II.
1744-1751.
[Voyage
of
two
months
from
Surat
to
Calcutta
-
Admiral
Griffins
seizure,
in
1746
as
enemy
(French)
property,
of
two
Armenian
vessels
-
Great
loss
to
Emins
father
and
others
-
Emins
desire
to
go
to
England
-
Fathers
opposition
-
Unsuccessful
attempts
-
Taken
as
a
deckhand
on
the
Walpole,
the
"last
boat
of
the
season"
-
Leaves
Balasore
February,
I751
-
Life
on
board
-
Quarrelsome
sailors
-
Pudding-making
and
its
uproarious
consequences.
-Woolwich
in
six
months,
September,
1751.
"Chimney
sweepers
from
Bengal.
"]
The
author
and
his
grandfather,
by
the
assistance
of
his
uncle
David,
procured
a
passage
at
Surat,
on
board
of
a
country
ship,
and
in
two
months
arrived
at
Calcutta,
where
he
found
his
father
Hovsep
carrying
on
a
slave
merchandize.
Some
months
after,
came
the
mournful
news
before-mentioned,
of
Moses
being
killed
at
Tabriz,
with
the
loss
of
his
estate,
amounting
to
5,
500
tumans,
equal
to
a
lack
and
10,
000
rupees.
Next,
his
own
father
sustained
three
considerable
losses.
Sulaman
Pasha
exacted
18,
000
piastres
from
his
second
uncle,
Mirzabeg,
at
Basra.
Then
followed
loss
upon
loss,
destruction
after
destruction,
a
family
of
sixty-five
souls
reduced
to
a
few,
and
(except
Emin
the
Second)
all
dead,
and
departed
without
fame.
It
would
have
been
happier
for
them
all
to
have
been
killed
in
an
action
like
men,
than
to
die
in
that
mean
way
of
merchandize,
without
head
or
tail,
like
a
flock
without
a
shepherd:
it
would
not
be
despicable,
if
it
were
carried
on
and
protected,
as
it
is
by
Europeans.
The
late
admiral
Griffin,
like
Nadir
Shah,
in
the
year
1746,
took
two
Armenian
vessels
at
the
bar
of
Madras,
one
from
Basra
the
other
from
Mukca,
all
with
ready
cash,
amounting
to
twelve
lacks
of
rupees,
with
passports
and
protection
from
the
honourable
council
of
Calcutta:
yet
he
carried
them
to
England.
The
honourable
court
of
directors
took
great
pains,
and
did
the
utmost
to
recover
the
vessels
and
money
by
law,
but
could
not;
and
they
were
at
last
condemned
as
enemies
property.
When
the
lawyer
was
making
his
speeches
on
the
subject,
the
author
unfortunately
was
sent
by
an
Armenian
to
the
court
of
kings
bench,
the
very
year
in
which
he
arrived
in
London.
At
the
confiscation
of
those
vessels,
he
did
not
care
so
much
for
the
unsufferable
loss,
as
when
the
lawyer
pleading,
said,
"How
is
it
possible
that
inhabitants
of
Calcutta,
Armenian
merchants,
should
be
possessed
of
so
great
a
sum
of
money?
They
are
like
the
Jews
in
Holland,
who
carried
on
a
trade
with
the
money
of
the
enemy,
when
the
Dutch
were
engaged
in
war.
The
property
belonged
to
our
enemy
the
French,
and
is
justly
and
most
lawfully
taken
by
the
admiral.
The
Armenians,
underhand,
are
commissioners
for
them;
they
have
not
any
interest
in
this
affair.
"
That
cruel
sentence,
so
disagreeable
to
Emin
to
hear,
affected
his
mind
so
deeply,
that
when
he
went
home,
he
fell
sick,
and
could
not
come
out
for
forty
days,
till
his
indignation
was
over.
Happy
it
would
have
been
if
the
present
supreme
court
had
been
then
instituted
in
Calcutta,
the
admiral
might
not
have
possessed
the
character
of
a
despotic
prince,
nor
many
poor
Armenian
families
have
been
ruined,
nor
their
names
disgraced
by
the
unworthy
appellation
of
Jews.
It
is
beneath
even
the
lowest
class
of
his
harmless
countrymen,
to
act
like
that
forlorn
people,
or
to
deal
with
any
other
European
nation
as
they
do
with
the
English;
for
the
writer
persists
in
maintaining
his
just
opinion
of
that
famous
republican
nation,
whose
excellent
laws
resemble
not
a
single
taper,
which
enlightens
only
the
apartment
of
one
master,
but
the
sun,
which
spreads
its
magnificent
light
over
all
the
universe;
and
though,
in
bad
seasons
clouds
and
fogs
may
draw
a
veil
over
it,
yet
the
inhabitants
are
sure
of
sunshine
again;
for
it
is
evident,
that
nothing
is
perfect
in
our
sublunary
world,
nothing
but
God
in
heaven,
who
is
above
us
all.
Let
us
not
lose
the
chain
of
our
narrative.
In
one
year,
his
father
Hovsep
lost
about
30,
000
rupees
by
those
two
ships;
add
to
it
18,
000
more
in
the
affair
of
Basra,
which
makes
48,
000.
A
year
after,
he
was
sent
to
Dacca
to
learn
trade,
which
he
did
not
like
at
all.
Some
months
after,
an
Armenian
died
there
without
issue:
according
to
Mahomedan
law,
the
nabobs
design
was
to
confiscate
the
deceaseds
property,
which
was
all
mulmul
goods
already
made
up
in
bales;
but
the
other
Armenian
merchants
begged
Emin
to
put
on
mourning
dress,
and
consent
to
stand
as
a
son
to
the
dead
Armenian;
and
with
great
difficulty
he
so
did,
running
a
risk
of
being
tortured:
they
would
have
made
him
stand
on
one
leg
in
the
sun,
attended
by
a
fellow,
who
would
have
run
a
sharp
pointed
needle
into
his
other
leg,
so
as
to
prevent
its
touching
the
ground,
in
hopes
of
forcing
him
to
injure
other
Christians,
and
to
declare
that
such
and
such
persons
owed
the
deceased
a
sum
of
money:
but
the
providence
of
God
saved
him.
The
Armenians
there,
industrious
enough,
in
great
haste
packed
up
the
goods,
and
sent
them
with
him
to
Calcutta;
where,
for
his
pains,
he
was
offered
a
sum
of
money,
but
did
not
accept
it,
thinking
it
beneath
his
dignity
to
sell
his
honourable
hereditary
right,
his
father
then
living,
as
Esau
sold
his
birthright:
he
did
that
act
for
the
sake
of
his
Christian
countrymen,
to
prevent
wild
beasts
from
eating
the
flesh
of
lambs.
Afterwards
the
grandees
of
Dacca
were
apprised
of
the
circumstance,
but
it
was
too
late.
He
was
then
in
Calcutta,
very
cautious
not
to
open
his
mouth
or
utter
a
word
of
his
intention
of
going
to
Europe,
when,
all
on
a
sudden,
his
father,
just
at
ten
oclock
in
a
propitious
morning,
asked
him
if
he
chose
to
learn
Portuguese?
he
said,
no;
the
second
question
was,
French?
he
answered
in
the
negative;
after
a
little
pause,
the
third
question
was,
English?
here
Emin
hesitated
a
little
while,
and
with
a
very
low
voice
said,
yes,
lest
the
father
should
suspect
his
design;
and
continued
writing
all
the
time
with
a
pretended
indifference.
His
father
said,
"In
how
many
days
time
can
you
learn
it?"
he
answered
nothing;
while
his
father,
standing
by
the
side
of
the
table,
began
to
count
from
one
month
till
he
came
to
six
months;
then
the
son
agreed,
for
fear
he
should
lose
the
opportunity
if
his
father
changed
his
resolution.
But
he
immediately
accompanied
Emin
to
the
English
school
in
the
Old
Court-house,
at
the
age
of
nineteen;
where
he
no
sooner
picked
up
a
few
words,
than
he
made
a
shift
to
ask
Mr.
Parrent,
his
schoolmaster,
Whether
the
law
of
England
could
stop
a
person,
who
should
chuse
to
leave
his
father
and
go
to
a
far
country?
he
laughed
heartily,
saying,
"What
slaves
you
are,
and
how
ignorant
is
your
nation,
who
have
resided
so
many
years
amongst
us
without
knowing
our
laws.
Provided
you
will
not
make
any
requisition
to
your
father
for
money
-
I
find
your
mind
is
turned
towards
Europe;
and
it
is
your
duty
to
ask
your
father
first
for
his
paternal
blessing;
but,
in
case
he
should
not
be
inclined
to
consent,
then
do
as
you
think
best;
and
remember,
that
you
will
meet
with
great
difficulty
in
getting
your
bread
in
England.
"
This
was
joyful
news
to
Emin,
who,
for
two
years
and
a
half,
had
pined
with
grief
and
loss
of
appetite,
not
knowing
how
to
find
a
vent
for
his
distracted
mind.
He
went
home
directly,
and
spoke
of
it
to
his
father,
hoping
to
gain
his
consent,
and
to
obtain,
if
possible,
his
blessing:
finding
the
old
gentleman
quite
averse
to
the
plan,
and
very
unwilling
to
part
with
him,
he
said
nothing,
but
took
the
first
opportunity
to
inquire
for
the
houses
of
India
captains;
after
which,
with
another
Armenian
of
the
same
age,
a
distant
relation
of
his,
he
went
to
one
captain
Williamson,
and
was
introduced
by
the
steward.
When
they
both
stood
before
the
captain,
his
companion,
who
understood
Portuguese
better
than
himself,
was
frightened
and
speechless;
Emin
therefore
advanced,
and,
as
well
as
he
could,
began
to
tell
his
design:
the
good
captain
put
several
questions
to
him;
the
first
objection
he
made,
was
to
the
Turkish
black
turban
and
long
clothes.
Emin
said,
the
first
might
be
taken
off,
and
the
second
cut
short;
the
captain
then
said,
you
are
not
a
sailor;
he
answered,
yourself
were
not
one,
when
first
you
went
on
board,
we
shall
learn
every
thing
in
good
time;
upon
which
the
gentleman
seemed
very
much
pleased,
and
told
them
to
call
the
next
morning
for
a
note
to
go
on
board.
When
he
returned
home,
he
began
to
consider
the
matter
more
seriously,
and
said
to
himself,
who
knows
but
my
father
may
petition
the
governor
to
bring
me
back
from
the
ship;
I
had
better
wait
for
another
opportunity.
He
staid
therefore
with
vexation
and
anxiety
a
full
year,
till
the
next
monsoon,
passing
the
time
most
disagreeably
and
heavily;
went
a
second
time
to
another
captain,
whose
name
is
unknown,
but
who
was
a
very
choleric
man,
hardly
heard
himself
speak
a
word,
and
was
very
near
knocking
him
down,
swearing
furiously
and
saying,
Do
not
you
like
to
live
well
in
India?
half
of
my
ships
crew
have
deserted
through
the
good
things
in
Bengal,
and
you
are
fool
enough
to
want
to
go
to
England
to
be
starved
there;
get
away,
you
are
mad.
Emin
would
rather
have
been
favoured
by
the
captain
with
a
pair
of
black
eyes
and
a
broken
head,
than
to
have
had
his
refusal,
and
was
angry
with
himself
for
not
venturing
the
year
before
with
good
captain
Williamson.
However,
he
did
not
despair,
but
went
thence
to
the
next
door,
where
lived
captain
Cash,
commander
of
the
Tavistock,
which
had
been
before
a
man
of
war.
This
honourable
gentleman
perceiving
a
great
disorder
in
his
countenance,
from
an
agitated
mind,
said
nothing,
till
some
gentlemen,
who
were
there,
went
out;
he
then
approached
Emin
with
great
mildness,
and
advising
him
like
a
tender
father,
to
be
dissuaded
from
his
intention,
said,
"depend
upon
it,
my
friend,
you
will
not
be
able
to
go
through
the
laborious
work
of
the
ship,
nor
able
to
live
when
you
are
in
London;
I
know
your
countrymen
here
are
numerous
and
very
rich,
and
I
dare
to
say,
you
have
a
father;
what
ails
you,
that
you
are
so
sanguine
for
going
to
Europe,
without
a
single
rupee
in
your
pocket?"
The
writer
took
no
notice
of
all
these
unsuccessful
proceedings
to
his
father,
whose
condition
of
life
he
knew
to
be
reduced
very
low;
besides
that
he
then
had
a
dangerous
illness
and
great
vexation
of
mind.
On
the
one
hand
was
emptiness
of
pocket;
on
the
other,
the
thought
of
losing
an
only
son,
whose
resolution
was
not
to
be
changed:
he
was
therefore
obliged
to
have
recourse
to
a
voyage
to
Mukha
for
the
recovery
of
his
health
and
some
little
profit.
Having
gone
on
board,
and
before
the
ship
sailed,
he
wrote
from
Culpee
to
his
brother
David,
who
was
then
come
from
Surat
and
inserted
in
his
letter
the
following
paragraph:
"Dear
brother,
please
to
acquaint
Emin,
my
only
son,
that
his
obstinate
temper,
I
am
convinced,
will
not
be
altered,
nor
will
even
be
shaken
by
a
battery
of
cannons.
I
know
he
is
not
to
be
dissuaded
from
his
design.
Do
you
not
remember,
when
he
was
but
five
years
of
age,
a
Hamadany
Mahomedan
wanted
to
caress
him,
he
took
up
a
stone
and
knocked
out
the
fellows
eye:
he
is
our
ancestor
Emin,
come
out
of
his
grave
with
the
same
fearless
disposition.
I
think
he
may
succeed
in
his
laudable
notions,
on
condition
that
he
keep
himself
very
strict
in
chastity,
with
honour
and
honesty,
walking
as
he
has
been
brought
up,
in
the
path
of
religion,
grounded
on
the
principles
of
truth.
All
my
objection
against
his
going
to
Europe
was,
that,
young
as
he
is,
he
may
not
be
able
to
curb
himself
so
as
to
withstand
the
temptations
there
in
a
free
country,
as
he
would
if
he
had
been
kept
under
our
watchful
eyes.
Tell
him
so
from
me,
and
let
him
go;
may
Heaven
prosper
him
in
all
his
ways
which
are
good.
"
This
effaced
the
anxiety
of
Emins
distracted
mind
for
his
paternal
blessing.
He
went
then
with
redoubled
courage
to
the
fourth
gentleman,
named
Thomas
Fea,
commander
of
the
old
Walpole
India-man,
and
begged
that
he
might
work
for
his
passage;
this
captain
made
more
objections
than
the
others,
particularly
observing
him
to
be
so
very
thin:
but
the
captain
rather
looked
affable
in
his
countenance
and
conversations,
which
made
the
writer
imagine
his
offered
service
would
not
be
accepted,
but
would
rather
raise
a
laugh,
and
cause
him
to
be
sent
about
his
business.
Desponding
as
he
grew,
helpless
as
he
felt
himself,
the
Indiamen
having
all
sailed,
and
the
Walpole
being
the
last
ship
of
that
season,
he
thought
of
no
other
remedy
than
to
throw
himself
on
his
knees
at
the
feet
of
the
captain,
like
a
deplorable
captive
desirous
to
be
set
free.
He
was
ordered
by
the
captain
to
call
again
the
next
morning,
and
so
on
every
day
for
a
whole
week;
at
last
he
was
advised
by
the
European
servants
to
see
the
sircar,
who
no
sooner
received
a
couple
of
rupees,
than
he
immediately
spoke
to
the
captain,
and
obtained
a
note
to
go
on
board.
Had
he
been
acquainted
before
with
the
nature
of
the
captains
black
ministers,
and
their
effective
influence,
he
might
have
saved
himself
all
the
time
he
had
lost,
and
all
his
vain
intreaties,
with
that
insignificant
fee;
and
this
shews
the
great
interest
of
the
natives
at
that
time
in
the
employments
of
many,
who
depend
more
on
them
than
on
their
own
excellent
sagacity,
which
might
have
helped
them
to
discern
a
man
of
spirit,
in
ever
so
destitute
or
distressed
a
situation.
But
patience
was
his
great
comfort,
and
assisted
him
to
pass
over
all
such
trifles.
He
went
home,
saw
both
his
grandfather
Michael,
and
David
his
uncle;
took
leave
of
them
with
their
blessing;
and
after
two
days
was
on
board
at
Balasor.
The
third
mate,
the
captains
own
brother,
no
sooner
read
the
note,
than
he
began
to
stamp
on
the
main
deck,
with
such
unnatural
swearing
and
cursing,
that
he
thought
the
vessel
would
have
gone
to
the
bottom,
bawling
out
and
calling
for
the
boatswain;
upon
which,
immediately
a
broom
with
a
swab
were
ready
brought,
and
trusted
to
Emins
hand.
"Take
care,
Mr.
Armenian
(said
the
mate,
)
to
keep
the
main-deck
always
clean,
more
especially
the
hog-stye,
and
particularly
the
gallery;
you
foolish
booby,
that
preferest
a
cold
to
a
hot
country,
hell
to
heaven;
"
reading
the
curious
note
over
and
over
again,
while
Emin
was
standing,
as
he
was
ordered,
at
the
foot
of
the
gang-way,
holding
the
swab
in
his
right
hand,
and
the
broom
in
the
left,
to
hear
the
lecture
of
his
most
improving
commander;
who
making
a
second
motion,
said,
"Do
you
hear
me,
sirrah?"
Yes,
please
your
honour,
said
the
poor
boy:
"Take
very
great
care
then
(said
he)
of
those
two
instruments,
to
execute
the
duties
of
your
office,
for
you
are
fit
for
nothing
else;
"
then,
with
a
horse-laugh,
he
turned
his
back,
and
began
to
walk
upon
the
quarter-deck.
Emin
cared
not
a
pin
for
his
abusive
expressions,
saying
to
himself,
"That
is
all
but
a
puff
of
wind
compared
to
your
brothers
polite
smiles,
which
wanted
very
little
to
turn
into
a
dreadful
storm,
sufficient
to
wreck
the
feeble
boat
of
my
poor
heart.
"
In
short,
he
did
not
mind
abuse,
when
his
resolution
told
him,
he
was
going
towards
a
paradise
upon
earth,
to
have
his
eyes
opened,
and
take
a
view
of
the
world.
A
fortnight
after,
the
captain,
with
two
English
ladies,
passengers,
came
on
board:
next
morning,
about
the
14th
February,
I751,
the
Walpole
sailed.
Three
weeks
more
the
author
continued
in
that
foul
office,
and
then
was
removed
upon
the
quarter-deck,
together
with
his
countryman
John
Masseh,
who
is
also
living
in
Calcutta
at
this
present
time;
and,
thank
God,
he
is
possessed
of
pretty
good
estate,
and
passes
his
life
happily.
Though
Emin
had
gained
the
minds
of
the
ships
crew,
by
oversetting
the
big
foreigner
mentioned
in
the
preface;
yet
they
were
not
well
enough
reconciled
to
him
and
his
countryman,
to
let
them
hang
their
bag
of
pudding
in
the
copper.
Several
times,
when
they
had
every
second
days
common
allowance
of
flour,
and
had
made
it
into
dough,
they
hardly
approached
the
kitchen
door,
when
the
sailors
hooted
out,
growling
like
lions,
and
calling
them
lousy
slavish
Armenians;
adding,
"you
are
not
better
than
our
enemies
the
French,
who
in
time
of
war
are
for
conquering
us,
and
in
peace,
to
come
to
England
like
beggars,
to
take
the
bread
out
of
the
mouths
of
Englishmen.
"
This
obliged
them
to
throw
their
dough
over
board.
They
were
advised
by
some
to
complain
of
it
to
the
captain;
but
Emin
thought
it
a
mean
way
of
acting,
and
began
to
work
his
brains
how
to
be
even
with
them.
He
went
to
the
steward
the
next
flour
day,
and
got
their
allowance;
a
potfull
of
fine
hogs-lard
was
hanging
over
by
the
side
of
the
boatswains
cott,
and
Emin
thinking
it
no
harm
or
theft,
took
a
good
quantity
of
it,
as
a
thing
of
no
value:
behold!
it
was
the
boatswains
own
property,
and
esteemed
on
board
as
good
as
butter!
The
owner
of
it
came,
and
taking
Emin
by
the
tip
of
his
ear,
pinched
it
with
such
force,
that
the
blood
began
to
trickle
down
from
it;
then
gave
him
a
slap
on
the
face,
and
said
to
him,
in
a
very
friendly
mantier,
"Take
care
not
to
learn
thieving,
for
you
are
going
to
England,
where
if
you
should
commit
the
same
fault,
you
would
be
hanged
for
it.
I
find
you
are
ignorant
of
the
ships
custom;
if
you
knew
it,
you
would
not
act
so;
go,
mind
your
pudding.
"
Thereupon
he,
with
his
messmate
Masseh,
went
to
work,
mixed
the
flour,
hogs-lard,
and
some
water,
together
pretty
well;
then
rolled
it
upon
a
board
as
thin
as
parchment,
and
folding
it
from
every
side,
spread
each
plait
with
sugar,
so
that
the
thickness
of
it
become
three
quarters
of
an
inch,
just
big
enough
for
a
grid-iron;
which
the
captains,
cook,
a
good-natured
elderly
man
lent
them,
seeing
that
they
could
not
come
near
the
great
copper
on
account
of
the
men.
Both
the
Armenians,
very
glad
of
the
favour,
made
a
shift
in
an
hour
and
half
to
broil
their
pudding,
which
they
took
up,
and
setting
down
under
the
larboard
side
of
the
gangway
in
a
princely
state,
began
to
make
a
dinner
upon
it
with
all
the
appetite
imaginable,
chusing
that
place
on
purpose
to
be
in
the
way
of
the
men,
by
whom
they
had
been
deprived
for
six
weeks
on
ship-board
of
eating
pudding.
As
they
passed
and
repassed
the
curiosity
of
the
men
led
them
to
inquire
how
it
was
made,
every
one
of
them
tasting
a
bit,
and,
when
they
were
informed
of
the
method,
they
approved
it,
and
swore
that
they
would
follow
the
example,
not
considering
the
ridiculous
consequences
of
it.
In
a
ships
company
among
thirty
or
more
messes,
allowing
only
an
hours
time
to
each
grilling
with
one
gridiron,
in
such
hot
weather,
in
the
captains
cook-room,
they
must
of
course
bid
farewell
to
the
ships
work.
A
day
after,
having
their
allowance
of
flour
as
usual,
the
operation
began;
the
captains
pantry
was
broke
open
in
the
night,
and
robbed
of
all
the
butter;
a
hogshead
of
sugar
was
broached,
and
the
boatswains
pot
vanished;
some
of
them
were
flogged,
some
reprimanded;
but
the
best
part
of
the
uproar
was
to
follow:
About
ten
oclock
the
contest
began,
by
their
striking
one
another
unmercifully,
with
the
gridiron,
in
disputing
who
should
use
it,
without
considering
the
shortness
of
time
they
had
to
spare.
The
captain
and
the
rest
of
the
officers
were
alarmed,
and
asked,
what
was
the
matter?
The
poor
men
were
ashamed
to
speak;
when
a
young
lad
more
acute
than
the
rest,
said
in
a
good-natured
way,
"Sir,
these
two
little
Armenians
are
the
cause
of
the
disturbance:
"
upon
which
the
captain
laughed
heartily
with
the
passengers,
and
saying
to
them,
"Very
well
done
-
now
I
see
you
have
learned
how
to
live
in
the
world.
"
He
then
sent
them
two
bottles
of
wine,
which
they
returned,
and
accepted
a
gallon
of
water.
The
bloody-nosed
and
black-eyed
gentlemen
sailors,
instead
of
being
angry
with
Emin,
came
and
shook
hands
with
him,
while
he
and
his
countryman
sat
in
the
same
place
eating
their
pudding
boiled
in
the
great
copper,
without
interruption
from
any
of
their
brother
sailors,
and
lived
ever
after
in
the
same
manner,
uninterrupted
and
well
treated
by
them.
They
afterwards
gave
Emin
the
nickname
of
Nadir
Shahs
son.
In
a
ship
of
any
other
nation,
if
such
an
affair
had
happened,
what
would
have
become
of
him
who
was
the
occasion
of
it.
Nothing
less
than
death
and
destruction.
He
remembers
at
Ispahan,
that,
when
the
army
of
Aly
Murad
Khan,
the
late
King
of
Persia,
was
dispersed
without
fighting,
(through
his
own
imprudence),
as
they
were
marching
away,
a
mule
started
at
something
by
the
side
of
the
river
Zandarud,
and
let
fall
his
load,
which
was
only
kitchen
furniture
belonging
to
one
of
the
Khans.
The
leader
of
the
mule
desired
an
Armenian
of
Julpha,
with
two
other
Mahomedans
that
were
only
passing
by,
to
help
him
to
load
the
beast.
Aly
Murad
became
successful
again,
the
deserted
army
came
about
him,
and
he
marched
back
from
Hamadan
to
Ispahan.
The
owner
of
the
mule
then
brought
an
action
against
those
three
persons
as
guilty
of
plunder,
and
ruined
them
entirely,
besides
their
being
bastinadoed
in
a
cruel
manner;
and
this
he
saw
happened
while
standing
at
the
top
of
his
house,
at
the
distance
of
three
hundred
yards.
Neither
the
author,
nor
his
companion,
while
on
board,
drank
any
brandy,
but
their
allowance
of
drams
they
gave
away
to
the
sailors;
two
of
them
had
most
of
the
drink,
and
they
were
very
good
in
taking
care
to
wash
every
week.
The
ship
being
very
old,
sprung
a
great
leak
below
the
head
five
or
six
feet
under
water,
and
three
feet
to
the
left
of
the
keel,
so
that
all
hands
set
up
plying
the
chain-pumps
all
the
way
to
St.
Helena
Island,
and
then
patched
her
up.
All
that
he
did
not
mind,
nor
anything,
while
the
weather
was
warm;
but
when
the
ship
began
to
get
under
higher
latitudes,
he
recollected
the
meaning
of
Mr.
Fea,
the
third
mate,
at
Balasor;
each
having
four
shirts
and
four
coarse
drawers
to
wear
in
all
sorts
of
weather:
and
sure
enough
he
felt
one
of
the
torments
of
hell,
-
"gnashing
of
teeth.
"
It
was
beneath
his
spirit
to
skulk
like
other
foreign
sailors
or
lascars,
who
had
not
coverings
sufficient
to
appear
on
the
deck
with
good
grace.
He
thought
himself
in
the
right
of
it
not
to
sham
sick,
but
worked
on
the
deck,
which
kept
him
warmer,
and
thus
preserved
the
good
opinion
of
the
brave
seamen;
as
for
keeping
below
the
main
hatchway,
which
he
experienced
in
the
night,
every
time
he
went
down
after
his
watch
was
over,
slept
for
an
hour
comfortably;
but
the
other
three
hours
he
was
in
great
misery,
shaking
and
trembling
through
cold.
This
happiness
he
enjoyed
in
his
mind,
that
his
suffering
of
hardship
was
for
a
goo
cause,
and
he
was
never
disheartened,
since
it
was
his
own
choice;
and
thanked
God,
he
was
not
sick
in
all
the
passage.
Exactly
in
six
months
the
ship
completed
her
troublesome
voyage,
and
arrived
at
Woolwich
on
the
14th
of
September.
Emin
was
then
very
happy
in
the
sight
of
Old
England,
swelling
like
a
peacock
with
the
bright
feathers
of
his
imagination.
When
reflecting
on
his
empty
pocket,
he
shrank
down;
but
when
he
remembered
God,
he
was
as
hopeful
as
ever,
and
in
good
spirits.
The
captain
had
the
kindness
to
tell
him,
that
he
might
stay
on
board
during
the
time
of
the
unloading,
and
to
get
a
shilling
a
day
according
to
custom;
then
knowing
his
situation,
and
that
he
had
no
money,
nor
a
friend
to
go
to;
but
he
was
foolish
enough
to
stay
only
ten
days.
One
Sunday
morning,
while
on
board,
he
and
his
countryman
had
some
beef
stakes
dressing
in
the
kitchen,
when
they
saw
a
shortish
Englishman
come
on
board,
who
unluckily
passed
into
the
same
place,
and
said
very
rapidly,
"Who
are
you?
I
see
the
people
are
all
gone
on
shore,
you
are
only
left
here
with
the
custom
house
officers;
are
you
the
captains
slaves?"
Then
he
repeated
in
a
teazing
manner,
"What
are
you?
devils
or
animals?
Oh!
I
see
you
are
chimney-sweepers
come
from
Bengal,
to
get
your
living
in
our
country
but
I
can
tell
you,
you
are
too
old,
you
wont
be
received
into
the
service.
"
No
sooner
had
he
heard
that
they
were
Armenians,
than
he
threw
down
the
stick
he
had
in
his
hand,
and
began
to
tread
upon
it,
saying
"Ay,
ay,
I
know
you
now;
I
have
seen
the
Armenians
in
Constantinople,
whose
necks,
like
this
stick,
were
under
the
feet
of
the
Turks.
"
When
he
had
finished
his
speech
he
took
up
the
stick,
and
as
quick
as
lightning
stepped
into
the
boat
and
went
away.
This
spoiled
the
authors
dinner,
took
away
his
appetite,
and
he
passed
all
the
day
without
touching
anything.
