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_CONTENTS_.
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_JOSEPH PITTON DE TOURNEFORT_.
Born 1656.—Died 1708.
Born at Aix—Education—Early passion for 7
botany—Philosophy of Descartes—Aversion for the study
of theology—Travels in France—Spain—The
Pyrenees—Taken for a robber—Publishes his first
work—Commanded to travel in the East—Candia—Mount
Ida—Constantinople—Black Sea—Erzeroom—Georgia—Returns
to Smyrna—France—Death
_DR. THOMAS SHAW_.
Born 1692.—Died 1751.
Born at Kendal—Educated at Oxford—Appointed chaplain of 19
Algiers—Arrives in Africa—Environs of Algiers—Departs
for Egypt—Alexandria—Cairo—Site of Memphis—Origin and
destination of the Pyramids—Animals of Egypt—Dancing
Serpents—Cannibals—Visit to Mount Sinai—Hospitality
of the Arabs—Route of the Israelites—Is plundered by
the Arabs—Curiosities of the desert—Waters of
Marah—Returns to Egypt—Descends the Nile—Sails for
Syria—Is taken prisoner and ransomed—Extraordinary
ignis fatuus—Prodigious flights of
storks—Waterspouts—Returns to Algiers—Arabs of
Africa—Marries—Earthquakes—Visits the kingdom of
Tunis—Ruins of Carthage—Lake of Tunis—City of
Tunis—Roman ruins—Virgil’s Nympharum Domus—The Lesser
Syrtis—Lake of Marks—Yellow-haired Kabyli—Natural
history of Barbary—Locust clouds—Music—Eating of
lions—Complexion of the Moors—Superstition—Returns to
England—Dies
_FREDERIC HASSELQUIST_.
Born 1722.—Died 1752.
Born in Eastern Gothland—Studies at Upsal—Acquires the 52
friendship of Linnæus—Conceives the design of
travelling in the East—Mode of raising travelling
funds—Studies the oriental languages—Embarks at
Stockholm—Arrives in the Grecian Archipelago—Harbour
of Milo—Strange costume of the women—Island of
Scio—State of medical science in the East—Smyrna—The
Frank carnival—Dances—Beginning of Spring—Beautiful
flowers and plants—Turkish cemetery—Excursion to
Magnesia—Impregnation of figs—Sails for Egypt—Gardens
of Alexandria—Asses of Egypt—Rosetta—Women hatching
eggs—Politeness of the Turks—Circumcision
feast—Voluptuousness—Serpent-charmers—The
Pyramids—Vegetation of the desert—The lion
ant—Impregnation of palm-trees—Soils of
Palestine—Jerusalem—The Dead Sea—Apples of Sodom—The
dudaim, or mandrakes—Silkworm—Cyprus—Dies at Smyrna
_LADY WORTLEY MONTAGUE_.
Born 1690.—Died 1762.
Born in Northamptonshire—Masculine education—Early 72
life—Friendship with Mrs. Wortley—Marriage—Violent
love of fame—Accompanies her husband
abroad—Holland—Germany—Ratisbon—Absurd quarrels of
ambassadors—Descends the Danube—Vienna—Letters of
Pope—Coarseness of language—Extravagant costume of
the women—Beauty of the empress—Bohemia—Mountain
scenery—Dangerous pass—Dresden—New mode of making
love—Dwarfs—Taste of royalty for the deformed—Prince
Eugene—Hungary—Field of battle—Belgrade—Becomes
acquainted with a handsome bey—Servia—Visit to the
baths of Sophia—Exquisite female beauty—Ruins of
Justinian’s Church—Teeth-money—Adrianople—Pretended
intrigues of Lady Mary with the sultan—Beautiful
costume of the women—Intrigues—Homeric
antiquities—History of inoculation—Enthusiastic
admiration of beauty—lovely wife of the
kihaya—Dancing girls—Enters a mosque—Singular
dwelling—Constantinople—Village of
Belgrade—Elysium—Greek slaves—Cosmetics—Balm of
Mecca—The Dardanelles—Hero and Leander—Site of
Troy—Coast of Africa—Carthage—Arrival in
England—Pope—Love—Quarrels—Grows weary of
pleasures—Removes to Italy—Remains abroad twenty-two
years—Returns to England—Dies
_RICHARD POCOCKE_.
Born 1704.—Died 1765.
Born at Southampton—Education—Visits 101
France—Italy—Returns—Departs for the East—Original
travellers—Ruins of Egypt—Alexandria—Egyptian
landscape—Mohammedan saints—Cairo—District of
Faioum—Lake Mœri—Origin of the fable of the Elysian
Fields—The Labyrinth—Ascends the Nile—The
Cataracts—Returns—Embarks for the Holy Land—Arab
harem—Jerusalem—The Dead Sea—Northern
Syria—Mesopotamia—Lebanon—Tripoli—Cyprus—Worship of
Venus—Paphos—Amathusia—Crete—White Mountains—Mount
Ida—Islands of the Archipelago—Asia
Minor—Constantinople—Mount Athos—Vale of Tempé—Field
of Pharsalia—Zeitoun—Tremendous
earthquake—Thermopylæ—The
Euripus—Bœotia—Attica—Returns to England—Dies
_JOHN BELL_.
Born 1690.—Died 1780.
Born at Antermony—Embarks for Petersburg—Sets out for 125
Persia—Descends the Volga—The
Caspian—Falcons—Extraordinary incident—
Shamakia—Tabriz—Koom—Kashan—Scorpions—Ispahan—Returns
to Petersburg—Departs for China—Arrives at
Kazan—Beehives—Fogs and frosts of
Siberia—Asbestos—Tobolsk—Swedish
prisoners—Game—Singular manuscripts—Ancient tombs or
barrows—Curious antiquities—White hares—Sable
hunters—The Baikal Lake—Mongolia—Great wall of
China—Pekin—Character of the Chinese—Fine
arts—Population—Imperial hunt—Departs from
China—Returns to Petersburg—Journey to Derbend—And to
Constantinople—Returns to Scotland—Dies
_JOHN LEDYARD_.
Born 1751.—Died 1788.
Born at Groton in North America—Early studies—Intends 163
becoming a missionary—Escapes from college to the
woods—Returns—Again leaves college—Sails down the
Connecticut alone in a canoe—Studies theology—Becomes
a common sailor—Sails for Gibraltar—Enlists as a
soldier—Is released—Returns to America—Sails for
England—Arrives at Plymouth—Begs his way to
London—Enters into the marine corps, and accompanies
Captain Cook on his last voyage—The
Cape—New-Holland—New-Zealand—Love
adventure—Watteeoo—Tongataboo—Simple manners—Quarrels
with the natives—Tahiti—Discovery of the Sandwich
Islands—Nootka Sound—Behring’s Straits—Adventure on
Onalaska—Return to the Sandwich Islands—Death of
Cook—Returns to England—Sails for America—Leaves the
English service—Sails for France—Stay at
Paris—Proceeds to London—Disappointments—Undertakes a
journey across Siberia—Sweden—Travels round the Gulf
of Finland—Petersburg—Sets out for
Siberia—Tobolsk—Irkutsk—Yakutsk—Is arrested—Returns
to Europe—Engages to travel for the African
Association—Sails to Egypt—Dies
_GEORGE FORSTER_.
Born 1750.—Died 1791.
Birth and parentage not exactly known—Enters the civil 198
service of the East India
Company—Madras—Calcutta—Benares—Mythology of the
Hindoos—Assumes the Mohammedan character—Sails up the
Ganges—Crosses the southern ridge of the
Himalaya—Arrives in Kashmere—Richness and beauty of
the landscape—Lake—Gardens of the Shalimar Rose of
Kashmere—Shawl manufacture—Imitations—Wool—Number
manufactured—Departs from Kashmere—Crosses the
Indus—Sleeps in a mosque, where the moollah
endeavours to rob him—Afghan cavalry—Arrives at
Pashawer—Intense heat—Joins a kafilah—Travels by
night—Mountain torrent—Drowning of a lady—Kabul—Is
seized by a fever—Recovers—Reassumes his character of
Christian—Quickly repents this step—Insults and
difficulties—Ghizni—Mahmood—Kandahar—Proceeds to
Herat—Once more assumes the Mohammedan
character—Joins a caravan—Enters Khorasan—Tremendous
cold—Poetry supplies the place of food—A
conjurer—Host of pilgrims—Descendant of
Mohammed—Anecdote—Mazenderan—Caspian
Sea—Baku—Astrakhan—Petersburg—Arrives in
England—Returns to India—Dies
_JAMES BRUCE_.
Born 1730.—Died 1794.
Born at Kinnaird—Educated at Harrow—Wishes to become a 233
clergyman—Returns to Scotland—Becomes a
sportsman—Studies the law—Marries—Loses his
wife—Visits Spain and Portugal—Returns through
Germany and Holland—Projects an expedition against
Spain—Is appointed consul of Algiers—Travels in
Italy—Arrives in Algiers—Disputes with the dey—Leaves
Algiers—Visits Tunis and Tripoli—Is shipwrecked, and
plundered by the Bedouins—Embarks at Bengazi for
Caramania—Sails for Syria—Visits Palmyra—Embarks for
Egypt—Cairo—Transactions with the
bey—Anecdote—Ascends the Nile—The Ababde Arabs—The
Tigrè chief—Assuan—Descends the Nile—Proceeds to
Kosseir—Adventure among the Arabs—Visits the
mountains of emeralds—Crosses the Red Sea to
Jidda—Anecdote—Surveys the Red Sea—Arrives at
Masuah—Is in extreme danger—Escapes, and enters
Abyssinia—Crosses Mount Taranta—Arrives at
Dixan—Slave trade—Rich scenery—Fair in the forest
Adowa—Palace of Ras Michael—Ruins of Axum—Beautiful
scenery—Live cow eating—Monks of Waldubba—Crosses
Mount Lamalmon—Arrives at Gondar—The book of the
prophet Enoch—Visits the queen-mother—Becomes a
physician, and excites the jealousy of the monks—Has
an interview with Ras Michael—Triumphal entry of the
Ras into Gondar—Beautiful wife of the Ras—Is promoted
to a high office at court—Shoots through a shield and
a table with a piece of candle—Profligate manners of
the Abyssinians—Is appointed governor of a
district—Visits the great cataract of the Nile—Sets
out to discover the source of the Nile—Is entertained
by a rebel chief—Placed under the protection of the
Gallas—Reaches the sources of the Nile—Returns to
Gondar—Leaves Abyssinia—Traverses the deserts of
Nubia—Reaches Assuan—Descends the Nile—Embarks for
Marseilles—Arrives in England—Publishes his
Travels—Dies
_JONAS HANWAY_.
Born 1712.—Died 1786.
Born at Portsmouth—Educated in London—Apprenticed to a 301
merchant at Lisbon—Conceives an unsuccessful
passion—Renounces all ideas of marriage—Returns to
England—Visits St. Petersburg—Appointed agent of the
Russian company in Persia—Arrives at
Lanjaron—Proceeds to Astrabad—Burning forest—Persian
compliments—City of Astrabad taken and
plundered—Loses all his merchandise—Sets out in
company with a hajji and an escort—Deserted by his
guides, and left at a fisherman’s hut—Embarks in a
canoe—Arrives at Teschidezar—Presented with a horse
by the shah’s officers—Arrives at Balfroosh—Sets out
alone for the camp of Nadir Shah—Extraordinary
privation—Dangers and difficulties—Reaches
Lanjaron—Hospitably entertained by Captain
Elton—Desolating effects of the shah’s
tyranny—Arrives at the royal camp—His tent near the
royal standard—Narrowly escapes being burnt to
death—Petitions for restitution of his
merchandise—Nadir detested by his
followers—Magnificence of the imperial camp—Splendid
equipments of his numerous army—Hanway obtains an
order for restitution of his property—Sets out on his
return to Astrabad—Beautiful scenery—Orange groves,
&c.—Curse of despotism—Loses himself in a
forest—Attacked by an enormous wolf—Deserted by his
escort—Instances of ferocious cruelty—Receives an
offer of payment in female slaves—Refuses the
offer—Regains his property—Invests it in
silks—Arrives at Moscow—Succeeds to considerable
property in England—Settles at St.
Petersburg—Establishes himself as a merchant
there—Desire of visiting home awakened—Peter I.—Dry
dock of Cronstadt—Returns to England—Resides in
London—Compiles his travels—Visits the
Continent—Opposes the naturalization of the
Jews—Promotes the paving of the streets of
London—Absurdity of the French invasion—Founds the
Marine Society—Discourages tea-drinking—Founds the
Magdalen Hospital—Ridicules the custom of _vails
giving_—Ludicrous anecdotes of this subject—Prince
Eugene—Scheme for bettering the condition of
chimney-sweeps—Laughable story—Devil taking a
holyday—Ridiculous anecdote connected with Hanway’s
frontispieces—Death—Amiable character
_ANTONIO DE ULLOA_.
Born 1716.—Died 1795.
Born at Seville—Enters into the Spanish navy—Intrusted 320
with the conduct of an expedition for measuring a
degree of the meridian near the equator—Sails from
Cadiz—Arrives at Porto Bello—Rapid river
Chagre—Magnificent landscape—Curious trees, fruits,
birds, insects, &c.—Monkeys crossing a river—Arrives
at Panama—Employs himself in making astronomical
observations—Sails for Guayaquil—Received with
distinguished politeness—Extraordinary sufferings
from mosquitoes—Arrives at the foot of the
Andes—Mamarumi, or “mother of stone”—Beautiful
cascade—Dexterity of mules in descending the mountain
slopes—Chimborazo—Arrives at Quito—Pillars of
sand—Their fatal effects—Enormous caves—Singular
effects of the moon on the waters within them—Ascends
Pichincha—Interesting description of his encampment
there—Extraordinary manner of living—Intense
cold—Delightful serenity of those lofty
regions—Storms and tempests beneath—Difficulty of
respiration—Danger of being blown down the
precipices—Fall of enormous fragments of
rock—Violence of the wind—Snow-storms—Effects of the
climate on the limbs—Conversation painful from the
state of their lips—Curious effect of intense cold on
ardent spirits—Deserted by his attendants—Becomes
reconciled to the hardships of his situation—Proceeds
with his astronomical observations—Recalled to
Lima—War between England and Spain—Commissioned to
put the city in a state of defence—Lord Anson the
English admiral—Returns to Quito—Resumes his
scientific pursuits—Recalled to the coast—Sack of
Payta by the English fleet—Honoured with the command
of a frigate—Arrival of reinforcements—Returns to
Quito—Comet of 1744—Impatient to revisit
Europe—Embarks at Callao—Attacked by two English
privateers—Escapes—Sails for North America—Arrives at
Louisburg—Compelled to surrender to the
English—Humanity and politeness of Commodore
Warren—Sails for England as a prisoner of war—Arrives
at Portsmouth—Courtesy and generosity of Captain
Brett—Pretender—Is received with distinguished
hospitality and politeness by the Duke of Bedford,
Lord Harrington, and the Commissioners for French and
Spanish prisoners—Obtains his papers—Martin Folkes—Is
elected a member of the Royal Society—Embarks for
Lisbon—Arrives at Madrid—Flattering reception—Travels
through Europe—Receives the command of the Indian
fleet—Appointed Governor of Louisiana—Returns to
Europe—Dies in the Island of Leon
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_THE LIVES_