] son of Kass Hanna Clerk of
[26:] Lynch Brothers at Basreh &
[27:] two servants with her free,
[pg: 386]
1901 Novr
[1:] At 5,,50 P. M We rounded and[2:] came to above Baghdadieh
[3:] Fort; Calm & fine Weather;
[4:] I took for breakfast today rice
[5:] soup & boiled fowel & a little
[6:] Orange marmalade; I am
[7:] taking milk instead of tea I
[8:] have brought two bottles of milk
[9:] with me; but this afternoon
[10:] I got the wind & indigestion
[11:] but it soon passed down ~
18 Mond Ther6. 52 noon 63 4 P.m.77
[12:] Light N.W. & fine cold[13:] morning ~
[14:] At 6 AM. Got underway, &
[15:] at 6,,15 passed Baghdadieh;
[16:] I slept well last night & had
[17:] no pain ~ I took milk & two eggs
[18:] this morning ~
[19:] At 9 passed Azizieh;
[20:] At 10,,55 anchored & sounded
[21:] at Zeljeh & at 11,,15 proceeded
[22:] At 4,,10 P.M passed Memlah,
[23:] Light N.W. & fine weather
[24:] quite mild;
[25:] At 6,,5 P.M. We rounded &
[26:] Came to at Um el Ajaj for the
[27:] night ~ Light N. W. and
[28:] fine weather ~
[pg: 387]
[1:] I find it very difficult and
[2:] sorrowful, the missing of my poor
[3:] brother Henry, to whom I was
[4:] constantly writing to him our
[5:] voyage down & up river, and
[6:] now I have no one to write
[7:] to, I always forget & think of
[8:] writing to him as usual, it is
[9:] a very Sad blow to us all; I
[10:] am left the only brother, after
[11:] loosing three, first Thomas
[12:] died in July 1860, then Alexander
[13:] the eldest died in Augt 1896, and
[14:] then Henry died on the 17 Octer
[15:] 1901; I have only my three
[16:] sisters still alive, Eliza,
[17:] Emilia & Madalena, Poor
[18:] Henry has left 5 children all
[19:] Young yet, the eldest is Louisa
[20:] married with Yousif Yaghchi &
[21:] who will be 25 Years in next
[22:] March, & then Antone who will
[23:] be 18 by next March, then
[24:] , Hariet, Louis,
[25:] Thomas & Mary; Antone
[26:] has been employed in Lynch's
[27:] Office since about twelve
[pg: 388]
1901 Novr
[1:] days Ago, by Mr. Parry the[2:] Agent ~
[3:] Very light N.W. breeze & fine
[4:] weather;
19 Tuesd The6. 50 noon 65 4 P.m.78
[5:] Light N.W. & fine Cold[6:] morning;
[7:] At 6,,5 AM. we got underway,
[8:] I feel very well, had no pain
[9:] or Wind in stomach last night;
[10:] At 10 Am arrived at Coot
[11:] Went alongside our Coal Depot &
[12:] landed 14 Passengers & 27 Packages
[13:] I hear that the SS. Blosse Lynch
[14:] is coming up this time as the
[15:] Khalifah has been put into
[16:] Dock for repairs, & the Blosse
[17:] has only left Basreh yesterday,
[18:] At 11 We left Coot,
[19:] Took 14 1/2 Passengers ~
[20:] Passed through the Bridge
[21:] of the Sennyeh below Coot,
[22:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
[23:] Saad; Very Calm & fine day;
[24:] At 5,,15 Anchored at
[25:] Mendelyat & Sounded
[26:] At 5,,35 proceeded
[pg: 389]
[1:] At 6, rounded & came to for the
[2:] night at Messenduk; ~
[3:] I have a bad Cold on my head
[4:] & nose since this morning; ~
20 Wedn Ther6. 49 noon 66 4 P.m.73
[5:] Light Ely breeze & fine weather[6:] At 6,,10 Am got underway
[7:] from Messunduk ~
[8:] At 9 passed Ali Gherbi
[9:] At 11,15 passed the S.S. Blosse
[10:] Lynch going up at Flefleh,
[11:] I did not go out to see her, she
[12:] had a Turkish flag flying on
[13:] the mast head for some Turkish
[14:] official;
[15:] Weather becoming Cloudy and
[16:] at 1 P.M. it covered the whole
[17:] sky;
[18:] At 1,,50 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[19:] Cloudy all over with light S.W.
[20:] breeze; it begun to open out at
[21:] 6 1/2;
[22:] At 7,,35 P.M. arrived at
[23:] Amara, landed 23 1/2 Passng
[24:] & 131 Packages;~ Abdulkadur
[25:] Pasha Khdery, Ragheb Effendi the
[26:] Clerk of the Sennyeh, Selman son
[27:] of Mulla Farman etc came
[28:] to me to condole me on the
[29:] death of my brother Henry
[pg: 390]
1901 Novr
[1:] We took 3 Tons of Coal, &[2:] hauled out from the bank;
[3:] At 10 P.M. a telegram was brought
[4:] to me from Alexander dated the
[5:] 18th asking me to ship for him
[6:] 100 Cases of window Glass which
[7:] they have got out, it is shipped
[8:] only to Basreh, as they require it
[9:] very urgently ~
21 Thursd Th6. 53
[10:] Light S. Ely, with some Clouds,[11:] at 4,,10 AM. left Amara,
[12:] Took 13 1/2 Amara passengers;
[13:] I hear that Capt Braine was
[14:] ill with disentry & fever on
[15:] the way up, & the flag that was
[16:] hoisted on the Blosse Lynch
[17:] yesterday was for Ali Beg
[18:] (now Ali Pasha) son of Kassem
[19:] Zheir going to meet the
[20:] new Waly for Basreh
[21:] having left yesterday Baghdad
[22:] in the SS. Baghdad his
[23:] name is Mostapha Noori
[24:] Pasha; he is the brother of
[25:] Haji Nejim Beg a Bimbashy
[26:] who was in Basreh & Baghdad
[27:] about 5 years ago, whom I
[28:] know well, he used to travel
[pg: 391]
[1:] up & down with us ~
[2:] At 1,,30 P.M passed Azair
[3:] Breeze shifted to N. West, but
[4:] it is shifted to N. West, but
[5:] it is still cloudy in most part
[6:] around;
[7:] At 5,,20 passed Gorna,
[8:] At 8,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat &
[9:] barge bound up at Kteban,
[10:] At about 10, a steam Launch
[11:] came up to us with Mirza Hamza
[12:] the Clerk of Sheikh Khazal to
[13:] meet the family & people of
[14:] Sheikh Khazal, also came
[15:] Rezooki Angoorly, & Hannosh
[16:] Kass Hanna, I was asleep;
[17:] At 11,,45 Arrived at Basreh;
22 Frid
[18:] Light N.W. & little cloudy;[19:] Landed passengers; Mirza Hamza
[20:] & Rezooki Angoorly came off,
[21:] I could not resist myself from
[22:] the tears when Rezooki came to
[23:] me; ~ Sheikh Khazal's
[24:] people & Baggage went down
[25:] in a Meheyleh to the Quarantine
[26:] station where the steamer Karoon
[27:] of Sheikh Kazal is waiting
[28:] to take them down to
[29:] Mohamerah; ~
[30:] Rufail came to me, also Rezooki
[31:] his brother, I could not resist
[pg: 392]
1901 Novr
[1:] myself from weeping so much,[2:] & we spoke about my poor
[3:] brother Henry's death;
[4:] The expences that Rufail incurred
[5:] including, Masses prayers etc
[6:] came only to 19 Mejidies; All
[7:] the rest has been done by
[8:] Mr. Bottomley Lynch's Agent
[9:] & on Account of the Company,
[10:] as Coffin Medical fees etc,
[11:] Mr. Bottomley came on board
[12:] & he breakfasted with
[13:] us, I spoke to him & thanked
[14:] him very much & on behalf
[15:] of all my sisters & relatives
[16:] for the trouble he took for
[17:] my brothers funeral and
[18:] interrement at Maghil
[19:] behind the Depot; & if there
[20:] is any expences that we
[21:] owe him, he said there is
[22:] nothing at all;
[23:] There are here the Russian
[24:] steamer, Sigred she brought
[25:] Parraffin, & is at Anchor
[26:] up near Rufail's House
[27:] & an Austro Lloyed steamer
[pg: 393]
[1:] the Istria also up there,
[2:] the Dwena & Locus & Eesther
[3:] Cargo steamers are here,
[4:] and the SS. Afrikander for
[5:] G. Mackenzie & Co is in
[6:] quarantine arrived yesterday,
[7:] At 12 Rezooki came to fetch
[8:] me & I went with him to their
[9:] house, I saw there Rufail, Tookyeh,
[10:] Mina & Yousif Marine, but
[11:] I got so sorry & could not resist
[12:] from the tears & they also webt,
[13:] We talked about my poor
[14:] brother's illness & death, no
[15:] clever doctor is here to attend
[16:] any person ill, except Dr.
[17:] Scroggi, who is not so clever,
[18:] and that same morning (16th
[19:] of Octer, when he was landed &
[20:] taken to Rufail's house Dr. Scroggi
[21:] saw him & then went away
[22:] out to Shoot & did not return till
[23:] sunset; the other native Doctors
[24:] also were fetched, but none it
[25:] seems Knew his illness; it
[26:] was his old complaint of last
[27:] year, either a nerve had burst
[28:] in his head, or his Kidneys
[29:] for after his death; his body
[30:] around his waist was red blue
[pg: 394]
1901 Novr
[1:] he riquired bleeding in the[2:] head but none dared recommend
[3:] it; ~
[4:] We spent the evening and
[5:] dined, & I slept in the sitting
[6:] room with Yousif Marine
[7:] but could not sleep till late,
[8:] & then awoke with a bad
[9:] cold & sneezing;
23 Satur
[10:] Light N.W. & fine Cool[11:] at 8 am I came on board with
[12:] Rezooki Angoorly ~
[13:] We are shipping Cargo ~
[14:] At 8,,45 Am the S.S. Comet
[15:] Came down from Baghdad
[16:] & anchored astern;
[17:] Père Emmanuel also Nessoory
[18:] Andria came to see & condole
[19:] me;
[20:] My stomach is alright, I am
[21:] still continuing taking the
[22:] rice soup & boiled fowel, at
[23:] breakfast & dinner since
[24:] I left Baghdad ~
[25:] The Mail Steamer Pemba
[26:] arrived
[27:] Rfuail, Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly
[28:] Nassoory Andria etc came
[29:] to me ~
[pg: 395]
[1:] At 3 P.M. the Mail St; Pachumba
[2:] left the quarantine, ~
[3:] We finished loading at 3 PM.
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 445 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow;
[4:] At 4 P.M. We got underway[5:] & proceeded; Light N.W. and
[6:] fine weather;
[7:] The Comet is going down to
[8:] Mohamerah tomorrow, to
[9:] fetch some stores came up for
[10:] her from Bombay ~
[11:] I have had a little pain in my
[12:] Stomach this afternoon, I suppose
[13:] it must from the grief I had
[14:] yesterday & today, with the people
[15:] here about my brother's death,
24 Sund The6. 58
[16:] At 0,,15 AM. passed Gorna;[17:] At 5,,5 passed Azair ~
[18:] At 5,,10 Anchored being dark and
[19:] the moon had gone down ~
[20:] At 6 am proceeded ~ Very
[21:] light Ely breeze, Weather foggy
[22:] & misty, with some Clouds,
[23:] Finished with the passenger's
[pg: 396]
1901 Novr
[1:] Tickets ~[2:] We have in all 110 1/2 Passengers
[3:] (three in 1st Class, a new German
[4:] Chancellier called Mr. E.
[5:] Anders, coming from Constanple
[6:] Via Bombay with through
[7:] ticket, for Mr Richarz the
[8:] German Consul; and a young
[9:] Boy of 16 Years & his Sister,
[10:] called Abool hassan the son
[11:] of the Reis Tejjar of Mohamerah,
[12:] and one in 2 Class, the mother
[13:] of Abduljibbar Effendi the
[14:] Lawyer she had come down
[15:] to see her daughter Semiram
[16:] wife of Michail Raffi employed
[17:] at Asfar)~ Also one Donkey
[18:] & a Man with it free, of Mahomed
[19:] Cheleby Pachachi the Reis
[20:] Tejjara of Basreh;
[21:] Weather Getting Cloudy;
[22:] At 1,,55 P.M. landed 3 Passng
[23:] at K. Saleh & took 3 and
[24:] Went on at 2. ~
[25:] At 2,,10 P.M. passed the
[26:] S.S. Baghdad &; Barge going
[27:] down, The New Waly for
[pg: 397]
[1:] Basreh Mostapha Noori
[2:] Pasha on board; his brother
[3:] also, H. Nejim Beg whom
[4:] I know well;
[5:] Weather cloudy all over, & breeze
[6:] shifted to N. East, Moon 13
[7:] days Old ~
[8:] At 8,,10 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Amara, landed 8 Passengers &
[10:] 11 Bales of through Cargo ~
[11:] Took in 10 Tons of Coal,
[12:] we shipped about 129 Packages of
[13:] Cargo, as hides, goats' hair, sheep skins ~
[14:] At 11,,40 P.M. left Amara;
[15:] S. Ely breeze & cloudy all over;
25 Mond The.64 noon74 4 P.m.68
[16:] S. Ely Wind & Very cloudy all over,[17:] Gave tickets to 30 1/2 Amara
[18:] passengers; ~
[19:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed Ali Gherhi,
[20:] Still cloudy all over & S. Ely wind
[21:] At 3 1/2 P.M. a strong shift of wind
[22:] to N. West, & hard squall with
[23:] flying dust came on, and
[24:] Cooled the Atmosphere, Clouds
[25:] breaking up; at 4 a hard Shower
[26:] of rain came down for about
[27:] 5 minutes only; Wind again
[28:] shifted to a fresh S. Easter
[pg: 398]
1901 Novr
[1:] and is sending the Cloud back[2:] up; at 6 the Breeze shifted to
[3:] N. East; it got dampy, and
[4:] clouds clearing up with a fine
[5:] moonlight night a full
[6:] moon today; The river
[7:] is falling since we left Baghdad,
[8:] My stomach is good no
[9:] pain to speak of and no wind
[10:] it is all passing down, I am
[11:] still taking rice soup and
[12:] boiled fowel, & some time a
[13:] stew or roast fowel; and
[14:] no tea at all but milk
[15:] morning & afternoon ~
[16:] At 7,,45 P.M. passed Sheikh
[17:] Saad, ~ Weather getting fine;
26 Tuesd The6.55
[18:] Light N.W. & fine Cold[19:] Weather ~
[20:] At 4,,35 AM. arrived at
[21:] Coot, landed 16 passengers;
[22:] Took 10 Tons of Coal;
[23:] weather cold & very fine
[24:] At 6,,35 left Coot,
[25:] Took 6 Passengers ~
[26:] Fine clear weather, there
[27:] is a slight rise in the river
[pg: 399]
[1:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
[2:] Light N.W. breeze & fine weather
27 Wednes The6.53 noon 70 4 P.m.74
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cold[4:] morning;
[5:] At 3,,45 AM passed
[6:] Azizieh Village ~
[7:] At 8,,20 passed Baghdadieh
[8:] Fort; ~ In passing the village
[9:] of Swereh at 10 1/4 am. We were
[10:] told that the Phrat passed up
[11:] only at about 5 am this morning,
[12:] At 5 P.M. we passed Bostan,
[13:] I could see the smoke of the Phrat
[14:] ahead of us she is about 15
[15:] minutes below Hudeitha;
[16:] although we have been going
[17:] at a reduced steam power,
[18:] they run down the expantion
[19:] & making only from 60 to 65
[20:] pounds pressure ~
[21:] At 8,,40 passed Ctesiphon;
[22:] At 9,,30 touched the shoals at Menary
[23:] backed & tryed to pass, the stern
[24:] of the Barge touched the ground &
[25:] the tiller broke we anchored
[26:] & got the tiller lashed with rope
[27:] it Left at 11,,15;
[28:] Fine cold night ~
[pg: 400]
1901 Novr 28 Thursd Ther6. 51 noon 4 P.m.
[1:] Fine clear & cold weather,[2:] At 2,,25 am passed Diala,
[3:] river; going easy shoal placed,
[4:] I awoke after only two hours
[5:] sleep, I find that we are
[6:] easying on account of the
[7:] S.S. Phrat being close ahead
[8:] of us getting to the bridge
[9:] & she has been waiting for
[10:] us to pass her, we are also
[11:] doing the same, going very easy
[12:] & stopping to let her pass,
[13:] it was 6 am when we passed
[14:] through the Bridge, & the
[15:] Phrat is still close ahead
[16:] we easied, & at 7 touched a
[17:] shoal at Joorf el Rot, took
[18:] anchor out & hove, the Phrat
[19:] went round the reach
[20:] toward Kher ~ We got off
[21:] & awaited for the Blosse
[22:] Lynch's coming down; She
[23:] passed at 8., 10, I see
[24:] Vartan the clerk on board
[25:] with Faraj perhaps he is
[26:] put in Faraj place & the
[pg: 401]
[1:] latter my brother's~ At 8,,15
[2:] we went on ~
[3:] In passing Cherd el Pasha I
[4:] saw the Tents of Polus Serkis &
[5:] Fetoohi Dawd Maghak and
[6:] Apikyan's son etc, all still
[7:] encamped out in this cold
[8:] weather;
[9:] At 10.25 landed the mails at
[10:] the Residency & went up to the
[11:] Custum House; The S.S. Phrat
[12:] has arrived about 1/2 hour before us
[13:] I went home saw Eliza, Alexander
[14:] & Marie all well; Shekoory
[15:] Sayegh called; ~ at 3 P.M. I
[16:] went to see Menusha, she begun
[17:] to weep very bitterly for my brother
[18:] Henry as I related to her about
[19:] his death; I left at 4 1/2 & came
[20:] home; Fine clear weather &
[22:] cold;
29 Frid The@6.49
[23:] Light N.W. fine cold[24:] weather; at 8 1/2 am I came on
[25:] board with Alexander; I paid
[26:] the ship's Company their wages
[27:] for this month; ~ we are
[28:] leaving on Tuesday; the Phrat
[29:] is inside discharging ~
[30:] At 11 I went to Alexander & Shekoory's
[31:] office in the Khan, their business
[pg: 402]
1901 Novr
[1:] is going pretty well, they are[2:] shipping Sheep skins, Gum etc
[3:] & receiving sugar, Leather etc,
[4:] we went home at 12 ;
[5:] I took a warm bath ~ In
[6:] the evening, Antone Marine,
[7:] Johny & Artin called till 7 1/2
[8:] I am now eating other things
[9:] as Rice, Meat, roast fowels et
[10:] Light N.W. & fine weather
30 Satur The@6.52
[11:] Light Northerly breeze,[12:] & fine, at 8 1/2 am. called on
[13:] Menusha & then came on
[14:] board; the Phrat is still
[15:] discharging, having finished
[16:] her Barge;
[17:] The SS. Mossul arrived
[18:] last night at about 7 1/2 P.M;
[19:] We are leaving on Tuesday
[20:] At 11 I went home; passed &
[21:] took Alexander from his Office,
[22:] At 2 P.M. I called on Sister
[23:] Eliza, also on Père Augustin
[24:] he has received a telegram
[25:] from Monsigneur Altmayer
[26:] from France, charging him
[27:] to express to all our family
[28:] his deep condolation on the
[29:] death of my brother Henry
[pg: 403]
[1:] I then called on Alice & Sister
[2:] Emilia, Alexander
[3:] came there & we then,
[4:] came home at 5 P.M;
[5:] S. Ely breeze & fine,
Decr 1 Sund The.6.54
[6:] S. Ely breeze & fine; at 9 am[7:] I went to the Latin church,
[8:] & then called on the Assyrian
[9:] Bishop Aghnatius, and
[10:] had to come on board; they
[11:] sent me the cash book
[12:] from the office to enter all
[13:] expences & wages for Novr
[14:] & send it to them in the morning,
[15:] There is no office today &
[16:] they do not work, but are
[17:] to work on board, the steamer
[18:] is discharging & Shipping
[19:] cargo; At 11 I went
[20:] home; ~ Some visitors called,
[21:] also Sister Medoola & her husband
[22:] Rezooki Andrea; ~
[23:] At 2 P.M. I went to call on
[24:] Mr. Rappaport but was not at
[25:] home; I came on board,
[26:] there is an Awful confusion,
[27:] Cargo is blocked up every
[28:] where & no room, The
[pg: 404]
1901 Decr
[1:] Phrat is loading and we[2:] are discharging & loading;
[3:] Warm weather & fresh
[4:] S. Ely wind, hazy dusty;
[5:] At 4 3/4 P.M. I left the ship &
[6:] went to Sister Eliza, where Alexander
[7:] & Mary are, I took Alexander
[8:] & called on Mr. Richarz the
[9:] German Consul & his new Chancellier
[10:] Mr. Anders who came up with
[11:] us, but they were not at home,
[12:] we called on Edward Blockey,
[13:] as he is going to leave Baghdad
[14:] & go down with us. he is going
[15:] to Melbourn in Australia
[16:] to his uncle he has left his
[17:] fathers Office of Blockey Hotz & co
[18:] Against his father's wish,
[19:] he gets a good pay here
[20:] 250 £ a year; ~ we left &
[21:] came home, & then went
[22:] with Alexander & Mary &
[23:] spent the evening at Antone
[24:] Marine until 7 1/2 P.M.
[pg: 405]
[1:] Eassa Khayat the father
[2:] of Abduljebbar the Lawyer
[3:] died this evening, at an advanced
[4:] age of about 75 years. ~
[5:] Strong S. Ely wind and
[6:] cloudy;
2d Mond Ther6.62 noon 66
[7:] S. Ely wind & cloudy, it[8:] rained a little & thundered after
[9:] midnight; ~
[10:] The SS. Phrat & Barge left
[11:] at 10.30 P.M;
[12:] At 7 it begun to rain
[13:] steadily, & made the streets
[14:] very muddy. I came on board
[15:] at 8 1/2 in the rain; this
[16:] is the first good fall of
[17:] rain that we have had
[18:] yet; It ceased at 9, but the wind
[19:] is strong, & the Phrat could not
[20:] leave on account of it; until
[21:] 12 1/2 AM;
[22:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast
[23:] & came on board at 1 P.M;
[24:] We shipped a good deal of cargo &
[25:] I had to work hard till 6 P.M. when
[26:] I went home with Alexander
[pg: 406]
1901 Decr
[1:] found Shekoory Sayegh there;[2:] I have lent Alexander & Shekoory
[3:] today 150 TLiras for 3 months
[4:] @ 7% Interest & deducted 2 Liras
[5:] & 13 Beshlics my interest; they
[6:] required money for the present
[7:] until their Bonds on merchants
[8:] become due ~
[9:] The streets are mudy; the
[10:] weather still very cloudy, it
[11:] thundered with lightning on
[12:] the south & East;
3 Tuesd Ther6. 54 noon 60 4 P.m.69
[13:] Light S. Westerly; and[14:] weather cleared up & became
[15:] fine ~ at 5 1/2 AM I came on
[16:] board;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 446 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow;
[17:] At 6,,30 AM. got underway[18:] & proceeded;
[19:] Mrs. Hanslow is again going down
[20:] with us, with her little brother
[21:] Victor, to meet their Sister Daisy
[22:] came out from England
[pg: 407]
[1:] who had gone away in 1897
[2:] with her father Capt Cowley;
[3:] At 9,,10 passed Diala river
[4:] The river has risen about 1 1/2 foot
[5:] in all since the day before
[6:] I finished with the Passenger's Tickets
[7:] we have in all 115 1/2 (2 in
[8:] 1st Class, Edward Blockey my
[9:] nephew with a free passage
[10:] he is leaving Baghdad & going
[11:] to Melbourne in Australia to
[12:] his uncle, via Bombay; and
[13:] a Mahomedan Hussein H. Saleh
[14:] and 2 Jewesses in 2nd Class) ~
[15:] At 11 AM. passed Ctesiphon,
[16:] Detained at Oweyn in Shoal water
[17:] from 2,,30 till 2,,40 ~
[18:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine weather,
[19:] Rain has fallen down the river
[20:] too yesterday;
[21:] At 5,,45 P.M. came to for the
[22:] night, above the Fort of Baghdadieh,
[23:] Light Southerly breeze & fine,
4 Wedn The6. 44 Noon 60 4 P.m. 66
[24:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine weather[25:] Cold;
[26:] At 6,,15 AM. proceeded
[27:] At 6,,30 passed Baghdadieh;
[28:] At 9,,10 passed Azizieh
[pg: 408]
1901 Decr
[1:] Weather begun to get cloudy[2:] all over;
[3:] At 0,,25 P.M. passed the
[4:] SS. Baghdad & Barge going up
[5:] at the bottom of Shedeif;
[6:] weather getting very hazy and
[7:] dusty ~
[8:] At 4 P.M. passed Memlah,
[9:] very hazy weather;
[10:] At 5,,45 we anchored at
[11:] Aboo Homar (below Mehdi) weather
[12:] Cloudy a little, & breeze from
[13:] N. Wester & cold;
5 Thursd Ther6. 45 noon 59 4 P.m 64
[14:] Light N.W. & fine Weather[15:] I awoke at 1 1/2 AM. with my bad
[16:] cold, sneezing & nose running the
[17:] water down & could not sleep
[18:] at all; ~
[19:] At 6,,15 AM. We
[20:] proceeded from Aboo Homar
[21:] Cold weather, I have still the
[22:] cold on my head ~
[23:] At 10,,15 arrived at Coot
[24:] landed 4 passengers and 24
[25:] Packages ~ The SS. Phrat is
[26:] here on her way down, she had
[27:] left on Monday noon; At 10,,45
[28:] she left for Basreh;
[29:] At 11,,15 we left Coot ~
[30:] Took 3 Passengers ~
[pg: 409]
[1:] At 3,,15 P.M. we passed the
[2:] S.S. Phrat & Barge steaming down;
[3:] At 5,,55 we rounded and
[4:] Came to for the night at Mendelyat,
[5:] Light N.W. breeze & fine Cold
[6:] weather ~
6 Frid Th6. 43 noon 57 4 P.m. 62
[7:] Light N.W. & fine Cold weather,[8:] we sounded the Channel ahead of
[9:] us at day break ~
[10:] At 6,,20 AM. proceeded
[11:] I feel very Cold; & my nose is still
[12:] running with water & sneezing,
[13:] in the morning; though I slept
[14:] very well; my stomach is good
[15:] no pain as indigestion; I am
[16:] eating all the different dishes
[17:] except curry, & am taking
[18:] milk instead of tea ~
[19:] At 9,,55 passed Ali Gherbi
[20:] Weather getting cloudy, all
[21:] over
[22:] At 2,,30 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
[23:] Weather clearing up ~
[24:] At 8,,10 arrived at Amara
[25:] landed 29 Passengers and 93
[26:] Packages ~ They have had lots
[27:] of rain here to on Monday ~
[28:] We heard that Abdulkadur
[29:] Khdery, has been shot at on
[pg: 410]
1901 Decr
[1:] Wednesday evening at about[2:] 6 P.M. as he was sitting in the
[3:] Coffee shop with a lot of people
[4:] also were there, by a Soldier
[5:] with his Martini Rifle, he
[6:] is the son of Khalil Agha
[7:] formerly his father was at
[8:] Amara, a member of the Mejlis
[9:] & a proprietor of a Garden here
[10:] now is at Diwaniyeh,
[11:] the bullet struck his left
[12:] Shoulder under the amoplate bone
[13:] it passed through clean and
[14:] struck the pillar pierced it
[15:] & struck a walk; the soldier
[16:] run away but was found &
[17:] cought at Chehala outside
[18:] the village of Amara on
[19:] the Hud & is imprisoned
[20:] A Turkish doctor is treating
[21:] Abdulkadur, but Capt Hanslow
[22:] who went to see him; thinks
[23:] it might become serious, &
[24:] it is not know if any bone
[25:] is fractured; His brother
[26:] Kassim is coming up from
[27:] Basreh in his Steam Launch
[pg: 411]
[1:] We hear that the Blosse Lynch
[2:] has left Basreh today; perhaps
[3:] Capt Braine waited to take
[4:] up his wife who arrived in
[5:] the Goolistan about 5 days ago,
[6:] as well as Daisy the daughter
[7:] of Capt; Cowley ~
7 Satur The6. 41 noon 58 4 P.m.
[8:] Light N.W. & fine weather[9:] At 2,,45 AM the S.S. Phrat
[10:] came down to Amara,
[11:] At 4,,45 we proceeded,
[12:] At 6 met the Steams Launch of
[13:] Kassim Khdery with him on
[14:] board going to Amara to see
[15:] his brother Abdulkadur;
[16:] We took 4 Passengers from
[17:] Amara;
[18:] At 9 passed Kalat Saleh;
[19:] At 11 we saw the Blosse Lynch, she
[20:] has stopped at Aboo Roba, waiting
[21:] for us; At 11,,30 we anchored
[22:] above the Blosse Lynch; at Aboo
[23:] Roba; we then weighed and went
[24:] closer down to the Blosse & anchored
[25:] before her bow; the Blosse has
[26:] got some part of the wheel broken
[27:] & been here since 2 hours to
[28:] repair, she is full of passengers
[29:] mostly Persians, Bakhtyaris
[pg: 412]
1901 Decr
[1:] & Bahreynies etc coming[2:] for the Ramazan, we got
[3:] close to the Blosse between the
[4:] little island & the East bank
[5:] through which we are trying
[6:] to shove her & the Barge, so
[7:] that both steamers are touching
[8:] each other; I saw Daizy
[9:] daughter of Capt Cowley and
[10:] her brother Charley they came
[11:] to the bow; they wont come
[12:] on board & been speaking to
[13:] their sister Mrs. Hanslow
[14:] & their brother Victor; Captn
[15:] Braine came on board, also
[16:] Capt. Maning of the Dwena
[17:] is going for pleasure to Baghdad,
[18:] There are also 3 french passengers,
[19:] the Inspector of Public Debts (in
[20:] place of Mr. Rigo who has left &
[21:] been Shifted to Siwas) with his
[22:] wife & an other lady with them,
[23:] At 2,,15 P.M. the Phrat
[25:] came down & anchored up above,
[26:] waiting to pass; ~ The Blosse
[27:] is still near us they are working
[28:] in the wheel; We could not pass
[29:] through the Island with the
[30:] Barg alongside, so we casted
[pg: 413]
[1:] & sent her down ahead; at
[2:] 3 P.M. We passed through &
[3:] dropped down to the Village of
[4:] Aboo Roba;
[5:] At 3,,30 P.M. having made
[6:] fast the Barge Alongside We
[7:] proceeded ~
[8:] At 5,,45 passed Azair ~
[9:] The Phrat is coming behind us;
[10:] Light Cold N.W. breeze & fine,
[11:] At 6,,15, we rounded & came to
[12:] for the night, it became dark, and
[13:] the turnings here are narrow;
[14:] At 6,,30 the SS. Phrat came
[15:] down & passed us;
[16:] At 10, the S.S. Comet came
[17:] up from Basreh, she stopped &
[18:] took her letters & went on;
8 Sund The6. 35 noon 4 P.m.
[19:] Light N.W. & Very Cold[20:] Weather, a little foggy ~
[21:] At 6,,50 AM. proceeded,
[22:] It is very Cold, the Thermometr is
[23:] 35 outside of my Cabin, it must
[24:] be lower than that out in the
[25:] open air ~
[26:] At 7,,50 it became again
[27:] foggy, We easied, it cleared off
[28:] & breeze shifted to S. East;
[29:] At 10,,35 passed Gorna
[pg: 414]
1901 Decr
[1:] Weather became cloudy all[2:] over thickly ~
[3:] The Khalifah has not yet
[4:] been put inside the dock
[5:] at Maghil, she is lying outside,
[6:] At 4,,50 P.M. arrived at
[7:] Basreh; There are the SS. Afrikander
[8:] the King Arthur & the Java
[9:] in Quarantine ~ and up
[10:] here the Cargo steamers Dwena,
[11:] Esther of the Anglo Arabian
[12:] & the Lotus of Bucknall's steamers
[13:] also the Turkish man of
[14:] War Zohaf having come
[15:] up from Kweit & Fao;
[16:] The Nakib Seyd Rajab Effendi
[17:] & Nejim Effendi the brother of
[18:] the new Waly Mostapha
[19:] Noori Pasha, Were sent down
[20:] a few days ago, in the Zohaf
[21:] from Fao to Kweit to see
[22:] Sheikh Mubarek ibn Sobah
[23:] from the part of the Turkish
[24:] Government, offering him
[25:] a Salary of 100 Liras per month
[pg: 415]
[1:] & to give him the choice of
[2:] residing either at Constanple,
[3:] Baghdad or Basreh, his
[4:] answer was an absolute
[5:] decline, remarking that
[6:] he is not in need of money,
[7:] and beside, whoever of the
[8:] Arab Sheikhs or notables
[9:] who have gone to Constanple
[10:] & have returned back; and
[11:] should he leave his place to
[12:] reside elsewhere;
[13:] At 6 I went up to Rufail
[14:] found there Yousif marine,
[15:] Tookyeh & R. Angoorly; but
[16:] Rezooki Sayegh & his wife Mina
[17:] have gone to Basreh since
[18:] yesterday, as Mina's mother
[19:] Terooza has been confined
[20:] the day before of a daughter,
[21:] we dined & Yousif & I slept in
[22:] the sitting room;
9 Mond
[23:] S. Ely breeze, & very cloudy[24:] all over gloomy; It rained
[25:] drizzly at 7 am.
[26:] At 8 I came on board
[27:] we are discharging cargo;
[28:] at 10 I went to the Custum
[pg: 416]
1901 Decr
[1:] House to clear two cases of[2:] Phonographs for Alexander
[3:] Ex. S.S. Afrikander from
[4:] Marseilles shipped only to Basreh,
[5:] but after having waited for
[6:] Nassoory Andrea more than
[7:] half hour he had not come
[8:] out so I left & went to
[9:] Lynch's office saw Mr. Bottomly
[10:] I asked him to give me a
[11:] shipping order for the two
[12:] above cases, he offered me
[13:] to take them free but I did
[14:] not want, so he gave me
[15:] the order @ 12 Paras per Oke,
[16:] I then went to Rezooki Sayegh
[17:] in the consulate; it is now
[18:] in an other house next to
[19:] Lynchs of Haji Monsoor
[20:] where they have shifted
[21:] as the Old Consulate is
[22:] bought from the Meymany
[23:] by the government and
[24:] now it is pulled down
[25:] & being newly built,
[26:] the first floor is not completed
[27:] yet; I went with Rezooki
[pg: 417]
[1:] to see it & it looks fine,
[2:] the building is more Solid
[3:] & larger with more rooms,
[4:] I came on board at 12
[5:] & had again to go to the Custum
[6:] House, as Nessoory sent for
[7:] me, I went & he wanted
[8:] to know the number on the
[9:] cases as they have been
[10:] opening the wrong ones;
[11:] so I left him to settle its
[12:] duty & came on board
[13:] sent Hamady to bring
[14:] them on board ~
[15:] Fresh S. Ely wind, it also
[16:] rained a little at 10 am;
[17:] At 2 P.M. I went up to Rufail,
[18:] weather became very cloudy
[19:] & gloomy, at 2 1/2 it begun to
[20:] rain heavily, it stopped and
[21:] commenced at 4 & it came
[22:] steadily & heavy, the grounds
[23:] were flooded, & kept for
[24:] about 2 hours, It remained
[25:] very Cloudy & dark, wind Shifted
[26:] to N.W. when the hard rain
[27:] came down at 4 ~
[28:] I dined & slept at Rufail, but
[pg: 418]
1901 Decr
[1:] Yousif Marine had gone this[2:] morning to Shaebyeh;
10 Tuesd
[3:] Light N.W. breeze and[4:] thick fog, It cleared off at
[5:] 8 1/2 am. & became fine,
[6:] at 8 1/2 I came on board,
[7:] I found the two cases of Phonographs
[8:] of Alexander on board, the
[9:] duty came to G.S.P. 140 for
[10:] 5 Phonographs & Cylinders etc;
[11:] We are Shipping cargo,
[12:] Père Pièrre the Carmelite
[13:] Superior who had gone to France
[14:] & Rome last year, has arrived
[15:] here last Sunday in the mail
[16:] Steamer Via Bombay, with
[17:] two other new fathers (one
[18:] is an Irishman) but these two
[19:] had come in the mail steamer
[20:] of the former one & have
[21:] made their 10 days Quarantine
[22:] & are in Basreh, Père Pièrre
[23:] had landed in Bushire
[24:] & came up last Thursday
[25:] so he will not be out of
[26:] Quarantine before next
[27:] Sunday ~
[pg: 419]
[1:] We finished taking Cargo at
[2:] 3 P.M.~ we have no Indian
[3:] mails to take up;
[4:] Edward my nephew came
[5:] to bid me good bye he leaves
[6:] on Friday by the mail Steamer
[7:] Java for Bombay & then
[8:] to Melbourne in Australia
[9:] Flood tide made up,
[10:] Nassoory Andria, Rezooki
[11:] Angoorly & Mirza Hamza
[12:] came to me;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 446 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow;
[13:] At 4 P.M. we got underway[14:] & proceeded;
[15:] At 8 passed the S.S. Mossul
[16:] & Barge bound down;
[17:] Light n.w. & fine weather
[18:] At 11,,15 passed Gorna ~
11 Wednes Ther6.50
[19:] Light n.w. & foggy a little[20:] At 1,,25 am dropped anchor,
[21:] foggy & dark;
[22:] At 6,,30 proceeded,
[23:] some clouds on East & South,
[24:] Finished with the passengers
[pg: 420]
1901 Decr
[1:] tickets[2:] We have altogether 180
[3:] Passengers (2 in 1st Class,
[4:] Nessoory Eassayi & messing
[5:] with us, & a Mohamedan
[6:] Abdullatif a priopriter of
[7:] Gardens at Howedir, and
[8:] 2 in 2nd Class a nephew of the
[9:] Persian Consul of Basreh
[10:] & his man, he is called Mo=
[11:] daffar Khan) also 2 deck free
[12:] At 8,,40 passed Azair,
[13:] The river is rising here about,
[14:] Breeze shifted to S. East
[15:] & became cloudy all over
[16:] since 2 P.M. ~
[17:] At 4,,30 P.M. passed Kalat Saleh,
[18:] N. Ely breeze & cloudy all over;
[19:] new moon today ~
[20:] The river has risen much
[21:] about 2 1/2 feet & water turbid,
[22:] It is getting dark; ~
[23:] At 8,,30 P.M. dropped
[24:] anchor at Aboo Sedra, it is
[25:] getting dark & very cloudy;
12 Thurs The6.56
[26:] Very cloudy gloomy dark[27:] It begun to rain at about
[pg: 421]
[1:] 6 am;
[2:] At 6,,30 am. we proceeded
[3:] Gloomy dark & raining drizzly,
[4:] At 9,,30 arrived at Amara
[5:] still raining continually,
[6:] landed 18 passengers, and
[7:] 31 heavy Bales of through Cargo
[8:] Which we had to go up near
[9:] the Custum House to send them
[10:] as the ground is very muddy
[11:] & watery;
[12:] Abdulkadur Pasha Khdery
[13:] Went up in the Blosse Lynch
[14:] on monday night, and Kassim
[15:] his brother also went and
[16:] on meeting the Mossul coming
[17:] down his other brother Yassin
[18:] came from Baghdad and
[19:] so they changed. Yassin
[20:] went up in the Blosse and
[21:] Kassim came down here in
[22:] the Mossul, his steam Launch
[23:] is here yet, but Behjet the
[24:] son of Nassoory went up
[25:] with Abdulkadur, the
[26:] Blosse passed Azizieh yesterday
[27:] morning ~
[28:] At 11 we went up to the Custum
[pg: 422]
1901 Decr
[1:] House & discharged the 31[2:] Bales, raining still;
[3:] At 0,,30 P.M. left Amara
[4:] we took 10 Tons Coal when we
[5:] were alongside the Depot;
[6:] Raining continues & weather
[7:] very cloudy gloomy & dull;
[8:] Took from Amara 25
[9:] Passengers & 130 Packages of
[10:] Cloth, Hide, Twist & Skins;
[11:] Rain ceased at 1 P.M. but it
[12:] is very cloudy & gloomy,
[13:] The river has risen about
[14:] 4 feet; They say that in
[15:] Baghdad it rose about 6
[16:] feet;
[17:] Weather became very dark & Cloudy
[18:] after sunset ~
[19:] Today is the first day of the
[20:] Ramadan fasting day with the
[21:] Mahomedans, they have fasted
[22:] in Baghdad today, but at Amara
[23:] it will be tomorrow, because
[24:] they could not see the new moon
[25:] yesterday as it was cloudy,
[26:] At 7,,35 P.M. we anchored
[27:] it being too dark & Cloudy
[28:] N. Easterly breeze ~
[pg: 423]
[1:] At 11,,00 Got underway, still
[2:] Cloudy, but opening ~
13 Frid The6. 55 noon 62 4 P.m.66
[3:] Light N.W. & Cloudy weather,[4:] It is clearing up from the north;
[5:] River keeps rising ~
[6:] At 1 AM passed Ali Sherghi;
[7:] At 8,,55 AM landed one
[8:] passenger at Ali Gherbi, and
[9:] went on at 8,,40, they say that
[10:] it has not rained here yesterday,
[11:] At 4,,15 P.M. passed Sheikh
[12:] Saad, Strong N.W. wind
[13:] and the river is still rising
[14:] it is red & turbid
14 Saturd Ther6. 48 noon 59 4 P.m 65
[15:] N.W. wind & fine weather ~[16:] At 2 AM arrived at Coot,
[17:] landed 9 passengers, and took
[18:] 10 Tons of Coal; Cold weather,
[19:] River is falling about one foot
[20:] At 4 AM left Coot ~
[21:] Fresh N.W. wind blowing and
[22:] very fine Cold weather;
[23:] Took 12 Passengers from Coot
[24:] The S.S. Baghdad was at Coot on
[25:] her way ~ They have had no rain
[26:] at Coot on Monday & Thursday
[27:] as we had, but it rain in other
[28:] places as Bedra, Mendelli &
[29:] the Hai river ~
[pg: 424]
1901 Decr
[1:] At 3 P.M. passed Memlah,[2:] fresh N.W. wind & fine,
[3:] The river has fallen about
[4:] two feet here about Sheresh
[5:] & further up ~
[6:] Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
15 Sund Ther.6.48 noon. 60 4 P.M. 64
[7:] At 2,,30 AM. passed Azizieh,[8:] Light N.W. & Wind & fine
[9:] weather
[10:] At 7,,25 passed Baghdadieh
[12:] Fine cold weather;
[13:] The river has fallen about 3
[14:] feet;
[15:] Mrs. Hanslow wished to land
[16:] somewhere & have a walk across
[17:] the desert, she asked me, so
[18:] I accepted to land with her, and
[19:] at 10,,45 we landed at the bottom
[20:] of Dawar reach taking the
[21:] little Boy son of Capt Cowley
[22:] (her brother about 8 years old)
[23:] and 2 deckmen, we crossed
[24:] toward Oweyn, a dry desert
[25:] no brushes or grass, but the ground
[26:] is ploughed for hopes of rain
[27:] & I hear the Arabs say they
[pg: 425]
[1:] have had none here, I mis=
[2:] calculated my direction and
[3:] by 12 we got to the bank of
[4:] Oweyn & walked up river
[5:] here I shot one partridge,
[6:] the only one flew before me;
[7:] but I saw about 5 flying in
[8:] the distance & that was all,
[9:] I shot also a fine Snake about
[10:] 3 feet long, almost under my
[11:] feet as I was jumping a Canal,
[12:] At 0,,35 P.M. we sat and
[13:] awaited the Mejidieh a little
[14:] below Naher Sheheil canal,
[15:] At 1,,45 P.M. the Mejidieh came
[16:] up & we embarked & went on
[17:] I did not feel tyered at all;
[18:] At 8,,30 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
[19:] At 9,,30 grounded at Menari
[20:] worked back but she wont move
[21:] Took an anchor out astern &
[22:] hove off,
16 Mond The6. 44
[23:] At 0,,35 AM. we left[24:] Menari near Gusseiba ~
[25:] At 3,,20 passed Diala river
[26:] I could not sleep after this time,
[27:] and got up after passing the
[pg: 426]
1901 Decr
[1:] Bridge of Gherrarah, ~[2:] Very Cold weather, Light N.W.
[3:] breez & very fine ~
[4:] At 7,,20 AM passed the
[5:] S.S. Blosse Lynch going down
[6:] at the Kher ~
[7:] At 8,,15 landed the mails
[8:] at the Residency (we have no Indian
[9:] mail, the Blosse had brought two)
[10:] we went up to the Custum House
[11:] no steamers are here; I went
[12:] home saw all well;
[13:] At 10 came on board & sent
[14:] money to the Office & then
[15:] went home Mr. Rappaport
[16:] called on us; he asked me
[17:] to call on him either today or
[18:] tomorrow with Menusha
[19:] so as to finish the settlement
[20:] of my brother Henry's estate
[21:] & divide the property & cash
[22:] among the children & deduct
[23:] the expences etc ~ At 2 P.M.
[24:] I called on Menusha and
[25:] at 3 1/2 I took her & went to
[pg: 427]
[1:] Mr. Rappaport, he gave us an
[2:] awful work & lots of documents
[3:] & papers to Sign, The
[4:] inventory of all the Effects,
[5:] furniture etc in the house,
[6:] as well as the cash which he
[7:] has in his possession of TLiras
[8:] 168, 13 Mejidies, 4 Krs & 1 1/2
[9:] GSP, in all amounted to 38,060 2/4
[10:] G. S. Piasters; & deducting the
[11:] expences of G. S. P. 1526 incurred
[12:] for funeral etc & the Balance
[13:] has been divided among the
[14:] 5 minor children to each
[15:] about 7,600 P. & he retains
[16:] the money until some place
[17:] is found so as to put it on
[18:] interest, we left at 5 1/2 P.M.
[19:] I came home found Antone
[20:] Marine there;
[21:] Light N.W. & fine cold
[22:] weather;
17 Tuesd
[23:] Light N.W. & fine cold[24:] weather; at 8 1/2 AM.
[25:] called on Menusha then
[26:] on Sister Medula and
[pg: 428]
1901 Decr
[1:] Came on board, We are[2:] discharging & are leaving
[3:] on Friday ~ Again Mr.
[4:] Rappaport sends me
[5:] documents & papers and
[6:] other bother which takes
[7:] all my time to do this
[8:] work; ~ at 10 I called on him,
[9:] We talked about the expences that
[10:] Menusha has made & it must
[11:] be paid out of the money he
[12:] has now left with him, he
[13:] will have to pay it & wants
[14:] a list of the expences made
[15:] out; he also wants me to
[16:] send him my passport to be
[17:] changed for next year
[18:] also that of my brother Henry
[19:] to be changed in the name
[20:] of his Widow & the 5 children
[21:] also all the papers of my son
[22:] Alexander his certificates of
[23:] Batitismal, & that of his Marriage
[24:] & others about his military
[25:] service & the one about the
[26:] indemnity he had to pay 60
[27:] Kronen etc ~
[pg: 429]
[1:] I went to Menusha & explained
[2:] all to her, & then went home,
[3:] At 4 P.M. I took Alexander
[4:] & called to Condole Kesboor
[5:] & Risha sons of Maghak
[6:] Kasperkhan on the death
[7:] of their Sister Ferida the
[8:] day before Yesterday; We then
[9:] called on Abduljebbar Effendi
[10:] the Lawyer, to Condole him on
[11:] the death of his father Eassa
[12:] Khayat last trip when I was
[13:] here; & we came home,
[14:] Johny my nephew called, also
[15:] Johny Pahlawan ~
[16:] Light N.W. & fine Weather
18 Wedne The6. 42
[17:] Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather,[18:] At 8 1/2 Am called on Menusha
[19:] & then came on board; We
[20:] are shipping Cargo, Rate of
[21:] freight is lowered from 13 to
[22:] 11 Paras; ~
[23:] At 11 1/2 I went to breakfast, took
[24:] Alexander from his office on my
[25:] way~ At 1 1/2 P.M. Came on
[26:] board, we are shipping cargo,
[27:] The river has fallen down
[28:] about 6 feet, all that had risen
[pg: 430]
1901 Decr
[1:] At 3 1/2 P.M. I left the Ship and[2:] took Metty with me & Went to
[3:] see Abdulkadur Khdery in
[4:] his house at Babel Sheikh, he
[5:] Came up in the Blosse Lynch,
[6:] I found him better, he is being
[7:] treated by Dr. Ramsey; and it
[8:] appears that he is getting much
[9:] better, No bone is broken in his
[10:] arm; ~ I then called on Monsr.
[11:] Rouet but left quick as they
[12:] were playing cards with Mr.
[13:] Giulietti & Sasson Effendi;
[14:] I called also on our neighbour
[15:] the Pahlawan family for
[16:] few minutes & came home;
[17:] Light N.W. & fine Cold
[18:] Weather;
19 Thursd Th6. 40
[19:] Light N.W. fine and[20:] Cold weather ~ at 8 1/2 Am
[21:] I came on board;
[22:] Today is the Birth day of the
[23:] Russian Emperor Nicola, but
[24:] the Russian Consul Mr. Grooglo is
[25:] unwell & he has not held a
[26:] reception ~
[27:] Mr. Rappaport came in
[28:] his Boat alongside the
[pg: 431]
[1:] ship he brought me the Bond
[2:] of Rufail Sayegh for the 60 Liras
[3:] due to My Brother Henry to
[4:] be either changed or take the
[5:] Money, & he took a receipt
[6:] from me for it; ~
[7:] At 11 I went home to breakfast,
[8:] found there Sister Medoola, also
[9:] the two Assyrian Priests; then
[10:] Called Madm Giulietti, her
[11:] daughter & her daughter in law
[12:] Wife of Antoine, who has been
[13:] newly married last month,
[14:] At 1 P.M. I came on board,
[15:] The SS. Phrat & Barge arrived
[16:] at 1 P.M; ~
[17:] There is not much through cargo for
[18:] shipment We got only about 51,000 Okes,
[19:] and about 69000 Local, there are
[20:] some Wheat 450 Bags for Amara
[21:] & Basreh shipped at 4 Paras per Oke,
[22:] The 2d mate Slack who is taking
[23:] the Local Cargo, is very nasty in his
[24:] ways of grumbling & cursing the
[25:] people, he drinks & keeps sweering
[26:] at every body, he did the same
[27:] with me in my Cabin in giving
[28:] me Cargo & became impertinent
[29:] in his way, so we had a
[pg: 432]
1901 Decr
[1:] quarrel, he made me very vexed, by his[2:] disgusting manners; he also
[3:] pushed the shippers of Cargo
[4:] & some Went to complain
[5:] to Mr. Parry in the office, I
[6:] reported him to Capt Hanslow
[7:] when he came on board, and
[8:] he spoke to him; But our
[9:] mates have got very independent,
[10:] they have taken great liberty
[11:] with the Captain, & this is the
[12:] Consequence ~
[13:] Alexander came to me; and
[14:] at 5 P.M. we went home;
[15:] Light N.W. & fine Cold Weather
20 Frid The6. 41 noon 58 4 P.m.66
[16:] Light N.W. & Cold fine[17:] weather; At 5 1/2 Am. I came
[18:] on board;
S.S. Mejidieh Voy 447 Baghdad to Basreh Barge in tow;
[19:] At 6,,30 AM. got underway;[20:] Cold weather & chily ~
[21:] At 9 passed Diala river
[22:] At 10,,35 passed Ctesiphon,
[pg: 433]
[1:] Finished with the Passengers, We
[2:] have 113 /2 in 1st Class, Captain
[3:] Manning of Strick's cargo steamer
[4:] Dwena at Basreh with free
[5:] passage by Lynch Brothers, he had
[6:] come up in the Blosse Lynch,
[7:] and the wife of the Jew Saleh
[8:] the Custum House storekeeper
[9:] of Baghdad & her servant, also
[10:] 2 Turks in the 2 Class Cabin,
[11:] At 12 Am passed the
[12:] SS. Mossul & Barge going up at
[13:] Safi, I saw Père Pièrre the
[14:] superior of the Carmelite fathers &
[15:] the two other fathers he is bringing
[16:] With him; he had left Baghdad
[17:] about a year ago;
[18:] At 4,,40 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
[19:] Fort ~ Very light breeze & some
[20:] clouds ~
[21:] At 5,,50 rounded & Anchored at
[22:] Rmelat; Weather Calm with some
[23:] Clouds~
21 Satur The6. 44 noon 57 4 P.m 67
[24:] Light N.W. & fine cold morning[25:] At 6,5 AM. proceeded ~
[26:] At 7,20 passed Azizieh; ~
[27:] Weather Very fine & cold
[28:] At 1,,20 P.M. passed Memlah
[pg: 434]
1901 Decr
[1:] At 6,,40 P.M. arrived at Coot;[2:] landed 15 1/2 Passengers & 20 Packages
[3:] Fine weather & clear moonlight
[4:] night 10 days Old; We hauled
[5:] off the bank & remained for the night
Sund Th6. 45 noon 60 4 P.m67
[6:] Light N.W. & fine Cold[7:] morning ~
[8:] At 6,,15 AM. left Coot,
[9:] Passed through the Bridge of
[10:] the Sennyeh below Coot;
[11:] Took 7 Passengers from Coot
[12:] Weather begun to get cloudy,
[13:] At 1,,15 P.M. passed the
[14:] S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
[15:] up at Seyd Abbass;
[16:] At 2,,45 passed Ali Gherbi,
[17:] At 6,,30 we rounded & came to
[18:] for the night near Skheryeh;
[19:] Fine clear moonlight night
[20:] but Capt Hanslow did not
[21:] Wish to get down to Basreh
[22:] tomorrow night as he says we
[23:] shall be kept three days there,
[24:] on account of Christmas day
[25:] when all Offices are closed &
[26:] no work will be done ~
[pg: 435]
23 Mond Ther 6. 42 noon 57 4 P.m.64
[1:] Light N.W. & little cloudy, but[2:] Cold weather ~
[3:] At 6 AM. proceeded;
[4:] The Blosse Lynch passed up at
[5:] 5,,55 AM just before we got
[6:] underway;
[7:] At 0,,10 P.M. arrived
[8:] at Amara, landed 15 1/2 Passeng
[9:] & 189 Packages (150 Bags of
[10:] wheat also included) They have
[11:] had no rain here since we left
[12:] last time ~ Kassim Khdery is
[13:] still here & his steam Launch
[14:] too, he is looking after the business
[15:] of his brother Abdulkadur
[16:] until he gets well;
[17:] At 2 P.M. We left Amara,
[18:] At 5,,50 Anchored above Kalat
[19:] Saleh, weather Cloudy a little,
[20:] & rather Calm;
24 Tuesd The6. 46
[21:] Very light N.W. Air & cloudy weather,[22:] At 6,,15 AM. we proceeded from
[23:] above Kalat Saleh ~ Clouds are
[24:] clearing off ~
[25:] At 10,30 passed Azair;
[26:] At 2,,5 P.M. landed 2 passengers
[27:] at Gorna & went on at 2,,10;
[28:] In passing Maghil, We see
[29:] the Khalifah is still out in
[pg: 436]
1901 Decr
[1:] the river she has not been put[2:] into dock yet, & also the
[3:] SS. Malamir is up there to
[4:] undergo repairs, I cannot
[5:] make out the Cause, it is
[6:] Very curious way they are
[7:] working now;
[8:] At 7,,40 P.M. arrived at
[9:] Basreh; Fine clear weather moon
[10:] 13 days Old; There is only the
[11:] Persian Str Nassery in quarantine
[12:] & here the three cargo steamers,
[13:] Esther, Dwena & Lotus ~
[14:] Rufail sent me his Bellem
[15:] & at 8 I went up to him, found
[16:] him alone by himself & had
[17:] turned in, all the rest are in town,
[18:] Rezooki his brother also with his
[19:] wife Mina who got confined
[20:] of a son on Monday last after
[21:] midnight in Basreh, & also
[22:] Tookyeh & her children are in town,
[23:] We sat up talking till 10 P.M.
[24:] but I lost my sleep & could not
[25:] sleep till late ~
[pg: 437]
25 Wedn Ther6.45
[1:] Modte Cold N.W. Wind and[2:] Very fine & clear Weather;
[3:] Christmas day; at 8 Am
[4:] I came on board; sent the Kit
[5:] & other thing with Rufail's
[6:] Belem to Basreh to Tookyeh
[7:] & others, and at 9 1/2 I went again
[8:] up to Rufail to breakfast
[9:] with him & go up to Yousif
[10:] Marine at Shaebyeh, and
[11:] also to Visit my brother's tomb,
[12:] at Maghil; ~ at 12 Rufail &
[13:] I went up to Maghil, Visited the
[14:] Cemetry of the Company in the
[15:] Ground of Lynch behind the Depöt
[16:] where my brother Henry is buried
[17:] the grave is not built up yet,
[18:] the cemetery is well kept up, there
[19:] are several people buried in it,
[20:] Mr. Johnstone the former Vice
[21:] Consul, Mr. Robertson also the
[22:] Vice Consul & his two children
[23:] died during the Cholera in 1889
[24:] & also my brother in law Mr.
[25:] Rogers the Vice Consul husband
[26:] of sister Emilia died in 1862
[27:] & some others; it is enclosed
[28:] by a fine Iron railings got
[29:] from England by a gift
[pg: 438]
1901 Decr
[1:] from Mrs. Robertson (now[2:] Lady Claude Macdonald
[3:] English Ambassador at
[4:] Pekin) We also visited the
[5:] Other English Cemetry further
[6:] up on the river of other English
[7:] Merchants etc, but there are
[8:] only about 4 or 5 graves in
[9:] this one there is a charge to
[10:] pay of about 10 £ for burial,
[11:] At 2 P.M. we crossed over
[12:] to Yousif Marine at Shaebyeh
[13:] & spent the time, we walked
[14:] around his property; and we
[15:] then dined & slept with him,
[16:] weather fine & cold ~
26 Thursd
[17:] Light S. Ely air cold, and[18:] little cloudy ~ I took my milk
[19:] & Eggs with Yousif & Rufail
[20:] & left them at 7 3/4 am. &
[21:] came down in the Bellem
[22:] to the Mejidieh got on board
[23:] at 8 3/4; We are shipping Cargo
[24:] & taking Coal;
[25:] The SS. Khalifah entered into dock
[26:] last night with the flood tide;
[pg: 439]
[1:] The mail Str Assyria arrived this
[2:] morning to the quarantine; also
[3:] an other extra B. I. Str the
[4:] Magna arrived yesterday;
[5:] The SS. Nassery came up from
[6:] the quarantine & went right up
[7:] to Maghil to burry her Chief
[8:] Engineer died on board this
[9:] morning from a long complaint
[10:] of inflammation of the brain,
[11:] Rezooki Sayegh came to
[12:] me, he has Christened his newly
[13:] born son on Sunday and
[14:] was named Albert Fathalla
[15:] Emmanuel; Rezooki Angoorly
[16:] also came to me, I settled with
[17:] him my brother's account &
[18:] left due to him 132 1/2 Kerans
[19:] he gave a receipt for it;
[20:] Mr. Bottomley came on board,
[21:] he has given up his resignation
[22:] from the Lynchs, & his successor
[23:] the New Agent is coming
[24:] out in the S.S. Kourdistan
[25:] in About 10 days more;
[26:] We finished loading at About
[27:] 2 P.M., received the Mails,
[28:] Flood tide made up at
[29:] 2 P.M. ~
[pg: 440]
1901 Decr
S.S. "Mejidieh" Voy 447 Basreh to Baghdad Barge in tow;
[1:] At 3,,50 P.M. We got underway[2:] & proceeded; Cloudy all over
[3:] & Calm; moon 15 days old,
[4:] At 9,,30 passed Gorna
27 Frid Th.6.42 noon 61 4 P.m.67
[5:] Light S. Ely breeze & fine Cold[6:] weather ~
[7:] At 3,,15 AM. passed Azair
[8:] At 3,,45 anchored ~
[9:] At 6 AM. proceeded
[10:] Cold weather & fine ~ S. Ely breeze,
[11:] Finished with the Passengers
[13:] Tickets, We have altogether 132 1/2
[14:] Passengers; (2 in 1st Class, the
[15:] Inspector of Post Offices Mr.
[16:] J Gorman & two servants also
[17:] his Clerk a Portuguese Mr. Pereira
[18:] in 2d Class & all are free With
[19:] Messing Too; We have also Mr.
[20:] Darby in 1st Class & servant also free by
[21:] Mr. Bottomley's order, he is now
[22:] Strick's Agent at Basreh for
[23:] the Anglo African Steamers
[pg: 441]
[1:] as Strick is trying to get G.
[2:] Asfar out of the agency business,
[3:] & has changed the company's
[4:] name into Anglo African, though
[5:] the agency of loading and
[6:] reloading the steamers are still
[7:] carried by Asfar; we shall see
[8:] when the latter returns from
[9:] London what will be done; I
[10:] heard that G. Asfar has had to
[11:] pay Strick large amount of losses,
[12:] and the case went against him;
[13:] of nearly 20,000 £ damage
[14:] At 11,,50 landed 6 Passengers
[15:] at Kalat Saleh & went on at 11,,55
[16:] Took one passenger;
[17:] S. Ely wind & fine ~
[18:] At 6,, P.M. arrived at Amara
[19:] landed 11 passengers & 15 Bales
[20:] Through Cargo; we took in 10 Tons
[21:] of Coal, and shipped 196 Packages of
[22:] Hides, Dye Wosmah, Bales of Cloth
[23:] & other Stuff ~
[24:] At 9,,20 left Amara, ~
[25:] Calm & fine weather.
28 Satur Th6 48
[26:] Light air & fine weather ~[27:] At 4,,45 am passed Ali Sherghi;
[28:] Gave tickets to 23 1/2 Amara
[pg: 442]
1901 Decr
[1:] Passengers amongst them, there[2:] is the prisoner, the soldier son
[3:] of Khalil Agha who fired
[4:] & wounded Abdulkadur
[5:] Khdery, he is sent up with Six
[6:] Guard soldiers, by order of
[7:] Kadem Pasha (now acting in
[8:] the absence of the Commander
[9:] in Chief of the Troops who is still
[10:] in Basreh) to be tryed in
[11:] Baghdad;
[12:] At 9,,30 passed the S.S. Phrat
[13:] & Barge bound down, above
[14:] Flefleh, she has many passengers
[15:] pilgrims;
[16:] At 11,,15 passed Ali
[17:] Gherbi;
[18:] Since Christmas day when
[19:] I was at Rufail & breakfasted
[20:] with him, he had roast fowel, also
[21:] stew & rice & I took a small piece
[22:] of cream & jam, I did not feel
[23:] well in my stomach & also at
[24:] Yousif Marine where we dined
[25:] & slept, Yesterday I slept bad also,
[26:] my stomach was heavy & with
[27:] slight pain like a boil in it,
[28:] But today I feel worse,
[29:] & especially since I took my
[pg: 443]
[1:] milk at 2 P.M. with a small
[2:] piece of boiled fowel; I cannot
[3:] know the cause, my stomach
[4:] apparently became weak &
[5:] I am inclined to vomit, and
[6:] am throwing saliva constantly
[7:] with pain I cannot press on
[8:] it, it is puffed up with wind
[9:] At 5,,45 P.M passed
[10:] Sheikh Saad, Light n.w.
[11:] & fine weather;
[12:] I took a drop of bitter Swiss, but
[13:] felt worse, so I took a drop of
[14:] arak with water, still, it made
[15:] me sick, & the saliva that came
[16:] up constantly; at last at 6 1/2
[17:] I could not resist & vomited
[18:] all the liquid I had in stomach
[19:] & felt relieved; I took no dinner
[20:] except about four spoonful of
[21:] soup in my cabin; I washed
[22:] my feet with hot water & turned
[23:] in, I feel very thirsty;
29 Sund Th6.45
[24:] At 1.15 am. we touched below[25:] Coot reach after passing the Bridge,
[26:] backed & went on at 1,,30 ~
[27:] At 2,,30 arrived at Coot,
[28:] landed 8 passengers & took in
[29:] 10 Tons of Coal; I slept very
[pg: 444]
1901 Decr
[1:] little, I awoke at 1 am, with[2:] the pain in my stomach, with
[3:] nausea & inclined to vomit;
[4:] & could not sleep since, I
[5:] took only a little Liebig broth
[6:] in hot water in the morning,
[7:] At 4,,35 we left Coot;
[8:] weather getting cloudy;
[9:] Took 9 Passengers from
[10:] Coot;
[11:] At 8,,30 am passed the
[12:] S.S. "Mossul" & Barge going down
[13:] on top of Um el Boonni;
[14:] I have had no breakfast, I cannot
[15:] eat anything, I got some rice soup
[16:] made, but could not take any,
[17:] only about 2 spoons, it lays on
[18:] my stomach whatever I take,
[19:] I feel the pain in my stomach much,
[20:] At 2 P.m. I again hove up
[21:] all I had taken as water, the Liebig
[22:] broth etc; but I feel myself relieved,
[23:] At 2,,10 passed Memlah,
[24:] I took a dose of fruit Salt, & I felt
[25:] better by it, but it stirred up the
[26:] Bile & made me very thirsty, so
[27:] I was obliged to take soda water
[28:] with little whisky in it, as I begin
[pg: 445]
[1:] to feel weak for want of nurishment,
[2:] I have taken nothing for the last
[3:] 24 hours ~ I got a little rice
[4:] soup brought to me but could
[5:] not touch it not feeling inclined,
[6:] so I turned in, I feel so giddy
[7:] & want to sleep, it is the bile
[8:] that has been stirred up,
30 Mond The6.47
[9:] At 0,,40 Am. passed Azizieh;[10:] At 5,,10 passed Baghdadieh;
[11:] Light N.W. & cloudy a little;
[12:] I took a dose of fruit salt
[13:] early this morning, & I took a
[14:] little Liebig broth instead of Tea,
[15:] my bowels don't work at all,
[16:] I used an Enegma, but still it
[17:] did not work; I have had
[18:] no pain in stomach all the
[19:] night; I have used the medicine
[20:] of Dr. Ramsey which he used
[21:] to give it to me last month,
[22:] to be taken when the great pain
[23:] comes, I took it three times yesterday,
[24:] I paid the Ship's company their
[25:] wages for this month ~
[26:] I took some rice soup as breakfast
[27:] but could not eat any boiled
[28:] fowel, & my bowels wont work;
[29:] At P.m. passed Bostan
[pg: 446]
1901 Decr
[1:] I have felt the pain in the Stomach[2:] after I took the rice soup ~
[3:] S. Ely breeze today, & some
[4:] clouds ~
[5:] I took some rice soup & a leg of boiled
[6:] fowel at 2 P.m. not having touched
[7:] anything since Saturday in
[8:] the afternoon,
[9:] At 4 P.M. passed Ctesiphon,
[10:] At 5,,40 stopped at the shoal of
[11:] Zumbaranyeh & sent to sound;
[12:] marked the Channel; ~ We could
[13:] not pass, & it became dark; sent
[14:] to sound again; we remained here
[15:] for the night; ~
[16:] I took in my cabin some rice soup
[17:] & had a leg fog boiled fowel, I have
[18:] no appetite to eat, feeling very
[19:] thirsty, I sucked an orange
[20:] but my stomach aches me like
[21:] a boil, but not in the intestines,
[22:] As soon as I turned in the pain came
[23:] in my Stomach very bad and prevented
[24:] me from sleeping, not only it, but
[25:] our mates Cook the Chief & Maclure
[26:] the 3rd with the Superintendent of
[27:] the Port Offices Mr. Gorman kept
[28:] Singing & playing the fidle and
[29:] drinking all the night, making
[30:] such fearful noise, The Captain
[pg: 447]
[1:] up in his cabin, & Mr. Darby all
[2:] had turned in, & these three persons
[3:] were making a hell of a raw
[4:] so that Capt Hanslow came
[5:] down twice to stop them but
[6:] they did not, some time they go to
[7:] Maclure's Cabin, sometime to
[8:] Cook's & also in Mr. Gormans'
[9:] Cabin, next to mine, & they were
[10:] singing loud, & Maclure kiking
[11:] the deck hard with his feet, and
[12:] would not let Mr. Gorman sleep
[13:] it was 1 am after midnight
[14:] that they went to sleep;
[15:] I never could sleep from the pain
[16:] in stomach;
31 Tuesd The6.46
[17:] Light n.w. & fine weather[18:] at day break, I took a dose of
[19:] Castor Oil, as the pain does not
[20:] leave me, mostly it is on the
[21:] left side of my stomach, I had
[22:] the pain since I got the attack
[23:] in October ~
[24:] We sounded early in the
[25:] morning, There are 3 draaz,
[26:] At 7 we weighed & proceeded,
[27:] but we touched, had to take
[28:] an anchor out ahead and
[29:] heave to straighten her to the
[30:] Channel ~
[31:] At 8,,45 got off and
[pg: 448]
1901 Decr
[1:] proceeded from Zumbaranyeh[2:] Island;
[3:] At 9,,50 passed the SS. Blosse
[4:] Lynch & Barge going down at
[5:] Jaffar;
[6:] At 10,,35 passed Diala river,
[7:] The Castor oil has not worked me yet
[8:] up till now it 3 P.m. it is very curious
[9:] I only feel inclined to vomit my mouth
[10:] dry & bitter & pain in Stomach;
[11:] At 3,,15 P.m. landed the mails
[12:] at the Residency & went up to the
[13:] Custum House; The Baghdad is
[14:] alongside the Custum House she
[15:] is loading & will leave on Friday,
[16:] I went home found Eliza Alexander
[17:] & Mary all well & they were sorry
[18:] to see me so suffering again
[19:] of my stomach; I layd up
[20:] & did not touch any food I
[21:] could not take any soup even,
[22:] we fetched Hannosh, Dr. Ramsey's
[23:] man; he advised me to make an
[24:] enegma with warm water & Soap
[25:] to work my bowels; & to take that
[26:] medicine which I had before from
[27:] them, it contained morphine;
[28:] I made the Enema, & after a
[pg: 449]
[1:] while it worked very briskly & black
[2:] with Bile; ~ It worked at midnight
[3:] too, but so black as Ink and
[4:] burning, but the pain does not
[5:] leave me ~
[6:] We received cards wishing us
[7:] a Happy New Year from Mr.
[8:] Rappaport, Mr. Richarz, and
[9:] Mr. MacLaghlin Sub Director of the
[10:] Ottoman Bank; ~
1902 Jany 1 Wednes Th@6. 46
[11:] Light n.w. & fine cold weather,[12:] I had the pain all the night, and
[13:] am taking little milk & soda,
[14:] my bowels worked again very black
[15:] and burning ~ I did not go to church,
[16:] I layd in bed, many visitors came
[17:] to see us; ~ some came to me,
[18:] as Antone Marine, Yousif Asfar,
[19:] Johny, Artin & Shekoory Sayegh etc,
[20:] The pain very bad in the evening
[21:] & kept all the night in the pith of
[22:] my stomach, & I took milk and
[23:] soda, also took a little Brandy
[24:] after midnight & it alleyed the
[25:] pain & so I slept till morning,
[26:] but I must have had the
[27:] fever the whole night;
[pg: 450]
1902 Jany 2 Th6.47 Thursd
[1:] Light n.w. & fine weather[2:] I feel very weak, I took a
[3:] cup of milk & a biscuit,
[4:] at 8 am I went to see Menusha,
[5:] about her account & money,
[6:] & then I came on board;
[7:] paid the rest of some peoples
[8:] wages; I called on Mr. Rappaport,
[9:] about my brother's affair; Mr.
[10:] Rappaport, seeing me so suffering,
[11:] he advised me to ask for leave
[12:] & stop behind; I left him &
[13:] went to the office to Mr. Perry to
[14:] get 50 £ for the wages of officers,
[15:] I complained to him about my
[16:] servant Hamadi; being so lazy
[17:] so helpess & has not seen him
[18:] since we arrived, he is getting
[19:] so old & cannot work any
[20:] more; Mr. Perry said that I
[21:] should report him to the Captain
[22:] & this latter must refer it to me,
[23:] if Hamadi is found to be unfit
[24:] for service, another one must
[25:] be found to replace him,
[pg: 451]
[1:] He asked me how I was feeling
[2:] & if I am well, I told him that
[3:] I have again got the illness of my
[4:] stomach & do not feel well at
[5:] all; he offered me if I like to
[6:] stay behind & have a leave so
[7:] as to get well, I thanked him
[8:] & asked him for one month's
[9:] leave, he gave it to me, & so I
[10:] left & came home at noon,
[11:] I had a quarrel with our Servants
[12:] & had to thrash the boy Monsoor
[13:] for not having got the breakfast;
[14:] Sister Emilia & Alice called &
[15:] I had to leave there at 2 P.M. &
[16:] go on board, so as to square &
[17:] Balance last years' account
[18:] in the Cash Book; & to send my
[19:] Kit home; while doing so,
[20:] I thought of taking a dose
[21:] of Fruit Salt so as to work
[22:] my bowels more freely; but
[23:] soon after I took it, a terrible
[24:] pain or cramp caught
[pg: 452]
1902 Jany
[1:] me in the intestines in the lower[2:] part of my belly, such as
[3:] I never in my life has had,
[4:] it made jumping like mad,
[5:] the pain was so severe and
[6:] cutting as if my guts were burning,
[7:] Alexander my son was on
[8:] board but he was out in the
[9:] saloon; I called Metty for
[10:] help, he came, & gave me a
[11:] dose of Ginger but it made
[12:] me worse, I felt as if I was
[13:] dying, the ship's money &
[14:] papers all scattered about,
[15:] I was rolling in bed like
[16:] a poisoned man, many
[17:] people gathered in my cabin
[18:] I told Metty & Alexander
[19:] to send for Doctors, they did
[20:] I got hot towels immersed in
[21:] very hot water put on my
[22:] belly. Père Pièrre came by
[23:] chance to see me & he helped
[24:] them too; Dr De Silva of the
[25:] Comet came, he administered
[pg: 453]
[1:] Laudanum etc; all to no use,
[2:] at last I preferred to vomit,
[3:] & they gave me hot water I
[4:] vomited; my wife heard about
[5:] me & she came on board,
[6:] and toward evening I felt
[7:] the pain better, they took me
[8:] down in a Goffa to the Ras el
[9:] Ghereyeh, my wife, Alexander
[10:] & Metty & a Deckman, thence
[11:] I walked with difficulty home,
[12:] we got D.r Ramsey who came
[13:] & ordered Linseed poultice on
[14:] the belly; & sent me Medicine,
[15:] I passed an awful night
[16:] without sleep, & pain all over
[17:] my stomach & belly;
3 Frid
[18:] I feel very bad with pain and[19:] bowels not working, D.r Ramsey
[20:] came to see me, he tapped & sounded
[21:] ordered an Enema & medicine
[22:] I am vomiting, my belly getting
[23:] puffed up like swelling &
[pg: 454]
1902 Jany
[1:] People coming to see me, also[2:] my sisters ~ I cannot touch
[3:] my food & am sinking
[4:] down;
4 Satur
[5:] I am the same getting worse[6:] very weak & am not touching
[7:] any food, the taste in my mouth
[8:] is frightful & my stomach too
[9:] I cannot smell any food, or
[10:] broth, whatever I take I throw
[11:] it up vomiting all of dark
[12:] black colour;
[13:] D.r Ramsey came to see me
[14:] he ordered a strong injection of
[15:] hot water soap & Olive Oil
[16:] Eliza made it for me, and
[17:] my bowels worked well also
[18:] black & offensive, D.r Ramsey
[19:] came again after an hour &
[20:] he was statisfied & pleased
[21:] to see my bowels work for he
[22:] had entertained some alarm
[23:] fearing that my intestines were
[24:] twisted ~ Pain still exists
[25:] & mouth very tasteless &
[pg: 455]
[1:] dirty; I am only wishing for
[2:] some thing cold, I feel very hot
[3:] inside;
5 Sund
[4:] I feel the same, am getting[5:] very thin & weak, & cannot get
[6:] out of my bed or stand, I
[7:] am so shaky & giddy; D.r Ramsey
[8:] called to see me & ordered an
[9:] injection to be used every
[10:] day, again I passed black &
[11:] offensive smell;
[12:] The Mejidieh left for Basreh
[13:] this morning; only Metty was
[14:] put in charge in my place,
[15:] I am using Medicine, and
[16:] Champagne to be taken every
[17:] now & then, we are bying the
[18:] Champagne from Kurukchi
[19:] @ 1 Mejidie the pint, and
[20:] also Cognac @ 1 Meji the pint
[21:] My Sisters coming to see
[22:] me, & all the friends send to
[23:] ask about me or come,
[24:] I cannot touch any food
[pg: 456]
1902 Jany
[1:] scarcely only a little broth or some[2:] jelly enter my mouth ; we
[3:] are getting the jelly made by
[4:] the cook of Mr. Rappaport;
6 Mond.
[5:] I feel the same, pain is getting[6:] less in my stomach & bowels,
[7:] D Ramsey called to see me,
[8:] he ordered different medicine,
[9:] I am awfully weak; many
[10:] visitors coming to ask about
[11:] me; ~ I feel as if I am sinking
[12:] in health & will not recover
[13:] from this illness ~ There is only
[14:] my wife nursing me day
[15:] & night; ~
7 Tuesd
[16:] I am the same as before;[17:] I made an injection & passed
[18:] very little black like pills &
[19:] hard; Dr. Ramsey came
[20:] to see me; he sounded me, &
[21:] ordered medicine etc ; I am
[22:] taking champagne, a pint
[23:] a day as Dr. Ramsey ordered,
[24:] I take the jelly or broth with
[25:] much disgust, am getting
[pg: 457]
8 Wedn
[1:] very weak;[2:] I feel the same as before,
[3:] the wind still pains me in my
[4:] stomach; Dr. Ramsey called
[5:] he ordered the injection, & other
[6:] medicine; I have no inclination
[7:] to take any food whatever,
[8:] my mouth & stomach have a
[9:] very bad taste ~ my sisters etc
[10:] came every day to see me;
[11:] I suffer at night more than
[12:] in the day time, & the pain comes
[13:] down in my intestines & prevents
[14:] me from sleep; ~
9 Thursd
[15:] I feel the same, am very weak[16:] & cannot get out of bed;
[17:] I had to get the barber to cut
[18:] my hair & shave me; I am
[19:] so shaky ~ Dr. Ramsey called
[20:] to see me;
[21:] I am using the medicine, &
[22:] sucking sweet Lemon & oranges
[23:] when I feel thursty which
[24:] I like very much; but no
[25:] food can I take;
[pg: 458]
1902 Jany
[1:] only the jelly or some Liebig[2:] I feel that my illness is
[3:] a dangerous one, as I have no
[4:] flesh left on me, am so weak,
[5:] & I cannot sleep well at night,
10 Frid
[6:] I am still suffering, the bowels[7:] dont work unless by injection,
[8:] Dr. Ramsey comes to see
[9:] me; he prescribed medicine, ~
[10:] I am taking champagne, &
[11:] some jelly; ~
[12:] The Blosse Lynch arrived at
[13:] 3 P.M. Eliza & Alexander got
[14:] letters from Basreh; ~ The
[15:] S.S. Phrat also arrived at 6 P.M.
[16:] Weather Cloudy all over
[17:] I cannot eat anything, but
[18:] little jelly with difficulty;
11 Satur
[19:] I feel the same, my bowels have[20:] not worked; I am very weak
[21:] & unable to stand; I like
[22:] the sucking of sweet Lemon
[23:] & oranges;
[24:] Many people are calling
[25:] to see me ~
[pg: 459]
[1:] My sisters also called
[2:] Antone Marine comes every
[3:] day, ~
[4:] Weather foggy & Cloudy
12 Sund Th6.36
[5:] N.W. breeze & very cold.[6:] The river is rising; I feel
[7:] very weak & no appetite;
[8:] I sent 2 Mejidies to Père Pièrre
[9:] to give to the poors; ~
[10:] People calling to enquire
[11:] about me; ~ I am taking
[12:] jelly, & little arrow root etc,
13 Mond.
[13:] The Blosse Lynch left[14:] this morning; her acting
[15:] Chief Engineer Mr. Weber
[16:] got married last night
[17:] with Looloo the daughter
[18:] of Elias Jejo, but the marriage
[19:] contract has been done
[20:] only by the Assyrian Bishop
[21:] according to the Catholic
[22:] right, & not by the English
[pg: 460]
1902 Jany
[1:] Consul at the Residency,[2:] therefore his marriage is
[3:] considered by English law
[4:] as null; Weber is mad for
[5:] her, he had Courted her on
[6:] board the Blosse when she
[7:] went down with her mother
[8:] in October last; He took her
[9:] down with him to Basreh
[10:] for a trip ~
[11:] By the Blosse Lynch arrived
[12:] Mr. Reynolds our Chief Mate
[13:] who had been to England
[14:] on leave since April last,
[15:] also Mr. Barlow our 2d Engr.
[16:] the latter joined the Blosse
[17:] & Reynolds stayed behind
[18:] so as to join the Mejidieh
[19:] when she arrives ~
[20:] Dr. Ramsey came to see
[21:] me, he prescribed medicine
[22:] & sounded my belly & chest,
[23:] the pain is nearly going;
< [pg: 461]
h1 style="white-space: pre-line;"> 14 Tuesd The6.37 [1:] N.W. & fine ~ I feel very
[2:] weak; & have no appetite
[3:] my mouth is very bad &
[4:] tasteless ~
[5:] Mr. Rappaport came to
[6:] see me; I told him that I
[7:] intend to make my will
[8:] out, & requested him to have
[9:] it drawn out for me; he
[10:] asked me to get two witnesses
[11:] ready & he will come
[12:] at 2 P.M. to write it out,
[13:] Dr. Ramsey called to see
[14:] me, he finds me better, but
[15:] no food can I eat, ~
[16:] Mr. Rappaport came at 2
[17:] P.M. I could only get my
[18:] Nephew Johny to be witness
[19:] Mr. Rappaport advised me
[20:] to leave three fourths of all
[21:] I possess to my son, so
[22:] that I can keep him here
[23:] with me, & the other fourth
[24:] to my wife, I consented
[pg: 462]
1902 Jany
[1:] to these settlement, and[2:] further I bequethed 300 Liras
[3:] to the Latin Church of St.
[4:] Thomas to be used by buying
[5:] some property the interest of
[6:] which to be spent on my Soul,
[7:] Johny witnessed & Mr. Rosenfeld
[8:] the Dragoman of Mr. Rappaport
[9:] and I had to declare also
[10:] my son Alexander in his
[11:] majority (for he is not 24 years
[12:] yet,) By doing so I got exempted
[13:] from the Consul's making
[14:] an inventory of all my property,
[15:] should I die now ~
[16:] I had to pay fees to Mr. Rappaport
[17:] of 4 Mejid & 9 P. Sagh for
[18:] the two documents which
[19:] he legalized in his office;
[20:] I sent Alexander to Dr. Ramsey
[21:] to request him to get a Consultation
[22:] with an other Doctor to
[23:] examine me, he prefered
[24:] Dr. Nezam ed Din of the
[pg: 463]
[1:] Municipality, & they will come
[2:] tomorrow;
15 Wedn The6.37
[3:] Light N.W. & fine cold[4:] weather;
[5:] I feel little better , but cannot
[6:] eat anything; & bowels not
[7:] working unless by injection,
[8:] Dr. Ramsey & Dr. Nezam
[9:] ed Din called at 11 Am:
[10:] the latter examined me all
[11:] over my body, & questioned me,
[12:] he found everything normal,
[13:] & agreed to Dr. Ramsey's treatment,
[14:] they went out and talked
[15:] over, their opinion is that I
[16:] must have perfect rest, No
[17:] excitement, no hard work,
[18:] & must retire from the
[19:] Ship's service etc etc;
[20:] Dr. Ramsey's fees today was
[21:] one TLira (double) & that of
[22:] Nezam ed Din also two Mejidies
[23:] instead of one;
[24:] Terrooza my niece comes often to Sleep
[25:] with us ~ Mr. Rappaport's cook is
[26:] making jelly for me, ~
[pg: 464]
1902 Jany 16 Thursd The6.42
[1:] S.W. breeze & cloudy weather ;[2:] I am not sleeping well, being so very
[3:] weak; I am taking the medicine, &
[4:] some Champagne, I feel thursty &
[5:] am sucking sweet Lemon;
[6:] At 11 A.M. the S.S. Mejidieh arrived
[7:] from Basreh, Metty sent our
[8:] letters from Gherrara; I heard
[9:] that my servant Haji Hamadi
[10:] is very ill, he was brought to his
[11:] house on a donkey; numerous
[12:] people come to ask to be taken
[13:] in his place; I sent Alexander
[14:] with Dr. De Souza of the Comet to
[15:] see him & I paid his fees of one
[16:] Mejidie, he found him very bad,
[17:] he is parelized half of his body
[18:] & unable to speak, he prescribed
[19:] medicines & says that by proper
[20:] treatment he may recover,
[21:] but his wife & family would not
[22:] take care of him or nurse him,
[23:] Metty came to me, he tells
[24:] me that Hamadi was unwell
[25:] in going down & laid up and
[26:] has not worked since, he was
[27:] left unattended by anybody
[pg: 465]
[1:] and Capt Hanslow never
[2:] took the slightest notice of
[3:] him or gave him any medicine
[4:] the only thing he wished that he may
[5:] not die on board before getting
[6:] to Baghdad; ~
[7:] Toma Gebboori Basmatchi the
[8:] Clerk of Rezooki Korkis in London
[9:] has been dismissed & came out
[10:] to Basreh in the Koordistan, has
[11:] come up to Amara in the Mejidieh
[12:] to see Kassim Khedery ~
17 Frid The6.43
[13:] Light N.W. & fine ~ I did[14:] not sleep last night at all being
[15:] so very weak & not eating any
[16:] thing ~
[17:] I sent the coolie Juma
[18:] to bring me some more of my
[19:] Kit from my cabin in the S.S.
[20:] Mejidieh; Mikha Tindal also
[21:] Monsoor the cabin boy came to
[22:] see me; I am eating some jelly
[23:] & arrow root, but have no appetite
18 Satur
[24:] Light S.W. & cloudy ~[25:] I did not sleep a wink last night
[26:] & am very weak ~
[pg: 466]
1902 Jany
[1:] Dr. Ramsey called to see me,[2:] he sounded my belly & tapped
[3:] all around, & prescribed some
[4:] other medicine for appetite
[5:] & for the pain; ~ I can take
[6:] a little jelly or arrow root;
[7:] I have bought altogether 9 Pints
[8:] of Champagne & 3 Pints of Cognac
[9:] of the best quanlity @ 1 Mejidie;
[10:] I spoke to Dr. Ramsey to speak
[11:] with Mr. Perry so as to extend
[12:] my leave more than a month
[13:] as it now nearly finished
[14:] & I am not yet able to leave
[15:] my bed; and besides if Dr. Ramsey
[16:] thinks that I am no longer fit
[17:] to return to my duty & must
[18:] resign the service, to explain
[19:] that to Mr. Perry; he promised
[20:] to do all this for me, and
[21:] he will write to me a letter
[22:] in which he will say that I must
[23:] resign for the benefit of my
[24:] health, so that I can enclose
[25:] this letter in the one I shall
[26:] have to write & tender my
[pg: 467]
[1:] resignation ~
[2:] The SS. Phrat left at 10 Am.
[3:] I sent to ask how Hamadi is getting
[4:] on, his wife said that they had
[5:] not given him the Medicine, &
[6:] they want him to die ~
[7:] They have take in Hamadi's
[8:] place on board the Mejidieh, Haji
[9:] Mahomed, the brother of Rashed
[10:] whom I used to take always
[11:] whenever Hamadi used to stay
[12:] behind sick,, & that was done
[13:] through Mr. Follett's suggestion,
[14:] he asked Capt Hanslow to be
[15:] allowed taken in Service ~
19 Sund.
[16:] Westly Modte & fine; Again I[17:] did not sleep last night, but I
[18:] feel better & no pain; I am
[19:] taking jelly, also Rice pudding
[20:] sent me by sister Emilia ~
[21:] Many people as well as my Sisters
[22:] called to see me ~
[23:] Terrooza my niece came in
[24:] the evening to sleep with us;
[25:] I feel better, & can walk
[pg: 468]
1902 Jany
[1:] about in the room; I have very[2:] little appetite; I can take chicken
[3:] & broth; ~
20 Mond
[4:] N.W. breeze & cloudy weather,[5:] The SS. Mossul left at 6 am,
[6:] River is rising they say: ~
[7:] I feel better & my mouth too
[8:] the lead taste is gradually going
[9:] away;
[10:] Rumours current, that
[11:] many cases of Plague is taking
[12:] place in the Jewish quarter;
[13:] and many are dying too, in
[14:] a short time, I hear that the
[15:] quarantine authorities, have found
[16:] 9 cases in a house occupied
[17:] by about 72 persons; ~
[18:] Mrs. Cowley & her daughter
[19:] Daizy Called to see me, she
[20:] came to my room, as well as
[21:] Abduljebbar Effendi; the french
[22:] Priests etc ~
21 Tuesd
[23:] Light N.W & fine, I feel[24:] better & hungry; inclined to eat
[25:] something, ~
[pg: 469]
[1:] The SS. Mejidieh left at 6
[2:] am; Mr. Reynolds joined her
[3:] as chief mate; Mr. Maclure
[4:] the third mate is to be transferred
[5:] to the Blosse Lynch (now
[6:] running in place of the Khalifah
[7:] while in Dock as 3d also) ~
[8:] River rose one foot today ~
[9:] I can walk about a little, and
[10:] go out to my room; but I am
[11:] so thin, nothing but skin and
[12:] bone; ~
22 Wedn Th.6.32
[13:] Light N.W. & Very Cold Weather[14:] it is cloudy all over, as if it is
[15:] snowing ~ I feel better, and I
[16:] have appetite, I ate some boiled
[17:] fish which I like very much,
[18:] also some boiled fowel & soup,
[19:] or a little meat boiled, but my
[20:] stomach is very weak yet; I
[21:] am taking the medicine which is
[22:] very bitter ~ my bowels passed
[23:] very constipated, I had to use
[24:] a piece of soap shoved inside
[25:] the anus ~
[pg: 470]
1902 Jany 23 Thursd The6.40
[1:] N. Ely breeze & Cloudy, ~[2:] The SS. Baghdad arrived at
[3:] 0,,30 am; I feel better, and
[4:] have great appetite to eat,
[5:] I took boiled fish, arrow root,
[6:] The SS. Blosse Lynch arrived
[7:] at 0,,30 P.M. today;
[8:] The eldest daughter of the deceased
[9:] Raskalla Yousif Serkis, Regina
[10:] got married this evening with
[11:] Yacoob son of Yousif Ilo of Basreh
[12:] he came up in the Mejidieh
[13:] with his mother to get married
[14:] he is employed in Rezooki Angoorly's
[15:] shop @ 4 Liras per month ~
[16:] Also Dowd Toma brother of
[17:] Abdulkerim Toma got married
[18:] with a young girl of about 15
[19:] brought down for him from
[20:] Mossul, got married this
[21:] evening; ~
[22:] Hamadi my servant is getting
[23:] worse, & cannot speak now
[24:] Dr. Ramsey has visited me
[pg: 471]
[1:] 13 times, his fees came to 7 T.Liras,
[2:] Last night I felt bad, from
[3:] the dinner, I ate it laid heavy, &
[4:] a lot of wind in my stomach &
[5:] intestine, which made me suffer
[6:] all the night; I had soup boiled
[7:] fowel, little meat & potato, it is
[8:] too much for my weak stomach,
[9:] I take roasted turnip done in
[10:] the Public Bath early every morning
[11:] which I like much & does not
[12:] do me any harm; ~
[pg: 472]
How to guess a person's Age & month he is born
Suppose he is born on the 19 October (the 10th month
of the year, to tell him to double it = 20
Add - 5
______
Multiply by - 50
______
1250
Add his age supposed - 60
______
1310
Subtract - 365
______
954
Add - 115
______
1060
Born in Octor & Aged 60 years.
[pg: 473]
Suppose he is born on the 19 October (the 10th month
of the year, to tell him to double it = 20
Add - 5
______
Multiply by - 50
______
1250
Add his age supposed - 60
______
1310
Subtract - 365
______
954
Add - 115
______
1060
Born in Octor & Aged 60 years.
1901
April 1st
1000 G Asfar
1000 Rufail Sayegh
350 Nawab Agha Mahdi
700 at home (400 for Alexander's trading)
______
3,050,, 29 May - 50TL
30 -,,- 150 "
July 1st 29 June 50 "
1000 G. Asfar _______
250
1000 Rufail Sayegh 29 July 50
31 July 100
_______
350 Nawab Agha Mahd 400
800 at home (400 given
______ to Alexander)
3,150
50 add on 31 Decr,
______
3,200 Total
[pg: 474]April 1st
1000 G Asfar
1000 Rufail Sayegh
350 Nawab Agha Mahdi
700 at home (400 for Alexander's trading)
______
3,050,, 29 May - 50TL
30 -,,- 150 "
July 1st 29 June 50 "
1000 G. Asfar _______
250
1000 Rufail Sayegh 29 July 50
31 July 100
_______
350 Nawab Agha Mahd 400
800 at home (400 given
______ to Alexander)
3,150
50 add on 31 Decr,
______
3,200 Total
[pg: 475]
طالعت هذا الدفتر الرقم 52 كله مراشرت الى امارته
فلاحاجة لقرادته ثانية
في 10 نيسان 1953
[pg: 476]
فلاحاجة لقرادته ثانية
في 10 نيسان 1953
dal Giornal, L'osservatore
Triestino, 11 Ottre 901
"Koveit"
"Ci sorivano da Costantinopoli
Ne alla Porta, ne in questi Cercoli
Militari è Noto Alcamche di preciso
intorno ai presente stato delle Cose
a Koveit, e Agli Ultimi avvenimenti
Gia che il Marsciallo Ahmed
Fezi comandante del sisto
Corpo (Bagdad) che è incaricato
di vigilare tale questione e si
trova in Bassora, carteggio
[pg: 477]
Triestino, 11 Ottre 901
"Koveit"
"Ci sorivano da Costantinopoli
Ne alla Porta, ne in questi Cercoli
Militari è Noto Alcamche di preciso
intorno ai presente stato delle Cose
a Koveit, e Agli Ultimi avvenimenti
Gia che il Marsciallo Ahmed
Fezi comandante del sisto
Corpo (Bagdad) che è incaricato
di vigilare tale questione e si
trova in Bassora, carteggio
direttamente col Sultano,
Ma da quel poco che qua è la
direttamente col Sultano,
Ma da quel poco che qua è la
ne trapela e da qualche indigio
d'indole Militare su può
inferire con discreta proba=
bilita che le notizie Inglesi
da Bombay sono siramamente
esagirate e tendenziose, Le
truppe di linea del Suddetto
sesto corpo sono composte di
34 Battaglioni d'infanteria
30 Squadroni, 17 Batterie,
una Compagnia del Genio, un
distaccomento telegrafico, e
tre comagnie del treno, Il
[pg: 478]
Ma da quel poco che qua è la
direttamente col Sultano,
Ma da quel poco che qua è la
ne trapela e da qualche indigio
d'indole Militare su può
inferire con discreta proba=
bilita che le notizie Inglesi
da Bombay sono siramamente
esagirate e tendenziose, Le
truppe di linea del Suddetto
sesto corpo sono composte di
34 Battaglioni d'infanteria
30 Squadroni, 17 Batterie,
una Compagnia del Genio, un
distaccomento telegrafico, e
tre comagnie del treno, Il
piede di paso d'queste truppe
è poi eccessivamente ridotto
per modo che il loro complesso
somma nett'al piu a 10 o 12,000
nommi, I 54 Battaglioni di Redif
figuramo soltanto nei quadri
e la gendarmeria non è da
prendersi a Calcolo; Quanto
a forze marittime, la Porta
tiene nel Golfo Persico, oltre al
piccolo incrociatore di 3za Classa
Zohaf (630 tonnellate) di
valore assai dubbio, altri
quatro piccoli bastimenti in
condizione deplorabile, due
dei quali immobilizate perche
[pg: 479]
è poi eccessivamente ridotto
per modo che il loro complesso
somma nett'al piu a 10 o 12,000
nommi, I 54 Battaglioni di Redif
figuramo soltanto nei quadri
e la gendarmeria non è da
prendersi a Calcolo; Quanto
a forze marittime, la Porta
tiene nel Golfo Persico, oltre al
piccolo incrociatore di 3za Classa
Zohaf (630 tonnellate) di
valore assai dubbio, altri
quatro piccoli bastimenti in
condizione deplorabile, due
dei quali immobilizate perche
condizione deplorabile, due
dei quali immobilizate perche
condizione deplorabile, due
dei quali immobilizate perche
inetti alla manovra e buoni
soltanto come stazionari;
insomma per in caso di com=
battimento, Valori Assolutamente
nulli; La forza del Combinato
Corpo di spedizione contro
Koveit, Montato in parte
su camelli e in parte su
Muletti ascendera a qualche
cosa di piu di 3000 nomini
a gli altri preparativi Militari
si limitano finora a
[pg: 480]
dei quali immobilizate perche
condizione deplorabile, due
dei quali immobilizate perche
inetti alla manovra e buoni
soltanto come stazionari;
insomma per in caso di com=
battimento, Valori Assolutamente
nulli; La forza del Combinato
Corpo di spedizione contro
Koveit, Montato in parte
su camelli e in parte su
Muletti ascendera a qualche
cosa di piu di 3000 nomini
a gli altri preparativi Militari
si limitano finora a
costruzioni di caserne a Bassora,
al richiamo cola di due battaglioni
all invio di qualche materiale
da guerra e al ritarolato licen=
ziamento del l'ultima annata
delle riserve, cosa questa sull'
altro che insolita; Un Altra
prova del esagerazione delle
notizie di fonte inglese la
si ha nel fatto che le rappre=
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarebbero
interresate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatti che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
[pg: 481]
al richiamo cola di due battaglioni
all invio di qualche materiale
da guerra e al ritarolato licen=
ziamento del l'ultima annata
delle riserve, cosa questa sull'
altro che insolita; Un Altra
prova del esagerazione delle
notizie di fonte inglese la
si ha nel fatto che le rappre=
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarebbero
interresate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatti che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
si ha nel fatto che le rappre=
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarebbero
interresate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatti che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
si ha nil fatto che le rappre=
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarelebero
interrisate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatte che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
dalle condizioni che vi regnano
e perciò non hanno finora
fatto passo alcuno pressa
la Porta in questo Argomento;
[pg: 482]
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarebbero
interresate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatti che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
si ha nil fatto che le rappre=
sentanze diplomatiche d'quelle
due potenze (Russia e Germania)
che piu delle altre sarelebero
interrisate in caso d'qualche
mutamento territoriale nel
Golfo Persico e perciò si tengono
bene a giorno dei fatte che vi
si vanno svolgendo non si
mostrano punto impensierite
dalle condizioni che vi regnano
e perciò non hanno finora
fatto passo alcuno pressa
la Porta in questo Argomento;
Juillet 1902
Dans le Golfe Persique
La question de Koweyt - Méconten-
tement des Allemands - Les bons
offices de la Turquie - Une
série d'intrigues.
Vienne, 8 juillet. - Il est manifeste que
l'Allemagne est peu satisfaite de l'état ac-
tuel des choses sur la côte occidentale du
golfe Persique. Cela ressort nettement
aussi bien des nouvelles reçues de Lon-
dres relativement aux démarches faites
par l'ambassadeur de Turquie pour éta-
blir les droits du sultan sur une localité
située dans le voisinage de Koweyt, que
d'autres renseignements encore reçus à
Vienne
Toutes les informations provenant de
cette partie de l'Asie-Mineure, qu'elles
émanent de source indépendante ou de
source allemande, s'accordent à mettre en
évidence les embaras que cause au con-
cessionnaires du chemin de fer de Bagdad
l'épineuse question de Koweyt. Abdul
Hamid et la Porte ont été prêts et sont
d'ailleurs toujours prêts a faire tout leur
possible pour faire aboutir un projet qui
semble offrir de grands avantages écono-
miques et qui a en même temps une
grande importance au point de vue stra-
tégique.
Cependant, au moment où la réalisastion
de ce project paraissait assurée, on a cons-
taté tout d'un coup que le cheikh local,
qui s'était placé sous la protection de la
Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
droit qui réunisse toutes le conditions
nécessaires pour l'établissement d'un port
terminus sur le golfe Persique.
[pg: 483]
Dans le Golfe Persique
La question de Koweyt - Méconten-
tement des Allemands - Les bons
offices de la Turquie - Une
série d'intrigues.
Vienne, 8 juillet. - Il est manifeste que
l'Allemagne est peu satisfaite de l'état ac-
tuel des choses sur la côte occidentale du
golfe Persique. Cela ressort nettement
aussi bien des nouvelles reçues de Lon-
dres relativement aux démarches faites
par l'ambassadeur de Turquie pour éta-
blir les droits du sultan sur une localité
située dans le voisinage de Koweyt, que
d'autres renseignements encore reçus à
Vienne
Toutes les informations provenant de
cette partie de l'Asie-Mineure, qu'elles
émanent de source indépendante ou de
source allemande, s'accordent à mettre en
évidence les embaras que cause au con-
cessionnaires du chemin de fer de Bagdad
l'épineuse question de Koweyt. Abdul
Hamid et la Porte ont été prêts et sont
d'ailleurs toujours prêts a faire tout leur
possible pour faire aboutir un projet qui
semble offrir de grands avantages écono-
miques et qui a en même temps une
grande importance au point de vue stra-
tégique.
Cependant, au moment où la réalisastion
de ce project paraissait assurée, on a cons-
taté tout d'un coup que le cheikh local,
qui s'était placé sous la protection de la
Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
droit qui réunisse toutes le conditions
nécessaires pour l'établissement d'un port
terminus sur le golfe Persique.
grande importance au point de vue stra-
tégique.
Cependant, au moment où la réalisastion
de ce project paraissait assurée, on a cons-
taté tout d'un coup que le cheikh local,
qui s'était placé sous la protection de la
Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
droit qui réunisse toutes le conditions
nécessaires pour l'établissement d'un port
terminus sur le golfe Persique.
Il est assez évident que l'impossibilité
de trouver une autre localité pour rempla-
cer Koweyt de façon satisfaisante consti-
tue la veritable cause de l'interêt insolite
que prend la Porte aux conflits des diffé-
rents chefs arabes, conflits auxquels, en
temps ordinaire, elle s'intéresserait cer-
tainement fort peu.
C'est à l'influence allemande qu'il faut
attribuer les démarches diplomatiques
faites à Londres et les tentatives des
fonctionnaires turcs pour créer des diffi-
cultés aux représentants de la Grande-
Bretagne en Asie mineure.
On mande de Bassorah à la Correspon-
dance politique que des dissentiments se
sont éléves entre le vali (le général Mus-
tafa Nuri pacha) et le consul anglais M.
Wratislaw, que le vali accuse d'avoir trou-
blé la paix et d'avoir excité l'un contre
l'autre les chefs Ibn Rashid et Moubarakh.
Le vali a insisté pour que l'on de-
mande au gouvernement anglais le rappel
de M. Wratislaw.
Voici une autre nouvelle, provenant de
Constantinople, que l'on publie ici ce soir:
"Abdullah pacha, chef militaire du ter-
ritoire de la côte de la mer Rouge, sous le
prétexte d'une tournée d'inspection, s'est
enfui à bord d'un steamer anglais en em-
portant tous les fonds dont il était respon-
sable. Il est actuellement à Aden. Les An-
glais ont fait là un coup de maitre, car
Abdoullah connait a fond le pays et dis-
pose d'un grand nombre de partisans."
(Times.)
tégique.
Cependant, au moment où la réalisastion
de ce project paraissait assurée, on a cons-
taté tout d'un coup que le cheikh local,
qui s'était placé sous la protection de la
Grande-Bretagne, repoussait la souverai-
neté du sultan sur Koweyt, le seul en-
droit qui réunisse toutes le conditions
nécessaires pour l'établissement d'un port
terminus sur le golfe Persique.
Il est assez évident que l'impossibilité
de trouver une autre localité pour rempla-
cer Koweyt de façon satisfaisante consti-
tue la veritable cause de l'interêt insolite
que prend la Porte aux conflits des diffé-
rents chefs arabes, conflits auxquels, en
temps ordinaire, elle s'intéresserait cer-
tainement fort peu.
C'est à l'influence allemande qu'il faut
attribuer les démarches diplomatiques
faites à Londres et les tentatives des
fonctionnaires turcs pour créer des diffi-
cultés aux représentants de la Grande-
Bretagne en Asie mineure.
On mande de Bassorah à la Correspon-
dance politique que des dissentiments se
sont éléves entre le vali (le général Mus-
tafa Nuri pacha) et le consul anglais M.
Wratislaw, que le vali accuse d'avoir trou-
blé la paix et d'avoir excité l'un contre
l'autre les chefs Ibn Rashid et Moubarakh.
Le vali a insisté pour que l'on de-
mande au gouvernement anglais le rappel
de M. Wratislaw.
Voici une autre nouvelle, provenant de
Constantinople, que l'on publie ici ce soir:
"Abdullah pacha, chef militaire du ter-
ritoire de la côte de la mer Rouge, sous le
prétexte d'une tournée d'inspection, s'est
enfui à bord d'un steamer anglais en em-
portant tous les fonds dont il était respon-
sable. Il est actuellement à Aden. Les An-
glais ont fait là un coup de maitre, car
Abdoullah connait a fond le pays et dis-
pose d'un grand nombre de partisans."
(Times.)