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          Diary 47: November 1897 - August 1898
        
        
          Joseph Mathia Svoboda
        
        
          
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            [Series Item: Diary 47 of 1897-1898]
          
          
            1897
          

     
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            Nº 47
            
            1897/98
            
            
            Arabic
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Continued from Diary (//)

          No. 46 of 1896/7 [4 NOV 1897 ;mdash; V047_00_N] (//)

        
        
          
            Novr. 
          
        
        
          
            4 Thursd The @ 6.62 
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Novr 
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather at 
            
            at 8 am I came on board the
            
            Steamer, Finished Alexanders
            
            letter to be posted today;
            
            I sent it to the Post Office and
            
            had it registered, also wrote one
            
            to Rezooki Korkis London
            
            of Yesterday’s date~ At 10 ½
            
            went home & had my breakfast
            
            & returned at 12 ½~
            
          
          
                    We shipped a good deal of local
            
            cargo & finished at 4 p.m.
            
            All the cabins are engaged,
            
          
          
                    The river is  standstill~
            
            At 5 p.m. I went to my house
            
            the carpenter has finished
            
            his work & I paid him for
            
            4 days~
            
          
          
                    I went over to Sister Medula
            
            to dine with her: & while
            
            there I received a letter from
            
            my son Alexander by
            
            the Damascus Post which
            
            
          
          
                    arrived this afternoon; it
            
            is dated the 15 Octor, and
            
            I read it before  Medoola &
            
            Grzesky; Alexander is very
            
            well, he is learning the German
            
            language well; he has
            
            received my telegram in
            
            which I informed him of
            
            my arrival to Baghdad on
            
            the 14th Octor, & he received it
            
            the next day when he was
            
            writing the letter;
            
            At 9 I came home &
            
            turned in~
            
          
        
        
          
            5 Frid
          
         
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather 
            
            at 4 am I came on board;
            
            We are to wait for Mr. Bottomley
            
            who is going down with us
            
            to Basreh~
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [5 NOV 1897 ;mdash; V047_01_S] (//) 

          Voy 366 (//)

        

      
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            1897  
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            [A47_006_09:001]
                    
          
         
          
          
                    At 7 AM. proceeded from Baghdad
            
            the Steamer is very light, drawing
            
          
          
             3,,2 Inches;~
            
          
          
                    Passed Gherrarah & the Tents are
            
            still encamped the Christians
            
            there are nearly 50 Tents~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
            
            At 10,,25 passed Ctesiphon;
            
          
          
                    At 1 p.m. we rounded & came
            
            to at Ledje for the Khalifah
            
            coming up; We went on board
            
            of her with Mr. Bottomley,
            
            Mr. Braine, Reynolds & George
            
            Cowley & his young brother,
            
            to see Capt Cowley who is
            
            coming up in her, on his
            
            return from England in
            
            the Arabistan, he looks well
            
            the same as before; he gave
            
            me a letter from my wife
            
            Eliza from Basreh; the
            
            Arabistan came out in 25
            
            days from Marseilles a
            
            a very good passage~
            
            
          
          
                    At 1,,35 P.M. we left and
            
            went on~
            
          
          
                    We have altogether 128 ½
            
            passengers, (4 in 1st 1st Class Eassa
            
            Zheir & 3 females the family
            
            of Ahmed Beg Zheir from Constple,
            
            and 2 Jews in 2nd Class, & 5 also
            
            in 2nd Class but counted as 2 ½
            
            they are the Mère Marie Thérese
            
            & an other Sister going as far
            
            as Basreh accompanying
            
            the daughter of  Fetoohi Loca
            
            & two other girls of  Mossul
            
            going to France to become nuns
            
            they paid at ½ Passage)
            
            Also Mr. Bottomley the Agent
            
            to Basreh for business as
            
            Mr. Taylor left for London
            
            in the Afghanistan about
            
            a week ago; & two  deck
            
            free~
            
          
          
                    At 4,,25 p.m. passed  Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,45 passed Azizieh,
            
            At 8,,20 anchored for the night
            
            
            at Toweel, cloudy weather &
            
            light breeze~
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Satur
          
          
            Light S. Ely breeze & cloudy a 
            
            little; at 5,,20 am. proceeded
            
            from Toweel;
            
          
          
                    At 9,,15 passed Memlah;
            
            At 2 p.m. arrived at Coot, landed
            
            22 ½ passengers & 58 packages
            
          
          
                    At 3 p.m. left Coot~ Took
            
            6 passengers; Light S.Ely
            
            with clouds and warm weather
            
            Therm @ 3,,85˚~
            
          
          
                    At 7.20  came to Aboo
            
            Dood for the night; fine
            
            weather & clear moonlight
            
            night 12 days old;
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Sund.
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            Light air & getting fine~
            
            At 5,,45 AM. we got underway;
            
          
          
                    At 8,,45 l landed 4 passengers
            
            and 8 packages at  Ali Gherbi
            
            and went on at 9; weather
            
            got cloudy all over~ It got
            
            fine at about 1 p.m. but it is
            
            very warm~
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.M. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 15½ passengers
            
            
            and 81 packages; Took 4
            
            Tons of Coal~ Weather very calm
            
            & warm but fine~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,50 pm. we left Amara
            
            fine moon light night & clear;
            
          
          
                    At 10.20 we anchored below
            
            Kalat Saleh, fine clear weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Mond        The @ 6.60
          
          
            Eliza’s arrival from Paris
          
          
            [A47_009_19:002]
                         
          
         
          
            1897
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            [A47_010_09:003]
                        
          
          
          
            [A47_011_17:004]
                       
          
         
          
            Light n.w. & fine~ At 5,,45
            
            am. we proceeded~ We took
            
            17 passengers from Amara,
            
          
          
                    At 9,,5 passed Azair, they
            
            have pulled down the Green
            
            Dome to rebuild it new;
            
          
          
                    At  0,,5 p.m.. stopped at Gorna
            
            landed 3 passengers and
            
            20 packages, at 9,,20 p.m.
            
            left Gorna~
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.M. passed the SS
            
            Baghdad & Barge going up just
            
            Opposite Rufail’s house
            
            & I saw my wife Eliza
            
            standing on the bank with
            
            Rufail Tukyeh etc;
            
            We anchored at  Basreh
            
            the SS. Arabistan, Mobile
            
            & Dwina are here &
            
            also the Rusafah & Mosul;
            
            
          
          
                    I went up to  Rufail’s  place,
            
            & met Eliza there, I could not
            
            keep myself from the tears on
            
            seeing her without my son
            
            Alexander, but got very sorry
            
            on hearing from her the bad
            
            account she gives me, and
            
            behaviour of Ibrahim Gejou,
            
            who has not yet furnished his
            
            rooms & they use Alexander’s room,
            
            he has got not servant cook &
            
            feeding Alexander outside
            
            @ 3 frcs per day, he has got a
            
            wife for the second time since
            
            a year & half & goes often to
            
            her; he wanted to force
            
            Eliza to pay him 150 frcs per
            
            month to keep her in the
            
            same room as that of Alexander
            
            & feed her in fact she
            
            says he is a lyar & a
            
            swindle & space has nothing at
            
            all & wants to make money
            
            out of us; and she says
            
            that Alexander must not
            
            remain in Paris but he
            
            should return soon, because
            
            he will be spoilt & he
            
            expends more money
            
            
            than what I have allowed
            
            him (200 frcs per month) he
            
            is selling his postage stamps
            
            & expending; she made
            
            me so very sorry & broken
            
            hearted that I lost all the
            
            pleasure of talking with
            
            her about anything else;
            
            She has apparently expended
            
            the 1010 frcs I had given
            
            her at Marsilles and I shall
            
            have to pay her passage
            
            now to Jeboory Asfar of
            
            31 1/2 £ Sterling. She has
            
            bought some clothes and
            
            perfumery etc for sale
            
            she drew 40 £ Stg from
            
            Rezooki Korkis to be paid
            
            here by her to his brother,
            
            she says they had fine weather
            
            on the way out from  Marseilles
            
            except for two days it
            
            was bad after leaving
            
            Marseilles, & in the Red
            
            Sea it was very calm &
            
            awfully hot; she landed
            
            in Bushire for few hours
            
            
            With Andrews Dinha the
            
            Engineer of the Persepolis~
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Tuesd
          
          
            1897
          
          
            : Novr
          

          
            S. Ely breeze & very foggy &
            
            dampy: I have had no
            
            sleep at all on account of
            
            the mosquitoes that were in
            
            great number & being so
            
            out of humour on account
            
            of Eliza's relating to me of
            
            Alexander’s life in Paris;
            
          
          
                    At 7 ½ am. I came on
            
            board, we are discharging
            
            & loading cargo;~
            
          
          
                    Yousif Marine & Naoom Loca
            
            called on me & also Fehmy
            
            Bey the Nadir of the Six Contribution
            
            he is here going to P. Said for
            
            a change; Père Pierre also,
            
            & Jeboory Asfar,~ Eliza
            
            & Rufail & Rezooki came
            
            on board & got Eliza’s kit
            
            also the Boxes etc etc,
            
            also Meneshi Gareh called
            
            on me & Naoom Loca;
            
          
          
                    We have no 1st Class
            
            Cabin passengers but
            
            Eliza my wife~
            
            
            We finished cargo by 3 p.m,
            
            & got the mail~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [9 NOV 1897 ;mdash; V047_02_N] (//)

        

      

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                    At 5,,30 P.M. got underway
            
            & proceeded ship drawing
            
            4 feet;~ fine weather &
            
            light S. Ely breeze; Eliza
            
            did not dine with us, she has a
            
            bad cold & had eaten something at
            
            Rufail’s house~ At 11,,10 passed Gorna
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Wedne The @ 6.72
          
          
            At 3,,30 AM. passed  
            
            Azair~ at 5 we came to the
            
            shoal above Ghumeyjeh, there
            
            is a boat aground in the channel
            
            we took anchors out & hove
            
            over~ At 7.30 got over and
            
            proceeded easy~
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets and finished with
            
            the passengers~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,45 the ship struck the
            
            shaol bank below Abdulla
            
            in Ali & broke 3 arms & floats
            
            & we anchored to repair the
            
            damage, At 11.30 proceeded,
            
          
          
                    At 1,,30 P.M. landed 5 passengers
            
            & took one & went on at
            
            
            1,,40~
            
          
          
                    We have altogether 124 ½
            
            passengers none in 1st Class,
            
            but 3 in 2nd Class; also besides
            
            these 5 Tilkeflies free~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,15 arrived at Amara
            
            landed 21 ½ passengers and
            
            took in 7 Tons of Coal;
            
            Shipped some cargo as Ghee &
            
            Hides etc~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,15 left  Amara fine
            
            weather & S. Ely breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Thursd The @ 6.66 
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr.
          
          
            Light S.Ely & fine; at 7 am.
            
            landed one passenger at Ali
            
            Gherbi & went on at 7,,5
            
            The SS. Baghdad & Barge on
            
            her way up, just went alongside
            
            the village~
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets to 30  Amara
            
            passengers;~
            
          
          
                    Picked one passenger from Sheikh
            
            Saad at 12 AM~
            
          
          
                    At 6 p.m. arrived at  Coot
            
            landed 11 passengers & took
            
            in Coal;
            
          
          
                    At  7,,45 left Coot~ Fine
            
            
            
            Weather & light N.W. breeze &
            
            cool~
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Frid
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze & fine~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,10 am  passed Memlah,
            
            at 4 ½ grounded at Sheresh took
            
            anchors out & hove off, fore &
            
            aft the chain parted three times
            
            of the stern anchor~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,50 got off & proceeded
            
            Gave tickets to 38 ½ Coot passengers
            
          
          
                    At 2,,25 P.M. passed Azizieh;
            
            At 4,,55 passed the S.S. Khalifah
            
            going down at Gutnyeh~
            
          
          
                    At 5,45 passed  Baghdadieh
            
            Fort; modte n.w. wind & fine
            
            cold weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            13 Satur The @ 6.47 
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr.
          
          
            Very Cold Weather, Fine clear
            
            at 2,,30 am passed Ctesiphon,
            
          
          
                    At 4,,20 passed Diala
            
            river,~ At 5.30 passed
            
            Gherrarah, all the Christians
            
            are out encamped yet, a
            
            very sharp cold N.W. wind
            
            blowing~
            
          
          
                    At 8 we landed the mails at
            
            the Residency & steamed
            
            to the Custom House, no
            
            
            steamers are here~
            
          
          
                    Eliza & I landed and went home,
            
            Yousif Korkis, Yacoob Tessy &
            
            the sons of Toni Tessy came
            
            to meet us at the beach &
            
            went home with us, there
            
            came my sisters, Grzesky,
            
            & other people;~ Also
            
            Henry who has arrived
            
            from Hwedir by himself
            
            in the carriage for a few
            
            days & will return; they
            
            were all glad to see Eliza,
            
            Sisters Eliza  & Medula
            
            Grzesiky & Henry breakfasted
            
            with us, & left in the afternoon,
            
            weather is so unusually
            
            cold & sharp N.W. wind,
            
            we have not prepared any
            
            rooms yet, & are sitting in
            
            the divan & veranda in
            
            this cold wind,
            
          
          
                    The river has risen about
            
            one or two feet~
            
          
          
                    I found a letter here
            
            
            from Alexander arrived
            
            yesterday by Damascus
            
            mail, dated the 22 Ulto,
            
            he is very well & enjoying
            
            & studying the German;
            
            Eliza has got a bad cold on
            
            the head & chest & is suffering
            
            very much~
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Sund The @ 6.33 
          
          
            N.W. breeze & very cold 
            
            weather; it is so sudden
            
            & so bitterly cold, the water
            
            frose in some houses~
            
          
          
                    At 9 am I went to church
            
            & then called on Chekury Andrea,
            
            Yacoob Oossy, Eassayis,
            
            Kass Phillippus etc; many
            
            visitors came to visit Eliza
            
            my wife~ I called on Sister
            
            Eliza, Henry called on us,
            
          
          
                    It is very cold throughout the
            
            day;~ This is very unusual
            
            cold which came on so
            
            soon & sudden; we are
            
            not prepared for it yet,
            
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Mond The @ 6.31
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine, bitterly
            
            cold, dry weather; there
            
            must have fallen snow
            
            up the country~ at 8 am
            
            I came on board; we are
            
            discharging cargo; sent
            
            money to the office & went
            
            home,~ Henry came & breakfasted
            
            with us; the weather is awfully
            
            cold;~ I called with Henry on
            
            Alice; I also called on Sister
            
            Medula & came home; more
            
            visitors are coming; it is
            
            awfully cold~
            
          
          
                    The SS. Baghdad arrived at
            
            about 2 p.m.~
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Tuesd The @ 6.32
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            [A47_018_04:005]
                        
          
          
          
            [A47_018_14:006]
                        
          
          
          
            Light N.W breeze & very cold
            
            weather~ at 8½ am. I
            
            came on board; the river is rising
            
            a little; the cold is awful all
            
            my hands are sore & chapped
            
          
          
                    I went home & at 2 p.m. I
            
            called on Alice where Henry
            
            was breakfasting, I took
            
            him & went to call on
            
            Colonel Lock the new English
            
            Consul General whom I
            
            
            had not seen yet, as he had
            
            arrived here two or three days
            
            before we started for Europe
            
            in April; he is a nice person
            
            & inquired from us about
            
            the Archeological researches
            
            & excavations in this part
            
            of the country, as he wish
            
            to have a digging in
            
            some parts, I recommended
            
            him to try Aboo Habba
            
            the ancient zippara,
            
          
          
                    We then called on the new
            
            French Vise Consul Monsr.
            
            Roné & Mons Jacquerès the
            
            Engineer in the Turkish Service
            
            also on Mr. Hasse the young
            
            German Chancellier or
            
            Dragoman to Mr. Richarz
            
            but he was asleep & so we
            
            left our Cards; I then went
            
            to Alice had tea, & called
            
            on Capt Cowley & his wife,
            
            I came home at 5 p.m.
            
          
          
                    Henry came to dine with
            
            us found Antone Marine
            
            
            his wife & children who came
            
            to see Eliza & Artin my Nephew,
            
            They left at 7 1/2~
            
          
          
                    Very Cold weather & we
            
            are shivering; great quantity
            
            of snow fell on the Antolian
            
            Mountains~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Wedn The @ 6.32
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            [A47_020_17:007]
                        
          
         
          
            Light N.W. & fine Very Cold
            
            & freezing as before; at
            
            8 1/2 am called on Henry
            
            for few minutes & then
            
            came on board;~ We
            
            shipped some cargo; through
            
            for the SS. Alphonse Parran
            
          
          
                    At 11 went home to breakfast
            
            Henry called on us~
            
            At 2 1/2 p.m. I came on board
            
            wrote in the cargo we are
            
            shipping; The river keeps rising
            
            it rose in all 12 bricks or
            
            about 2 feet; It is still very
            
            cold~ At 5 p.m. went home
            
            Antone Marine called on us,
            
            he paid me his account of the
            
            clothes I got for him from
            
            Vienna Flors. 71.¾ & 12 frcs,
            
            
          
          
                    Henry is going out to Howedir
            
            tomorrow morning at day break,
            
          
          
                    Very cold & fine weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Thursd Th @ 6.33
          
         
          
            Light N.W. & very cold weather
            
            At 8 1/2 am I came on board,
            
            The river is still rising it
            
            rose 1/2 foot since yesterday;
            
          
          
                    We shipped a good lot of cargo,
            
            also 550 Bales Wool of Yousif
            
            Korkis~
            
          
          
                    I finished my letter for
            
            Alexander up till today, I
            
            begun it on the 5th & sent it to
            
            the Post Office leaving today
            
            for Damascus & had it
            
            registered, also the one for
            
            Rome for Gabriel Oossany
            
            & Michail Baho of the 8th
            
            Instt;~ went to breakfast
            
            & came back at 1 P.M;
            
          
          
                    At 4 P.M. I received a letter
            
            from Alexander of the 29th
            
            Ulto, & a packet of Photograph
            
            of his mother & himself
            
            taken in Paris, by the Damascus
            
            Post arrived today~
            
            
          
          
                    At 5½ I went home; Johny
            
            my Nephew called, he has also
            
            received a letter from Alexander
            
            in todays Post which we
            
            red~
            
          
          
                    Light N.W. & cold weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Frid
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine; at 5 ½  
            
            AM I came on board;
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basrah [19 NOV 1897 ;mdash; V047_03_S] (//)

        

      

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            1897
          
          
            Novr
          
          
          
                    At 6,,15 AM we proceeded
            
            Capt Cowley has resumed
            
            his Command; & Mr.
            
            Braine remains behind
            
            to join his Steamer the
            
            Khalifah as chief mate,
            
          
          
                    The river fell about 1/2 foot
            
            this morning~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,10 grounded at Rustumyeh
            
            Got an anchor aster out & hove
            
            her stern out of the bank;
            
          
          
                    At 9 proceeded, at 9,,25
            
            passed Diala
            
          
          
                    At 10,,40 passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 3,,40 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
            
          
          
                    Weather became cloudy
            
            & the cold weather has ceased
            
            the Thermo is 60 at 4 p.m;
            
            It has been so very cold
            
            since Sunday last; On
            
            board the SS. Comet they have
            
            had it down to 22° at 4
            
            am on the 16th & 25 at the
            
            Residency Garden; this an
            
            extraordinary occurrance,
            
          
          
                    Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets we have altogether
            
            102½ (one Jew in 1st Class &
            
            2 Jews in the 2nd Class Cabin)
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 passed Azizieh~
            
            Cloudy weather;
            
          
          
                    At 7,35 we anchored at
            
            Towil for the night; weather
            
            became fine & clear;
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Frid The @ 6.40
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine Cold weather
            
          
          
                    At 5,,25 am the Khalifah
            
            passed up~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,15 we proceeded,-
            
            It became very cold & sharp wind
            
          
          
                    At 6,,45 the SS. Mossul &
            
            Barge passed up~
            
            
          
          
                    At 9,45 passed Memlah,
            
            At 10 landed 5 passengers
            
            at Bughela & went on at 10,5
            
          
          
                    Fresh N.W. wind & very cold,
            
          
          
                    At 2,,10 p.m. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 26 passengers and
            
            46 packages~ Metty writes
            
            to me to say that it took the
            
            Khalifah 5 days to go down
            
            they were detained 26 hours at
            
            Ghumeyjeh aground, and
            
            the SS. Mossul in
            
            her way blocking her passage,
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. we proceeded, Took
            
            8 passengers & 2 Bales~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,20 passed the SS.
            
            Ressafah & Barge going
            
            up~
            
          
          
                    At 7,5 we rounded & came
            
            to at Sheikh Saad for the
            
            night, & landed 9 Packages
            
            and 1 passengers, Shipped
            
            8 Bales Abbas & two passengers
            
            We remained for the night,
            
            Weather very fine & cold
            
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Sund. The @ 6.37
          
          
            [A47_024_21:008]
                        
          
         
          
            Light N.W. & very fine and
            
            Cold weather~ At 6 AM.
            
            left Sheikh Saad;
            
          
          
                    At 9,,40 landed 4 Bales &
            
            one passenger at Ali Gherbi,
            
            went on at 9,,50~
            
            The weather became a little
            
            milder this Afternoon, I
            
            have not felt it so since the
            
            14th, I am suffering from it
            
            very much, & yesterday I
            
            cought a very bad cold
            
            through changing my shirt
            
            & exposing myself in the Cold
            
            Wind~ It is 65˚ at 4 P.M
            
          
          
                    At 5,,45 P.M arrived at Amara
            
            landed 20 ½ passengers and
            
            36 packages;~
            
          
          
                    A crowd of people filled the
            
            Ship, & passengers wanting 1st
            
            Class Cabins, it is one Nejib Beg
            
            a Clerk in the Serai of Basreh
            
            who has married the daughter
            
            of Mostapha Pasha the
            
            Motserrif of Amara all
            
            
            being Kurds of Suleimanieh,
            
            & his wife & others in all 5 in
            
            1st Class with their house Kit
            
            & furniture came aft & filled
            
            the quarter Deck;
            
          
          
                    The cold weather they say
            
            here caused all the fish in
            
            the marshes to be frozen to
            
            death~
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 we left Amara,
            
            Fine cold weather~
            
          
          
                At 10,,10 anchored at Kalat
            
            Saleh~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Mond The @ 6,39
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Novr 
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cold weather
            
            At 6,,15 am. Got underway;
            
            Gave tickets to 30 ½ passengers
            
            from Amara (5 in 1st Class
            
            Nejib Beg & 4 women)
            
          
          
                    Detained at the Elbow
            
            20 minutes, in turning the Ship
            
            below the point~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,5 passed Azair,
            
            We have 6 Zaptyes as usual
            
            from Amara every trip they
            
            come up & down for no
            
            purpose whatever;
            
            
          
          
                    At 1,,5 P.M. went alongside
            
            At Gorna & landed 8 ½
            
            passengers and 76 packages
            
          
          
                    I heard here that Rufail
            
            Sayegh is up here above
            
            Gorna on the Euphrates
            
            looking after his property
            
            for the last 8 days~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,55 left Gorna
            
            At 6 landed 3 passengers at
            
            Maghil (H. Mohsen of Maghil
            
            & two followers) The SS. Phrat
            
            came to pass up by this time,
            
          
          
                    Calm & fine weather & still
            
            Cold; I do not feel well at all
            
            My cold is all over my body &
            
            bones & feel feverish~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,30 arrived in Basreh,
            
            there is only the Persian St. Mobile
            
            here; & the Mail Str Assyria
            
            down in Quarantine; no one came
            
            from Rufail’s place; I did not
            
            go to them as I do not feel well,
            
          
          
                    We coaled Ship & discharged
            
            some Cargo at night;
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Tuesd
          
          
            [A47_027_08:009]
                        
          

          
            [A47_027_18:010]
                        
          
         
          
            [A47_027_21:011]
                        
          
         
          
            1897
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            Not so cold as before~
            
            
          
          
                    I finished my letter for
            
            Alexander via Bombay of
            
            today’s date & told him all
            
            from Baghdad till here, &
            
            posted it~
            
          
          
                    At 12 I went up with Rezooki
            
            Sayegh & landed at Asfar
            
            saw Jeboory, also Mon De Sarzec
            
            his wife & son who are still
            
            living here & are going up
            
            in a few days to Coot &
            
            up the Hai to Tello to
            
            dig; At 1 P.M. I returned
            
            to the Ship Rezooki fetched
            
            me;
            
          
          
                    The Str. Launch of the
            
            Sheikh of Mahomerah
            
            (now Mahomed son of
            
            Sheikh Jaber) came up &
            
            bringing the body of Sheikh
            
            Mezel who was the Sheikh of
            
            Mahomerah formerly & was
            
            Shot by his brother in May
            
            last & succeeded him to the
            
            Governorship; It is to be
            
            sent up with us to go to Kerbella
            
            & be interred there
            
            
            We have charged 100 Rps
            
            for the body and 2 persons
            
            in a 2nd Class Cabin @ 30 Besh
            
            each & the Coffin also was
            
            put inside~
            
          
          
                    Rezooki Angoorly Nessoory
            
            Andrea the Shahbender
            
            of the Custum House, Rezooki
            
            Sayegh & Jeboory Asfar
            
            called on me~
            
          
          
                    We finished the Cargo
            
            at 6 ½ P.M.
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [24 NOV 1897 ;mdash; V047_04_N] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        145 ½175,3159,730 ¾4,4
      

        
          
          
                    At 7,,15 P.M. we got under-
            
            way, but soon after 5 minutes
            
            it became foggy and had
            
            to Anchor just opposite
            
            Rufail’s place~
            
          
          
                    At 11.20 it cleared off
            
            we proceeded~
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Wedn Th @6.4
          
                   
          
            [A47_029_21:012]
                        
          
         
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            At 4 AM landed 2 
            
            passengers at Gorna &
            
            went on at 4,,5. Fine
            
            weather & not so Cold
            
          
          
                    At 8,,10 passed Azair
            
            
            Weather shifting, a light S. Erly
            
            breeze & getting cloudy;
            
          
          
                    At 3,,5 P.M. landed a bundle
            
            of specie at Kalat Saleh &
            
            went on; weather is mild
            
            & S. Erly breeze & cloudy a little
            
          
          
                    We have altogether 109 Passeng.
            
            (3 in 1st Class, Mr. Bottomley
            
            free not included; a Dr. Z
            
            Yèronimakis a New Inspector
            
            for the Quarantine of Baghdad
            
            coming from Jedda to
            
            replace Dr. Lubiez who is
            
            dismissed by order from
            
            Constantinople as well as
            
            Dr. Malakis of Basreh &
            
            his clerk Solon Calothi,
            
            for some political affair
            
            that is not yet ascertained,
            
            Also Ezra Daniel the Jew
            
            Apothecary; 12 in 2d Class
            
            with the dead body of Sheikh
            
            Mezel of Mahomerah who
            
            was shot dead by his brother
            
            Khazal) also 2 of
            
            the Custom House Mamoor
            
            free by Lynch Brothers;
            
          
          
                    At 7,50 arrived at
            
            
            Amara landed 15 ½
            
            passengers; the SS. Phrat is
            
            here on her way up~ We
            
            took in 10 Tons of Coal and
            
            8 Bundles Hides. The river
            
            has risen here about 2 feet;
            
          
          
                    The Phrat left at 10,,15~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,30 we left weather
            
            Cloudy & light S. Erly breeze,
            
            We passed the Phrat at 10.35.
            
            10,,35~
            
          
        
        
          
            25 Thursd The @ 6.55 
          
          
            S. Erly wind & cloudy weather,
            
          
          
                    At 7,,10 passed the S.S. Baghdad
            
            & Barge going down~
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets to 13 Amara
            
            passengers, also H. Abdulrezack
            
            Khdery returning in 1st Class
            
            free~
            
          
          
                    At 10 passed Ali Gherbi
            
            fresh S. Erly & cloudy all over.
            
          
          
                    At 2,,30 P.M. passed Sheikh Saad
            
            Cloudy weather, very few drops
            
            of rain fell~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,45 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot, landed 2 passengers &
            
            took in Coal~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,30 left Coot, weather
            
            clearing up~
            
          
          
                    Detained few minutes
            
            
            at Mehdi & Hamraya~
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Frid The @ 6.47
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr 
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather, 
            
            Clouds clearing up~ At
            
            6,,20 AM passed Memlah;
            
            Gave tickets to 22 ½ Coot
            
            passengers;
            
          
          
                    At 2,,20 P.M. passed
            
            Azizieh Village~ River is
            
            falling about 1 foot;
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort;
            
          
          
                    At 6.15 Anchored for the SS.
            
            Khalifah coming down, Sent
            
            letters & Specie & Capt. Cowley
            
            & Mr. Bottomley went on
            
            board;~
            
          
          
                    I heard the Koorkies
            
            noise flying off here from the
            
            Sand bank, which I have
            
            not seen for many years ago;
            
          
          
                    At 7,5 we proceeded; Mr.
            
            Hamilton of Hotz & Co is returning
            
            in the Khalifah; the Comet
            
            has also left Baghdad
            
            this morning going to
            
            Basreh;~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Saturd The @ 6.32 Noon 53
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Novr
          
          
            Joseph Sayegh died at 5 am~
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cold weather
            
            At 3,,30 AM we Anchored at
            
            Joorf el Batta, fearing a Shoal
            
            here; at 6 ½ we landed
            
            and at 6,,45 proceeded
            
            on~ At 7,,5 landed a
            
            dead Afghan passenger at
            
            Ctesiphon & went on at 7,,10;
            
          
          
                    At 9,,30 passed Diala
            
            River~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,55 landed a deck man
            
            at Gherrara, Mr. Bomley also
            
            landed & walked to Baghdad
            
            I could not do it on account
            
            of a bad corn I have in my
            
            big toe since I came from
            
            Aleppo;
            
          
          
                    At 11,,45 met the SS.
            
            Comet coming down, we stopped
            
            & gave her their mails, Colonel
            
            & Mrs. Lock the Resident
            
            on board going down, we
            
            went on at 11,,55; But
            
            at 0,,10 P.M. the Comet turned
            
            round & steamed up following
            
            us & we stopped, She sent
            
            the boat & Demello came
            
            
            bringing a wrong bag of
            
            the Consul’s post & took
            
            the right one & we went
            
            on at 0,,20 P.M;
            
          
          
                    At 1,,30 landed Mails at
            
            the Residency & went to the
            
            Custum House, the Mossul
            
            is loading & the Ressafah also
            
            discharging cargo~ I went
            
            home & saw Eliza, she has
            
            worked hard in putting the
            
            rooms to right, & is little
            
            unwell; I found a letter
            
            from Alexander arrived this
            
            morning dated the 5 Instt;
            
            he is very well & the cold
            
            winter is setting in & snow
            
            begun to fall; he asks me
            
            to let him buy a thick
            
            Coat; he also sends me a
            
            packet of french Papers, etc,
            
          
          
                    Antone Marine came in
            
            the evening; he asked us to
            
            drive with him tomorrow,
            
            because Jeboory Asfar’s wife
            
            & children are going down
            
            with us this time~
            
            
          
          
                    I hear that Yousif Sayegh
            
            is very bad he has sunk
            
            down for the last two or
            
            three days~
            
          
        
        
          
            28' Sund. Ther  @ 6. 39
          
          
            [A47_035_09:013]
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine, not so cold
            
            as yesterday~ at 8 ½  am
            
            Eliza & I went to Church; I
            
            heard here that poor
            
            Yousif Sayegh died early
            
            this morning at day break,
            
            After Mass Antone Marine
            
            & I went to his house, Many
            
            people came; there is no
            
            body of his family left in
            
            the house he was the only
            
            one living in the house,
            
            his sister Catherina was
            
            there, the body is to be enterred
            
            at 2 P.M outside in the Christian
            
            Cemetry, he was 51 years
            
            Old, his two brothers Elias
            
            (Père Augustine & John
            
            are at Mossul with the
            
            Monseigneur Altmayer)
            
          
          
                    I called on Mr. Julietti &
            
            other people & came home
            
            at 12 had breakfast,
            
            
          
          
                    The SS. Mossul left this
            
            Morning~
            
          
          
                    At 1 1/2 P.M. Antone Marine
            
            came & we called on Yousif
            
            Korkis Tessy, & then went
            
            to the house of Yousif Sayegh
            
            & accompanied the body
            
            to the Armenian Church,
            
            Crowds of people were, all
            
            the Priests, & christians
            
            also Mr. Mashkow the
            
            Russian Consul etc,
            
            After the funeral they took
            
            the body in a Mourning
            
            Carriage outside~
            
          
          
                    I called on Alice & Sister
            
            Emilia, at 6 Eliza &
            
            I went over to Antone's
            
            to dine, there were all the
            
            Asfar's family, also Sedy
            
            the wife of Jeboory Asfar
            
            & her two children~
            
            at 10 We came home
            
            light breeze & fine
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Mond
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Nov.
          
          
            Light S. Erly & cloudy
            
            a little, at 8 ¼ am
            
            
            I came on board, the SS.
            
            Ressafah went out and
            
            the Mejidieh went inside
            
            to discharge~
            
          
          
                    At 9 3/4 am the SS. Phrat
            
            arrived from Basreh~
            
            We are discharging Cargo~
            
            At 11 1/2 went to Mr. Bottomley
            
            for money & other business;
            
            Came home at 12 1/2 Very
            
            cloudy & blowing fresh S. Erly,
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. it began to rain
            
            hard, it kept it on till 7 P.M.
            
            this is the first good rain we
            
            have had yet & must do good
            
            to the desert which is still dry
            
          
          
                    I took a warm bath, the
            
            Cold weather became very
            
            mild;~
            
          
        
        
          
            30" Tuesd
          
          
            Light S. Westerly & cloudy
            
            gloomy weather;
            
          
          
                    at 8 am I came on board
            
            Paid the Ship's Company their
            
            wages for this month;
            
          
          
                    The SS. Ressafah left this
            
            Morning at 6 am~
            
          
          
                    At 11 I left the ship & went
            
            home~
            
            
          
          
                    Called on Catterina Sayegh &
            
            her sons in her father's house
            
            (or brother Yousif) to condole
            
            her on her brother Yousif's death
            
            she is receiving the Visitors there
            
            for the three days & came
            
            home at 5; Light N.W. & fine
            
            weather; I am painting
            
            my house all the Pillars &
            
            railings in Yellow & green,
            
          
          
                    Johny called in the evening
            
          
        
        
          
            Decr 1 Wedn. The @ 6.42
          
          
            [A47_038_10:014]
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & foggy morning
            
            called on Antone for 1/2 hour
            
            & came on board; we are
            
            still discharging cargo;
            
          
          
                    At 10 1/2 I went on shore called
            
            in the Office & left with Alfred
            
            Holland Mr. Braines pay
            
            from 1 to 25 Decr at 25 £
            
            Stg per month to be given to
            
            him in the Khalifah~
            
            I called on Sister Eliza &
            
            on Alice & sister Emilia
            
            came home at 12~
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. came on board
            
            & worked we are shipping
            
            Cargo a good lot~
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.M. Went home
            
            
          
        
        
          
            1897 Decr 2' Thursd
          
          
            Light N.W & few clouds &
            
            dampy~ At 8 1/2 Am. I
            
            came on board~
            
          
          
                    At 11 1/2 Went home to breakfast
            
            & returned at 12 1/2, We have lots
            
            of cargo being shipped~
            
          
          
                    I finished Alexander's letter
            
            & sent it to the Post Office at
            
            2 P.M. I also wrote to the
            
            Bishop Bassil at Damascus
            
            & to Michail Kerawany;
            
            also to Signori Giovanni
            
            Rottondi & Co at Novara
            
            in Italy~
            
          
          
                    I worked Very hard today. We
            
            shipped a lot of cargo & I
            
            got so mad by the crowd of
            
            people wanting their receipts &
            
            paying etc~
            
          
          
                    At 5 1/2 P.M went home,
            
            Weather cloudy a little &
            
            light S. Erly breeze~
            
          
          
                    Nassoory Abood called for
            
            1/2 hour~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            3' Frid
          
                  
            Cloudy weather & light S. Erly
            
            breeze~
            
          
          
                    It began to thunder
            
            on the South East, with sharp
            
            lightning at 4 am. and
            
            worked it up with loud
            
            thunders, & a heavy rain
            
            came down at 4 1/2 for
            
            1/4 hour & ceased~
            
          
          
                    At 5 1/2 I came on board,
            
            the streets are very muddy
            
            & slippery~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [3 DEC 1897 ;mdash; V047_05_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        170 ½11743023,4863,,11
      

        
          
            1897
          
          
            Decr
          
          
            [A47_040_03:015]
                       
          
          
            [A47_040_07:016]
                       
          
          
          
                    At 6,,10 AM. We proceeded
            
            Clouds breaking up~
            
            Ship drawing 3,,11 Inches,
            
          
          
                    At 8,,20 passed Diala River
            
            Weather Cloudy all over &
            
            overcast & dampy~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
            
            Clouds opening a little & having
            
            some sunshine~
            
          
          
                    Finished with the Passengers
            
            Tickets at noon, We have
            
            in all 147 1/2 (4 in 1st Class
            
            
            Mr. C. Richarz the German
            
            Consul going to Basreh for
            
            few days & also to meet two
            
            German travellars coming
            
            in the Alphonse Parran
            
            he has 4 attendants; also
            
            the Old Wife of Sheikh Jaber
            
            of Mahomerah Khejja daughter
            
            of Ummush Khan and
            
            an other woman also was the
            
            Wife of Sheikh Jaber, she is
            
            the daughter of Aziz Agha,
            
            both very elderly women,
            
            also a Turk Rashid Effendi,
            
            and one 2nd Class Yousif the
            
            son of Mr. Nelson)~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,20 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort~
            
          
          
                    At 5,,45 P.M. passed Azizieh;
            
            Weather still cloudy, a light
            
            N.W. breeze, moon 9 days Old;
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 we anchored for
            
            the night at Toweel~
            
          
          
                    at 8,,15 the S.S. Khalifah
            
            passed up~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Satur The @ 6. 55
          
          
            Very light N.W. air & thick fog
            
            dampy weather~ It had
            
            rained at 3 Am for a short
            
            time~
            
          
          
                    At 10 fog cleared off
            
            We got underway~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,40 P.M. passed Memlah;
            
            lots of rain has fallen here about;
            
          
          
                    At 3,,45 grounded at
            
            Umel Ajaj, took an anchor
            
            ahead & hove off~ at
            
            4,,30 proceeded~ Fine
            
            Clear Weather~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,15 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 20 passengers
            
            and 86 Packages; I received
            
            a packet of news paper from
            
            Alexander via Bombay dated
            
            the 24 Octor; we remained at
            
            anchor for the night; Fine clear
            
            weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            5 Sund. The @ 6.48
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Decr
          
          
            [A47_042_18:017]
                       
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine; at 6,,15 Am
            
            left Coot; at 6,,30 anchored
            
            it came on foggy; at 7,,30 it
            
            cleared off we proceeded~
            
            Took 9 passengers from
            
            Coot~ At 8,,10 passed
            
            
            the S.S. Baghdad & Barge going
            
            up~
            
          
          
                    At 2,,45 P.M. passed
            
            Ali Gherbi; At 6,,35 passed
            
            Ali Sherghi, light N.W. & fine
            
            Clear Weather, Moon 11 days
            
            Old~ At 9,,30 anchored on
            
            account of fog, at 10 proceeded
            
          
          
                    At 11 arrived at Amara
            
            landed 22 1/2 passengers and
            
            48 packages~
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Mond. The @ 6.52
          
          
            [A47_043_18:018]
                        
          
          
            At 1,,15 Am left Amara, &
            
            at 1,,30 had to anchor, the fog
            
            came on again~ at 6 proceeded
            
            Weather Cloudy & overcast &
            
            Misty~ Took 12 passengers
            
            from Amara (one in 1st Class;
            
            Missakyan Effendi the Turkish
            
            Civil Engineer of Basreh) and
            
            7 Zaptyes guards as usual;
            
          
          
                    At 0,,50 P.M. passed Azair,
            
            At 3,,40 stopped off Gorna
            
            landed 2 passengers & 25 packages
            
            Abdulamohsen Zheir & seven
            
            persons came to go to Basreh
            
            also his Belem, he told me
            
            
            that Rufail is still here up
            
            the Euphrates & down at Sweib;
            
          
          
                    We Went on at 4~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,20 P.M. arrived at Basreh
            
            there are only here the S.S. Comet
            
            which brough Colonel & Mrs.
            
            Lock from Baghdad; the
            
            Mossul & Ressafah &
            
            Esther~
            
          
          
                    We coaled ship during the night;
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Tuesd.
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Decr
          
          
            [A47_044_14:019]
                        
          
          
            [A47_044_22:020]
                        
          
          
            [A47_045_05:021]
                        
          
                    
            Light N.W. & fine Weather;
            
            We discharged & shipped Cargo;
            
          
          
                    The Mail St Kapurthala &
            
            the S.S. Mushtery are in the
            
            quarantine station;
            
          
          
                    At 10 1/2 I landed & Walked
            
            in to Basreh, called on Rezooki
            
            Angoorly, & Tookyeh, I also
            
            called on Terrooza Wife of
            
            Nessoory Andrea who is
            
            the Shahbender her of the
            
            Custum House; I then
            
            went to Rezook's shop
            
            & came back to his house
            
            had Tea With Tookyeh
            
            where Yousif Marine
            
            
            also was there & we came
            
            out together in his Bellem
            
            to the ship; Weather getting
            
            Cloudy; I finished my letter
            
            of Alexander for the Indian
            
            Mail Via Bombay &
            
            gave it to Rezooki also
            
            sent two boxes to Asfar
            
            to be sent by the Alphonse
            
            Parran one Case of seewt
            
            Meats for Alexander
            
            Containing 11 Cartoons of
            
            Dates, 1 Tin Manna, 1
            
            Tin Rahat Locum, 1 Box
            
            Cartoon of Bonbons of Aleppo,
            
            1 Box Wooden of preserved
            
            Aleppo Abricots, & 5 frames
            
            in silver which I put
            
            with the Bonbons~ also
            
            one small box containing
            
            11 Cartoons of dates for
            
            Mr. J. Khoury the french
            
            Chancellier at Port Said,
            
          
          
                    Rezooki Sayegh came
            
            & I gave him the two boxes
            
            
            & the letter for Alexander,
            
            also Nessoory Andrea,
            
            Rezooki Angoorly etc,
            
          
          
                    Jeboory Asfar came to me,
            
            I asked him to send the two cases
            
            of dates etc by the Alphonse
            
            Parran, he is very Obliging &
            
            promised to do so with great
            
            pleasure & free of freight;
            
            he brought a Carmelite
            
            father called Père Pièrre
            
            Coming out Via Bombay
            
            & escaped Quarantine at
            
            Mahomerah~
            
          
          
                    We finished loading at 8 1/2
            
            P.M.~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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                    At 8,,45 P.M. left Basreh,
            
            weather cloudy; The SS. Comet
            
            also was to leave after us,
            
          
          
                    The Mossul had left at
            
            about 4 1/2 P.M~ We passed
            
            her on the way,
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Wedn.
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Decr
          
          
            [A47_046_15:022]
                             
          
         
          
            At 2,,45 Am passed
            
            Gorna~ At 7 passed
            
            Azair; Very Cloudy and
            
            
            overcast weather, & light
            
            S. Erly breeze~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,45 P.M. landed 2 and
            
            took 1 passengers from Kalat
            
            Saleh, Very Cloudy gloomy
            
            with some light rain;
            
          
          
                    Thunder & Lightning and
            
            drizzling rain & then came
            
            on hard & thick; It lasted
            
            more than 1/2 hour~
            
          
          
                    We have altogether 96
            
            passengers from Basreh
            
            (2 in 1st C Cabin, Rezooki son
            
            of Beshoori Tessy Hotus Clerk
            
            & a new Carmelite father
            
            Père Pièrre coming from France
            
            Via Bombay, took 2nd Class
            
            but as Vartan's Sister is
            
            in the 2nd Class free R. Ticket
            
            we have put him in a 1st
            
            Class) also 5 others free
            
            2 Tilkeflies & 3 men caulkers
            
          
          
                    Weather Very Cloudy, dark
            
            with S. Erly wind~
            
          
          
                    At 6 P.M. it began Again
            
            to rain heavily;
            
            
          
          
                    At 6,,35 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara, landed 31 passengers,
            
            Took in Coal, Lots of rain
            
            has fallen here, all is wet &
            
            Muddy~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,45 left Amara, Still
            
            very cloudy, but the moon is
            
            14 days old~
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Thursd
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Decr 
          
          
            Light S. Erly & cloudy all
            
            over gloomy weather~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,55 landed 2 passengers
            
            at Ali Gherbi & took 7 and
            
            went on at 8~ Gave tickets
            
            to 19 1/2 Amara passengers,
            
            and Isak Ezra Hyim in 1st
            
            Class Retn Ticket by S Lynch co
            
            free~
            
          
          
                    at about 3 P.M. the breeze
            
            shifted to N.W. & Clouds breaking
            
            up~ At Sunset it became
            
            very fine & cold N.W. breeze;
            
          
          
                    At 7,,45 P.m. Arrived at
            
            Coot landed 15 passengers
            
            and took in Coal 7 Tons,
            
            The S.S. Phrat is here on her
            
            way down~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,20 left Coot~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Frid
          
          
            [A47_048_09:023]
                      
          
            At 2 am anchored, fog came
            
            on, at 5 proceeded & again
            
            came on the fog & anchored
            
            after 1/2 hour;
            
          
          
                    At 8,,20 fog cleared off
            
            we proceeded from Umel Ajaj;
            
            We took 18 passengers from
            
            Coot (one in 1st Class Colonel
            
            Bekri Effendi the Bimbashi
            
            of Haȋ, Sennyeh)~
            
          
          
                    At 11,,10 passed Memlah;
            
            Very fine & clear weather;
            
          
          
                    At 6,,5 P.M. passed the SS.
            
            Khalifah going down at
            
            Brenij above Humenyeh;
            
            Jeboory Asfar's wife & Children
            
            must have been
            
            on board; also Hannosh Asfar
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 passed Azizieh
            
            At 10,,40 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort; fine clear weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Satur The @ 6.45
          
          
            [A47_049_25:024]
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & some clouds &
            
            cold~ At 8 Am passed
            
            Ctesiphon~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,15 passed Diala,
            
            Sky covered with fog as if
            
            it is snowing, it is Very Cold
            
            
            too~
            
          
          
                    At 11,,30 I landed at Gherrara
            
            & walked in to Baghdad, It
            
            has also rained here~ I
            
            arrived at 1 P.M. saw Eliza
            
            but she is complaining again
            
            from her old complaint and
            
            palpitation & weakness of the
            
            heart etc~ I found two
            
            letters from Alexander of
            
            the last two Damascus Post,
            
            one dated the 12 Novr and
            
            the other the 16th Novr. in the
            
            last one a very long letter he
            
            mentions of his having received
            
            my first letter from Baghdad
            
            of the 21 Octor, he is Very Well
            
            & enjoying~ The Mejidieh
            
            arrived at about 2 P.M;
            
          
          
                    Johny My nephew called &
            
            dined with us,
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Sund
          
          
            1897 
          
          
            Decr
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ at 8 1/2
            
            Am We Went to Church;
            
            I then called on the Bishop
            
            Aghnatius the Assyrian
            
            who has come back from
            
            Mossul on the 6 Instt.
            
            by Order from Rome
            
            
            to be reinstated to his diocese
            
            here as before~ I
            
            also called on Kesboor Maghak
            
            Georgis Segman, Catterina
            
            Yaghchi etc;
            
          
          
                    Henry & his family are
            
            still in Howedir but is coming
            
            I believe tomorrow~
            
          
          
                    at 2 P.M. Eliza & I called
            
            on Sister Eliza, on Captn
            
            & Mrs. Cowley, & on Alice
            
            but she was not at home
            
            I called on Mr. Bottomley
            
            but was not at home,
            
            we returned at 5, Antone
            
            called on us for an hour,
            
          
          
                    Eliza was again ceased
            
            with that distressing complaint
            
            of nervousness & hysteria
            
            at tea time till midnight
            
            When she calmed down
            
            I gave her some Ether, and
            
            Brandy & water; she wept
            
            & was then quiete~
            
          
        
        
          
            13 Mond
          
          
            [A47_051_07:025]
                        
          
          
            Light or calm Air & fine
            
            with few clouds~ at 8 1/2
            
            am I came on board,
            
            
            the Baghdad is inside loading,
            
          
          
                I sent money to the Office,
            
            at 11 went home, I worked
            
            in putting my room to right
            
            cleaning it & arranging all
            
            the Kit till 6 P.M~
            
          
          
                Henry & his family came
            
            back from Howedir
            
            this evening for good,
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Tuesd
          
          
            Light air & fine Weather;
            
          
          
                    I called on Henry at 8 am
            
            & then came on board,
            
          
          
                    The SS. Mossul has arrived
            
            this morning at about 7 am;
            
          
          
                    At 10 went to the Office to see
            
            Mr. Bottomley, for a mistake
            
            in Mr. Braine's pay of last month,
            
            came home at 11;~
            
            Henry called on us for an
            
            hour; I took a warm bath,
            
            Weather fine & not cold
            
            at all, light S. Erly breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Wedn
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            At about 1 am, it became
            
            Very Cloudy with thunder
            
            lightning & then a heavy
            
            rain Came down With
            
            hail for about 1/2 hour
            
            
            & then it cleared up~
            
            In the morning it became
            
            very foggy~ I called
            
            on Sister Medula
            
            at 8 Am, & then came on
            
            board, the Streets are very
            
            Swampy & Muddy~
            
          
          
                At 11 went on shore called
            
            on Henry for few minutes &
            
            came home breakfasted and
            
            at 2 P.M. came on board;
            
          
          
                At 4 1/2 P.M. the S.S. Comet
            
            arrived from Basreh with
            
            Colonel & Mrs. Lock on board,
            
          
          
                At 5 I went home;
            
            Henry, Menusha & Louisa their
            
            daughter came to see us, Menusha
            
            & Louisa have not seen Eliza
            
            my wife yet since she arrived
            
            from Europe; Artin also called
            
            they left at 7 1/2~
            
          
          
                Fine Clear Weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Thursd
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cold weather
            
            at 8 1/2 am I came on board,
            
            worked in shipping cargo;
            
          
          
                At 12 am I went to breakfast
            
            and came back at 1 P.M.
            
          
          
                I finished Alexander's
            
            
            letter, also one to Mr. Böhm
            
            & one to Bazin Savon & Co
            
            at Port Said & sent the 3
            
            letters to the Post for Damascus
            
            leaving this evening;
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. I finished work
            
            and went home~ Light
            
            N.W. & Cold weather~
            
          
          
                The SS. Ressafah arrived
            
            at 8 P.M.~
            
          
          
                At 10 while we were asleep,
            
            the Postman came & brought
            
            us Alexander's letter having
            
            arrived this evening, dated
            
            the 26 Ulto; he is very well,
            
            & complains of the weather
            
            being so cold & foggy, the
            
            temperature always at zero,
            
            or freezing point; We also
            
            received a Christmas Card
            
            from Miss Tanner from
            
            London~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Frid
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            Draft/ 3,,4
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cold
            
            weather~ at 5 1/2 Am
            
            I came on board~
            
          
          
                The river is stationary
            
            there is no rise~
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
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            [A47_055_20:029]
                         
          
          
          
                At 6,,10 Am we proceeded,
            
            ship is light drawing 3 feet 4
            
            having 60,000 Okes of Cargo;
            
          
          
                At 8,,15 passed Diala river
            
            At 9,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
            
          
          
                 Gave tickets  & finished with
            
            the passengers; We have
            
            altogether 121 (5 in 1st
            
            Class, Dr. Lubiez & his son
            
            Leon the latter paying deck
            
            fare, Mr. Hiles of Muir
            
            Tweedy also paying deck
            
            and two Turks to Coot,
            
            Bekry Effendi Bimbashi &
            
            Sehmy Efendi, & two in
            
            2nd Class Christians) 2 Deck free
            
          
          
                At 2,,15 P.M. landed
            
            one passenger Iskender Aziz
            
            at Swera, The S.S. Khalifah
            
            is here just opposite the
            
            Village at anchor on her
            
            way up, & I suppose repairing
            
            some thing in her Engines,
            
          
          
                    At 2,,20 we went on;
            
            
          
          
                At 3,,25 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort~
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 passed Azizieh
            
            Fine clear & cold weather;
            
          
          
                Dr. Lubiez is going to
            
            Constantinople in the Alphonse
            
            Parran from Suez, having
            
            been dismissed the Service
            
            & recalled as well as Dr.
            
            Malakïs of the Basreh
            
            Quarantine, no one knows
            
            for Certain the exact cause,
            
            all the staff of the Basreh
            
            quarantine have also been
            
            dismissed;~
            
          
          
                Mr. Richarz the German
            
            Consul was on board the
            
            Khalifah returning, there
            
            were also the two German
            
            travellers & Mr. Parfit the
            
            English Missionary coming
            
            back with his New wife
            
            having been marrȋed~
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 we anchored at
            
            Toweel; Fine clear weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Satur
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            Light N.W. & little cloudy &
            
            Cold weather~
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 Am left Toweel
            
            
          
          
                At 10 AM. passed Memlah,
            
            At 0,,30 P.M. passed the SS.
            
            Phrat going up~
            
          
          
                At 2,,50 arrived at Coot,
            
            landed 47 1/2 passengers (2
            
            Turks in 1st Class)~ and 92
            
            packages,
            
          
          
                At 4 P.M. left Coot, took
            
            5 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 8,,15 anchored at Sheikh
            
            Saad for the night~
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Sund
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine; at 6,,15
            
            am proceeded, took 2 passengers
            
            from Sheikh Saad; It
            
            became cloudy all over
            
            a thick fog passing high
            
            above & covered the whole sky,
            
          
          
                At 9,,40 Am anchored
            
            off Ali Gherbi & landed two
            
            passengers & 20 packages
            
            At 10 we went on; Weather
            
            cloudy still all over;
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 P.m. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 16 passengers and 66
            
            Packages, cloudy dark
            
            night~ we finished the
            
            
            discharge & hauled out and
            
            remained for the night being
            
            partly cloudy;
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Mond
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            Weather keeps cloudy on some
            
            parts~ At 4,,30 AM. left
            
            Amara; hazy overcast Weather
            
            & light N.W. breeze~ Took
            
            13 1/2 passengers;
            
          
          
                Detained at the Elbow &
            
            below it where a Boat has Sunk
            
            3 months ago, from 9,,45 till
            
            10,,20~
            
          
          
                At 11,,45 passed Azair,
            
            Cloudy still all over;
            
          
          
                At 2,,40 P.M. Went Alongside
            
            at Gorna landed 102 packages
            
            and 2 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 3,,10 the SS. Baghdad
            
            left down~
            
          
          
                At 3,,35 We left Gorna,
            
            Cloudy all over & S. Erly breeze,
            
          
          
                At 4,,10 we passed the
            
            Baghdad going down;
            
          
          
                There are thunders & lightning
            
            ahead of us toward Basreh,
            
            & over us, but upwards to
            
            the Northern parts it is clear
            
            & fine~
            
            
          
          
                    At 7,,5 we were obliged to Anchor
            
            it became very dark cloudy
            
            with thunder & strong lightning
            
            & a heavy rain came down
            
            we must be at the bottom of
            
            Kteban reach; It kept on
            
            raining for some time & remained
            
            cloudy & dark.
            
          
          
                At 10 we weighed & proceeded
            
            the Baghdad had passed down,
            
          
          
                At 11,,20 arrived at Basreh,
            
            It rained all the night;
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Tuesd.
          
          
            [A47_059_01:030]
                        
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            [A47_060_05:031]
                        
          
          
            [A47_060_06:032]
                        
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze, cloudy gloomy
            
            weather, It rains still with
            
            short interruption till 8 am,
            
          
          
                    We are shipping cargo; &
            
            taking coal, but are not
            
            going to leave till tomorrow
            
            at 8 1/2 it began to rain again
            
            with dark misty weather;
            
            the wind also freshened up
            
            from S. Est;
            
          
          
                Rezooki Sayegh came to
            
            me, Roofail has returned
            
            from Gorna about 10 days
            
            ago; I gave Rezooki the
            
            3 Arabic Manuscript
            
            Books packed & sealed
            
            
            to post them for Alexander
            
            Via Bombay to try &
            
            sell them for me in Paris
            
            & will also give him the
            
            4 lottery of the Rumelian
            
            Railway which had costed
            
            me 28 T Liras packed
            
            & Registered for Alexander
            
            to sell them there & buy
            
            instead some of the Paris
            
            Exhibition lottery for
            
            1900 @ 1 Napoleon each,
            
            the postage will be very
            
            high on these two packets
            
            but cannot do otherwise,
            
          
          
                Rufail came at 1 P.M.
            
            I then went up with him
            
            to Jeboory Asfar, saw
            
            his Wife & children and
            
            his father Who have come
            
            down in the Khalifah,
            
          
          
                    I also gave Jeboory a small
            
            case of Dates (about 11 cartoons)
            
            to be sent to Bazin Savon
            
            at Port Said for their own
            
            use as a present from
            
            Me, and the case of
            
            
            sweetmeats & Dates for
            
            Alexander to be forwarded
            
            by Bazin dirrect to Paris
            
            also a small case of
            
            Dates for Mr. Joseph
            
            Kouri a present from me,
            
            all these 3 cases are to go
            
            by the Alphonse Parran
            
            leaving on the 26th Instt;
            
          
          
                I got from Jeboory the
            
            case of shoes for Eliza
            
            which she had bought in
            
            Paris & came out in the
            
            Alphonse Parran and
            
            I sent it on board the
            
            Mejidieh; we remained
            
            till 6 P.M. the weather
            
            changed, the wind shifted to
            
            a sharp & cold N.W.
            
            & got fine, we went to
            
            Rufail's place, the ground
            
            is very muddy & dirty
            
            weather cold; we dined
            
            & I slept there~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Wed
          
          
            [A47_061_06:033]
                        
          
          
            [A47_061_08:034]
                        
          
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
                   
            Modte Cold N.W. Wind
            
            & fine~ At 8 1/2 AM
            
            
            I came on board, We
            
            are shipping cargo;
            
            I caught a very bad cold
            
            since this morning~
            
          
          
                Rufail came to me, also
            
            Ali Beg Saîb the Mudir of
            
            Tapo & Hassan Effendi
            
            the Mooday el Umum,
            
            Rezooki Angoorly etc,
            
          
          
                We finished loading at
            
            about 1 P.M.~
            
          
          
                Yousif Marine wrote to
            
            me a letter from Shaebyeh
            
            and tells me that he wants
            
            a bill from Jeboory Asfar
            
            for 200 francs payable
            
            to Alexander my son
            
            as a Christmas present
            
            from him & sends me a
            
            letter for Jeboory, I sent
            
            it to him & he sent me
            
            a Cheque on Asfar frères
            
            at Marseilles for the 200
            
            frcs payable to Alexander
            
            which I will enclose in
            
            my letter to him;
            
          
          
                    The Alphonse Parran
            
            leaves on the 26th~ The
            
            mail Str Patna is in
            
            
            Quarantine~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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                At 3,,40 P.M. we left
            
            Basreh, ship is deep drawing
            
            4.6 Inches;
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 landed 3 passengers
            
            at Gorna & went on at 3,,20
            
            Fine clear weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Thursday Th@ 6.47
          
          
            [A47_063_02:035]
                       
          

          
            At 3,,30 AM. passed Azair
            
            At 4. dropped anchor and
            
            at 6,,30 proceeded; Light
            
            N.W. & fine cold weather
            
          
          
                At 11.30 landed 7½ Passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh & went on
            
          
          
                Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets we have altogether
            
            199½ (one in 1st Class the
            
            Reverend Dr. Sturrock an
            
            English Missionary Doctor
            
            coming to replace Dr.
            
            Sutton who is going to
            
            England for about 2 years
            
            and one in 2nd Class free
            
            by Lynch, Shooker Effendi
            
            the Mudir of Custum of
            
            Abool Khassib)
            
            
          
          
                At 5,,10 P.M. arrived
            
            at Amara landed 24
            
            passengers, Took in 10 Tons
            
            of Coal; shipped some Hides
            
            & wool about 3500 Okes~
            
            There has been a lot of rain
            
            fallen here yesterday~
            
          
          
                At 7,,10 P.M. left Amara,
            
            we anchored at 10 for 1/2 hour
            
            on account of fog & left again,
            
            weather got cloudy~
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Frid
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            [A47_064_04:036]
                        
          

          
            Light N.W. & Cloudy weather
            
            all over~
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 AM landed 4
            
            passengers at Ali Gherbi
            
            & went on at 7,,25~
            
            Gave tickets to 32½  Amara
            
            passengers (one in 1st Class
            
            a Turk FatHi Effendi)
            
            S.Erly wind & cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 7 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 17½ passengers~
            
            Took in Coal 8 Tons~
            
            The river has risen about 3
            
            feet, but has not got in
            
            
            the Haî river yet & there is no
            
            water there not even for a
            
            Bellem to go in, and Monsr.
            
            De Sarzec with his wife &
            
            son who came up in the
            
            SS. Mossul last time, are
            
            still living here awaiting
            
            for the rise to go through
            
            the Hai to Tello to resume
            
            his excavation for the French
            
            Government~
            
          
          
                At 9 P.M. we left Coot, Fine
            
            clear weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            25th Saturday Th@ 6.47
          
          
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            1897 Decr
          
          
            Light N.W., it got little foggy
            
            & we lost some time in easying
            
            & stopping~
            
          
          
                At  4,,45 AM  had to
            
            anchor at Bughela a
            
            thick fog came on~ The
            
            SS. Mossul & Ressafah are
            
            here on their way down
            
            they carry Soldiers to go
            
            to Kweit as there is a
            
            disturbance there among
            
            the Arabs, between the
            
            followers of the Sheikh of
            
            
            Kweit Moobarak el Subah
            
            & his brother's sons, as
            
            his brother Mahomed was
            
            Killed by the former 2 years
            
            ago, the Arabs have split
            
            in two parts,~
            
          
          
                At 9,,5 fog cleared off
            
            We proceeded, also the two
            
            Steamers Mossul & Ressafah
            
            steamed down~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 26 Coot
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                At 9,35 passed Memlah
            
            At 10,,40 passed the S.S.
            
            Khalifah going down at
            
            the bottom of Sheresh;
            
          
          
                At 5,30 P.M. passed
            
            Azizieh~
            
          
          
                As today being Christmas
            
            Francis Capt Cowley’s Butler
            
            made a Cake for me, as he
            
            does every year, for my son
            
            Alexander, but now he
            
            is not here to join with us.
            
          
          
                Weather very fine & clear and
            
            New moon two days old
            
            
          
          
                At 9,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort; Light N.W. & fine;
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Sund
          
          
            Light N.W. & little cloudy~
            
            At 6,,50 AM passed Ctesiphon
            
            River is falling a little~ It
            
            became fine & clouds cleared
            
            off~
            
          
          
                At 9,,5 passed Diala
            
            river~
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 I landed at
            
            Gherrara & walked in, a
            
            pleasant fine day & mild
            
            weather I got home by 11 ½
            
            saw Eliza she is well,
            
            many people have called
            
            on us for the Christmas;
            
          
          
                The Damascus Post has not
            
            arrived yet since last
            
            thursday, it is now four
            
            days overdue, & so have no
            
            letter from Alexander;
            
            Visitors & Priests called;
            
          
          
                The Mejidieh arrived at
            
            12 AM~
            
          
          
                Henry called on us for an
            
            hour; I went to visit
            
            the Assyrian Bishop Aghnatius
            
            
            but was at church, I
            
            called on Sister Medula,
            
            & on Henry saw his wife
            
            only, came home, Antone
            
            Marine his wife & children
            
            called, also Johny & Artin
            
            & they left at 7 P.M~
            
            Strong N.W. wind blowing
            
            all the night~
            
          
          
                Strong N.W. wind, fine &
            
            Very Cold Weather;~
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Mond Th@ 6.31
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
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            At 8 1/2 AM I came on
            
            board, the SS. Phrat is
            
            inside discharging; It
            
            is fearfully cold the wind
            
            is cutting & blowing hard
            
          
          
                At 10 I went to the Office
            
            to see Mr. Bottomley for
            
            some Money for Officer's
            
            Pay; I then called on Sister
            
            Eliza & came home at
            
            12~ At 1 P.M. Eliza & I
            
            called on Catterina Yaghchi
            
            & on Alice & Sister Emilia
            
            I then went to call on
            
            
            Eliza Erame & my wife
            
            went to my Sister Eliza,
            
          
          
                I heard that the Damascus
            
            Post arrived this afternoon;
            
            the man that was sent
            
            out from here to see about
            
            it found the Postman
            
            dead in the desert somewhere
            
            between Hit & Saglawyeh
            
            on this side of the Euphrates
            
            and the camel standing
            
            near the dead man & the
            
            Mail Bag~
            
          
          
                At 6 1/2 P.M. the Postman
            
            brought me Alexander's letter
            
            a registered one, also a letter
            
            from Nessoory Sayegh; he
            
            has advanced Alexander
            
            500 frcs; Alexander sends
            
            us lots of Christmas Cards
            
            for Henry, Louisa, Antone
            
            Marine, Alice, Johnny
            
            & Sister Medula~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & very cold,
            
            it very bitter & severe;
            
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Tuesd Th@ 6.26
          
          
            1897 Decr
          
          
            Light N.W. & bitterly cold,
            
            all the jars pots etc are
            
            frozen to solid ice, I
            
            am so shivering from it,
            
            the Thermor. in my Verandah
            
            was 26 this morning,
            
          
          
                At 8 1/2 AM I called on Henry
            
            & read them Alexanders
            
            letters etc; he has also written
            
            to Henry; at 10 I came
            
            on board; the Phrat is still
            
            inside along the steps;
            
          
          
                At 11 the Mejidieh went inside
            
            to discharge & the Phrat hauled
            
            out~ At 12 I went home
            
            and at 2 1/4 P.M. Came on board
            
            to pay the Ship's crew their
            
            wages for this month;
            
          
          
                At 3 1/2 P.M. went on shore
            
            called on Mons. & Madm. Dallow
            
            the Jewish School master &
            
            came home, it is bitterly
            
            cold, Henry called on us
            
            also Artin & they left at 7
            
          
          
                Very Cold & fine weather
            
            I am trembling from it;
            
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Wedne Th@ 6.26
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine very cold
            
            and the water froze, I feel
            
            it worse than ever my hands
            
            & feet are like ice~ At
            
            8 1/2 AM I came on board;
            
          
          
                I recieved a letter from
            
            Monseigneur Altmayer from
            
            Mossul answering mine
            
            from Aleppo of the 24th Septr.
            
          
          
                Weather changed a light S.Erly
            
            breeze is prevailing & became
            
            cloudy all over~ At
            
            10 AM I went home, and
            
            returned at 2 P.M~
            
            We shipped some cargo~ At
            
            4 1/2 went on shore to Sister
            
            Medula where Eliza & Terrooza
            
            wife of Antone Marine were
            
            there, we then left & went
            
            to Antone's & spent the evening
            
            it is very cold, although
            
            the breeze is S. Est & getting
            
            cloudy, we left at 7
            
            Very Cold & I am shivering
            
            from it~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            30 Thursd Th@ 6.33
          
          
            1897
          
          
            Decr
          

          
            Weather cloudy, gloomy &
            
            a drizzling rain since last
            
            night; at 8 1/2 AM. I came
            
            on board; it is still very
            
            cold the streets are very
            
            muddy & rain continues,
            
          
          
                    I finished Alexander’s letter
            
            I enclosed Yousif Marine’s
            
            Cheque for him of 200 frcs,
            
            on Asfar Marseilles; and
            
            sent it to the Post & had it
            
            registered to Paris, I told
            
            Alexander every thing from the
            
            20 Instt up till today~
            
          
          
                    Went to breakfast at 11 1/2, raining
            
            still & streets very muddy
            
            I returned at 12 1/2 & worked
            
            hard We got a lot of cargo,
            
            Weather very wet & rainy
            
            Many people Persians have
            
            taken the Cabins,~
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.M. I  went home,
            
            I feel the cold very bitterly,
            
            weather very cloudy & dark
            
            & the rain begun to come
            
            down continually~
            
            
          
          
              Weather cloudy & rain
            
            continue all the night;
            
          
        
        
          
            31
          
          
            At 5 am I came on 
            
            board, the streets swampy
            
            & muddy~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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        298 ½75,17325,6413,7
      

        
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
          
                    Very cloudy gloomy overcast
            
            weather, rain ceased~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,30 am we proceeded
            
            light N.W. breeze~
            
          
          
                    At 7,, we took our Pilot
            
            Mahmood from Kerradah
            
            & went on at 7,,5~ It begun
            
            to rain with a fresh N.W wind
            
          
          
                    Detained from 8 till 8,,40
            
            at Gherrara for the Bridge to
            
            be opened; awfully cold
            
            N.W. Wind & cloudy still;
            
          
          
                    At 9,,20 passed Diala,
            
            awfully cold wind blowing,
            
            I cannot write, my hand are
            
            nearly frozen~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
            
            bitterly cold & very cloudy
            
          
          
                    I finished with the passengers
            
            
          
          
                    Tickets~ We have altogether
            
            254 (6 1/2 Persians in 1st Class
            
            in 3 Cabins, H. Assad Khan,
            
            & friends, and 4 Indians in
            
            The 2nd C. Cabin)
            
          
          
                    At about 3 P.M. Clouds begun
            
            to break off a little & got a
            
            little sunshine; weather
            
            is getting fine~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,55 passed Baghdadieh
            
            it is still as cold as ice
            
            the wind is so cold & cutting
            
          
          
                    Weather again became cloudy
            
            all over~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,5 P.M.passed Azizieh
            
            at 6,,25 passed the Khalifah
            
            at Brenij, we gave her three
            
            cheers in the whistle for
            
            the New Year;
            
          
          
                    At 7.50 we anchored at
            
            Toweel; it is bitterly cold
            
            and with some clouds~
            
            The wind blew throughout the
            
            night a S. Easter, I could
            
            not get warm in bed
            
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Satur Th@ 6.36
          
          
            Snowing
          
          
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            * at 7¼ the SS. Baghdad passed up~
          
          
            It begun to Snow after 
            
            midnight, a phenomena
            
            for this part of the world &
            
            a great rarity, I never saw
            
            it like this but once some
            
            25 years ago; The whole
            
            desert, banks of the river and
            
            brush wood are covered with
            
            it so white & picturesque,
            
            The weather is cloudy all
            
            over or thick fog hanging
            
          
          
                    At 6,,10 am we left Toweel,
            
            all along the banks the
            
            snow is covered, the clouds
            
            are clearing off, the breeze
            
            is from South East~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,45 passed Memlah
            
            at 10 landed a passenger at
            
            Bughela & went on at 10,,5,
            
            Clouds again came on & covered
            
            all over;
            
          
          
                    At 2,,20 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 33½ passengers and
            
            59 Packages; weather cleared
            
            off & have sunshine now
            
          
          
                     Here also a heavy fall of
            
            snow took place this
            
            
            morning at about 3 am
            
            & it melted during the day
            
            the ground is very wet;
            
            Mons de Sarzec & his wife
            
            & son are still here, they have
            
            not gone to Tellò~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,40 we left Coot,
            
            fine weather & breeze still
            
            from S. East~ Took 7
            
            passengers (one in 1st  class
            
            the Clerk of Hotz & co, Debono)
            
          
          
                    At 7,,50 anchored at Sheikh
            
            Saad & landed 13 packages
            
            and took 12 passengers for
            
            Amara, weather very fine
            
            and awfully cold~
            
          
        
        
          
            2d Sund Th @ 6.32
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
            Light N.W & fine weather
            
            at 6 AM left Sheikh Saad,
            
            Terribly cold freezing and
            
            frost on the banks~*
            
          
          
                    At 8 passed the S.S. Ressafah
            
            going up, having very few
            
            passengers about a dozen,
            
          
          
                    The Lohristan Mountains
            
            are all covered with snow;
            
          
          
                    At 9,,20 anchored off Ali
            
            Gherbi and landed [illegible]
            
            
            and 32 packages, Took 3
            
            passengers and left at 9,,50
            
            Awfully cold & sharp wind
            
            I never felt so cold before
            
            than what I have had in
            
            these cold days, the Thermor.
            
            in my cabin now stands
            
            at 45˚ & everything closed;
            
          
          
                    At 5,45 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 45½ passengers
            
            and 79 packages;~ Here
            
            too they have had some snow
            
            yesterday & the cold is just as
            
            severe~ We took 4 Tons of
            
            Coal~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,45 left Amara
            
            it is still bitterly cold & I am
            
            shivering from it;~ Fine clear
            
            weather and moon 10 days
            
            old~
            
          
          
                    At 11 anchored above
            
            Kalat Saleh; very cold & sharp
            
            N.W breeze all the night~
            
          
        
        
          
            3rd Monday Th @ 6.35
          
          
            Light N.W & bitterly cold,
            
          
          
                    At 6,,5 am proceeded, gave
            
            tickets to 22½ Amara passengers,
            
          
          
                    Detained at the Elbow from
            
            7,,50 till 8,,15~
            
            
            At 8,,20 passed the S.S.
            
            Mossul bound up~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,40 passed Azair
            
            At 0,,35 P.M. anchored alongside
            
            at Gorna & landed 65 Packages
            
            & 2 passengers,
            
          
          
                    At 1 proceeded; the cold
            
            is still cutting the wind is so
            
            cold~
            
          
          
                    At 5,,15 P.M. arrived at
            
            Basreh; fine, clear & cold
            
            weather; I did not go to Rufail
            
            as it is too cold to get up in
            
            the Belem, There is only one
            
            Steamer here consigned to
            
            Gray Mackenzie & Co the "Fresco"
            
            having brought out large cargo
            
            for our Steamers & is leaving
            
            tomorrow for Bombay to load
            
            there~ We coaled ship at
            
            night & took some cargo~
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Tuesd
          
          
            1898 
          
          
            Jany 
          
          
            Draft: 4,,9
          
          
            Light N.W air & cloudy
            
            gloomy weather~ We
            
            shipping & discharging cargo,
            
            Rezooki Sayegh called on me,
            
          
          
                    I wrote a letter to Alexander
            
            in English of today's date to
            
            be sent via Bombay
            
            
            I enclosed him the duplicate
            
            Cheque for 200 frcs which
            
            his Uncle Yousif Marine sends
            
            him as a Christmas present
            
            also a copy of the letter which
            
            Monseigneur Altmayer wrote
            
            to me from Mossul~
            
          
          
                     The mail St. Assyria is in
            
            Quarantine leaving on the 6th.
            
          
          
                    It cleared up about 11 AM
            
            & became fine;~ The cold
            
            keeps severe yet, I am feeling
            
            it terribly I never felt it so in
            
            my life as I did in these cold
            
            days~
            
          
          
                    Yousif Marine & Rufail
            
            came to me as well as  Rezooki
            
            Angoorly, Nessoory Andrea &
            
            Rezooki Sayegh to whom I
            
            gave Alexander's letter to be
            
            posted~
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [4 JAN 1898 ;mdash; V047_10_N] (//)

        

      

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                    At 7,30 we got underway
            
            from Basure, light N.W & fine
            
            cold weather, moon 12 day
            
            old, Ship is drawing 4 feet 8,
            
          
          
                    Weather keeps very cold
            
            still,~
            
          
          
                    The troops which came
            
            down last time in the Mossul
            
            & Ressafah 1200 men are
            
            encamped on the opposite side
            
            of the river at Lebany, and it
            
            is probable that they will not
            
            be sent down the Gulf to Kweit
            
            & Katif as the Sheikh of Kater
            
            Jassim el Thani has forwarded
            
            to the Turkish Government
            
            his submission~
            
          
        
        
          
            5th Wedn The @ 6,36
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
            At 1,,20 AM landed one 
            
            passenger at Gorna & took
            
            one & went on~
            
          
          
                     At 6 passed Azair~
            
            Weather became foggy like
            
            clouds up above, it is bitterly
            
            cold, it icreased all oround
            
            us enveloped with the fog,
            
          
          
                    Finished with the passengers
            
            
            tickets~ We have in all
            
            96 (2 in 2nd Class; Nessoory the
            
            son of Ilo & his sister, & one in
            
            1st Class the Clerk of Kassim
            
            Khedery paying 2nd Class)
            
          
          
                    At 0,,45 landed 2 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh;
            
          
          
                    At 5,,55 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 15 passengers
            
            and 2 Bales of through Baghdad
            
            Cargo; Took in 10 Tons of Coal;
            
            Shipped cargo (210 Tins Ghee
            
            & 35 packages Skins etc)
            
          
          
                    At 8,,25 P.M. left Amara,
            
            weather became cloudy
            
            all over like fog;
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Thursd The @ 6.42
          
          
            S. Ely breeze, cloudy all over
            
            Gloomy weather and raining
            
            since midnight, the banks
            
            are all wet
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets to 18½ Amara passengers
            
          
          
                    At 8,,30 stopped at
            
            Ali Gherbi & took 5 passengers
            
            and went on at 8,45~
            
          
          
                    It kept on having raining drizzly
            
            nearly the whole day, weather
            
            very cloudy & gloomy dark
            
            
            with wind getting strong
            
            by 3 P.M from the S. East,
            
          
          
                    It begun to rain again at, 4 P.M,
            
            & kept it till night; it is awfully
            
            wet, all the ship is so saturated
            
            with water, the weather is very
            
            cloudy & overcast, if it had not
            
            been for the moon, we could
            
            not have gone on~
            
          
          
                    at 8,,50 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot still raining; S. Est wind
            
            landed 9 passengers, Took
            
            19 Tons of Coal; Mons De Sarzec
            
            sent to tell me that he wants to
            
            to go up to Baghdad being ill
            
            & if there is a Cabin for him;
            
            he came only himself to go
            
            up; his wife & son remain
            
            at Coot;
            
          
          
                    At 11,,25 we left Coot,
            
            Cloudy gloomy weather;
            
          
          
                    Light S. Ely Cloudy gloomy
            
            overcast weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Frid Th @ 6,51
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
            At 7,,30 am 7,,30 passed Memlah
            
            Gave tickets to 17 Coot passengers
            
            (2 in 1st Class Mons De Sarzec
            
            and a Turkish Officer Husny
            
            
            Effendi)~ Raining drizzly
            
            all the time & very wet, this
            
            is a very long & heavy rain
            
            which kept it since the night
            
            before last~
            
          
          
                    The S.S Phrat was at Coot
            
            last night when we were there
            
            she has also Troops about
            
            400 taking down to Basreh,
            
          
          
                    At 10,,25 passed the
            
            S.S. Mossul & Barge going up
            
            at Sheresh~ Weather getting
            
            foggy on the surface of the river
            
            so thick that the banks can
            
            scarcely be seen, no wind
            
            to drive it away;
            
          
          
                    At 10,,45 it became so
            
            thick the fog that nothing
            
            could be seen at all and
            
            we kept along the bank;
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. the fog lifted up
            
            & a modte cold N.W breeze
            
            blew, but it remained very cloudy
            
            & dark~
            
          
          
                    At 4,,5 P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            a heavy shower fell for few
            
            minutes clouds are breaking
            
            up a little on the North
            
            & Eastern hemispheres,
            
            
          
          
                    The river has risen about
            
            3 feet since we came down;
            
          
          
                    At 6½ it begun to rain
            
            & weather got very cloudy
            
            & gloomy;
            
          
          
                At 8 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
          
        
        
          
            8th Satur The @ 6.40 Noon 38
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
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            Light N.W cloudy all over
            
            & overcast~ at 5,,15 am
            
            we anchored below Hudeitha
            
            At 7,,30 proceeded still foggy
            
          
          
                    At 7,,45 passed the S.S.
            
            Khalifah at anchor at
            
            Hudeitha on account of
            
            fog; at 8,,50 we also
            
            anchored at Ctesiphon; The
            
            Khalifah is close astern of us;
            
            cold & chilly with modte N.W
            
            wind & thick fog~
            
          
          
                    At 8,50 it got little better we
            
            proceeded from Ctesiphon;
            
          
          
                    Detained at Jaffer in crossing
            
            to the East bank from 10,,15
            
            to 10,,30; still foggy and
            
            cloudy;~ it became awfully
            
            cold from 10 am the Thermometer
            
            
            went down to 38° by noon
            
            & keeps foggy & misty a very
            
            exceptional weather, we have
            
            had no sunshine for the last
            
            three days;
            
          
          
                    At 12 passed Diala river
            
            At 1,,20 P.M. landed a
            
            Deckman at Gherrarah;
            
          
          
                    Weather getting fine and
            
            the the fog clearing off,
            
          
          
                    At 3,,30 landed mails at
            
            the Residency & went up to the
            
            Custum House, the SS. Phrat
            
            & Baghdad are inside; I
            
            went home the streets are most
            
            fealthy & muddy I never saw them
            
            in such a state; I saw Eliza
            
            she is well; found letters for
            
            me from Alexander, the
            
            Bishop Bassil of Damascus
            
            & Nessoury Sayegh, all arrived
            
            on Sunday the 2nd Instt;~
            
          
          
                    Weather has been here very
            
            severe cold, snow and
            
            rain, fogs & dampness such
            
            as has not been seen for
            
            a century~
            
            
          
        
        
          
            9' Sund
          

          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
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            Light N.W. & foggy, it cleared off
            
            at 8 AM. The Mossul arrived
            
            at 4 ½ AM. I went to the
            
            Latin Church; I called to see
            
            and congratulate the Superior
            
            Père Marie Joseph whose
            
            Celebration of his 40th Anniversary
            
            Year in Baghdad took place
            
            on 6th Instt with great ceremony
            
            & the French Vice Consul
            
            Mons Ronet had written &
            
            obtained for him the Palmes
            
            d’Officier d’Académie from
            
            the french Government~
            
            I also visited Habib Chiha,
            
            Asfars, Antone Marine,
            
            Sister Medula & came
            
            home at 12;
            
          
          
                    Today is the Coronation
            
            day (16th of Shaban) of the
            
            Sultan Abdulhamid,
            
            All the Consuls etc paid
            
            Official Visits to the Waly
            
            Atta Allah Pasha &
            
            the Commander in Chief
            
            Rejeb Pasha etc etc
            
            
            Johny & his son Antone remained
            
            & breakfasted with us, while
            
            we were at Table, the Postman
            
            came bringing me Alexander’s
            
            letter of the 17 Decr which
            
            arrived today (3 days later
            
            it was due on Thursday) I
            
            also received a letter from
            
            Effie my niece from Cairo
            
            (Mrs. Boucherot) and a
            
            Christmas Card from Colonel
            
            & Mrs. Mockler from London,
            
            Alexander complains much
            
            at the way his mother spoke
            
            to me about him, he is touched
            
            very much, of what I related
            
            to him in my letter of the 18
            
            Novr,~
            
          
          
                    Called on Eassayis with
            
            Johny & then went to his
            
            house saw Sister Eliza,
            
            & also on Alice & Emilia
            
            & I came home at 5 P.M
            
            the streets are very muddy,
            
            the weather keeps very
            
            cloudy misty & no sun
            
            at all, every thing is wet
            
            
            the house & rooms are very
            
            wet, we have never seen
            
            such a weather yet in
            
            Baghdad, it is like Europe;
            
          
        
        
          
            10' Mond The @ 6.32
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            Very light air & cold
            
            weather, foggy & misty,
            
            at 8 ½ AM I called on Menusha
            
            Henry’s wife, & then came
            
            on board, sent money to
            
            the Office; while on board
            
            Eliza sent to tell me that
            
            a telegram has just come
            
            from Alexander Paris &
            
            wants to come home quick,
            
            I went at 11 AM & found
            
            this telegram dated the
            
            7th Instt.
            
          
          
                    Svoboda Baghdad
            
                    Obtenu Situation dette
            
            Publique Caire départ
            
            necessaire 25 Janvier
            
            repondez~
            
          
          
                    I was astonished to see
            
            such a message, how
            
            could I possibly let him
            
            
            accept such a situation
            
            without first knowing
            
            on what condition & how
            
            & who has asked him, or if
            
            he has been applying for
            
            it; We made up our mind
            
            to send him this reply
            
          
          
                    Svoboda
           
                    22 Rue Duroc, Paris
            
                    Attendons maniere,
            
            propositions poste,
            
            Déféréz moment~
            
          
          
                    But the servant came
            
            back to say that the line
            
            is interrupted~ Antone Marine
            
            & Artin my nephew came
            
            in the evening, their opinion
            
            was that this situation for
            
            Alexander is a beneficial
            
            one & should let him accept
            
            it, but my telegram is
            
            good & better to receive
            
            first all particulars by
            
            letter;~
            
          
          
                    Very cloudy & misty all
            
            the time, it wont clear up
            
            
            & very cold too~
            
          
        
        
          
            11th Tuesd
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            Calm & thick fog and
            
            mist, very dampy~
            
            At 8 ½ AM called on Sister
            
            Medula & then came on
            
            board, we are still outside
            
            the Baghdad is now gone
            
            inside~ I sent my
            
            telegram to Alexander
            
            of 12 words & paid 7 frcs,
            
            but the line is not working
            
            perhaps tomorrow or
            
            later, but it was left
            
            with them~
            
          
          
                    I went home at 11, weather
            
            keeps very cloudy & foggy
            
            the whole day & it is very wet
            
            & chilly~ At 2 P.M. Sister Medula
            
            Menusha her daughter Louisa came
            
            to us, also Alice with my
            
            nieces Terrooza & Regina the
            
            daughters of Sister Eliza,
            
            also Michail Yaghchi called
            
            & stayed till 5 P.M~
            
          
          
                    Very cloudy still we have
            
            
            had no sun for the last
            
            week or so~
            
          
          
                    The SS. Ressafah left at 10 AM
            
          
        
        
          
            12th Wedne The @ 6.34, Noon 43 
          
          
            Light N.W. & foggy, the fog
            
            is passing on & the sun
            
            come out for few minutes
            
            & it again became thick,
            
          
          
                    At 8 ½ AM I came
            
            on board; the Mejidieh
            
            is inside discharging;
            
          
          
                    At 11 I went home, weather
            
            Keeps very cloudy & overcast
            
            no sun & is very cold,
            
          
          
                    I called on Yacoob Pahlawan’s
            
            family & at 2 P.M. Came
            
            on board; We are shipping
            
            & discharging cargo;
            
            At 4 ½ P.M went home it is
            
            raining drizzly for ½ hour;
            
            At 7 it cleared off & became
            
            fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            13th Thursd The @ 6.32
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine clear weather,
            
            the first day we have seen
            
            the sun & very cold~
            
          
          
                    At 8 ½ AM I came on
            
            board, The S.S. Baghdad
            
            left at about 7 ½ AM
            
            
            
          
          
                    I finished Alexander's letter
            
            for today's post & enclosed for
            
            him copies of N. Sayegh's letter
            
            & mine to him~ I also
            
            wrote to Miss Tanner from
            
            my wifes part, & N. Sayegh's
            
            letter~
            
          
          
                    At 11½ went to breakfast
            
            & returned at 1 P.M; I sent the
            
            letters to the Post Office & got the
            
            one for Alexander registered,
            
          
          
                    We finished at 4½ P.M.
            
            I went home~ Weather getting
            
            cloudy a little~
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Frid Th@ 6.37
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            Light air & cloudy weather
            
            At 5½ AM I came on board
            
            and learnt that the Steamer
            
            will not leave till 9 AM.
            
            on account of 7 Bundles of
            
            Wool belonging to Lynch
            
            which were shipped for
            
            Amara last evening &
            
            no pass had been taken from
            
            the Custum House by Lynch's
            
            man & they were taken on
            
            shore, these bundles of wool
            
            are to be pressed at Amara
            
            
            
            in Lynch's Press by Tom
            
            Tartt, Jejo Moorad and
            
            the Blacksmith Rezooki
            
            Georgis who are going down
            
            with us to taste the Press,
            
            by order from Lynch in
            
            London, & we are to await
            
            until the Custum House
            
            people come to let us have
            
            them; I went back home,
            
            took Tea with Eliza and
            
            came back at 8, cloudy
            
            all over gloomy & foggy;
            
          
          
                    We could not get the 9 Bundles
            
            of wool, the Custum House head
            
            Clerk would not come because
            
            it is friday so we leave without
            
            them~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [14 JAN 1898 ;mdash; V047_11_S] (//)

        

      

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        138119,46119,289 ¼3.10
      

        
          
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            1898 Jany
          
          
            [A47_094_15:048]
                      
          
          
          
                    At 10,,10 AM we left Baghdad
            
            clouds breaking up and
            
            getting fine a little N.W.
            
            breeze; ship is light 3 feet 2
            
          
          
                    Weather cleared up by 10 &
            
            became fine~
            
            
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets to the Passengers
            
            We have altogether 113½
            
            (6 in 1st Class; 3 Persians in
            
            one large Cabin; Mons De Sarzec
            
            returning to Coot, Mr. Ricky
            
            an English Merchant of
            
            Manchester who had come up
            
            in the Afghanistan, and Tom
            
            Tartt returning to Basreh
            
            but will land at Amara,
            
            and one in 2nd Class free
            
            Khalaf Agha Mamoor of the
            
            Custum House) we have also
            
            two men from Lynch's Office
            
            Jejo ibn Moorad & Rezooki
            
            Georgis to Amara;
            
          
          
                    At 0,,15 P.M. passed Diala
            
            At 0,,45 we rounded and
            
            went alongside the bank
            
            below Jaffer on West bank
            
            to ship 1100 Bags of mash
            
            of Eassa Khdery to Basreh
            
            @ 5 GSP. per Bag of 80 Okes
            
            At 3,,35 P.M. we finished
            
            taking in the Mash having
            
            shipped only 850 Bags~ We
            
            left Jaffer & proceeded;
            
          
          
                    At 4,,35 passed Ctesiphon
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 7,,10 P.M. we anchored
            
            at Ledje reach; fine clear
            
            night & light N.W. breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Satur The @ 6.41
          
          
            [A47_095_01:049]
                        
          

          
            * has since been increased to 150 from 1st Instant by Mr. Bottomley~
          
          
            Light N.W. & very thick fog,
            
            At 9,,10 fog cleared off, we
            
            proceeded from Ledje;
            
          
          
                    (We have 18 persons free
            
            in all, 10 men working for Amara
            
            with Jejo Moorad & Rezooki &
            
            others for Coot & Basreh by
            
            S Lynch & co)~
            
          
          
                    At 12 AM passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort; fine clear weather,
            
          
          
                    At 1,,50 P.M. met the Khalifah
            
            coming up at Raddat,
            
            We stopped & sent 2 passengers
            
            who wanted to return to
            
            Baghdad the Mamoor Khalaf
            
            Agha with free 2nd Class
            
            ticket & his man; I sent
            
            a letter to Henry, we went
            
            on at 1,,50~
            
          
          
                    At 2,,10 PM. landed two
            
            passengers at Azizieh;
            
            went on at 2,,15,
            
            
            
          
          
                     My Assistant Clerk
            
            Metty Yacoob, who was
            
            put in my place during
            
            my 6 months absence to
            
            Europe, with an increase of
            
            pay of 50 Beshlics per month
            
            making his pay to 180 Besh.
            
            and 90 Besh per month as
            
            messing money, and after
            
            my arrival to Baghdad, my
            
            brother Henry had taken
            
            leave of 2 months to go to
            
            Hwedir, Metty was also
            
            put in his place with the
            
            same pay, until this trip
            
            when Henry has gone back
            
            to his ship, and Metty
            
            returned to his place on
            
            board here, drawing his
            
            former pay of 130 Besh.
            
            only per month~*
            
          
          
                    At 7,,15 passed Memlah
            
            At 7,,55 anchored at Hamrayah
            
            weather getting cloudy with
            
            light S. Erly breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Sund.
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            [A47_096_21:050]
                        
          

          
            Light S. Erly breeze, very cloudy
            
            gloomy and raining drizzly
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 6,,20 AM we left Hamraya
            
            Weather very cloudy & overcast
            
          
          
                    At 8,,30 grounded at the
            
            bottom of Um el Ajaj, took an
            
            anchor out & hove off and
            
            went on at 9;~ Weather
            
            rainy & cloudy~
            
          
          
                    At 11,,35 arrived at Coot,
            
            landed 23½ passengers (Mons.
            
            De Sarzec in 1st Class Cabin) and
            
            95 packages; They have had
            
            lots of rain here the ground is
            
            very muddy~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,30 P.M. left Coot,
            
            took 6 passengers~
            
          
          
                    At 4,,30 passed the Phrat
            
            & Barge in tow bound up;
            
            Very cloudy misty & gloomy
            
            weather;
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 we anchored at
            
            Aboo Dood (below Sheikh Saad)
            
            for the night, still daylight but
            
            cloudy all over~ At 8 P.M.
            
            it cleared up & became very
            
            fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Mond The @ 6.39
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine clear
            
            Weather & sunshine~
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 9,,20 landed Eleven
            
            packages at Ali Gherbi and
            
            went on at 9.35~
            
          
          
                    At 5,,35 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 24 passengers
            
            and 31 packages; also 14
            
            men of Lynch's (Mr. Tom
            
            Tartt, Jejo Moorad, Rezooki
            
            Georgis & 10 men to try the
            
            Wool Press & return with
            
            us~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,20 we left
            
            Amara, fine clear weather,
            
            and very cold~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,45 anchored above
            
            Kalat Saleh~
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Tuesd The @ 6 32
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine very cold,
            
            freezing, At 6,,20 AM we
            
            proceeded, the banks are
            
            covered with frost & bitterly
            
            cold~ The SS. Baghdad and
            
            Barge are ahead of us going
            
            down~ At 7¼ we passed
            
            her~ Gave tickets to 18½ Amara
            
            
            
            passengers
            
          
          
                    At 9,,40 passed Azair;
            
            I have made a fire in my Cabin
            
            in a small Iron mankal which
            
            I bought in Baghdad, this is the
            
            first time I have ever had fire
            
            in my Cabin, the Thermometer
            
            went up from 45 to 62˚~
            
          
          
                    At 0.25 P.M landed 24 Packages
            
            and 2 passengers at Gorna,
            
            went on at 1 P.M;~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,50 passed the SS.
            
            Ressafah & Barge going
            
            up at Kteban;
            
          
          
                    At 4,,50 arrived at Basreh
            
            no steamers are here; The
            
            mail Str Simla and the
            
            Persian Str King Arthur are in
            
            the Quarantine~ I went
            
            up in Rufail's Belem called
            
            on Jeboory Asfar for an hour,
            
            there was his father Hannosh
            
            & Naoom Loca & then went
            
            up to Rufail's house where
            
            Yousif Marine was there,
            
          
          
                    on our arrival at Basreh
            
            I received a telegram sent
            
            
            
            to me from Lynch Brothers’
            
            Office, it is from my son
            
            Alexander an answer to
            
            my telegram I had sent
            
            him on the 10th Instt; this was
            
            transmitted to me from
            
            Baghdad; it says~
            
          
          
                    “Différé Moment Fin
            
            Fevrier~"
            
          
          
                    All here advise me to let him
            
            go after I receive the full
            
            particulars of this situation
            
            in Cairo if advantageous;
            
          
          
                    I was so restless all the
            
            night thinking about Alexanders
            
            project of wishing to go to
            
            Cairo~
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Wedn
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            [A47_100_03:051]
                       
          

          
            Light N.W. & fine cold morning
            
            At 8 AM I came down to
            
            the Mejidieh; We are discharging
            
            and loading ship;
            
          
          
                    The SS. Baghdad arrived last
            
            night at about 7 P.M~
            
          
          
                    The weather has not been
            
            so cold here throughout the day
            
            
            
          
          
                    The Turkish man of aur arrived
            
            Yesterday from Katif bringing
            
            back the Nakib Seyd Rejeb
            
            Effendi who had gone down
            
            to settle the disturbance between
            
            Jassem el Thany & the Sheikh
            
            of Kwet; the Turkish Troops
            
            of about 1200 are still encamped
            
            here on the opposite side at
            
            Lebany waiting for Orders;
            
          
          
                    Rufail, Rezooki Angoorly,
            
            Nessoory Andrea & Rezooki
            
            Sayegh came to me & stayed
            
            till sunset~
            
          
          
                    At 7 P.M. we finished loading
            
            Cargo~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [20 JAN 1898 ;mdash; V047_12_N] (//)

        

      

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        238261,14814,533 ¾5,,1
      

        
          
          
                    At 7.35 P.M got underway
            
            & proceeded; fine clear weather,
            
            Ship is very deep, drawing
            
            5 feet of water;
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Thursd The @ 6.41
          
          
          
            [A47_101_20:052]
                        
          

          
              
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            1898 Jany
          
          
            At 1,,50 AM. landed one
            
            passenger at Gorna~
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 7 passed Azair~
            
            Modte N.W. & fine clear weather
            
          
          
                Finished with the passengers
            
            Tickets;~ The river has risen
            
            here about~
            
          
          
                    At 1 P.M. landed 2 passengers
            
            At Kalat Saleh & took 2
            
            & went on at 1,,5~
            
          
          
                We have altogether 157½
            
            passengers (4 in 1st Class
            
            the Hejjyeh Khejjeh Khan widow
            
            of Shekh Jaber of Mahomerah
            
            & her companion also the
            
            widow of Sheihk  Jaber, being
            
            the daughter of Aziz Agha, who
            
            went down with us on 2 Decr;
            
            Also Mr. Cree the Clerk of Blockey
            
            returning as he had gone down
            
            in the Khalifah, and Mr. Mayle
            
            Clerk of Muir Tweedie or the
            
            Persian Gulf Trading Copy both
            
            these are paying deck
            
            fare & occupy 2 Cabins in
            
            1st Class; & 3 Indians in
            
            2nd Class)~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,45 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 19 1/2 passengers
            
            and 6 packages (2 Bales
            
            
            
            of through Bombay cargo)~
            
          
          
                We took in 10 Tons of Coal;
            
          
          
                At 9 P.M. left Amara
            
            fine weather;~
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Frid Th @ 6.37
          
          
            [A47_103_09:054]
                        
          

          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            [A47_104_10:055]
                       
          

          
            Light N.W. breeze & very fine
            
            cold weather & frosty~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 3 Amara
            
            passengers~ (Mr. Tom Tartt,
            
            Jejo Moorad & 5 workmen
            
            returning with us also)~
            
          
          
                An old Indian woman
            
            died last night on board
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 AM landed one
            
            passenger and the dead body
            
            at Ali Gherbi & went on
            
            at 10,,30~
            
          
          
                Air shifted to a light S. Erly,
            
          
          
                At 1,,15 P.M. passed
            
            the S.S. Mossul & Barge going
            
            down, having some Troops
            
            and field Guns on board,
            
          
          
                At 3,,30 P.M. we grounded
            
            At Aboo Dood, had to heave
            
            her off with a bower Anchor
            
            and left at 4,,30~
            
          
          
                At 5,,5 landed 3 passengers
            
            
            at Sheikh Saad & went
            
            on at 5,,10~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. or Calm and
            
            fine weather;
            
          
          
                At 6,,40 we passed the SS.
            
            Khalifah going down, I
            
            have all the letters & Papers for
            
            her, which I was leaving at
            
            Amara last night, if it had
            
            not been for AbdulKadur
            
            Khdery who told me that she
            
            will leave this morning as
            
            a telegram had come from
            
            the Mushir Pasha to the
            
            Agent of the Senyeh saying so,
            
          
          
                I knew at Basreh that
            
            our time of departure from
            
            Baghdad had been altered in
            
            future to be every thursday
            
            & must arrive at Basreh on
            
            Saturday so as to catch the
            
            Mail leaving on Sunday
            
            for Bombay & has to await
            
            for the arrival of the mail on
            
            Tuesday & bring it up, that
            
            is What Colonel Lock
            
            had telegraphed down
            
            
            
            and I read it~
            
          
          
                At 11.15 P.M. passed
            
            the SS. Ressafah & Barge
            
            going up~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Satur The @ 6.31
          
          
            [A47_104_16:056]
                        
          
          
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            1898 Jany
          
          
            At 0,,45 AM arrived at Coot
            
            landed 13 passengers; Took
            
            15 Tons of Coal; many people
            
            came wanting Cabins,
            
            The German traveller Professor
            
            Dr. Sachau, the friend
            
            of Mr. Richarz returning from
            
            Babylon via Shetra, and
            
            Capt Cowley gave him the Cabin
            
            which Francis the Butler
            
            now occupies, also Khorshid
            
            Effendi the Ex KaimaKam
            
            Of Shetra & his family &
            
            an other Turkish Officer
            
            have occupied the Quarter
            
            Deck Aft~
            
          
          
                The Ressafah arrived at about
            
            2 AM,
            
          
          
                 At 4.20 AM left Coot,
            
            a very cold morning freezing
            
            on the decks but the wind
            
            is very light~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 47 1/2 Coot
            
            passengers (one in 1st Class
            
            
            
            Professor Dr. Sachau
            
            the German traveller & 5 followers
            
            Zaptyes & Kawass & servants)
            
            Khorshid Effendi & four
            
            Women & Dr. Sarkis in the
            
            Turkish Service are aft on
            
            the quarter Deck with screens
            
            rigged up for them paying
            
            @ 1 1/2 Deck passage~
            
          
          
                At 9.30 were detained
            
            At Umel Ajaj in shoal water
            
            could not pass, & while
            
            there the big boat got a
            
            hole knocked out in
            
            her bottom by the rudder;
            
            and begun to fill in; We repaired
            
            her after anchoring & finished
            
            by 11 ½; and tryed to get
            
            over the Shoal, we went
            
            alongside the West bank and
            
            hauled the Launch out on
            
            the bank to be repaired;
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. the S.S. Ressafah
            
            came up and passed without
            
            stopping taking close along
            
            the Eastern bank~
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 we finished and
            
            
            proceeded from Umel Ajaj~
            
          
          
                    Very cold & fine weather
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Sund The @ 6.37
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Cold weather,
            
            At 4 AM passed the Ressafah
            
            on her way up~
            
          
          
                At 8 passed Azizieh Village
            
            River is falling;
            
          
          
                At 0.20 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort, very calm weather;
            
          
          
                River is falling, about
            
            2 feet;.
            
          
          
                I saw new moon this
            
            evening but it is new moon
            
            yesterday by the Almanack;
            
            Tomorrow is the fȋrst of
            
            Ramazan the fasting month
            
          
          
                    A light S. Erly breeze came on
            
            at sunset & begun to get Cloudy,
            
          
          
                At 6,,30 we landed the Shoal
            
            at Ledj & Could not pass, so
            
            we anchored & sent to sound,
            
          
          
                    At 7.40 proceeded; it is
            
            getting cloudy;
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Mond Th@ 6.39
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
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            At about 2 AM passed
            
            Ctesiphon; at 3,,15 we came
            
            to the Shoal at Gusseiba &
            
            anchored, weather cloudy
            
            & S. Ely wind, We lost
            
            about an hour below Ctesiphon
            
            having grounded & hove off with
            
            an anchor~
            
          
          
                     At 6,,30 we left Gusseiba;
            
            At 9,,5 passed Diala river,
            
            at 10,,35 landed a Deckman
            
            at Gherrara with letters. I
            
            could not land to walk in
            
            as my feet are sore and
            
            am suffering the chillblain
            
            all my toes pain me &
            
            swollen from the cold
            
          
          
                    Strong S. Erly wind and
            
            cloudy~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,10 P.M. landed the
            
            mails at the Residency & went
            
            to the Custum House, the SS.
            
            Phrat is alongside loading
            
            & will leave tomorrow;
            
            I went home found Eliza well,
            
            I found two letters from
            
            Alexander of the 24 & 31 Decr
            
            
            
            both had arrived the day before
            
            by Damascus Post; Alexander
            
            mentions in his first letter
            
            about his Situation at Cairo
            
            that he had made the acquaintance
            
            of Sherif Beg son of Moossa
            
            Kadem Pasha who called
            
            on us when we were in Paris
            
            & while him & Ibrahim Gejou
            
            were at his place, they met
            
            the son of a Serkis Pasha
            
            who is in Paris studying to
            
            be a Doctor in Law, & he proposed
            
            this Situation to Alexander
            
            that he shall speak to
            
            Nubar Pasha the former
            
            Prime Minister of Egypt &
            
            now in Paris retyred and
            
            living on his large fortune,
            
            I also received letters from
            
            J. Bőhm, Rezooki Korkis etc
            
          
          
                    Johny & Artin called
            
            in the evening for an hour
            
          
          
                    Very strong S. Erly wind
            
            blowing awfully~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            25 Tuesd Th @ 6.47
          
          
            1898
          
          
            Jany
          
          
            [A47_110_22:062]
                        
          

          
            Strong S. Erly wind blowing
            
            to half a gale~
            
          
          
                    At 8 am I called on Antone
            
            Marine, his wife has
            
            been confirmed of a son on
            
            Saturday last the 15th Instt
            
            they are thinking of calling him
            
            Philip;
            
          
          
                     At 9 I came on board, the
            
            river is very rough
            
            & wind awfully strong;
            
            We are discharging the
            
            cargo into the Barge, as
            
            the Phrat has not left
            
            yet; At 10 I went to the Office
            
            for some money etc. Mr. Bottomley
            
            told me that we cannot
            
            leave on thursday as the
            
            ship cannot be discharged
            
            & so will have to leave on
            
            Friday;~ I called on Sister
            
            Eliza & on Alice & Emilia
            
            & came home at noon,
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. called on Menusha
            
            & on Sister Medula &
            
            
            
            Came home at 4, and
            
            took a warm bath~ Weather
            
            still very cloudy & S. Erly
            
            wind~ The Ressafah has
            
            arrived at about 5 P.M
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Wedn.
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            S Erly wind & cloudy weather
            
            all over overcast~ At
            
            8½ am I went to see Edward
            
            Blockey but he was asleep,
            
            he was at a party given
            
            by the English community at
            
            Alfred Holland’s house till
            
            late this morning~ I then
            
            called on Sister Eliza and
            
            at 9 went to Mr. Richarz
            
            the German Consul with
            
            my Passport to & Heimatschine
            
            to have copies made
            
            of them & legalized so as to
            
            send them to J. Bőhm
            
            at Vienna to try and
            
            obtain a Passport for
            
            my son Alexander, and
            
            also to certify my Passport
            
            as usual every year
            
            
            
          
          
                I saw Dr. Hesse the
            
            Chancellier who was sent
            
            for from his house and I
            
            gave him my Passport and
            
            Heimatschine, and he promised
            
            to let me have them next
            
            trip when I come back;
            
          
          
                I came on board at 10
            
            the Mejidieh is alongside
            
            discharging, the Phrat
            
            left this morning;
            
          
          
                At 11 went home, Sisters
            
            Eliza & Emilia also Alice
            
            called on us, I left them at
            
            home & came on board at
            
            2 p.m. worked in shipping
            
            cargo, there is a lot of galls
            
            skins & wool etc~
            
          
          
                A Circular from Mr. Richarz
            
            came round anouncing the
            
            Birthday of the Emperor of Germany
            
            tomorrow the 27th & will hold
            
            a reception from 8 till 10
            
            p.m. (as being a Ramadan
            
            & the Turkish Officials are fasting)
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. I went home
            
            Antone Marine called on us
            
            
            in the evening for an hour;
            
          
          
                S. Erly wind but fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Thursd
          
          
            [A47_113_03:063]
                        
          

          
            1898 Jany
          
             
            Wind shifted to a sharp cold
            
            n.w. wind & became fine,
            
            At 8 1/2 AM I came on board,
            
          
          
                I closed Alexander's letter, also
            
            for Effie my niece; Blanche
            
            Alexander's wife & Coll Mockler
            
          
          
                At 11 1/2 went to breakfast,
            
            saw Tooza widow of Georgis Asfar
            
            then~ At 12 1/2 I came on
            
            board~ We finished discharging
            
            & loading by 4 p.m~
            
          
          
                    Weather got again cloudy,
            
            but the wind is n. wester;
            
          
          
                The river has fallen very
            
            low; nearly to its lowest
            
            level & current dead almost;
            
          
          
                Today being the Birth
            
            day of the Emperor of Germany
            
            William, II, Mr. Richarz
            
            is holding an Official reception
            
            this evening from 8 to
            
            10 p.m.; the Comet has
            
            dressed ship; he sent his
            
            Circular to all his protegées
            
            
            & German subjects; he makes
            
            it in the evening because
            
            it is the Ramadan fasting
            
            month on account of the
            
            Turkish Officials~
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. I went home;
            
            Took Eliza & went to Alice
            
            with our dinner & we dined
            
            with them, Johnny & Artin
            
            came to spend the evening,
            
            at 8 1/2 I went to call on
            
            Mr. Richarz; the Turkish Band
            
            was there playing, and great
            
            many people called, the
            
            Europeans; the Wali Atta
            
            Allah Pasha, the Mushir
            
            Rajah Pasha; Mr. Mashkow
            
            the Russian Consul; Mons
            
            Ronet the french Consul &
            
            Colonel Lock & Dr. Ramzey
            
            & Capt Baumont of the Comet
            
            came while I was there,
            
            At 10 I left, came to Alice
            
            took Eliza & came home,
            
            Richarz has had a supper
            
            and a dance afterward
            
            
            and some ladies went as
            
            Danon & his wife; Ezra
            
            Daniel & his wife & Dr.
            
            & Mrs. Sutton etc~
            
          
          
                Fine cold weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Frid Th @ 6.37
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold weather
            
          
          
                At 5 1/4 am I came on
            
            board~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [28 JAN 1898 ;mdash; V047_13_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        99135,27920,801 1/44,,0
      

        
          
          
                At 6.10 am we proceeded,
            
            ship drawing 4 feet~
            
          
          
                At 8.30 passed Diala river
            
            Cold morning;
            
          
          
                At 10 passed Ctesiphon;
            
            we have in all 75 1/2 passengers
            
            (2 in 1st Class Jews, & 2 Mahomedan
            
            women in 2nd Class) Besides
            
            we have 21 persons free,
            
            Tom Tartt in 1st Class, & 18 men
            
            for the Dock to work in the
            
            Mejidieh & 2 Mossully women,
            
          
          
                At 2.55 P.M. passed the
            
            SS. Baghdad & Barge going up
            
          
          
                At 3,,25 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~
            
            
          
          
                At 5,,40 passed Azizieh-
            
            Very cold wind & fine weather;
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 we rounded and
            
            came to at Toweel for the night,
            
            modte N.W. & fine cold weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Satur Th @ 6.32 noon 43
          
          
            1898 Jany
          
          
            At 1,,30 AM. the Khalifah came
            
            up, she stopped and sent us the
            
            through specie, as she did not
            
            catch the mail steamer, she
            
            had left on Sunday morning
            
            for Mahomerah & the mail
            
            was only sent down to her in
            
            G. Mackenzies steam launch, the
            
            Khalifah having arrived on
            
            Sunday evening, and left
            
            on Tuesday evening and the
            
            mail steamer had not arrived
            
            then; I recieved Henry's letter
            
            the Khalifah has 236,043 Okes
            
            cargo; and Jew passengers about
            
            60~ Very cold weather
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 am we left Towil;
            
            very cold weather, water has
            
            frozen on deck~
            
          
          
                At 9,,50 passed Memlah
            
            At 11,,15 grounded, got off with
            
            an anchor & went on at 0,,15
            
            P.M.~ Still very cold
            
            
            I am so shivering;
            
          
          
                At 3,,30 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 24 passengers
            
            and 1 free & 75 packages~
            
          
          
                Mr. De Sarzec with his wife
            
            & son are still living here,
            
            there is no water in the Hye
            
            river to go down to Shatra
            
            & Tallow~
            
          
          
                At 4,,30 we left Coot, took
            
            13 1/2 passengers;~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,35 we anchored at Aboo
            
            Dood for the night; Light n.w.
            
            & fine cold night~
            
          
        
        
          
            30 Sund Th @ 6.33
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold morning
            
            At 6.30 am we proceeded
            
          
          
                At 8 passed the SS. Mossul
            
            & Barge going up~
            
          
          
                At 9,,20 passed Ali Gherbi;
            
          
          
                At 5,,45 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 20 1/2 Passeng.
            
            and 53 Packages; They have
            
            had lots of rain here a few
            
            days ago until yesterday;
            
            We took 4 Tons of Coal,
            
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 we left Amara,
            
            fine clear weather & moon light
            
            night 8 days old~
            
          
          
                At 11 we anchored above Kalat
            
            Saleh~
            
          
        
        
          
            31 Mond Th @ 6.36 noon 52
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold weather,
            
            At 6.30 am we proceeded~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 8 Amara
            
            passengers (one in 1st Class, Perter
            
            Effendi an employé in the Règie)
            
          
          
                At 10 passed Azair~
            
            At 0,,45 p.m. passed Gorna
            
            Detained 10 minutes in Maghil
            
            to get men, workmen Indians
            
            to come down to do some work
            
            in the Blosse Lynch~
            
          
          
                At 4.50 we rounded and
            
            went along side the Blosse
            
            Lynch on the other side of
            
            the river; I found my cabin
            
            there very dirty & uncomfortable
            
            no table to put my desk on,
            
            the keys are all common made
            
            here, & most of the cabins have
            
            no keys; she is already
            
            loaded with cargo~ I did
            
            not go on shore to Rufail
            
            as I am busy with the
            
            
            shifting & taking down my
            
            Kit~
            
          
          
                Rufail & Rezooki came to
            
            me & spent the evening till 10 P.M.
            
            the mail str Karbella has left
            
            yesterday morning, and the
            
            next mail is due here tomorrow,
            
            There is 10 days Quarantine
            
            now established on all comers
            
            from Bombay & other parts of
            
            India, the Plague there has
            
            increased in Bombay about
            
            400 deaths per week;~
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Tuesd Th @ 6.35
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold and
            
            frosty morning~ I began
            
            early to shift my Kit to the
            
            Blosse Lynch, my Kit does
            
            not contain in the cabin, it
            
            is so narrow & very uncomfortable
            
          
          
                We are not leaving today,
            
            the men are working in
            
            altering the chocks forward
            
            it is too high to weigh the
            
            anchor;~
            
          
          
                At 1 p.m. Yousif Marine & Rufail
            
            came alongside & I went with
            
            them to Basreh, Yousif
            
            
            got the fever & shivering while
            
            going in, we went to Angoorlee's
            
            saw Tookyeh there & her little
            
            son Yousif about 11 months old;
            
          
          
                I then called on Terrooza the
            
            wife of Nessoary Andrea &
            
            then when to Angoorlee's shop
            
            for some Kit I bought &
            
            came back to Angoorlee's house
            
            we had Tea & at 3 1/2 p.m. we
            
            left Yousif also coming with
            
            us, we came off to the Blosse
            
            Lynch, people are still shifting
            
            Kit from the Mejidieh, at
            
            5 we crossed up to Jeboory
            
            Asfar, but Yousif went up to
            
            Rufails place as he has still
            
            the fever & shiver, we stayed
            
            there till 7 Oclock; the SS.
            
            Baluchistan arrived in Bushire
            
            this afternoon;~
            
          
          
                I dined at slept at Rufail;
            
            Light n.w. & fine cold weather
            
          
        
        
          
            2nd Wedne
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_120_19:064]
            
          

          
            [A47_121_01:065]
                        
          

          
            [A47_121_03:066]
               
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold weather
            
            but so severe as before~
            
            At 8 1/2 AM I came on board
            
            with Rezooki~ We are lightning
            
            the ship she was too deeply
            
            
            loaded for this State of the
            
            river;
            
          
          
                At 10 1/2 AM the Mejidieh
            
            left for Maghil to be docked
            
            (Mr. Holdway our 3rd Mate who
            
            has been shifted to go up the
            
            Karoon to command the SS.
            
            Shushan plying between
            
            Ahwaz & Shushter as her
            
            Captain, Mr. Plant is going
            
            to England on a 6 months
            
            leave) Mr. Holdway took the
            
            Mejidieh up to Maghil, Mr.
            
            Tom Tartt & Mr. Barlow
            
            are to superintend the work;
            
          
          
                Rufail came to me & passed
            
            the day; also Rezooki Angoorly
            
            Ali Beg Mudeer Tapo & Hassan
            
            Effendi Mudai Umoom &
            
            other Turks, they came also
            
            to see the three Employes of
            
            the Sennyeh going to establish
            
            the headquarter of their Office
            
            at Amara instead at
            
            Basreh as it was until now,
            
            They are the Inspector newly
            
            arrived from Constple & came
            
            down in the Khalifah with
            
            the Assisstant my friend
            
            
            Ibrahim Effendi who was
            
            in Baghdad head Clerk of
            
            the Sennyeh & Zekki Effendi
            
            from here the Engineer of
            
            the Sennyeh these 3 are
            
            in 1st Class;
            
          
          
                Weather is very mild &
            
            not cold at all~ We have
            
            two mails to take up of
            
            last week & of the Khalifah,
            
            our mail has not arrived
            
            yet but I heard that she
            
            is Aground at Faô~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [2 FEB 1898 ;mdash; V047_14_N] (//)

          in the S.S. Blosse Lynch (//)

          Voy 242~ (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        122 1/2132,7278,805 1/44,,4,
      

        
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
          
                At 4,,30 P.M. got underway
            
            and proceeded; steamer
            
            drawing 4 feet 4 Inches
            
          
          
                Detained 10 minutes at
            
            Maghil landing some men
            
            of the working gang~
            
          
          
                The Blosse is steaming
            
            faster than the Mejidieh,
            
          
          
                At 10,,50 passed Gorna
            
            
          
        
        
          
            3d Thursd Th @ 6.43
          
          
            [A47_122_11:067]
                      
          

          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            At 3.30 AM passed Azair
            
            At 3.40 anchored~
            
          
          
                At 6 proceeded, Fine Weather
            
            & calm not so cold~
            
          
          
                We have altogether 71 1/2 Passengers
            
            (4 in 1st Class the three people
            
            of the Sennyeh, & Rabka the
            
            wife of Eassayi, and one
            
            in 2nd Class the Taboor Aghassy
            
            Sherif Beg to Amara)
            
          
          
                At 0,,15 P.M. landed 1 passenger
            
            at Kalat Saleh;
            
          
          
                At 4 P.M. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 38 passengers with
            
            the 3 1st Class of the Sennyeh
            
            and one 2nd Class~
            
          
          
                We shipped cargo, Ghee & hides,
            
            about 7000 Okes, & took in 10 Tons
            
            of Coal;
            
          
          
                At 6,,10 we left Amara,
            
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            it is not cold at all,~
            
          
        
        
          
            4th Frid
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine,~ At 5 AM
            
            landed one passenger at Ali
            
            Gherbi & took one & went on
            
            at 5,,5~
            
            
            
          
          
                At 7,,35 passed the SS. Ressafah
            
            & Barge going down~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 27 1/2 Amara Passengers,
            
            Light S. Erly breeze & few light
            
            clouds;
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 landed 2 passengers
            
            at Sheikh Saad & went on
            
            at 10,,20~
            
          
          
                I paid the Ship's company's
            
            wages for Jany~
            
          
          
                There is a rise in the river of
            
            about 2 feet~ Weather is
            
            getting bad, strong S. Erly wind
            
            and cloudy thretening
            
            weather~
            
          
          
                At 4,,35 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 10 1/2 passengers and
            
            1 Bale~ Took in 10 Tons of
            
            Coal; The son of Mr. De Sarzec
            
            came to see me his name is
            
            Henry, they are still here awaiting
            
            for the rise of the river~
            
          
          
                At 6,,20 we left Coot, the
            
            wind shifted to light N.W. &
            
            it begun to rain a little;
            
          
          
                At 8,,45 anchored, it is still
            
            raining lightly & cloudy but
            
            not so dark~
            
            
          
          
                At 9,,15 proceeded,
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            Satur The @ 6.44
          
          
            [A47_125_09:068]
                        
          
          
            At 3,,15 AM passed Memlah
            
            At 6,,45 met the Khalifah coming
            
            down at Deboony, we stopped
            
            and sent the through specie of her
            
            upward trip & ours;~
            
          
          
                At 7,,15 we proceeded; I got a
            
            letter from Henry, saying that they
            
            left yesterday morning having
            
            79,000 Okes Cargo; & 115 1/2 passengers
            
          
          
                I gave tickets to 22 1/2 Coot
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                Weather very mild & calm;
            
          
          
                At 7,,45 we passed the S.S.
            
            Baghdad & Barge going down;
            
          
          
                At 11,,50 passed Azizieh,
            
            At 3,,5 P.M. passed Baghdadieh,
            
            River is falling again,
            
          
          
                At 4,,40 landed a passenger
            
            (booked for Baghdad) at Swera
            
            Village & went on at 4,,45;
            
          
          
                At 11 P.M. passed Ctesiphon
            
            detained 1/4 hour at Hudeitha
            
            Fine clear moonlight night
            
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Sund.
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_126_03:069]
                        
          
          
            At 3 AM passed Diala
            
          
          
                At 6,,30 landed mails at
            
            the Residency, & went up to the
            
            Custum House; the SS. Mossul
            
            is alongside here, she has not yet
            
            discharged,~ I went home,
            
            saw Eliza she has not been well
            
            having had fever for 2 or three
            
            days; I found two letters from
            
            Alexander of the 7th Jany and
            
            one of the 14th all arrived at the
            
            same time, he speaks about
            
            his offer of appointment in
            
            Egypt, the telegram I found
            
            here is so inexplicable I
            
            cannot make out the word
            
            Grammaire, he sent it on the
            
            3d Instt; which says, 
            
	    
	    
	    "Grammaire
            
            100 frcs repondez", 

	    I also
            
            recieved two letters from Mr.
            
            Böhm in answer to mine,
            
          
          
                We went to church at 8 1/2
            
            but I called first on Antone
            
            Marine & then went to church
            
            I then called on Catterina
            
            Yaghchi, on Lazare Chanteduc,
            
            the Assyrian Bishop &
            
            on Feridah Shammas
            
            Antone, to congratulate
            
            
            her on the marriage of her
            
            daughter Susan with Ferej
            
            the son of Yousif Ferej who
            
            is the assistant Clerk in the
            
            Khalifah with Henry he has
            
            remained here for a trip
            
            and got married on last
            
            Sunday the 30 Ulto; I came
            
            home at 11;~ At 2 P.M. went to
            
            call on Coll. Lock the English
            
            Consul but he was out in
            
            the desert; I called on Sister
            
            Eliza, on Alice & Emilia, &
            
            on Monsr. Ronet the french
            
            Vice Consul but only found
            
            Mons. Jacqerèz the Engineer
            
            I came home at 6 Artin
            
            my nephew called~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine night,
            
          
        
        
          
            7th Mond The @ 6.44
          
          
            [A47_127_01:070]
                       
          
          
          
                      
             [A47_127_04:071]
           
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_128_20:072]
                        
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine day, weather
            
            mild; at 8 1/2 AM I came on
            
            board the Blosse Lynch,
            
            the Mossul is inside discharging
            
            at 9 1/2 I went to see Dr. Hesse
            
            the Dragoman of Mr. Richarz
            
            the German Consul left in
            
            charge of the Consulate, as
            
            
            Mr. Richarz has left on Wednesday
            
            last to Europe in Company
            
            with the German Professor Dr.
            
            Sachau & an other, they went
            
            by land to Mossul on the
            
            other side of the Tigris; I
            
            took from Dr. Hesse my Passport
            
            & the Heimatschine, & the
            
            copies made out of these and
            
            legalized by Richarz so as
            
            to be sent to Mr. Böhm in
            
            Vienna to obtain a Passport
            
            for Alexander; my Passport
            
            was also vised for this year,
            
            and I had to pay him the fees
            
            for all came to 130 G. S Piastes
            
            I then left him & came to the
            
            Office to Mr. Bottomley for some
            
            money (200 Mejid) to pay the
            
            rest of the crew but he had none,
            
          
          
                I came home at 11 1/2, but I
            
            am suffering awfully from
            
            the pain in my stomach for
            
            the last 6 days & I now
            
            I feel worse & am very weak
            
          
          
                I took a warm Bath at
            
            3 P.M~ Johny my nephew
            
            came & he dined with us
            
            
            & went away at 9 P.M~
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Tuesd
          
          
            [A47_129_06:073]
                      
          
         
          
            Light N.W. & fine cold but mild
            
            weather; I suffered very much
            
            from the pain of my stomach
            
            last night~ At 8 1/2 AM I
            
            called on Sister Medula &
            
            then came on board, the
            
            Mossul is still alongside
            
            the Custum House~
            
          
          
                I sent the following telegram
            
            to Alexander at 10 AM
            
	    
	    
            "Svoboda
            
             22 Rue Duroc
            
               Paris
            
             Suspendèz, preparèz
            
            depart Vienne Avril~"
            
          
          
                As I could not make out the
            
            meaning of the word in his
            
            Telegram of the 1st Instt
            
            Grammaire, (it may be the
            
            Arabic manuscript he
            
            calls it Grammaire, so
            
            I said Suspend as I will
            
            not part of it for 100 frcs;
            
          
          
                I went home & wrote more
            
            in Alexander's letter; called
            
            on Menusha Henry's wife &
            
            
            came at 12 Oclock~
            
          
          
                At 2 1/2 P.M. I went to call on
            
            Coll. Lock the English Consul
            
            General; he enquired from me
            
            all the old history of my father's
            
            affair here in 1820 when Mr.
            
            Rich the English Consul had
            
            the dispute with Dowd Pasha
            
            on account of my father' goods
            
            & he red to me the report in
            
            a book published by the Indian
            
            Government of all the events
            
            he asked me if I would come
            
            one day & have dinner with
            
            them; I left at 3 1/2 & came
            
            home, took Eliza & went to
            
            Sister Eliza & spent the evening,
            
            there were Emilia, Alice,
            
            Menusha, Louisa, Michail
            
            & Yousif Yaghchi etc & we left
            
            at 8 P.M~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Wedn.
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light S. Erly air & very little cloudy
            
            at 8 1/2 AM I came on board,
            
            The Mossul is still inside
            
            but the Blosse is discharging
            
            into the Barge~
            
          
          
                At 11 1/2 went home and
            
            returned on board at 2 P.M.
            
            
            We are still discharging into
            
            the Barge, & the Mossul is
            
            inside loading cargo to leave
            
            tomorrow~
            
          
          
                At 5 went home, Antone Marine
            
            & his daughter Rosa & son Gabriel
            
            called & left at 7;~ Strong
            
            S. Erly breeze & little cloudy;
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Thursd The @ 6.52
          
          
            S. Erly breeze & cloudy a little,
            
            The SS. Mossul left at 6 AM,
            
            At 8 1/2 I came on board,
            
            The Blosse went alongside
            
            the wharf;
            
          
          
                I closed Alexander's letter for
            
            todays Post of Damascus:
            
            I told him every thing regarding
            
            his going to Vienna in April &
            
            must give up the idea of the
            
            job in Egypt for the present;
            
            I also wrote a letter to Yousif
            
            Serpos in Cairo~ I also wrote
            
            a short letter to Mr. Böhm in
            
            Vienna~
            
          
          
                At 11 went to breakfast & returned
            
            at 12, we have just commenced
            
            to ship cargo~
            
          
          
                At 4 P.M. the S.S. Phrat
            
            & Barge arrived from Basreh,
            
          
          
                My Cabin is placed in
            
            
            a very bad & uncomfortable
            
            place being near the Gangway
            
            & the passage so small &
            
            narrow that the people and
            
            cargo are crammed near
            
            my Cabin, I cannot write
            
            or work, it is one of the worst
            
            Cabins on board~
            
          
          
                At 5 1/2 I went home~
            
            Light S. Erly wind & fine,
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Frid The @ 6.48
          
          
            At 5 1/2 AM I came on board
            
            Light N.W. & fine~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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            1898 Feby
          
          
          
                At 6. AM got underway;
            
            the steamer is drawing 4 feet,
            
            having 90,000 Okes~ Weather
            
            Cloudy & hazy & S. Erly breeze
            
          
          
                At 8,,15 passed Diala river;
            
            At 9,,50 passed Ctesiphon~
            
            Weather clearing up~
            
          
          
                We have 59 1/2 Passengers (2
            
            in 1st Class, a Christian Dowd
            
            Selman, and Dr. Ramsay
            
            the Residency Surgeon, paying
            
            
            
            deck fare Return Ticket, &
            
            one Mahomedah in 2nd Class)
            
          
          
                At 1,,15 P.M. passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah at Jubeil
            
            bound up, Hannosh Asfar
            
            and Naoom Loca Were on
            
            board~
            
          
          
                At 3,,10 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~
            
          
          
                At 5,,10 passed Azizieh,
            
            At 6,,50 we anchored for the
            
            night at Towil~
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Saturd
          
          
            Light S. Erly & cloudy hazy
            
            weather; At 5,,45 AM. we
            
            proceeded~
            
          
          
                At 9,,10 passed Memlah;
            
            At 10,,30 grounded at Aboo
            
            Hmar took an anchor out
            
            & got off & left at 11,,10~
            
          
          
                At 2,,15 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 19 passengers and
            
            74 Packages;
            
          
          
                We passed the SS. Ressafah
            
            going up at Um el Boomy
            
            at 1 P.M.~
            
          
          
                I received a letter from
            
            
            
            Henry, the Khalifah had
            
            left Basreh on Tuesday
            
            evening, having about
            
            223,000 Okes & about 60 Passng,
            
            The Baluchistan had arrived
            
            on Saturday evening the
            
            5th & has to make 10 days
            
            quarantine; The Mail Str.
            
            Kilwa was there of last week
            
            but her Mail had not arrived
            
            when she left~
            
          
          
                At 3,,45 We left Coot,
            
            took 3 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 6,,25 We Anchored for
            
            the Night, it became dark
            
            as it is very cloudy all
            
            over;
            
          
          
                At about 9 P.M. a Sudden
            
            change of wind shifted from
            
            S. Est to N. West blowing strong
            
            and with very little rain fell;
            
            it kept blowing throughout the
            
            night, which cooled the atmosphere
            
          
        
        
          
            13th Sund Th @ 6.45
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_134_04:074]
                       
          
          
            at 2 1/2 AM the S.S. Baghdad passed up
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind & Cold
            
          
          
                At 5,,15 AM we proceeded
            
            from Um el Aroog~
            
          
          
                At 8,,30 we anchored to
            
            repair some part in the
            
            
            
            Wheel where the exentric got
            
            loose~
            
          
          
                At 9. we proceeded~
            
            Detained above Maghessil
            
            in shoal water from 10 till
            
            10,,15~
            
          
          
                At 10,,35 passed Ali Gherbi,
            
            fresh N.W. wind blowing;
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 8 passengers
            
            and 24 packages;
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 we left Amara
            
            Fine clear weather & light N.W.
            
            breeze~
            
          
          
                At 9. anchored at Aboo-
            
            Sedra for the night~
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Mond
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine clear weather
            
          
          
                At 5,,45 AM. left~* Took
            
            10 1/2 passengers from Amara,
            
            (Johny Birjoni in 1st Class)
            
          
          
                Detained at the Elbow from
            
            10 till 10,,20~
            
          
          
                At 0,,35 P.M. passed Azair,
            
            At 2,,20 passed Gorna;
            
            landed 2 Basreh passengers
            
            & went on at 2.25~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. air and fine
            
            
            Weather~
            
          
          
                At 6.30 P.M. arrived at
            
            Basreh; In passing Maaghil
            
            at 6 found the Mejidieh in
            
            Dock~
            
          
          
                I went over to Rufail's house,
            
            where I saw Tookyeh & Rezooki,
            
            they are living out here for
            
            the last few days;~
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Tuesd
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_136_04:075]
                       
          

          
            Light N.W. & fine at 8 1/2 AM
            
          
          
                    I left with Rezooki Angoorly
            
            to the Blosse, called on
            
            Jeboory Asfar on my way
            
            to see about Eliza's passage
            
            from Marseilles to Basreh
            
            which appears that Strick
            
            has answered to Jeboory's letter
            
            of his unability of reducing
            
            it less than £ Stg 31 1/2;
            
          
          
                The Beluchistan is in the
            
            quarantine & will be out
            
            this evening after 10 days,
            
            there are many passengers
            
            in her to go up with us;
            
            and many also in Basreh
            
            all in 1st Class Cabins;
            
          
          
                I received the little parcel of
            
            Christmas present which
            
            
            my son Alexander had sent to us
            
            with Rezooki Rafi who was at
            
            Marseilles & was coming out in
            
            the Beluchistan, but as he did
            
            not come, he must have given
            
            it to her Captain Paramore
            
            who has sent it to Lynch Brothers
            
            I will open it in Baghdad;
            
            in the presence of my wife,
            
          
          
                Rufail, Rezooki & Rezooki
            
            Angoorly, Nassoory Andrea
            
            also came to me;
            
          
          
                We finished cargo at 4 P.M.
            
            but are to await for those
            
            passengers coming out of the
            
            Beluchistan at 9 P.M;
            
          
          
                I wrote to Mr. Böhm & sent the
            
            legalized copies of my Passport
            
            & Heimathschine & registered
            
            it, also a letter to Alexander
            
            all of today's date & had them
            
            posted Via Bombay~
            
          
          
                At about 9 P.M all these
            
            passengers commenced to Come
            
            in from the Beluchistan
            
            & quarantine Lazarette,
            
            an awful Confusion
            
            
            
            & crowds, I saw Capt
            
            Paramore also came with
            
            the passengers & Ladies;
            
            he has brought out the Gun
            
            which I had bought in
            
            London from Jeffreys for
            
            Johny my Nephew;~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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                At 10,,35 P.M. We got under
            
            way & proceeded, Ship is
            
            drawing 4 feet 8 Inches;
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine Weather,
            
            Detained at Maghil 10 minutes
            
            landing 3 workmen~ All
            
            the cabins Aft are occupied
            
            with 11 persons in 1st Class;
            
          
          
                Weather begun to get a little
            
            cloudy~
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Wedn
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_138_04:076]
                        
          

          
            [A47_138_07:077]
                        
          

          
            [A47_138_11:078]
                       
          
 
          
            [A47_138_15:079]
                        
          
          
            [A47_138_18:080]
                       
          

          
            [A47_138_21:081]
                       
          

          
            Light S. Erly breeze & cloudy,
            
            At 4,,50 AM. passed Gorna;
            
          
          
                At 9.50 passed Azair took
            
            one passenger;
            
          
          
                Finished With the passengers'
            
            tickets, We have in all 120
            
            
            (11 in 1st Class Cabins, they are
            
           

           1 Inspector of Post Offices free with 2 Servts; Mr. Hanson;
           
            1 Governt Engineer Mr. J. H. Veevers
              
              going to inspect for the building
              
              of new British Residency
              
            1 President of Commercial Tribunal
              
              Othman Saîb Effendi per
              
              Beluchistan from Constple
              
              paying @ 1/2 1 C. passage by LB.
              
            3 Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Cooper
              
              Inspector of the Tombac
              
              (or Persian Tobacco Monopoly)
              
              per Beluchistan from Constple
              
            Miss Elise Koch, the future
              
              Wife of Dr. Hesse, per Beluchistan
              
              from Marseilles~
              
            1 Perter Effendi (Armenian,) the
              
              Inspector of Public debt from
              
              Basreh~
              
            3 Jacob Rigo & 2 ladies the
              
              Merchant of feathers & Eggs
              
              in Baghdad, per Beluchistan
              
              ---
              
              11
              
            
          
             
                And 2 Indians in the
            
            only 2nd C. Cabin we have,
            
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. passed Kalat
            
            Saleh, wind has shifted to
            
            a fresh N.W. but it is hazy;
            
          
          
                The Inspector of the Persian
            
            Gulf Post Offices is called
            
            Mr. Hanson, a very young
            
            Man of about 24 years;
            
          
          
                At 8 P.M. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 24 1/2 passengers &
            
            4 Bags Tobacco~ Cloudy
            
            Weather; It became fine later
            
            on~ We took 10 Tons of Coal
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 left Amara, fine
            
            clear weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Thursd. The @ 6.46
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather,
            
            Gave tickets to 25 Amara
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                At 10 AM landed 4
            
            passengers at Ali Gherbi &
            
            Went on at 10,,10
            
          
          
                Detained above Maghessil in
            
            Shoal water from 10,,45 till
            
            1.15 P.M. & had to heave her
            
            off with an Anchor;
            
          
          
                The Blosse Lynch is going very
            
            slow this trip, as slow as
            
            the Mejidieh, because Mr.
            
            
            
            Follott our Chief Engineer has
            
            cut down her steam, The
            
            river Keeps very low yet, no
            
            rise at all, & no rain for the
            
            last month;
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Frid
          
          
            [A47_141_03:082]
                        
          

          
            [A47_141_24:083]
                        
          
          
            At 1.30  AM. arrived at
            
            Coot, landed 13 passengers,
            
            took in 10 Tons of Coal &
            
            finished at 3 & we remained
            
            for the night, it is getting a
            
            little cloudy; but clear~
            
          
          
                At 6 We left Coot, Took 13
            
            passengers; weather became
            
            cloudy all over like a haze
            
          
          
                At 1,,30 P.M. passed Memlah
            
            still cloudy all over;
            
          
          
                At 2,,45 passed the S.S.
            
            Phrat & Barge going down,
            
            at the bottom of Sheresh (Summer)
            
          
          
                Weather keeps cloudy all over
            
            with a sharp N.W. wind and
            
            cold;
            
          
          
                At 6,,30 met the Khalifah
            
            at Toweel, we stopped to send to
            
            her the through specie for the
            
            B.I. Mail Steamer, Capt Cowley
            
            went also on board of her,
            
            
            
          
          
                    I received a letter from Henry,
            
            The Khalifah has left this morning,
            
            Dr. & Mrs. Sutton are on board
            
            going to England for a year,
            
            & 116 passengers, they have had
            
            rain today for 3 hours but
            
            lightly~
            
          
          
                At 8,,40 We proceeded
            
            weather clearing up a little;
            
          
          
                At 11,,45 passed Azizieh;
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Satur Th@ 6.40
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_142_10:084]
                        
          
          
            [A47_143_16:085]
                        
          

          
            N.W. Wind & fine Cold Weather
            
          
          
                At 3,,15 AM passed
            
            Baghdadieh~ At 5,,50
            
            grounded at Swera just
            
            opposite the new Village
            
            at Jwemisseh, took a Stern
            
            Anchor out & hove off,
            
          
          
                    At 7 proceeded, very Cold
            
            Wind & fine;
            
          
          
                At 11,,40 landed some of our
            
            1st C. passengers, Mr. Cooper & his
            
            wife, Othman Effendi Reis Tejara,
            
            Miss Koch & the Inspector of Post
            
            Offices Mr. Hanson at Safi
            
            to walk across to Ctesiphon,
            
            a second trip the boat took
            
            Mr. Veevers the Governt Engineer
            
            and We Went on at 11,,55~
            
            
          
          
                The river is rising today
            
            a little~
            
          
          
                At 2,,20 P.M Stopped at
            
            Ctesiphon & took in our
            
            passengers & went on at 2.25
            
          
          
                At 4,,45 passed Diala
            
            river~ At 6 P.M. grounded
            
            at Gherrarah after sunset and
            
            walked in to Baghdad, the desert
            
            is wet from yesterday's rain
            
            it became dark as I got between
            
            the Gardens, & when I got to
            
            town the streets were very
            
            muddy & dark so that I had
            
            to feel my way & walk in the
            
            mud, At 7 1/4 arrived home
            
            saw Eliza well; I found
            
            two letters here from Alexander
            
            of the last two mails one
            
            of the 21 & the second of the 28
            
            Jany, in the latter one he
            
            says that he had been unwell,
            
            he had felt himself very billious
            
            & had taken 3 pills from
            
            a Doctor which worked him
            
            about 10 times but the next
            
            day, he vomited about 8 or
            
            9 times all bile but he
            
            
            
            felt then relieved & got
            
            well; it appears he has
            
            given up the idea of going
            
            to Cairo; & will go to Vienna
            
            as soon as the cold weather
            
            is over~
            
          
          
                The Blosse Lynch arrived at
            
            8 1/4 P.M.~
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Sund The @ 6.40
          
          
            1898 Feby,
          
          
            Ferida wife of Toomas Angurly died
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
            at 9 AM Eliza & I went to
            
            Church, I then called with
            
            Antone Marine, at Asfars,
            
            to see Hannosh Asfar who
            
            is unwell since yesterday,
            
            he took Cold the day before
            
            & is in bed very much Shaken
            
            as he is over 78 years; We
            
            then called on Mina Abood,
            
            I called on Eliza Erame,
            
            on Tantons, & the french
            
            fathers;~ Antone called
            
            on us & we went to visit
            
            Polus Serkis, & Mily his brother
            
            Naoom's wife; also on
            
            Sister Eliza; I then went
            
            to Call on Alice & Sister
            
            Emilia, & came home at 5 1/2
            
            
          
          
                Mons Ronet the french Vice
            
            Consul & Mons Jacquerèz
            
            the Engineer called on us at
            
            6 P.M.~
            
          
          
                We heard today that Ferida
            
            Angoorly the mother of Rezooki
            
            Angoorly & Toni died at
            
            Basreh on Wednesday
            
            She was very weak, she is
            
            about 65 years old~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine mild
            
            weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Mond The @ 6.42
          
          
            [A47_145_12:086]
                        
          
         
          
            [A47_145_19:087]
                       
          
          
               
             [A47_145_20:088]         
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            at 8 1/2 AM I came on
            
            board; The Ressafah is inside
            
            loading to leave tomorrow,
            
            & the Baghdad comes in next,
            
            we are discharging cargo
            
            into the Barge, & then have
            
            to go alongside the Ressafah
            
            to take in some cargo, as
            
            tomorrow is the Holyday of
            
            Ramazan~ The Ressafah
            
            went out at 11 & the Blosse
            
            Lynch went along the Custum
            
            House to load;
            
          
          
                I went to the Office to
            
            
            
            Mr. Bottomley for ₤ Sterling for
            
            Feby's pay; Came home at
            
            12, & at 1 1/2 P.M. Came on
            
            board & worked in the Shipment
            
            of Cargo; we shipped all that
            
            was to come & finished by
            
            4 P.M. as tomorrow is the
            
            Holyday for Ramadan
            
            I went home, & then called
            
            on Toni Oossany (whom I had
            
            seen at Deir & on Sarah
            
            Oossany to Condole them on
            
            the death of Ferida the Sister
            
            of Sarah at Basreh~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Tuesd.
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            at 8 1/2 AM I went with
            
            Artin my nephew to the
            
            Serai to Visit the Mushire
            
            Rejeb Pasha, but he was not
            
            there, he is outside in the
            
            Garden of Asfar;~ I called
            
            on Menusha & on Sister
            
            Medula & came home
            
            at 11~ I took a Warm
            
            Bath;
            
          
          
                Today being the holyday
            
            of Ramadan, no Custum
            
            House Open; & I hear
            
            
            that we are to leave on
            
            Thursday instead of Friday
            
          
          
                The Weather is very mild
            
            & rather warm at noon;
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine clear
            
            weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Wedn
          
          
            [A47_147_02:089]
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            at 8 AM called on Sister
            
            Eliza & then came on board
            
            at 9 1/2~
            
          
          
                The S.S. Ressafah left
            
            yesterday morning for Basreh,
            
            we are having some cabin
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                I went home at 11 & came
            
            Again at 2 P.M., we are out
            
            in the middle of the stream
            
            but getting some passengers
            
            At 4 1/2 P.M. I went home;
            
          
          
                I finished Alexander's letter
            
            at home, & told him all about
            
            his going to Vienna, & that
            
            if he is short of money, he
            
            can draw from Rezooki
            
            Korkis about 500 frcs, I
            
            left the letter with Eliza to
            
            be posted tomorrow, also
            
            
            
            one letter I wrote to Sigr.
            
            Giuseppe Levante, the Austrian
            
            Consular Agent in Alexandretta
            
            regarding the feathers;
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Thursd
          
          
            Weather cloudy little~
            
            At 5 1/2 AM I came on board
            
          
          
                The SS. Mossul arrived at
            
            about 4 AM.~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_148_07:090]
                       
          

          
            [A47_149_01:091]
                       
          
          
            Raining
          
          
          
                At 5,,50 AM we got under-
            
            way & proceeded; Drawing
            
            3,,11 Inches~ Weather
            
            cloudy all over~
            
          
          
                At 7,,45 passed Diala;
            
            At 9 passed Ctesiphon~
            
          
          
                Finished with the Passengers
            
            Tickets, We have in all
            
            125 (7 in 1st Class, an English
            
            Officer traveller from Persia
            
            Major C.S. Cumberland,
            
            who has been eight year now
            
            travelling for sports etc,
            
            3 Persians 2 of them Ladies
            
            also the Wives of Yacoob
            
            
            and Yousif sons of Eassayi
            
            to Basreh; and H. Abdulghani
            
            Khdery with through Return
            
            ticket to Amara & free,
            
            and 2 in 2nd Class, an Assyrian
            
            Priest, Kass Yousif ibn
            
            Georjieh & his mother, going
            
            to replace Kass Toma
            
            Bahi~
            
          
          
                Weather begun to rain lightly,
            
          
          
                At 2,,15 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh, still raining drizzly,
            
          
          
                At 3,,10 grounded at
            
            Rmelat, took an anchor
            
            out & hove off~ At 4,,5
            
            proceeded, Very cloudy
            
            & gloomy weather;
            
          
          
                At 4,,45 passed Azizieh
            
            but Yacoob Eassa was not
            
            here, who had come down in
            
            the Ressafah to await for
            
            us at Swera & go down
            
            with his wife he must
            
            have been left further up,
            
            as he thought the Blosse
            
            was leaving on Friday;
            
          
          
                At 6 P.M. we anchored
            
            
            
            at Zeljeh (below Humenyeh)
            
            rain still continues & weather
            
            dark & cloudy; This rain
            
            will do lots of good, as we are
            
            in great want of it, the grain
            
            keeps rising in price, wheat
            
            had risen to 500 Piasters per
            
            Wazna of 78 Constple Oke;
            
            a thing which has never yet
            
            occurred before~
            
          
        
        
          
            25th Frid The @ 5.49
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            [A47_150_07:092]
                        
          

          
            It kept raining all the night
            
            until nearly 3 AM. & remained
            
            cloudy & gloomy~
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 AM we left Zeljeh
            
            Fresh N.W. Wind blowing &
            
            cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 9 passed Memlah,
            
            Cloudy weather~
            
          
          
                At 9,,45 Met the S.S. Khalifah
            
            Coming up at Hamrayah,
            
            we stopped & sent letters for
            
            Dr. Ramsay the Residency
            
            Surgeon, & went on at 9,,50
            
            Henry writes to say that
            
            they have about 55 passengers
            
            & 221,000 Okes Cargo, he left
            
            my letter & Papers at Coot,
            
            
            
          
          
                At 1,,20 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 7 passengers and
            
            8 packages; Received Henry's
            
            letter & my papers;
            
          
          
                At 2.15 P.M. left Coot, took
            
            4 passengers~ Mons De Sarzec
            
            his wife & son Henri were
            
            just leaving Coot in a boat
            
            for Tellow, the Hai river
            
            having risen about 5 feet
            
            by the rise of the river we
            
            have had few days ago;
            
            Lots of rain has fallen
            
            at Coot too~
            
          
          
                At 5 3/4 it begun to rain &
            
            became very Cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 6,,5 anchored above
            
            Sheikh Saad reach; Moon
            
            4 days Old~ At 6 1/4 it
            
            Ceased & clouds opened with
            
            some stars & the moon are to
            
            be seen~
            
          
        
        
          
            26th Satur The @ 5.47
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind & very fine
            
            weather~
            
          
          
                At 5.30 AM. We proceeded
            
            from below Sheikh Saad;
            
          
          
                At 8.20 passed Ali Gherbi,
            
            
            
          
          
                At 3,,50 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 12 passengers
            
            (H. Abdulghani Khdery in
            
            1st Class free) and 4 packages,
            
            Here too it rained yesterday
            
            for about 4 hours~
            
          
          
                At 4,,35 left Amara,
            
            Took 9 passengers;
            
          
          
                At 6,,20 we rounded and
            
            Came to below Aboo Sedra,
            
            fine clear weather, still day-
            
            light & moonlight; a
            
            pity we did not go as far
            
            as Kalat Saleh~
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Sund The @ 5.47
          
          
            1898 Feby
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine clear weather
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 AM. we proceeded
            
            The rise of the river has got down
            
            here & the banks are about
            
            2 feet above it~
            
          
          
                Detained 15 minutes at Nafikh
            
            for boats passing up~
            
            Again detained at the Elbow
            
            10 minutes, Ship going against
            
            the bank
            
          
          
                At 10,,10 landed 5 Persian
            
            Jews at Azair with R. Tickets
            
            & went on at 10,,15
            
          
          
                At 1 P.M. landed 2 Passengers
            
            
            
            at Gorna & went on at
            
            1,,5 P.M.~
            
          
          
                At 4,,50 arrived at Basreh,
            
            found the mail Str Khandala
            
            in quarantine & ready to start
            
            early tomorrow morning,
            
            also the S.S. Arabistan which
            
            arrived yesterday~ I closed
            
            Alexander's letter very quick
            
            it is dated tomorrow & sent
            
            it to the Post Office with our
            
            mail, but Mr. Hatfield found
            
            the Mail closed & he took
            
            our parcel bags down to the
            
            Khandala & gave the letter
            
            to her Capt; Whitehead to
            
            post it~ I went up to
            
            Rufails at 5 1/2, called on my
            
            way to G. Asfar & family
            
            for an hour & then went
            
            up to Rufail & Rezooki,
            
            dined with them & slept;
            
          
          
                Fine clear weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Mond
          
          
            Commodore Emin Beg left for Constple 
          
          
            [A47_153_14:093]
                       
          

          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine~ at 7 1/2
            
            AM I came on board,
            
            We are shipping cargo,
            
            & discharging too;
            
          
          
                The Turkish Commodore
            
            
            Emin Pasha who was dismissed
            
            from here or rather changed
            
            to Salonik, has gone down
            
            in the Baluchistan and the
            
            new one arrived in his place,
            
            called Ismail Beg~
            
          
          
                At 10 am Yousif Marine &
            
            Rufail came on board & we
            
            went in to Basreh to the
            
            sons of Angoorlies & their wives
            
            Brijita & Tookyeh to
            
            condole them on the death
            
            of their Mother Ferida which
            
            took place on the 17th from
            
            weakness of constitution,
            
            followed by a severe Bronchitis
            
            she was about 65 or 66 years
            
            old~ At 1 p.m. we
            
            came out to the Blosse
            
            Lynch; We are still shipping
            
            cargo & loading deep,
            
          
          
                The weather is getting very
            
            mild here it is spring already
            
          
          
                We finished the cargo at 5
            
            P.M.;~ Having few passengers
            
            Yousif Rufail & Rezooki
            
            left me at 11, also Nassoory
            
            Andrea~
            
            
          
          
                The SS. Phrat is to leave soon
            
            after us~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [28 FEB 1898 ;mdash; V047_18_N] (//)

        

      

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                At 6 p.m. we got underway
            
            and proceeded~ Ship drawing
            
            4 feet 10 In~ Fine weather;
            
          
          
                At 11,,50 passed Gorna~
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Tuesd.
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine~ at 3 am
            
            anchored & at 5,,15 proceeded
            
          
          
                At 7,,5 took our 5 Return
            
            passengers from Azair and went
            
            on at 7,,15~
            
          
          
                Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets, We have in all 56
            
            (2 in 1st Class a Turk Ismail
            
            Beg head of the Mejlis at
            
            Amara, & Yousif Shamoon
            
            Naso to Baghdad and
            
            one in 2nd Class Kass Toma
            
            Bahi)
            
          
          
                At 0,,15 p.m. landed a passenger
            
            booked for Amara, at Kalat
            
            Saleh & went on at 0,,20
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 18 passengers (one
            
            
            in 1st C. Ismail Beg) and
            
            30 Bund of Tamarind,
            
          
          
                We shipped about 50 Bund
            
            of Lamb Skins & took 10
            
            Tons of Coal; the sheep
            
            are dying this year from
            
            the bad pasturage and
            
            the severe cold we have had
            
            so that the young Lambs are
            
            killed for the sake of
            
            their skins~
            
          
          
                At 7,,15 p.m. we left
            
            Amara, weather begun
            
            to change for the worse,
            
            it is getting cloudy~
            
          
        
        
          
            2d Wednes The @ 5.50
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Light S.Erly & little cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 3,,50 am. we anchored
            
            At 5 proceeded; weather is
            
            getting fine~ Took 45
            
            passengers from Amara,
            
          
          
                At 8,,55 am. landed 6
            
            passengers at Ali Gherbi,
            
            wind getting up & becoming
            
            cloudy; At 9 went on
            
            took 2 passengers~
            
          
          
                Weather got cloudy all over
            
            
            but wind still from S. East
            
          
          
                I paid the ship's company
            
            their wages for February;
            
          
          
                At 2 p.m. landed 3 passeng
            
            at Sheikh Saad & went
            
            on fresh S. Erly wind, clouds
            
            broke out;
            
          
          
                At 8,,40 p.m. arrived at
            
            Coot, landed 9 passengers &
            
            took 8 Tons of Coal~
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 left Coot~
            
            S.Erly breeze but fine;
            
          
        
        
          
            3d Thursd
          
          
            Fresh S.Erly wind and
            
            clouds, at 6,,35 am passed
            
            Memlah,~ Weather became
            
            very squaly & thretening,
            
            strong wind & clouds; &
            
            swell in the river~ Took
            
            36 1/2 passengers from Coot,
            
            weather very cloudy and
            
            blowing strong S. Erly wind
            
            with some rain occasionally,
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. passed Azizieh,
            
            very strong wind still blowing
            
            & cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 6,,20 P.M passed
            
            
            Baghdadieh Fort; strong
            
            S.Erly wind, with some clouds,
            
          
          
                At 11 1/2 p.m. passed the
            
            SS. Baghdad & Barge bound down
            
            at anchor at Ledje reach;
            
          
        
        
          
            4th Frid
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_158_09:094]
                       
          

          
            [A47_158_19:095]
                       
          
          
            [A47_159_03:096]
                       
          
         
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_160_17:097]
                       
          

          
            At 3,,30 am passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 4,,45 stopped at Gusseiba
            
            in shoal water could not get
            
            over being dark & cloudy,
            
            we anchored~ At 5,,45
            
            proceeded~ Weather became
            
            very gloomy misty & overcast,
            
            River is very low there
            
            is no rise at all;
            
          
          
                At 7,,25 passed Diala river,
            
            At 7,,30 passed the S.S.
            
            Khalifah bound down;
            
          
          
                Light n.w. air & very misty
            
            or foggy like weather;
            
          
          
                At 8,,45 I landed at Gherrarah
            
            & walked in to Baghdad; the
            
            desert is wet with the rain
            
            which fell yesterday for an
            
            hour & the day before too,
            
            but the streets were not so
            
            muddy; I got home by 10
            
            found Eliza well; there
            
            
            are no letters from Alexander
            
            arrived yet, two mails are
            
            due, they say that the snow
            
            on the Lebanon have detained
            
            them;~ The Blosse arrived
            
            at 11;
            
          
          
                There is great scarcity
            
            and dearnes of provision in
            
            town, which is worth noting,
            
            it is caused by the scarcity of
            
            rain & the severe cold of this
            
            winter which killed all the
            
            vegetation & pasturage for
            
            sheep & cattle & the price
            
            rose steadily, although there
            
            are great quantity of Grain
            
            stowed away by the dealers
            
            in hopes of getting the price
            
            up & therefore making a good
            
            profit, the Government do
            
            not seem to take any steps to
            
            avoid this, & force the people
            
            & the sellers to dispose of the
            
            provision at a reasonable
            
            price, every kind of food
            
            rose accordingly, The actual
            
            price of provision & Grain
            
            are now selling as
            
            
            follows:
            

	    


            
            Wheat the Wezna 78 Constple-
                    Oke ______R.P. 500-
            Barley D D -"- 240-
            fresh mutton the Oke 20-
            Ghee, 20 Okes (1 mound) " 700-
            Eggs each 3 for -"- 2-
            Fowels from 20 to " 30-
            Patatoes the Oke -"- 8-
	    


	    
            
            Fish very scarce & double the
            
            price; & all other thing in
            
            proportion, nearly double
            
            its former value~
            
          
          
                At 4 p.m. I called on Sister
            
            Medula, I heard that the
            
            Damascus Mail arrived
            
            this afternoon;
            
          
          
                Antone & Johny my nephew
            
            called on us til 7 1/2 P.M;
            
          
          
                At 9 1/2 the Postman brought
            
            us two letters from Alexander
            
            of the 4th & 11 Feby, both Posts
            
            arrived at once which were
            
            detained in Beyrout or Damascus,
            
          
          
                    Alexander is well, he
            
            has recieved my letter of the 4th
            
            Jany; via Bombay; also
            
            my telegram in which I had
            
            told him, 
	    
	    
	    "Suspendèz preparèz
            
            depart Vienne Avril"~
            
            
	    
	    
            he is very much touched and
            
            sorry about it, for he thought
            
            that I was angry with him
            
            about something, but he
            
            will see later on from my
            
            letters in which I explained to
            
            him all;
            
          
          
                Light S. Erly & fine weather
            
          
        
        
          
            5th Satur The @ 5.47
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine weather;
            
            at 8 1/2 am I came on board
            
            the SS. Mossul is alongside
            
            discharging & loading;
            
            At 10 I called on Menusha,
            
          
          
                    I took a warm bath;~
            
          
          
                Lots of theft & plunder are
            
            taking place in town & outside,
            
            the Arabs are plundering Keleks
            
            & caravans; & theives robbing
            
            houses & shops on account
            
            of the scarcity~
            
          
        
        
          
            6th Sund
          
          
            [A47_161_02:098]
                       
          

          
            [A47_161_15:099]
                        
          
         
          
            [A47_161_22:100]
                        
          

          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_162_10:101]
                        
          

          
            [A47_162_21:102]
                       
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine~ At 9 am
            
            I went to church & then made
            
            visits to many Christians
            
            about 12 calls; I came
            
            home at noon, & again went
            
            to call; and by 2 P.M. Sister
            
            Medula & Grzeski came
            
            
            to us & we then went to call
            
            on Dr. Hesse & his new wife
            
            he married last trip when
            
            we were here, they are living
            
            in Mr. Richarz' House,
            
            Eliza & I then called on Alice
            
            & on Sister Eliza & came
            
            home at 6~ At 7 1/2 Eliza
            
            & I went over to Antone &
            
            then, with his wife & daughters
            
            & himself, Yousif Asfar
            
            & Philip son of Habib Chiha
            
            went to Eliahoo Denoos
            
            the Seraf of the Residency by
            
            invitation, for the Wedding
            
            of his brother Noonoo, which
            
            took place yesterday,
            
            there were hundreds of people
            
            Jews & Mahomedans, with
            
            the Jews band, & the Native
            
            Music; Mr. Demello, Rozario
            
            the Postmaster, Gabriel
            
            Thadeus & Marook the
            
            Lawyer with their wives
            
            were also there, but the
            
            Ladies were separated from
            
            us in other rooms,
            
            
          
          
                    I did not like this entertainment
            
            at all, there is no taste in
            
            it, neither head or tale~
            
            We left at 11 1/2 & came to
            
            our houses~ But I lost
            
            my sleep & could not do
            
            so all the rest of the night,
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Mond
          
          
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            Light n.w. & fine~ At
            
            8 am I called on Kerop
            
            Seth, the brother of Gabriel
            
            Seth whom we knew in
            
            Paris & the brother of Kirikor
            
            as he is here practising as a
            
            lawyer~ Came on board
            
            at 9, the Blosse is alongside
            
            the wharf discharging, &
            
            the Mossul outside of us
            
            loading to start tomorrow;
            
          
          
                I sent a telegram yesterday
            
            to Alexander to allow him
            
            to sell the manuscript Book
            
            for 100 frcs, & my 4 Rumelian
            
            Lotteries which costed me
            
            140 frcs each, to sell them
            
            at 105 frcs as he has been
            
            offered & no more; so I
            
            said
            
          
          
                "Svoboda       
         
            
            22 Rue Duroc
            
             Paris
            
            Vendèz Livre, Lotterie,"
            
          
          
                I paid 4.75 Frcs for it;
            
          
          
                The S.S. Comet left for
            
            Basreh this morning at 6 am
            
            taking Coll. & Mrs. Lock down,
            
            as Mrs. Lock is going to England
            
            by the B.I. Copy St. to Kurrachi
            
          
          
                I called on Menusha for 1/2
            
            hour Sister Medula was there,
            
            at 2 p.m. Eliza & I called on
            
            Catherina Abood (Mad. Saccazan)
            
            she said that her son Yousif
            
            is now in Beyrout, and
            
            that Chekoory Aboad her
            
            brother is gone to Egypt for
            
            a change for a short time,
            
            we then went to Sister Medula
            
            & stayed there till 7 1/2 P.M.
            
          
          
                Light n.w. & fine weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Tuesd.
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_164_06:105]
                        
          

          
            [A47_164_10:106]
                        
          

          
            Light n.w. & fine~ At 8 1/2 am
            
            called on Sister Eliza
            
            the SS. Phrat & Barge came
            
            up at 9 (8 days from Basreh)
            
          
          
                I also called on Shemooni
            
            Korkis Tessy & on Yousif
            
            
            Hannosh Tessy & came
            
            home at 12~
            
          
          
                    At 2 p.m. my Sisters Eliza, Emilia
            
            & Eliza's daughter Terooza called
            
            on us & stayed till 5 P.M;
            
          
          
                I went over to Dowd Ghazala
            
            the Photographer to get some
            
            views from him of the new
            
            Bridge of the Kher, I then
            
            called on the Reis Tejjara the
            
            one who came up with us
            
            last voyage Othman Saib
            
            Beg, who has taken from us
            
            the house of Rufail @ 26 Liras
            
            per year;~ We called
            
            on Antone Marine in the evening
            
            with Eliza & came home
            
            at 7 1/2;
            
          
          
                S.Erly breeze & getting cloudy
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Wedn.
          
          
            Strong S.Erly wind & very cloudy
            
            With Thunder Lightning
            
            & rain since 2 Oclock
            
            it ceased at 5, but the wind
            
            & clouds are thretening &
            
            squally;
            
          
          
                At 8 am I came on board
            
            the streets are wet, the river
            
            is rough~ The wind increased
            
            
            very strong with dust and
            
            the river is very agitated~
            
            The dust became so thick
            
            & fine & could not see the
            
            other side of the river~ I went
            
            home at 11, all our rooms
            
            are full of dust, it is blowing
            
            as hard as it could~
            
            At 2 p.m. came on board
            
            we have very little cargo,
            
            we shipped few packages
            
            up to no. 6 only; The Jews
            
            are in Holydays, their
            
            shops are closed, it is the
            
            Passover I think;~
            
          
          
                At 4 1/2 p.m went home, it is
            
            still blowing & the red fine
            
            dust is very thick it has
            
            penetrated every where, but
            
            at 6 it begun to rain for
            
            1 1/2 hour, the wind fell,
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Thursd
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_166_04:107]
                        
          

          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_168_05:108]
                       
          
          
            Light n.w. & little cloudy
            
            weather unsettled yet,
            
            the streets are very muddy
            
            at 8 am I came on board,
            
          
          
                The river rose this morning
            
            about 1 foot;~
            
            
          
          
                I finished Alexander's letter,
            
            & told him that he can keep the
            
            100 frcs sale of the Arabic book
            
            also the balance of the sale
            
            of the Lotteries of Rumelian
            
            Railway which will be about
            
            225 frcs after buying 10 shares
            
            of the 1900 exhibition for Rufail
            
            & Rezooki; & the 500 fr from
            
            N. Sayegh, & 500 frcs bill
            
            on R. Korkis, & 300 frcs in
            
            Bank note I am going to
            
            send him, so he will have
            
            over 1600 frcs at his disposal;
            
          
          
                My wife also wrote a letter
            
            to N. Sayegh dated the 3 Instt;
            
            by this post;
            
          
          
                At 11 went to breakfast
            
            & returned at 12~ We shipped
            
            some cargo in all about
            
            49000, Okes;
            
          
          
                    At 5 1/2 p.m. I went home;
            
          
          
                    Johny & Artin called on
            
            us; & said that the Damascus
            
            Post had arrived few hours
            
            ago~
            
          
          
                At 7 1/2 we received two
            
            
            
            letters one from Alexander
            
            dated the 18th Ulto & the
            
            other from N. Sayegh
            
            of the 15th Ulto; the latter has
            
            remitted to my son the
            
            balance of 500 frcs which
            
            he had for me; Alexander
            
            is well & thinks of leaving
            
            for Vienna on about the
            
            10 of April; he has sold
            
            my 4 Rumelian Lotteries
            
            for 416 frcs (@ 104 fr each)
            
            & had to pay 14 frcs for
            
            charges as stamp duty &
            
            commission, so the balance
            
            remain is, 402 frcs, they
            
            had costed me 560 frcs;
            
            @ 140 each I paid the
            
            Ottoman Bank here;
            
          
          
                Weather cloudy and
            
            light n.w. breeze;
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Frid
          
                   
            Light n.w. & cloudy weather
            
          
          
                At 5 am I came on
            
            board the Blosse;
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [11 MAR 1898 ;mdash; V047_19_S] (//)

        

      

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                At 5,,30 am we proceeded
            
            River had risen altogether
            
            about 2 feet & is standstill;
            
          
          
                At 7,,10 passed the S.S. Khalifah
            
            going up just above Diala
            
          
          
                At 7,,15 passed Diala,
            
            At 8,,30 passed Cteciphon;
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to the passengers,
            
            we have altogether 204 1/2
            
            (only 2 in 1st C. Cabin a Jew
            
            Azoory Hyim & his son & servant
            
            with free Return Ticket from
            
            S. Lynch & co)~
            
          
          
                At 1,,15 p.m. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort; weather
            
            still cloudy all over;
            
          
          
                At 3,,5 passed Azizieh
            
            At 6,,20 we grounded at the
            
            top of Sheresh, took an anchor
            
            
            out & hove her off; weather
            
            cloudy in some parts, we
            
            intend to run down to Coot;
            
          
          
                At 7,,15 we got off & proceeded,
            
          
          
                At 9,,10 passed Memlah,
            
            At 10 passed the S.S. Ressafah
            
            & Barge bound up~
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Satur
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            [A47_170_03:109]
                       
          

          
            At 1,,45 am arrived at
            
            Coot, weather cloudy but
            
            moonlight; Landed 25
            
            passengers and 61 packages,
            
            Recieved letter & Papers from
            
            Henry; The Khalifah had
            
            234,541 Okes, but not many
            
            passengers;
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 am we left Coot,
            
            took 15 passengers;
            
          
          
                At 12 am landed 2 of
            
            Amara passengers at Ali
            
            Gherbi & went on at 0,,5
            
            p.m.; weather clearing up
            
            & getting fine~
            
          
          
                At 7,,10 p.m. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 46 1/2 Passengers
            
            and 93 packages~
            
          
          
                    Shipped 7 cases of Pelican
            
            
            Feathers of AbdulKadur Khdery
            
          
          
                At 9 left Amara~
            
            At 10,,15 anchored above
            
            Aboo Sedra;
            
          
        
        
          
            13 Sund
          
          
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            Light n.w. & cloudy weather
            
            At 5,,30 am proceeded,
            
            Took 8 passengers from Amara
            
            (2 women in 1st Class, family
            
            of a Police Commissaire at Basreh
            
            Kadem Effendi)
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 passed Kalat Saleh;
            
            At 8,,20 passed the S.S. Baghdad
            
            & Barge going up;
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 passed Azair;
            
            S.Erly breeze & hazy~
            
          
          
                At 1 p.m. landed 2 passengs.
            
            at Gorna & went on at 1,,5
            
          
          
                At 5,,15 arrived at Basreh,
            
            the SS. Arabistan is up here she
            
            has left quarantine; also the
            
            Comet & Mossul; and in
            
            the Quarantine down below
            
            there are the Persian St. Mobile
            
            and the SS. Tripoli for Gray
            
            Mackenzie~ The mail
            
            Str. Patna has left this
            
            
            morning~ Rezooki Sayegh
            
            came to me & we went
            
            up to their house saw Rufail,
            
            He has obtained a bill for
            
            31 1/2 £ Stg; on London payable
            
            to Strick & co for the passage
            
            of Eliza from Marseilles to
            
            Basreh & gave it to Jeboory
            
            Asfar~ I dined with them
            
            & slept~ A Strong S.Erly
            
            wind is blowing all the
            
            night~
            
          
        
        
          
            14th Mond
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
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            Arif Pasha Wali of Basreh dismissed~
          
          
            Strong S.Erly wind,
            
            a high flood tide came on
            
            as usual in spring tides,
            
            At 7 1/2 am I came on board
            
            the Blosse, they are shipping
            
            & discharging cargo;
            
          
          
                The wind increased in force,
            
            and the river very rough with
            
            large high waves washing
            
            over the sponsoons, especially
            
            as the steamer is so far
            
            off the bank nearly in mid-
            
            stream, weather became
            
            very cloudy;
            
          
          
                I closed Alexander's letter
            
            
            dated it up till today and
            
            have to live it with Rezooki
            
            to be sent on by the mail which
            
            leaves this next Sunday the
            
            20th. I enclosed for him a french
            
            Bank note for 100 frcs, also
            
            a Photo view of the reception
            
            of the Russian Consul Mr.
            
            Mashkow, where the Waly
            
            Atta Allah Pasha & the
            
            Commander in Chief Rejab Pasha
            
            were there also Mons Ronet
            
            the french consul etc etc &
            
            I registered the letter;
            
          
          
                The wind fell a little at about
            
            2 p.m. as the flood tide begun
            
            to make~
            
          
          
                The Wali of Basreh called
            
            Arif Pasha who was appointed
            
            here in Novr 96 is dismissed
            
            and going up with us and
            
            all his women & 3 children
            
            & lots of Kit; an other one
            
            is appointed in his place
            
            from Constantiple~
            
          
          
                Wind shifted to n.w. and brought
            
            dust & haze but by 5 it
            
            
            cleared off & became fine;
            
            Rufail, Rezooki & Rezooki
            
            Angoorly, Ali Beg of the Tapo
            
            called on me; a lot of people
            
            came to see the Waly off;
            
            We finished cargo by 5 p.m.
            
            Flood tide made at 2 p.m.
            
            we are waiting until it
            
            turns Ebb; Weather is fine
            
            & calm;~ Again Capt Cowley
            
            said he wont start until the
            
            moon rises~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [14 MAR 1898 ;mdash; V047_20_N] (//)

        

      

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        226 1/2150,34515,4144,,10
      

        
          
        
        
          
            15 Tuesd
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
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               حسقيل عزرا          
          

          
          
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            River rising
          
          
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            1898 March
          
          
            At 0,,35 AM. We proceeded,
            
            Ship drawing 4 feet 10 Inches;
            
            weather rather warm~
            
          
          
                At 7,,35 landed 4 passengers
            
            at Gorna & went on at 7,,40
            
          
          
                Modte n.w. Wind, getting
            
            fine~
            
          
          
                At 0,,30 p.m. passed
            
            Azair~
            
          
          
                We have altogether 145
            
            passengers (12 in 1st Class,
            
            they are the Wali of Basreh
            
            Arif Pasha, his family of 7
            
            women & 2 children
            
            
            in all 9, even about 2 or three
            
            are female servants had paid
            
            for 1st Class occupying 3 double
            
            bunks cabins; also a young
            
            American merchant from
            
            Philadelphia a Mr. Olberman,
            
            and Mr. Veevers the Governt
            
            English Engineers who had gone
            
            up with us two trips ago &
            
            came down in the Comet
            
            with Coll. Lock; & a young
            
            Missionary Mr. Barnyng
            
            going to Amara, and one
            
            Jew in 2nd Class Cabin, Huzkail
            
            Ezra Elisha coming from
            
            London) We have 7 Persians
            
            with through tickets from
            
            Bushire this time, they have
            
            made their 10 Quarantine at
            
            Basreh~
            
          
          
                The Wali of Basreh has
            
            been only about 16 months
            
            there & now leaves with a
            
            nice fortune made of nearly
            
            30,000 TLiras, it is the largest
            
            sum that any former Governor
            
            had been able to squeeze
            
            out from the Sheikhs and
            
            merchants & other bribery
            
            
            
          
          
                Detained 20 minutes at the Elbow,
            
            River is rising & the n.w.
            
            wind is cold, it has been
            
            Colder during the day than
            
            what it was this morning;
            
          
          
                At 5,,50 p.m. landed 5 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh & took
            
            one & left at 5,,55; They
            
            say here that there is a high
            
            rise of the river coming
            
            down~
            
          
          
                We are not flying the flag
            
            for the Waly Arif Pasha,
            
            because we have no Turkish
            
            flag, & he has not brought
            
            also one with him;
            
          
          
                At 11,,10 p.m. arrived at
            
            Amara, landed 27½ passengers
            
            (one 1st Class the Missionary
            
            Mr. Barnyng) Took in 10 Tons
            
            Coal & shipped some Skins
            
            & Ghee; River is very high
            
            here, a sudden rise came
            
            on, & it is still rising~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Wednes Th @ 5.48
          
          
            At 1,,30 AM we left Amara,
            
            light n.w. & fine Cool weather,
            
            we are going slow, the
            
            river has reached up to the
            
            top of the bank~
            
          
          
                Took from Amara 45
            
            passengers, including Haji
            
            Abdulghani Khdery in 1st Class
            
            & servant with free Return Ticket
            
            passage by S Lynch & Co;
            
          
          
                At 9,,30 passed Ali Sherghi
            
            just 8 hours from Amara,
            
          
          
                At 3,,45 p.m. landed 2 passengers
            
            at Ali Gherbi, took one and
            
            went on at 3,,50, the river
            
            is well high, they have irrigated
            
            here through all the Canals,
            
            & people are glad for having
            
            got this rise;
            
          
          
                We have made a Turkish
            
            flag today on board and
            
            hoisted it for the Wali
            
            Arif Pasha~
            
          
          
                At 8,,50 p.m. landed 3 Passengers
            
            at Sheikh Saad & Went on
            
            at 8,,55~
            
          
          
                Weather fine clear & cold,
            
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Thursd Th @ 5.46
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine cold weather
            
          
          
                At 4 am arrived at
            
            Coot, landed 9 passengers & 3
            
            packages; Took in 10 Tons of
            
            coal; Left Henry's letter &
            
            manifests here; we shipped 24
            
            packages of Lamb skins and
            
            Copperware~ The river here
            
            is at a standstill since last
            
            night, the rise has only attained
            
            about 4 feet below the bank,
            
            they could not irrigate the
            
            desert from the canals.~
            
          
          
                At 5,,50 we left Coot,
            
            Took 34½ passengers;
            
          
          
                At 8,,20 passed the Baghdad
            
            and Barge going up at
            
            Umel Boomy~
            
          
          
                At 1,,35 p.m. passed Memlah,
            
            Weather getting cloudy;
            
            River showing signs of falling
            
            hereabout the banks are
            
            about 5 feet above the river
            
          
          
                We passed the S.S. Phrat
            
            & Barge going down at 11,,45
            
            am;
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 p.m. passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah going down
            
            
            
            at Um Sneyem, I saw Mr.
            
            Jacqrèz & Mr. Delrieu the
            
            two french Civil Engineers
            
            going down to go to France,
            
          
          
                S. Erly breeze & clouds are
            
            working up;
            
          
          
                At 10.30 P.M. passed Azizieh,
            
          
        
        
          
            18th Frid The @ 5.45
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
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            S. Erly breeze & little cloudy,
            
          
          
                At 2,,30 AM passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~ At 5,,35 landed
            
            2 passengers Jews at Swerah
            
            Village & went on at 5,,40~
            
            Weather getting cloudy with
            
            fresh wind from S. Et;
            
            River has fallen about one
            
            foot,~ The 2 passengers were
            
            landed about half an hour
            
            above Swera~ There is a
            
            little rise of the River;
            
          
          
                At 9.30 passed Bostan Kesreh
            
            The wind is blowing very Strong
            
            & cloudy all over; A thick
            
            dust came on by 10½ through
            
            the strong wind which is blowing
            
            that the other side of the river
            
            is scarcely visible
            
          
          
                At 12 passed Ctesiphon
            
            
            
          
          
                At 2,,40 p.m. passed Diala
            
            River; the wind & dust have
            
            fallen down a little;
            
          
          
                At 4 p.m. I landed below
            
            the Bridge, the steamer having
            
            gone alongside the bank
            
            to await the opening of the
            
            Bridge & to land 2 Cows we
            
            have on board from Basreh,
            
            as they had opened the Bridge
            
            on the other side of the river
            
            & on our going to pass it,
            
            we touched the sand bank
            
            & were detained 1/2 hour,
            
          
          
                    I met a Sakka with his
            
            donkey which I rode in
            
            to town, arrived at Alice's
            
            house, at 4,,45, went in for
            
            10 minutes & came home,
            
            saw Eliza, she gave me
            
            a letter, from Alexander
            
            having arrived yesterday
            
            by Damascus Post dated
            
            the 25 Ulto; also a letter
            
            from Mr. J. Böhm from Vienna
            
            of the 25th Ulto & a letter from
            
            my niece Effie from Cairo
            
            of the 20th Ulto~
            
            
            
          
          
                Johny & Artin my nephews
            
            called & they stayed & dined
            
            with us, The Blosse Lynch
            
            arrived at 6½ p.m.~ There
            
            is only the Ressafah here,
            
          
          
                Mr. Mashkow the Russian
            
            Consul & his wife left Baghdad
            
            yesterday via Deir and
            
            Damascus
            
            Mr. Grougloff who arrived
            
            here via Persia is appointed
            
            here as consul, he was here
            
            about 4 years ago as Chancellier
            
            or Acting Consul;
            
          
          
                No rain has fallen here
            
            in these days & the provision
            
            and Grains are still very dear,
            
          
          
                    The river is falling;
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Satur Th@ 5.50
          
          
            Raining.
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze & cloudy
            
            gloomy all over; Today
            
            is a Holyday of St Joseph,
            
          
          
                I came on board at 8
            
            am, wrote out my letters,
            
            sent money to the Office and
            
            at 10½ went home, People
            
            are coming still to wish me
            
            a good Holyday;~
            
            
            
          
          
                    I took a warm bath in the
            
            afternoon, & people continue to
            
            visit us, I am so enraged at this
            
            beastly custum they have in
            
            Baghdad, they are so fond of
            
            visiting houses as if it was a
            
            special duty they must do;
            
          
          
                Weather is changing for the worse
            
            S. Erly wind & cloudy, During
            
            the night it rained a little,
            
            and blew strong~
            
          
        
        
          
            20th Sund Ther @ 5.50
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Strong S. Erly wind & very cloudy
            
            at about 6 am it begun to
            
            rain steadily; at 8½ I went
            
            to church in the rain and
            
            then called with Antone on the
            
            french Priests, Habib Chiha,
            
            Asfar, Catterina Yaghchi, it
            
            is continually raining, came
            
            home at 12, Rain ceased
            
            at noon after 6 hours continual,
            
            the streets are very swampy
            
            & muddy~ At 2 p.m. I
            
            called on Sister Medula,
            
            on Menusha, Sister Emilia
            
            & Alice & on Sister Eliza
            
            came home at 6, very muddy
            
            streets; weather clearing
            
            up & getting fine~
            
            
            
          
          
                At about noon I received
            
            a Telegram from Alexandre
            
            Paris, thus;
            
          
          
                "Joseph Svoboda
            
                Baghdad
            
                Bonne fête
            
                  Alexandre
            
          
          
                    I was very glad to hear his news
            
            I think the telegram was sent
            
            on the 18th~
            
          
          
                Light n.w. breeze~
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Mond Ther @ 5.48
          
          
            Modte n.w. & foggy cloudy
            
            weather; at 8 am I came
            
            on board;~ Weather clearing
            
            up & getting fine, The
            
            Ressafah is still inside
            
            discharging; & we are to
            
            leave on Thursday;
            
          
          
                At 10 went home weather
            
            cloudy, it rained for 10 minutes,
            
            Menusha & Louisa called
            
            on us at 2 p.m.~
            
          
          
                The S.S. Baghdad & Barge
            
            arrived at 3½ p.m.~
            
          
          
                    Weather cloudy but
            
            Light N.W. breeze~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Tuesd The @ 5.48
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Light n.w. & cloudy,
            
            but clearing up; At 8
            
            am called on Sister Eliza
            
            & at 10 passed in Lynch's
            
            Office & came on board,
            
          
          
                The River is rising fast,
            
            it rose about 3 feet & is
            
            still rising~
            
          
          
                Capt Cowley, Mr. Bottomly
            
            & our Mate went down in
            
            the Steam Launch of Lynch
            
            & our big boat to the Kher
            
            near the Island where a
            
            Coal boat is sunk belonging
            
            to the Company, to lash
            
            her with a chain on to
            
            the Poplar trees until the
            
            low Season comes;
            
          
          
                The Ressafah went out &
            
            the Blosse Lynch went in
            
            & commenced discharging
            
            Cargo~
            
          
          
                At 11 went home & returned
            
            at 1½ p.m. There is very little
            
            cargo to ship~ Weather
            
            getting cloudy~
            
          
          
                The river keeps rising~
            
            
            
          
          
                At 4 p.m. I left the ship & called
            
            on Sister Medula till 5½ & came
            
            home; Polus Serkis & his nephew
            
            Yacoob Naoom Serkis and
            
            Yousif Georgi Asfar called on
            
            us.~
            
          
          
                S. Erly breeze & fine;
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Wedn.
          
          
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            1898 Mch
          
          
            S. Erly breeze & cloudy weather,
            
            At 7½ am I called on Antone
            
            Marine and at 8½ I came
            
            on board, found the river
            
            had risen very high; it rose
            
            3 feet since last night, there
            
            is about 5 bricks more to
            
            reach its proper high rise
            
            for irrigation in this part
            
            around Baghdad; This was
            
            the highest it had Attained
            
            last year & people could
            
            not irrigate their cultivation,
            
          
          
                    The bridge is cut open
            
            since yesterday evening,
            
          
          
                The S.S. Ressafah and
            
            Barge left at 6 am;
            
          
          
                At 11 I went to breakfast &
            
            came back at 12~
            
            
            River keeps rising~
            
          
          
                I closed Alexander's letter
            
            for tomorrow's Post and dated
            
            it tomorrow, also a letter
            
            for Mr. J. Böhm & one for
            
            Nessoory Sayegh & I sent them
            
            to the Post Office~
            
          
          
                The river is at a Standstill
            
            since noon;
            
          
          
                Our second Mate Mr. Hatfield
            
            has received a letter from
            
            the Agent of S Lynch & co (Mr.
            
            Bottomly) in which they
            
            complain in a very strong term
            
            of his bad behaviour on
            
            board with regard to an Accus-
            
            ation by a Jewess prostitude
            
            made against him in the Office,
            
            and also his neglect once
            
            in delivering the mail at
            
            Basreh in Augt, & was given
            
            to the Khalifah on her way
            
            down, also in leaving the
            
            steamer once when she
            
            was on the point of starting
            
            from Baghdad without
            
            asking her Commander
            
            
            
            and remained behind
            
            on pretence of his being
            
            ill etc, and therefore he
            
            is discharged from the
            
            Company's Service this time
            
            on our arrival at Basreh
            
            and is to proceed down to
            
            Kurachi being the first
            
            English Port~ Mr. Hatfield
            
            has decidedly carried this
            
            neglect of duty and the frequent
            
            visits of bad women into his
            
            cabin to excess, Otherwise
            
            he is sober and of good
            
            & mild temper, he certainly
            
            has followed what other
            
            officers are doing in both
            
            steamers~
            
          
          
                At 6 p.m. I went home,
            
            S. Erly breeze but fine weather
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Thursd
          
          
            At 5 am I came on
            
            board, found the river
            
            had fallen about 1 foot,
            
          
          
                Our Anchor got buried
            
            & jammed & had to live
            
            
            it behind.
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [24 MAR 1898 ;mdash; V047_21_S] (//)

        

      

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            1898 Mch
          
          
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                At 6,,55 proceeded, after
            
            living our anchor buried,
            
            ship is light having 40,000
            
            Okes only cargo~
            
          
          
                At 8,,10 passed Diala river,
            
            the rise has got well up to
            
            nearly 2 feet from the banks
            
            here about, all the canals
            
            are irrigating; This is a
            
            great blessing to the cultivators
            
            but it is coming rather late,
            
          
          
                Gave tickets & finished
            
            with the passengers~
            
            We have Altogether 95
            
            (one in 1st Class Mr. Olberman
            
            the same American young
            
            Merchant who came up this
            
            time with us)~ Three are
            
            free included~
            
          
          
                At 9,,5 met the Comet
            
            coming up just at Ctesiphon
            
            Coll Lock being on board,
            
            also Capt Forbes the British
            
            Consul of Basreh, she sent
            
            her boat & took the Packet
            
            for Coll Lock & we went
            
            
            on at 9,,10, the Comet had
            
            left Basreh on Friday~
            
          
          
                At 9,,30 passed the S.S. Mossul
            
            & Barge going up;
            
          
          
                At 0,,50 p.m. passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort;~
            
          
          
                At 2,,15 passed Azizieh;
            
            At 3,,50 we stopped for the
            
            Khalifah coming up just
            
            in the middle reach of
            
            Shedief, she whisseled us, &
            
            sent her through specie on
            
            board, as she got down on
            
            Sunday evening and the
            
            mail boat had left that
            
            morning; I got Henry's letter
            
            & my papers also a packet
            
            of french papers from
            
            Alexander from Paris;
            
          
          
                At 4,,10 we weighed and
            
            proceeded~ The Khalifah
            
            is deep having over 227,000
            
            Okes & over 200 passengers,
            
          
          
                At 6 p.m. passed Memlah
            
            weather getting cloudy
            
            
            & very light S. Easter,
            
          
          
                At 9,,20 p.m. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 10 passengers & 77
            
            packages; & remained for
            
            the night; The river here has
            
            reached nearly to the top of
            
            the banks~
            
          
        
        
          
            25 Frid The @ 5.60
          
          
            1898 Mch
          
          
            Light n.w. & fine~ At 5
            
            am we left Coot, Took 14
            
            passengers; The river has
            
            flooded some parts of the
            
            banks, and some embankments
            
            are carried off & the water
            
            is rushing into the desert;
            
          
          
                The snow is still covering
            
            the range of Lohristan hills
            
            the higher range behind
            
            the the lower one~
            
          
          
                At 10,,30 passed Ali Gherbi
            
            some Sudds broken just below
            
            the Village & innondated all
            
            the desert around the Tomb of
            
            Ali Gherbi only the Tomb itself
            
            is standing visible, but they
            
            are closing them;
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 19½ passengers &
            
            59 packages; The Ressafah
            
            
            
            is here just arrived on her
            
            way down; weather cloudy
            
            and light Erly breeze~
            
          
          
                At 6,,25 left Amara, Took
            
            12 passengers; Cloudy weather
            
            warm & calm;
            
          
          
                At 7,,30 we rounded and
            
            anchored above Aboo Sedra,
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Saturd The @ 5.62
          
          
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            Light S. Erly & cloudy a little
            
          
          
                    At 5,,15 am proceeded;
            
            Detained 10 minutes below the
            
            Elbow reach~
            
          
          
                At 10 passed Azair~
            
            At 0,,45 p.m. passed Gorna,
            
            S. Erly wind and cloudy all
            
            over~
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. arrived at
            
            Basreh~ The mail Str. Simla
            
            is in quarantine she arrived
            
            this morning & leaves tomorrow
            
            in the afternoon no other Steamers
            
            are here, The Arabistan has
            
            left about 6 days ago~
            
            Rezooki Sayegh, R. Angoorly,
            
            Nassoory Andrea etc
            
            came to me~
            
            
            We are not going to leave
            
            tomorrow, being Sunday,
            
          
          
                I went up with Rezooki to
            
            their house, on the way called
            
            on Asfar saw Jeboory &
            
            his family; and after an hour
            
            we went to Rufail where
            
            we saw also Yousif Marine
            
            dined & slept there~
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Sund
          
          
            1898 Mch;
          
          
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            Light S. Erly & cloudy weather
            
            at 8 am I came on board;
            
            we are discharging cargo;
            
          
          
                At 11 am Yousif & Rezooki
            
            came to me, I gave Rezooki
            
            my letter Registered for Alexander
            
            Paris & enclosed for him a
            
            Bank note for 100 frcs, also
            
            a letter for August Tonietti
            
            & enclosed his mother's Photo;
            
            2 Copies to Cairo~ I
            
            then went in to Basreh with
            
            them, We called on Tookyeh
            
            & Rezooki Angoorly, also
            
            on Ali Beg Mudir of
            
            Tapo, & on Kass Yousif
            
            Georjieh the Assyrian Priest
            
            & came to Tookyeh we
            
            
            had Tea & then came out
            
            to the Ship, Rezooki Angurly
            
            also came with us;
            
            we are shipping Cargo;
            
          
          
                At 5 p.m. I went up to Jeboory
            
            Asfar to dine & sleep there.
            
            Rufail has an invitation of
            
            some Turkish friends to dine
            
            & sleep also Yousif Marine,
            
            Jeboory & his family had gone
            
            in to Basreh to church, I sad
            
            with Johny Birjony who is
            
            still here & going up with
            
            us to Amara~
            
          
          
                The SS. Ressafah came
            
            down last night,
            
          
          
                The Mail Str Simla left
            
            this afternoon; Our second
            
            Mate Mr. Hatfield who has
            
            been discharged this time in
            
            Baghdad went down in
            
            her to Kurachi; also Mr.
            
            Jacquerez the french Engineer
            
            left for France, but is
            
            going to spend about 2
            
            months in India & Egypt,
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Mond
          
          
            1898 Mch 
          
           
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            Light breeze & very cloudy
            
            all over & gloomy; I had
            
            tea at Asfar & came on
            
            board at 8 am; Lots of
            
            passengers are also coming
            
            the Deck is getting full
            
            & the Cabins too, People
            
            from Bahrein & Bushire
            
            are making their 10 days
            
            Quarantine here and
            
            allowed to proceed;
            
            Roofail, Rezooki, Rezooki
            
            Angoorly, Ali Beg of Tapo
            
            and others came on board
            
          
          
                We received the mail at 4 p.m:
            
            and are waiting for the flood
            
            tide to turn Ebb; & also the
            
            wind blowing a N. Easter;
            
            the ship is crowded with
            
            passengers also the Cabins;
            
            taken by Jews and Christians
            
          
          
                Weather clearing up
            
            & getting fine;
            
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [28  MAR 1898 ;mdash; V047_22_N] (//)

        

      

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                At 8 P.M. we left Basreh
            
            Light N. Erly breeze and
            
            fine~ Weather Keeps warm
            
            and sultry~
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Tuesd
          
            
          
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            1898 Mch
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ At 2,,15
            
            am. landed 6 passengers at
            
            Gorna (one is Akif Effendi
            
            the Kaimakam of Gorna an
            
            old friend of mine, he is the
            
            Grand son of the late learned
            
            Mufty Mahmood el Aloosy)
            
            Went on at 2,,20 took one
            
            passenger~
            
          
          
                At 8,,15 passed Azair
            
            Finished with the Passengers
            
            Tickets~
            
          
          
                Detained opposite Ghumeyjeh
            
            Canal, stuck near the bank
            
            from 9 till 9.30 until got
            
            off by a bower Anchor;
            
            the River Keeps Very high
            
            here overflowing some
            
            parts of the Marshes;
            
            
            
          
          
               At 2,,10 P.M. landed 6 Passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh & went on
            
            at 2,,15 took 1 passenger;
            
          
          
                We have altogether 244 1/2
            
            passengers from Basreh,
            
            (11 in 1st Class, they are Yacoob
            
            Eassayi; Jemil Effendi son of
            
            Abdulghany Effendi in the Police
            
            Department; 2 Jewesses family
            
            of Yacoob Khomara, Dowd
            
            Haddouny; de Bona a
            
            Clerk Maltese of Hotz & Co but
            
            paying 2nd fare at Captain's
            
            desire, Johny Birjony to Amara,
            
            Hannosh, Lynch Brothers Clerk
            
            his wife & brother in Law &
            
            2 Servants free, a Jew
            
            Azoori Hyim & his son with
            
            free Ret Ticket from S Lynch
            
            & Co; and one in 2nd Class the
            
            Sister of Yacoob Ilo the
            
            Clerk of Rezooki Angoorly)
            
            We have great confusion in
            
            the Saloon & Aft with this
            
            sort of people; that I am
            
            shut up in my cabin;
            
          
          
                At 7,,40 arrived at Amara
            
            landed 22 passengers (one
            
            1st Class Johny Berjony)
            
            
            We took 4 Tons Coal; Shipped
            
            one Mare @ 12 Mejidies,
            
            also 100 Bags of Rice of
            
            Abdulkadur Khdery @ 2 Rps
            
            per Bag of 80 Okes, & some
            
            Skins & Ghee~
            
          
          
                At 10 P.M. left Amara
            
            Fine clear weather & light
            
            N.W. breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            30 Wedn.
          
          
            Light S. Erly & cloudy a little,
            
            at 6,,30 am. passed Ali Sherghi,
            
            The river has fallen about 1
            
            foot since its highest rise;
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 37 Amara
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                At 9,,20 passed the Baghdad
            
            & Barge going down;
            
          
          
                Wind shifted to Modte N.W.
            
            & still cloudy~
            
          
          
                At 1 P.M. landed 2 passengers
            
            at Ali Gherbi & went on
            
            at 1,,5~
            
          
          
                At 6,,45 P.M. passed Sheikh
            
            Saad~ Fine Clear Weather
            
            & light N.W. breeze~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            31 Thursd
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            River is rising~
            
          
          
                At 3 AM arrived at Coot,
            
            landed 20 1/2 passengers and
            
            37 Tins Ghee & 7 packages Sugar
            
            Took 10 Tons of Coal; A
            
            great many passengers came
            
            the Deck is full & have taken
            
            their place on the lower Deck
            
            & Sponsoons; the Captain wanted
            
            to turn them out, but they
            
            wont go, the Ship is very crowded
            
            & deep~ The river rose
            
            about 2 feet, but has not
            
            attained its former rise,
            
          
          
                    At 6 we left Coot, Took
            
            69 Passengers~
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. anchored at
            
            Bughela above the Village
            
            took a rope on shore and
            
            hove on close to the bank
            
            to repair the Starboard
            
            wheel & put a float in it,
            
            and also to bury a small
            
            Jew Child died on board,
            
          
          
                At 4,,20 proceeded~
            
            At 4,,50 passed Memlah
            
            
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 passed the S.S.
            
            Khalifah at Summer
            
            Going down, I saw Catherina
            
            Yaghchi in her going to
            
            spend few days with her
            
            daughter Terrooza;~
            
          
          
                At 11,,30 we anchored at
            
            Shedief it became cloudy &
            
            begun to blow fresh, and
            
            then it rained a little with
            
            some lightning & thunder,
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Frid Th@ 5.60
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze & weather
            
            clearing up;
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 am we left Shedief,
            
            River is standstill, this rise
            
            has not attained to its former
            
            rise of last week; it is
            
            about 5 feet below the
            
            banks~
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 am passed
            
            Azizieh, the river is rising
            
            a little~
            
          
          
                At 1,,20 P.M. passed
            
            the S.S. Mossul & Barge going
            
            down at Gutnyeh~
            
            
            
          
          
                At 3,,15 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~
            
          
        
        
          
            3: 2d Satur
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            At 1,,35 am we anchored
            
            below Temreh reach,
            
          
          
                At 5,, Proceeded, weather
            
            Cloudy a little, the river is
            
            standstill, it is about 6 feet
            
            below the bank; we are
            
            going awfully slow;
            
          
          
                At 7,,15 Passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 10 passed Diala river,
            
            At 11,,20 we went alongside
            
            the bank at Gherrara Garden
            
            to land the 2 Mares & a Donkey
            
            We have about 100 passengers
            
            landed also; I went also
            
            & walked in to town,
            
            arrived at about 0 3/4 P.M.
            
            Saw Eliza, I found 2 letters
            
            from Alexander of the 4
            
            & 11 Ulto, both arrived by
            
            the last mail of Thursday
            
            he is well & getting ready
            
            to start for Vienna by
            
            the end of this month, and
            
            is going to leave the
            
            
            
            the lodgings with Ibrahim
            
            Gejou at 22 Rue Duroc
            
            & is going to take a room
            
            in the Hotel of Pas de Calais
            
            at Rue des St. Pères where
            
            we were living before,
            
            he has received the box of
            
            sweet meats I sent him
            
            by the Alphonse Parran
            
            to Port Said~
            
          
          
                The Blosse Lynch arrived
            
            at 1,,45 P.M.~
            
          
          
                I took a warm bath, it
            
            is getting rather warm to
            
            have fire in the Bath,
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine weather
            
          
        
        
          
            3 Sund
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ At
            
            7 1/2 am I called on Antone
            
            Marine & then we went to
            
            Church, I then called on
            
            Eliza Erame; Sister Medula
            
            & on Menusha & came
            
            home at 12~ At 2 P.M.
            
            called on Sister Eliza and
            
            
          
          
                on Alice & Emilia & came
            
            home at 5 1/2 P.M.
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            rather warm in the room
            
            at night~
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Mond
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ at 7 1/2
            
            am Came on board, there
            
            are no Steamers here, The
            
            Blosse went alongside to
            
            discharge cargo;~ I
            
            went to the Office to Mr. Bottomly
            
            for money pounds Sterlings &
            
            took money also Mejidies
            
            & TLiras to the Office;~
            
            At 11 came home,
            
          
          
                I wrote Alexander's letter
            
            also a letter to Monseigneur
            
            Altmayer at Mossul & sent
            
            it by today's Post of Constple
            
            in answer to his Card
            
            he sent me to greet my
            
            holyday of St. Joseph;~
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. Eliza & I went
            
            over to my Sister Eliza to
            
            dine there & spend the evening
            
            sent for our dinner also;
            
          
          
                Emilia & Alice came
            
            
            
            there for an hour, we came
            
            home at 10 P.M~
            
          
          
                The river is rising today,
            
            it has not reached its former
            
            rise~
            
          
        
        
          
            5th Tuesd.
          
          
            Light N.W. & hazy with
            
            some clouds~
            
          
          
                At 8 am came on board,
            
            we are discharging, and
            
            also shipping cargo; The
            
            Jew will go into their holyday
            
            on Thursday~ At 10 went
            
            to call on Sister Medula &
            
            then came home had
            
            breakfast at 1 P.M. I
            
            came on board~
            
          
          
                We shipped some through cargo,
            
            there is Vartan taking and
            
            Mr. Reynolds the Chief Mate is
            
            out Cricketing; I left at 5
            
            Came home, Weather Cloudy
            
            Antone Marine called, also
            
            Eliahoo Denoos the Residency
            
            Banker~
            
          
        
        
          
            6th Wedn.
          
          
            Light N.W. & cloudy all
            
            over sultry~ At 8 am
            
            I came on board~
            
            
            
          
          
                Finished Alexander's letter
            
            for tomorrow's Post, also a
            
            letter for the Handels Museums
            
            in Vienna;
            
          
          
                We finished loading at 4 P.M.
            
            having shipped a great deal
            
            of cargo Mostly gallnuts,
            
          
          
                I went home, at 5, Eliza
            
            was at Church I also went
            
            for a short time there were
            
            Prayers & Service for the
            
            Good Friday;~ Artin called
            
            on us~ Weather cloudy,
            
          
        
        
          
            7th Thursd Th@ 5.58
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~
            
          
          
                    At 4 1/2 am I came on
            
            board~
            
          
        
      
      
        
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            1898 April
          
          
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                At 5 AM. We left Baghdad
            
            At 6,,10 passed the SS. Ressafah
            
            going up, below Gherrara
            
            Bridge~
            
          
          
                At 6,,45 passed Diala
            
            River; Cold N.W. Wind and
            
            fine Weather;
            
          
          
                At 7.45 passed Ctesiphon
            
            
            
          
          
                At 11 am landed 3 passengers
            
            at Swera & went on at 11,,15.
            
            At 11,,50 passed Baghdadieh,
            
          
          
                We have altogether
            
            162 1/2 Passengers including
            
            Capt Forbes the English Consul
            
            of Basreh in 1st Class and
            
            two servants free passage,
            
            (7 in 1st Class, Capt Forbes
            
            Mr. Veevers the Engineer; The
            
            Reis el Jeza for Basreh Jamal
            
            Beg, Mahd. son H. Ahmed
            
            Nema & a female, and
            
            Naoomy son of Korkis Tessy
            
            & Rezooki Beshoory with free
            
            Retn. Ticket)
            
          
          
                At 1,,30 landed a Bundle
            
            of Specie at Azizieh & went
            
            on at 1,,35;
            
          
          
                At 3,,10 P.M. met the SS
            
            Khalifah coming up at Shedief
            
            She stopped & sent Capt.n
            
            Forbe's Letters; I received a
            
            letter from Henry, he says
            
            that he has left my papers
            
            & letters at Coot, the
            
            
            
            Khalifah has 385 Passengs
            
            in all & 230,000 Okes;
            
            We went on at 3,,15;
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 P.M. passed Memlah
            
            At 7,,5 passed the SS. Baghdad
            
            & Barge going up at
            
            Um el Ajaji~ Light N.W.
            
            & fine clear Weather,
            
            Moon 17 days Old;
            
          
          
                At 9,,10 arrived at Coot
            
            landed 32 passengers (one free)
            
            and 75 Packages, Received
            
            Henry's letter & my Papers &
            
            a packet of french papers sent
            
            by Alexander, We finished
            
            & remained for the night
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Frid
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
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            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
          
          
                    At 4,,10 am we left Coot
            
            took 21 1/2 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 9,,50 landed 5 passengers
            
            at Ali Gherbi & took 3 and
            
            Went on at 10,,5;
            
          
          
                Weather became Cloudy &
            
            Sultry & warm~
            
          
          
                At 3,,40 P.M. passed the
            
            
            S.S. Mossul & Barge bound
            
            up~
            
          
          
                At 4,,40 P.M. Arrived
            
            at Amara, landed 32
            
            passengers and 34 Packages
            
            The river keeps high here,
            
          
          
                At 5,,45 left Amara
            
            We took 15 Zaptyes with
            
            us as escort this time
            
            instead of 5 or 6 as usual,
            
            the Khalifah had them
            
            also this time, it is on
            
            Account of the Arabs
            
            of Hassan el Khayoon
            
            Sheikh of the Beni Sudd
            
            who is still at large
            
            at Howeza & his nephew
            
            who is imprisoned at
            
            Nasryeh, Mehelhel they
            
            say his Arabs came in
            
            Mashoofs in the Marshes
            
            some where above Gorna
            
            and killed 5 men the
            
            Guard of a mud Fort
            
            
            & burnt the Huts etc;
            
          
          
                We took 23 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 6,,30 we rounded &
            
            Came to for the night, in broad
            
            daylight, weather cloudy
            
            all over, Light N.W. breeze,
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Satur
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
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            At 3 am it began to thunder
            
            with lightning & it rained
            
            for about one hour;
            
            Weather remained cloudy
            
          
          
                At 5 am we proceeded
            
            from Above Aboo Sedra;
            
          
          
                Fresh N. Erly wind blowing,
            
            At 8,,50 got jammed at the
            
            bank, in the Elbow the Wind
            
            blowing strong & had to take
            
            out an Anchor & hove her
            
            off the bank; We found that
            
            3 Arms of the Port Wheel were
            
            bent & broken & had to
            
            remain to repair them,
            
            The Wind blowing a Strong
            
            N. Et & then North all the
            
            time; We are just in the
            
            bend of the Elbow;~
            
            At 5 P.M. they finished the
            
            repair of the wheel; and
            
            we tryed to get underway
            
            but she touched the Shoal
            
            
            at the lower Eastern point
            
            of the Elbow & grounded
            
            took ropes on the Opposite
            
            bank from fore & Aft,
            
            the Wind still blowing Strong
            
            and the sun has set,
            
            So we remained for the night;
            
          
          
                    It blew fresh N.W. through
            
            the night till Midnight;
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Sund.
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
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            Easter Sunday Light N.W.
            
            breeze & fine weather~
            
          
          
                At 5 am we left the Elbow
            
            the river has overflowed in
            
            some parts & formed marshes,
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 passed Azair,
            
            The attack by the Arabs of
            
            Hassan Khayoon a few days
            
            ago as I have mentioned the
            
            day before, was below Azair
            
            & abov Hmeyan, on the
            
            Guard of a mud fort and
            
            Killed 4 Shebanas & one
            
            Zaptyeh;~
            
          
          
                At 9 landed 5 1/2 passengers
            
            at Gorna & went on at 9,,5,
            
          
          
                At 0,,45 P.M. arrived at
            
            Basreh~ The Mail Steamer
            
            
            
            "Patna" in quarantine &
            
            will leave on Tuesday, she
            
            has had 2 Cases of Plague
            
            on board on her way up one
            
            died at Bunder Abbass & the
            
            Other a Lascar of the steamer
            
            died on board; The SS. Afghanistan
            
            is also here in Quarantine
            
            arrived 2 days ago; I had
            
            sent Alexander's letter to the
            
            Post Office thinking the mail
            
            was going to start today but
            
            when I heard that she will
            
            leave on Tuesday Morning
            
            I took the letter back so as
            
            to put the Bill I am taking
            
            from Rufail for 200 frcs which
            
            he owes me 161 1/2 for the
            
            Paris Exhibition of 1900 & the
            
            rest I am paying him, he
            
            takes a Bill from Asfar in
            
            Marseilles; Roofail & Rezooki
            
            came on board & then we
            
            went up called on Jeboary
            
            Asfar I gave him the Bundle
            
            of Carpet I am sending to
            
            my niece Effie at Cairo to
            
            the Care of Savon Bazin
            
            
            
            at Port Said per S.S. Afghanistan
            
            leaving Basreh on the
            
            1st of May; We then went
            
            up to Rufails house,
            
            where I dined & slept with
            
            them;
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Mond
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
            at 7 am I came on board,
            
            the Ship is getting crowded
            
            with passengers all nearly
            
            are Bahrenis pilgrims,
            
            they filled the Deck & We are
            
            packing them as close as possible,
            
            at noon, the passengers who
            
            were in quarantine of last
            
            week's mail came also
            
            about 100 of them, some are
            
            Persians, Arabs etc, also
            
            Mr. Berk & his wife who
            
            was in Baghdad with
            
            Püttmann the merchants
            
            & had gone to Europe last
            
            Year after we had left,
            
            and married the Sister
            
            of Dr. Hesse's Wife who had
            
            come up with us about
            
            three trips ago~
            
            
            
          
          
                We finished the Cargo at 3 1/2
            
            P.M., flood made about
            
            4 1/2 a Very crowdy Ship
            
            We have this time; Rufail
            
            Rezooki & Rezooki Angourly
            
            called for an hour; We
            
            received the Mail at 4 1/2
            
          
        
      
      
        
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                At 5 P.M. We proceeded from
            
            Basreh, ship is drawing 4,,5
            
            Flood tide just running up
            
            with us;~ Light N.W. and
            
            fine cool Weather; the deck
            
            is crammed with passengers,
            
            they are mostly all Bahrein
            
            Arabs;~
            
          
          
                At 10,,30 landed 5 passengers
            
            at Gorna & went on at 10,,35
            
          
          
                At 11,,40 We anchored
            
            for the night~ Fine weather
            
            & moon light night~
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Tuesd
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
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            1898 April
          
          
            At 4,,30 am. we proceeded
            
            Fine weather & light N.W. breeze,
            
          
          
                At 7,,45 passed Azair
            
          
          
                I finished with the
            
            
            
            Passengers tickets;
            
          
          
                We have altogether 434
            
            passengers (7 in 1st Class,
            
            Mr. & Mrs. Berk who came out
            
            Via Bombay, he married the Sister
            
            of Mrs. Hesse, Naoomy Korkis &
            
            Rezooki Beshoory returning with
            
            us with their free R. Ticket, and
            
            Rezooki Beshoory's wife and
            
            her Aunt paying, also the
            
            Subadar of the Residency
            
            Sipoys with through 2nd Class
            
            but put him in 1st Class and
            
            3 Bahrein women in 2nd Class
            
            Cabin)~ 26 Sepoys with T. Tickets
            
          
          
                At 0,,10 P.M. landed 4
            
            passengers at Kalat Saleh
            
            and went on at 0,,15~
            
          
          
                At 5,,15 PM. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 10 passengers
            
            and the 15 Zaptyeh~
            
            An awful crowd of Passengers
            
            rushed on board with their
            
            Kit Arabs Madans, Turks
            
            & their Kit & Confusion so
            
            pressed that it is undiscribable
            
            & such that I never
            
            
            
            saw the like of it, people
            
            were throwing themselves
            
            every where below; Wives
            
            of Medan Sheikhs and their
            
            followers all put down
            
            in the passages everywhere,
            
            The Mufettish of the Senyeh
            
            Ahmed Yawer Effendi and
            
            his followers & all his house
            
            Kit furniture, Goats, Sheep,
            
            and fowels, in great quantity,
            
            he took a 1st Class Cabin
            
            We were trampled under
            
            foot; Nobody on board
            
            seems to check the rush,
            
          
          
                We shipped 6 Tons of Coal
            
            & a lot of Cargo as Rice,
            
            Skins, Tins of Ghee etc;
            
          
          
                We took again 5 Tons more
            
            of Coal so as not to stop at
            
            Coot & go alongside, as we
            
            cannot take any more
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                At 8,,40 left Amara;
            
            At 10,,45 We touched the shoal
            
            bank & nearly grounded
            
            
            
            but backed off & went on at
            
            11~
            
          
        
        
          
            13 Wedn.
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine clear and
            
            Cool Weather, The river is rising
            
            it has reached the top of the
            
            banks~ At 4,,45 passed
            
            Ali Sherghi~
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to the Amara
            
            passengers; we have 146
            
            (2 in 1st Class Cabin Ahmed
            
            Yawer Effendi the Inspector of the
            
            Senyeh & his wife)
            
          
          
                At 11 am. landed 3 passengers
            
            at Ali Gherbi & took one
            
            & went on at 11,,5;
            
          
          
                At 4,,10 P.M. passed Sheikh
            
            Saad;
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Thursd.
          
          
            Rezooki Maghak Kasperkhan died on 9th Instt;~
          
          
            At 0,,20 AM arrived at
            
            Coot, we did not go alongside
            
            so as not to get any more
            
            passengers, we landed 4
            
            passengers in our Boat, I
            
            sent Henry's letter & papers,
            
            We went on at 0,,30 am
            
          
          
                    Light S. Erly breeze and
            
            fine~ The river is falling
            
            
            
          
          
                At 8,,55 passed Memlah,
            
            We passed the S.S. Ressafah
            
            & Barge going down at
            
            2 1/2 am this morning;
            
          
          
                At 3,,15 P.M. We met the
            
            S.S. Khalifah coming down
            
            We stopped and sent her our
            
            Specie for Coot which we
            
            did not deliver last night,
            
            and we went on from
            
            Zeljeh at 3,,25, I received
            
            a letter from Henry, they
            
            have only 30,000 Okes of Cargo
            
            and 70 passengers; Henry
            
            tells me that Rezooki
            
            son of Maghak Kasperkhan
            
            died on the 9th Instt from
            
            an ulcer in the Stomach;
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            the rest of the mud houses are
            
            getting eaten away by the
            
            river;
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 P.M. passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~ Light S. Erly breeze & fine,
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Frid
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
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            Dr. Rozen German Consul
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            At 6,,15 AM passed the
            
            S.S. Mossul & Barge going up
            
            
            
            she is about 19 days from Basreh
            
            & the Khalifah passed her
            
            yesterday noon at Baghdadieh,
            
            River has fallen about
            
            4 feet~ Clouds hanging
            
            on~
            
          
          
                At 8 passed Ctesiphon,
            
            the river has fallen much
            
            nearly 6 feet;
            
          
          
                At 10.55 passed Diala
            
            River~
            
          
          
                Today is just one year
            
            since we left Baghdad for
            
            Europe with my wife and
            
            son Alexander;
            
          
          
                At 12 am I landed at Gherrara
            
            and found a Donkey of Baghdad
            
            of M? Berk Püttmam’s
            
            Clerk came to meet Mr. Berk
            
            I rode it in & got home
            
            at 1 P.M. Very Warm all
            
            the way, found Eliza well,
            
            I found one letter from
            
            Alexander of last Thursday’s
            
            Post, dated the 18 Ulto,
            
            he is well & writes of his
            
            
            
            leaving for Vienna at
            
            the end of this month, but
            
            he prefers returning
            
            by the desert Via Aleppo
            
            as he dislikes the sea &
            
            asks my permission to
            
            allow him to do that. I
            
            also received a letter from
            
            Mr. Joseph Khoury from
            
            Port Said thanking me
            
            for the dates I sent him,
            
          
          
                The Blosse Lynch arrived
            
            at 2 P.M.~
            
          
          
                At 3 Eliza & I went to Call
            
            on Alice & Sister Emilia &
            
            on Sister Eliza for the holydays
            
            of Easter & we returned
            
            at 5 ½~ Antone Marine
            
            called on us for a Couple
            
            of hours~
            
          
          
                A New German Consul
            
            Dr. Rozen has arrived here
            
            in place of Mr. Richarz
            
            he came on the 6th Instt -
            
            Via Damascus, and
            
            
            
            the rumour here is that
            
            Richarz will not return
            
            again to Baghdad~ At
            
            7 P.M. the Postman came
            
            & brought me Alexanders
            
            letter by the Damascus
            
            Post arrived this Afternoon
            
            it is dated the 25 Ulto,
            
            he is alright, but the weather
            
            is still Very Cold and he
            
            proposes to me to take a
            
            different route to Vienna
            
            he wishes to go Via Lyon,
            
            Milan, Venice & so on
            
            which Costs 148 francs
            
          
          
                Light S. Erly & warm
            
            weather, it is so warm in
            
            the room to sleep;
            
          
        
        
          
            16' Satur
          
          
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            1898 April
          
          
            [A47_220_04:148]
                       
          

          
            [A47_220_12:149]
                       
          

          
            S. Erly breeze & fine
            
            but warm weather;
            
            The SS. Mossul arrived
            
            last night at 10 P.M.
            
          
          
                At 7 am I came on
            
            board, sent money
            
            
            
            to the Office & I went
            
            also to see Mr. Bottomley,
            
            he has made a new tarif for
            
            the Jews going to Azair this
            
            year, the Passage there &
            
            back will be 4 Mejidies
            
            (15 Besh. instead of 13 Beshlics)
            
            and a different tickets (White)
            
            will be issued to them so as
            
            to facilitate their finding
            
            them out at once if they land
            
            at any of the intermediate
            
            places, where they have to
            
            pay passage should they
            
            be found there etc etc;
            
            I came home at 11,
            
            I took a warm bath without
            
            the fire place been light, as
            
            it is getting too warm
            
            now;
            
          
          
                Weather Cloudy, and
            
            at 5 ½ P.M. a very hard shower
            
            of rain came which has
            
            innundated the house &
            
            streets with thunder and
            
            lightning for about 1/2
            
            hour, & Kept Cloudy &
            
            strong N.W. Wind;
            
            
            
          
          
                at about 6 Dr. Rozen
            
            the New German Consul
            
            Came to Call on me, I
            
            had never seen him yet
            
            I found him Very nice person
            
            affable and speaks french
            
            and English very fluently,
            
            also the Arabic very correctly
            
            and spoke with Eliza, he
            
            Comes Via Damascus &
            
            Palmyra & Deir; He met
            
            Mr. Richarz at Deir going
            
            Via Aleppo & Alexandretta
            
            to Constple he left after
            
            1/2 hour & I promised to go &
            
            visit him tomorrow~
            
            Weather unsettled with Thunder
            
            & Lightning in the distance
            
            but got fine at night;
            
          
        
        
          
            Sund 17'
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine Cool weather
            
            at 8 am Eliza & I went to
            
            Church, I then called on the
            
            french Priests, on Bishop Aghnatius,
            
            Father Philippus; Selman
            
            Durian, Keboor Maghak,
            
            Yacoob Tessi; Sister Medula,
            
            
            
            & took Artin & Grzeski & called
            
            on Risha Maghak to Condole
            
            him on the death of his
            
            brother Rezooki who left a
            
            wife & 4 children; Called
            
            on Menusha Henry's Wife,
            
            on Rezooki Serkis & on
            
            Yacoob Pahlawan's family
            
            came home had breakfast
            
            At 2 ½ P.M. Called on Alice
            
            & then went to visit Dr.
            
            Rozen but he was out
            
            riding; I left my card,
            
            I called on Sister Eliza, &
            
            at 4 called on Colonel
            
            Loch the English Consul
            
            General, had tea with him
            
            & had long talks, he wishes
            
            to know all sorts of
            
            information from me,
            
            I left at 5 ¾  & called on
            
            Yousif & Michail Yaghchi
            
            & came home;
            
          
          
                    Fine Cool Weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            18' Mond
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine rather
            
            Cold weather~ at 7 ½
            
            
            
            am I came on board, we
            
            finished discharge and
            
            hauled off, & the Mossul
            
            Went in to discharge;
            
          
          
                    At 10 I went home & wrote
            
            my letter to Alexander for
            
            Thursday's Post~ I wrote
            
            a letter to Blanche the widow
            
            of my brother Alexander at
            
            Constple in answer to her
            
            letter I received last voyage,
            
            & sent it with today's Post
            
            for Constple~ At 3 P.M. Eliza
            
            & I called on Capt & Mrs. Cowley
            
            but Cowley was asleep we
            
            left at 5 ½ & called on Alice
            
            & spent the evening till 8 P.M.
            
            & came home; Fine Cool
            
            weather~
            
          
          
                    The S.S. Baghdad left yesterday
            
            for Basreh~
            
          
        
        
          
            19' Tuesd Th. @ 5.52
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            weather~ At 7 ½ am. I
            
            called on Sister Medula &
            
            then came on board~
            
            The Mossul is inside discharging
            
            Cargo~
            
            
            
          
          
                At 11 Went home and at
            
            2 1/2 P.M. came on board, We
            
            shipped very little Cargo,
            
          
          
                At 4 Went home; Pere Marie
            
            Joseph called on me; Antone
            
            Marine called in the evening
            
            till 8 ½~ Light N.W. and
            
            fine Cool Weather~
            
          
          
                River is rising today~
            
            I had masons today in
            
            repairing the wall on the
            
            narrow street, & also in
            
            my small house behind;
            
          
        
        
          
            20th  Wedn
          
          
            1898 April
          
           
            Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            Morning; At 7 ½ am. I
            
            Came on board; We are
            
            shipping Cargo~
            
          
          
                I closed Alexander's letter for
            
            Paris & made it registered as
            
            it contains a letter from some
            
            one from Europe with stamps
            
            in it; also a letter for Mr. J
            
            Böhm Vienna & sent them
            
            to the Post Office~
            
          
          
                River rose about 1/2 foot today,
            
            at 11 went home; Shemooni
            
            Korkis Tessy & her son Yousif's Wife
            
            were there~ I breakfasted &
            
            
            
            Came on board at 12 ½~
            
          
          
                    We shipped a good deal of
            
            through cargo, but little of
            
            local;~ At 5 ½ P.M. I
            
            went home, took Eliza &
            
            went over to Antone Marine
            
            & passed the evening, at 8 ½
            
            came home & had dinner
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
          
        
        
          
            21st Thursd
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind & fine
            
            Cool Weather, at 4 ½ am
            
            I came on board~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [21 APR 1898 ;mdash; V047_25_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        135 ½50,79910,712 2/43,,10
      

        
          
            [A47_225_02:150]
                        
          

          
          
            [A47_225_07:151]
                        
          
   
          
            1898 April
          
          
            [A47_226_04:152]
                       
          

          
          
                At 5 Am. we proceeded from
            
            Baghdad~
            
          
          
                At 6,,40 passed Diala
            
            River~
            
          
          
                At 7,,45 passed Ctesiphon,
            
            Gave tickets to the passengers
            
          
          
                At 11,,45 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~
            
          
          
                We have 116 passengers,
            
            (2 are in the 1st Class, the Jamadar
            
            of the Sepoys of the Residency
            
            
            having a 2nd  C. ticket, and
            
            Hannosh Kass Hanna Clerk
            
            of Lynch free, and 2 women
            
            in 2nd Class, the wife & sister
            
            of an Armenian Clerk of Lynch
            
            at Mahomera called Basil
            
            his wife has free passage)
            
            We have 24 Sipoys of the
            
            Residency returning being
            
            relieved~
            
          
          
                At 1,,10 P.M. passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah going up at
            
            Raddat;
            
          
          
                At 1,,25 passed Azizieh
            
            A very strong N.W. Wind is,
            
            blowing~
            
          
          
                At 5,,40 passed Memlah
            
            Wind fell down;
            
          
          
                At 8,,55 P.M. Arrived at
            
            Coot landed 19 ½ passengers
            
            and 56 Packages; I received
            
            Henry's letters & My papers &
            
            also a packet of news papers
            
            from Alexander; The SS.
            
            Khalifah had 180,750 Okes
            
            and 361 passengers without
            
            those from Coot, she had
            
            10 in 1st Class the 3 wives
            
            
            
            of Yacoob, Yousif & Artin
            
            Eassayi, Mr. Wroblewsky
            
            Inspector for Public Debt,
            
            Mr. Vivien Inspector of the
            
            Règie; The Kady of Basreh
            
            & his wife Abdulkadur
            
            Zheir; Ali Beg Zheir etc 10
            
            in all, & also Capt. Sanders
            
            of the Afghanistan going
            
            free & sleeping in Capt
            
            Hanslow's Cabin~ The
            
            SS. Patna which was to
            
            leave on the 12th (the day after
            
            we had left) was detained
            
            until the 18th having first
            
            got permission to land
            
            the passengers & then were
            
            retaken on board and
            
            sent back~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Frid
          
          
            [A47_227_16:153]
                        
          

          
            [A47_227_22:154]
                      
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
            at 4,,30 am we left
            
            Coot, took 2 passengers,
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 passed Ali
            
            Gherbi~
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 18 passengers &
            
            
            
            81 packages~
            
          
          
                At 4,,30 the SS. Ressafah
            
            & Barge arrived from Basreh,
            
          
          
                At 5,,50 We left Amara
            
            took 16 ½ passengers~
            
          
          
                At 6,,45 we anchored above
            
            Aboo Sedra, Fine weather,
            
            & new moon today~ We
            
            have also 15 Zaptyes as
            
            escort to Basreh;
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Satur
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            [A47_229_15:155]
                       
          

          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            At 4,,35 AM. We proceeded
            
            At 6,,30 passed Kalat Saleh;
            
          
          
                Detained 10 minutes at the Elbow
            
            in turning the narrow bend;
            
          
          
                At Hmeyan there are about
            
            30 or 40 soldiers encamped
            
          
          
                At 9,,35 passed Azair,
            
            here also there are some
            
            soldiers encamped, they were
            
            sent from Basreh up in
            
            the Ressafah on the 17th
            
            they say about 200 were sent
            
            to be distributed on the
            
            stations to keep the road
            
            safe~
            
          
          
                At 0,,10 P.M. landed 6
            
            
            
            passengers at Gorna and
            
            Went on at 0,,15~
            
          
          
                At 4 P.M. arrived at Basreh,
            
            the SS. Afghanistan is up
            
            here from the quarantine
            
            after having passed 10 days,
            
          
          
                    The Mail Str; Kilwa
            
            is in quarantine having
            
            arrived today & leaves tomorrow
            
            I went up to Rufail and
            
            Rezooki, I saw there Rezooki
            
            Angoorly & his brother Toni
            
            they were going up to shoot
            
            at Garmat Ali, & return
            
            tomorrow~ I feel very bad
            
            having changed my inside
            
            woolen flannel this morning
            
            & put on a Cotton one &
            
            so got cold in the chest &
            
            bones. I feel feverish &
            
            coughing all the time with
            
            much irritation in Chest,
            
            I suffered much at night
            
            besides there were plenty
            
            of sand flies~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            24th Sund
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            Very Calm & fine Weather
            
            at 7 ½ am. Roofail Rezooki
            
            & I left to come on board
            
            & thence to go to town and
            
            Visit Takoohy their Sister &
            
            also Nessoory Andrea and
            
            Catterina Yaghchi but we
            
            learnt that the Blosse
            
            Lynch leaves today, as
            
            the Post Office will be opened
            
            today to close the Bombay
            
            Mail, & we want to
            
            pass the Ressafah on her
            
            way up because the
            
            Moharrem Holyday falls
            
            on next Sunday & the Custum
            
            House will be closed for
            
            four days; So I remained
            
            on board; We are discharging
            
            and shipping Cargo~
            
          
          
                I sent Alexander's letter
            
            to the Post with Rezooki it
            
            is Registered I enclosed a
            
            Bank note of 100 frcs for
            
            him, it is dated today and
            
            addressed it to Vienna
            
            
            
            to the Care of Mr. Böhm,
            
          
          
                I received a packet of
            
            french news papers by
            
            yesterday's Mail from
            
            Alexander, dated from the
            
            19 to the 25 March, he enclosed
            
            2 packets of needles for
            
            his mother as she had asked
            
            him to send her~
            
          
          
                The weather became very
            
            warm today the Thermor
            
            went up to 86 in the afternoon,
            
            No body came to me except
            
            Ali Beg Saib & Nessoory
            
            Andrea~
            
          
          
                The Kilwa left for Bombay
            
            at 4 ½ P.M.~ We finished
            
            Cargo at 4; Not having
            
            many passengers~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [24 APR 1898 ;mdash; V047_26_N] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        189 ½164,55113,670 ½4,,11
      

        
             
          
            [A47_231_13:156]
                       
          

          
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                At 5,,20 P.M. We left Basreh
            
            & proceeded~
            
          
          
                The SS. Baghdad and
            
            Barge left about 1/2 hour
            
            before us; we passed
            
            
            
            her at 6 P.M. above Maghil,
            
            Flood tide running up
            
            with us; Weather keeps very
            
            warm & Cabin calm~ Passed the Mossul going down @ 6.P.
            
          
          
                At 11,,30 P.M. passed Gorna
            
            Weather became little cooler,
            
          
        
        
          
            25th Mond
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            [A47_232_04:158]
                       
          

          
            At 1,,15 am we anchored
            
            At 4,,30 proceeded, Very calm
            
            & light S. Erly breeze, cloudy &
            
            warm~
            
          
          
                At 7 we passed Azair,
            
            The Soldiers encamped here,
            
            are making a place above
            
            the Tomb on the bank, an
            
            elevated place & throwing
            
            earth to make it streight
            
            so as to encamp there;
            
            It is very warm in My
            
            Cabin, being so close to
            
            the Boiler & the sun striking
            
            on it~
            
          
          
                I finished with the Passengers
            
            tickets; We have in all 148 ½
            
            (2 in 1st Class, a Mahomedan
            
            Seyd Ahmed, and Hayat
            
            the Wife of Yousif Dyab
            
            
            
            an Aleppine Lawyer in
            
            Basreh, she was the wife
            
            of Mr. Bore a Portuguese
            
            apothecary died in Basreh
            
            and one in 2nd Class the wife
            
            of Polus Abbo~
            
          
          
                At 11,,30 landed 5 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh & went on
            
            at 11,,35~
            
          
          
                At 4,,30 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 9 passengers,
            
            S. Erly breeze & warm
            
            We took in 6 Tons of Coal,
            
            and shipped some Cargo as
            
            Hides & Tins of ghee about
            
            5585 Okes~ Ibrahim Effendi
            
            of the Senyeh came to me,
            
          
          
                At 6,,5 We left Amara
            
            took 14 passengers;
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Tuesd The @ 5,,70
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze and Cloudy
            
            all over, warm & the flies are
            
            swarming in the ship &
            
            my cabin is full~
            
          
          
                At 7 am sent the boat
            
            at Ali Gherbi & took 2 ½
            
            
            
            passengers & went on
            
            at 7,,10~ Weather Keeps
            
            very cloudy & sultry warm
            
            with a light wind from S.
            
            or S. West; River has fallen
            
            about 2 feet & is about 4
            
            feet below the bank;
            
          
          
                At 6,,45 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 6 passengers; We
            
            took 5 Tons of Coal~
            
          
          
                Weather cleared up and
            
            became fine~
            
          
          
                At 7,,50 we left Coot;
            
            At 10,,45 We anchored having
            
            Got cloudy all around~
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Wedn.
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            At 4 AM. proceeded~
            
            Light S. Erly breeze & clouds
            
            disappearing;
            
          
          
                I took a dose of Castor
            
            Oil this morning early at 4 ½
            
            as I have felt billious and
            
            bowels out of order, I had
            
            not taken it for a year,
            
          
          
                We took 24 ½ passengers
            
            from Coot~
            
          
          
                River is falling much,
            
            
            
          
          
                At 9 Am passed Memlah,
            
            Wind shifted to a fresh
            
            N.W. but it is hazy~
            
          
          
                At 5,,50 P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            fine Clear Weather~
            
          
          
                At 9,,40 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~ Light N.W. & fine
            
            weather, Cool night;
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Thursd The @ 5.64 Noon 84
          
          
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            1898 April
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Cool weather
            
            The river has fallen a good deal
            
            it is about 10 feet below the
            
            bank;
            
          
          
                At 6,,35 passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 7,,10 passed the S.S. Khalifah
            
            at Menary, she looks to
            
            have very few Jews for Azair,
            
          
          
                At 9,, passed Diala, landed
            
            our Khatrachi Hamza here
            
            to go & get the horse of our
            
            Pilot Mahmood to ride it
            
            out to Meshed for a pilgrimage
            
            tomorrow & will return
            
            on Wednesday & We Went
            
            on at 9,,5~
            
          
          
                At 10 we passed the SS.,
            
            Ressafah & Barge going
            
            
            
            up just below the bridge
            
            of Gherrarah, We had met
            
            her at Amara on our way
            
            down;
            
          
          
                At 10,,20 landed a
            
            Deckman at Gherrarah,
            
            I did not land, as I feel
            
            rather weak from the Castor
            
            Oil I took yesterday & besides
            
            I find the sun too not;
            
          
          
                At 0 45 P.M. landed the Mail
            
            at the Residency & steamed
            
            to the Custum House, I
            
            landed near the Residency &
            
            Called on Sister Eliza for
            
            few minutes & came home
            
            saw Eliza, I got Alexander's
            
            letter dated 31 Mch of
            
            last weeks Post, he says that
            
            he is leaving his lodging &
            
            with Ibrahim Gejou on the
            
            1st Instt & going to live in
            
            the Hotel of Pas de Calais
            
            in no. 59 Rue des St Pères where
            
            we were living & he is very
            
            well; I also received a
            
            letter from R. Korkis &
            
            
            
            one from Mr. J. Böhm
            
            from Vienna he has received
            
            the Copies of My Passport
            
            legalized & Rezooki Korkis
            
            has sent the 20 £ Stg to
            
            Alexander;~
            
          
          
                    I called on Alice & Sister Emilia
            
            for one hour~
            
          
          
                The SS. Ressafah arrived
            
            at 3 P.M.~
            
          
          
                S. Erly Wind blew during
            
            the night strong~
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Frid
          
          
            Chaldean Patriarch Aleed Yshoa arrived on 25th
          
          
            1898 April
          
          
            S. Erly breeze & warm weather,
            
            at 7 am called on Menusha
            
            & then came on board,
            
            I went to the Office for some
            
            pounds sterling for wages,
            
            but I could not see Mr. Bottomley
            
            he was at Coll Loch~
            
            We are not leaving until
            
            Friday next, at 11 came
            
            home~ I took a warm
            
            bath; weather unsettled
            
            blowing S.W. & then shifted
            
            to N.W. with a Squall
            
            
            & dust; Antone Marine &
            
            Artin my nephew called
            
            on us; Johny my nephew
            
            has obtained 15 days leave
            
            of Absence on account
            
            of his suffering from weakness
            
            and has gone out for
            
            a change to Aboo Ghureib
            
            Felloojeh & then down
            
            to Hilla~
            
          
          
                The Chaldean Patriarch
            
            Abed Yshoh has arrived
            
            here on Monday last
            
            from Mossul in a Kelek
            
            to stay about 6 months
            
            to finish the building
            
            of the Church which was
            
            begun since 4 or 5 years
            
            & remained unfinished
            
            for want of fund,
            
            he is an Old Man of 75
            
            & Very clever, speaking
            
            several European languages
            
            he has the decoration
            
            
            
            of the Mejidieh Class, and
            
            the Christians here made
            
            a great pomp & show when
            
            he came into town from
            
            the Kellek at Moaddem
            
            The Government sent an escort
            
            of few Zaptyeh's to accompany
            
            him, He called on the
            
            Waly & Mushir & they
            
            returned him the visit, he
            
            leaves in the house of
            
            Demarki which belonged
            
            formerly;~
            
          
        
        
          
            30' Satur
          
          
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            Modte N.W. & fine weather
            
            at 8 am I came on board
            
            the Blosse is discharging
            
            Cargo, The river is rising;
            
            I went on shore called on Sister
            
            Eliza & came home,
            
          
          
                Weather getting very warm,
            
            unable to sleep in the room
            
            & bear warm clothing;
            
            I called on Grzesky but he
            
            was going out to Madem
            
            where my sister Medula
            
            
            
            & Julietti's family are
            
            leaving in a Garden for a
            
            few days;~
            
          
        
        
          
            May 1' Sund.
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
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            Light N.W. & fine clear
            
            weather; at 7 1/2 Am Eliza
            
            & I went to church, but our
            
            church's mass was getting
            
            late, so Artin [crossed out] my nephew
            
            & myself went to the Chaldean
            
            Church & heard mass,
            
            I then called on the Chaldean
            
            Patriarch Abed Yshoa
            
            I found him a nice person
            
            very talketive & amusing,
            
            I called on the Assyrian Bishop
            
            his brother Elias has arrived
            
            from Deir two days ago;
            
            I called on Antone, Yacoob
            
            Oossy, Dowd Khalaf, the
            
            Eassayis as Yacoob & his
            
            wife are going to start for
            
            Europe Via Aleppo; on
            
            thursday; called on Yousif
            
            Hannosh Tessy and Yousif
            
            Korkis; at 2 P.M. I
            
            
            
            went to Sister Eliza & took
            
            Artin & went to call on
            
            the Mushir Rejeb Pasha
            
            in the Garden of Moolla
            
            Hamadi but he was not
            
            there having gone out to
            
            near Moaddem in the
            
            morning & will be back
            
            at sunset We left our
            
            carols; we called on
            
            Monsr. Ronèt the french
            
            Consul & was not at home,
            
            left our cards~ Called
            
            on Alice & Sister Emilia
            
            & then came home~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine;
            
          
        
        
          
            2' Mond
          
          
            New Waly for Basreh, Anis Pasha
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Seyd Selman Effendi
          
          
            Nakib of Baghdad died
          
          
            S. Erly breeze & warm
            
            morning~ at 7 am. I came
            
            on board paid the Ships
            
            company their wages for
            
            April~
            
          
          
                The new Waly for Basreh
            
            Anis Pasha, arrived yesterday
            
            down in Kelek from Mossul
            
            
            
            he comes from Constanple Via
            
            Aleppo, Urfa, Diarbekir &
            
            Mossul; This is the same
            
            Anis Pasha who was Governor
            
            of Diarbekir 2 years Ago,
            
            during the Armenian Massacre
            
            there, encouraged by him
            
            & he remained inactive,
            
            & the french Consul there wired
            
            to the french Ambassador
            
            Mons Cambon, the latter
            
            went immediately to the
            
            Sultan & complained very strongly
            
            & demanded the immediate
            
            dismissal of Anis Pasha &
            
            to stop the massacre, which
            
            he did, & there was no further
            
            bloodshed; Now he has been
            
            appointed to Basreh, but the
            
            English & french Governments
            
            are opposed to it; The English
            
            Ambassador Sir Philip
            
            Currie protested strongly
            
            to the Sultan regarding his
            
            being appointed Wali at
            
            Basreh~ This afternoon
            
            Mr. Bottomley sent to tell me
            
            
            
            that the Wali is going down
            
            with us, & the Halai Beg &
            
            Ali Beg son of Kassem Pasha
            
            who came from Basreh to
            
            meet him, had gone to the
            
            office to engage Cabins and
            
            wants me to reserve 5 Cabins
            
            for him & his family and
            
            svnt & to let him know the
            
            amount of passage as per
            
            List he sent me, I wrote
            
            down the passage, they will
            
            be about 20 persons~
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. called on Henry's
            
            wife & came back at 4
            
          
          
                The Nakib of Baghdad
            
            Seyd Selman Effendi son of
            
            Seyd Ali Effendi died this
            
            morning at 6 am in his
            
            Garden outside the town at
            
            Kerradah, & his body brought
            
            in to town & buried in the
            
            Mosque of Sheikh Abdulkadur
            
            el Ghelany, where his family
            
            are buried, his illness is
            
            through his habit of a Sedentary
            
            
            
            life he spent & did nothing
            
            but eat & sleep, he was so
            
            fat, & his heart failed
            
            to act; he was about 61 or
            
            62 years Old; Great pomp
            
            & ceremony took place during
            
            his funeral in bringing
            
            him from the Garden to town,
            
            the desert was crammed
            
            with people & all the Turkish
            
            Pashas & Officials & Nobility
            
            were out with some guards
            
            escorting & number of carriages,
            
          
          
                It is expected that his
            
            brother Seyd Abdulrahman
            
            Effendi will be appointed
            
            Nakib here~
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. Eliza & I went to see
            
            Sister Medula & Grzeski who
            
            came in from the Moaddam
            
            Garden today, Menusha &
            
            Louisa also were there, at
            
            8 we came home~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
          
        
        
          
            3' Tuesd
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
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            Light N.W. & fine cool
            
            morning; at 7 1/2 am I
            
            called on Eliza Eram &
            
            Adoola my cousins~
            
            
            
          
          
                    I also called on Antone
            
            Marine for an hour &
            
            came home~ The Chaldean
            
            Patriarch Aleed Yshoa
            
            called on us, he has been
            
            to Europe & speaks french
            
            & Italian but I think not
            
            so well;~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine, but warm
            
            during the day~
            
          
          
                The Wali of Basreh Anis
            
            Pasha is not going down
            
            with us; he is going in
            
            the Ressafah, & they are
            
            going to allow her to discharge
            
            her cargo tomorrow in
            
            the Custum House so as
            
            to leave on Friday morning;
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Wedn
          
          
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            Light N.W. & fine~ This
            
            is the fourth & last day of
            
            the Holyday of Moharrem
            
          
          
                At 7 Am I came on board,
            
            The Ressafah got alongside the
            
            wharf & begun discharging
            
            her Cargo~ River is falling,
            
          
          
                At 10 I left & went to the
            
            Telegraph & Post Office called
            
            on Mr. Julieti the chief
            
            
            Inspector, and saw Naoomi
            
            Dimitry the Postmaster for
            
            foreign posts to enquire the
            
            cause why I did not receive
            
            any letter but this last Post,
            
            he said that most of the letters
            
            had not arrived;~ I left &
            
            came home~ The Assyrian
            
            Bishop Called on us~
            
            At 4 P.M. Eliza & I called on Sister
            
            Eliza, there came Emilia and
            
            Alice & we remained till 8 1/2
            
            & came home;
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine Weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            5 Thursd
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
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            Modte N.W. & fine; it was
            
            cloudy during the night;
            
          
          
                    At 7 am I came on board,
            
          
          
                I finished & closed Alexander's
            
            letter to Vienna to be registered
            
            by todays Damascus Post
            
            also Effie's letter to Cairo dated
            
            the 21 April which I had not
            
            sent until I got Asfar's receipt
            
            for the Carpet I sent her per
            
            S.S. Afghanistan~ I sent
            
            a small parcel of 6 Arabic
            
            reed pens to Yacoob Eassayi
            
            to take them to Alexander
            
            to Vienna as he intends
            
            
            passing through with his
            
            wife, they leave on Saturday,
            
            via Aleppo~
            
          
          
                At 10 I went home to breakfast,
            
            I received 2 letters from
            
            Alexander by the arrival of
            
            the Damascus Mail this
            
            morning, of the 8 & 15 April,
            
            also a packet of news papers;
            
            Alexander had gone to live
            
            in the Hotel at Rue des St Pères
            
            where we were living, and
            
            took a room at 60 frcs per
            
            month, the one which Ibrahim
            
            Gejou had; but he has left it
            
            after few days as they wanted
            
            to charge him 1/2 frc on
            
            each candle & he took
            
            a room at no 7 Boulevard
            
            Strasbourg; Rezooki
            
            Korkis had come to Paris
            
            to spend Easter Sunday;
            
          
          
                At 11 I came on board~
            
            I wrote a short letter to Alexander
            
            just telling him of the receipt
            
            of his two letters~
            
          
          
                We hauled out at 3, and
            
            received the Mail & letters,
            
            
            
            The ship is very light and
            
            we have about 13,000 Okes;
            
          
          
                Weather Cloudy & Modte
            
            N.W. Wind;
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [5 MAY 1898 ;mdash; V047_27_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        16117,06212,4363,,6
      

        
          
            1898 May
          
          
          
                At 3,,45 P.M. left Baghdad
            
            At 5,,5 passed the S.S. Baghdad
            
            & Barge below Gherrara,
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 passed Diala
            
            River~
            
          
          
                At 6,,30 passed Ctesiphon,
            
            Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets; Weather very warm
            
            in the Cabin~ At 7 passed the Mossul going up.
            
          
          
                We have an American
            
            Missionary Mr. John Ainslie
            
            his wife & 2 children and
            
            the nun Miss Maclain
            
            who came down from Mossul
            
            & going to America,
            
            also Madm. Paduani
            
            & her daughter & a Jewess
            
            to Azair all these in 1st
            
            Class, also Yousif
            
            
            
            Yaghchi going down free
            
            to meet his mother
            
            Catterina & his sister
            
            Terrooza coming up in
            
            the Khalifah, we have
            
            Altogether 137 1/2 passengers,
            
          
          
                At 10,,50 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~ Fine moonlight night
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Frid
          
          
            At 0,,25 Am passed
            
            Azizieh~
            
          
          
                At 4,,30 passed Memlah,
            
            At 5,,45 met the Khalifah
            
            coming up at Mehd; We
            
            stopped & sent Yousif Yaghchi
            
            to her who came down to
            
            meet his mother & sister,
            
            we went on at 5,,50~
            
          
          
                At 8,,25 Am arrived at
            
            Coot landed 24 passengers
            
            and 30 Packges; Received
            
            Henry's letters & papers, &
            
            a packet of french papers from
            
            Alexander; the Khalifah
            
            had 205,000 Okes & over
            
            150 passengers~
            
            
          
          
                At 9,,5 left Coot took
            
            14 passengers~
            
          
          
                At 0,,50 P.M. passed
            
            Sheikh Saad;
            
          
          
                At 3,,20 P.M. anchored
            
            off Ali Gherbi & landed 1 Passenger
            
            and 22 Packages~
            
          
          
                At 4,,5 left Ali Gherbi took
            
            one passenger;~
            
          
          
                At 11 arrived at Amara
            
            landed 28 passengers and
            
            13 packages; shipped 21
            
            Bales Pressed Hides through
            
            to Marseilles for the SS. Kurdistan
            
            for Asfar & Co;~ We hauled
            
            out & remained for the night
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Satur
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
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            1898 May
          
          
            New Waly
          
          
            At 3,,15 AM left Amara
            
            took 8 passengers~
            
            Light N.W. breeze & fine,
            
          
          
                Detained at the Elbow
            
            ship swung across the bite &
            
            jammed her stern & bow
            
            on each bank from
            
            7,,45 to 8,,15~
            
          
          
                At 9,,25 went Alongside at
            
            Azair and landed 52 1/2
            
            Jews (50 with R. Ticket)
            
          
          
                The Soldiers about 100 of
            
            
            
            them, are encamped farther up
            
            the Tomb under 11 Tents pitched,
            
          
          
                At 10,,10 we left, weather
            
            became calm, & few clouds
            
            on South & West;
            
          
          
                At 0,,55 P.M. landed 4
            
            passengers at Gorna (2 booked
            
            for Basreh) went on at 1;
            
          
          
                At 4,,45 landed Stores for
            
            the Mejidieh at Maghil and
            
            went on at 5; Very Warm
            
            sultry & clouds~
            
          
          
                At 5,,20 P.M. arrived at
            
            Basreh, the Mail S. Assyria
            
            and the SS. Brookside for
            
            Hotz & Co are in Quarantine
            
            having both arrived on Tuesday
            
            Mr. Taylor arrived in the
            
            Brookside & landed at
            
            Mahomerah to finish
            
            his quarantine & go up to
            
            Ahwaz; but I heard that he
            
            came up in the Malamir
            
            to as far as the quarantine
            
            & went back this morning
            
            to Ahwaz & thence up
            
            to Shushter & as far
            
            
            
            as Ispahan & Teheran, to
            
            construct the road for the
            
            caravan & eventually a
            
            railroad will be opened;
            
            The Lynchs have appointed
            
            him as head of their firm
            
            in Basreh & Baghdad, and
            
            a joint partner, with the
            
            power of Authorization,
            
            which he got registered in
            
            the English Consulate;
            
          
          
                    As the Mail is closed, I
            
            sent my letter to Alexander
            
            of tomorrow's date with Vartan
            
            & Capt Cowley who went
            
            down to the Mail St. Assyria
            
            with our mail & specie,
            
          
          
                    Yousif Marine who was in
            
            Basreh came to me, & I went
            
            with him in the Belem, I
            
            landed at Asfar & he went
            
            up to   Shadeyeh, I found
            
            Rufail & Rezooki there,
            
            we spent about 2 hours &
            
            then went to Rufails house
            
            where we dined & I slept in
            
            the room, but Rufail & Rezooki
            
            are sleeping on the top of
            
            the house; Weather very
            
            
            Sultry warm & light breeze
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Sund
          
          
            S. Erly wind cloudy Sultry
            
            & warm~ The mail Steamer
            
            Assyria left early this morning
            
          
          
                At 7 Am I came down
            
            to the Blosse Lynch, we are
            
            shipping cargo, & have to
            
            leave tomorrow~
            
          
          
                At 11 Rezooki & I went in to Basreh
            
            called on Tookyeh & her husband
            
            Rezooki & at 2 P.M. came out
            
            to the steamer;~ At 4 we then
            
            went up to Rufails house, and at
            
            6 we all came to Jeboory Asfar
            
            where we dined & returned at 10
            
            P.M.; A fine Modte N.W.
            
            wind is blowing, but there
            
            are a lot of sandflies & some
            
            mosquitoes~
            
          
        
        
          
            9 Mond
          
          
            Enis Pasha arrived at Basreh
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine Weather,
            
            The steam Launches passed
            
            up at 6 A.M. with all the
            
            Basreh officials & nobility to
            
            Meet the Waly Enis Pasha
            
            coming down in the Ressafah,
            
            but soon after they met her
            
            at Maghil coming down
            
            
            
            & they all returned in the Ressafah
            
            which arrived at 6 1/2 AM
            
            I came on board by this time
            
            all the Troops turned out to
            
            salute on this side of the
            
            river & on the opposite side
            
            where some are encamped;
            
          
          
                We have finished loading
            
            since Yesterday; No news
            
            of the Mail Str . from Bushire,
            
            & so we have no mail to
            
            take up as the Khalifah
            
            had taken ours too,~
            
          
          
                A lot of people came on
            
            board mostly all Christians
            
            it appears that they are
            
            all leaving Basreh, being
            
            afraid of the fever, last
            
            time with us & the time
            
            before, & by the Khalifah
            
            The families of the Clerks
            
            of Lynch Brothers going
            
            with us all in Cabins
            
            Aft & free, With their servants
            
            children etc etc~
            
          
          
                Rufail Rezooki & R. Angoorly
            
            & Ali Beg came on board
            
            this latter has shipped
            
            
            
            a Mare & Sais with us free,
            
            through Mahd Pachiachi
            
            who obtained a free passage
            
            for them~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [9 MAY 1898 ;mdash; V047_28_N] (//)

        

        
                

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        266160,38619,8645,,1
      
          
                At 4,,45 P.M. We proceeded
            
            from Basreh~ Ship is deeply
            
            laden, Flood tide high but
            
            slack; At Maghil landed
            
            Mr. Richards the Acting Agent
            
            for Lynch Brothers & others;
            
          
          
                Very warm in my cabin
            
            the heat from the Engineroom
            
            is coming like a furnace,
            
            My cabin being so close to
            
            the Engineroom is the worst
            
            in the ship; I am swetting
            
            in my bed~
            
          
          
                At 10,,50 landed 3 passengers
            
            at Gorna & went on at 10,,55,
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Tuesd
          
          
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            1898 May
          
          
            Light N.W. & breeze, but in
            
            my cabin it is very warm,
            
            I could not sleep Well;
            
          
          
                At 3,,30 AM landed
            
            3 passengers at Azair
            
            
            and went on at 3,,35 , took
            
            3 Jews with R Ticket (one
            
            for Amara~
            
          
          
                At 9 stopped for letters at
            
            Kalat Saleh sent to Amara
            
            by the Motserrif Mostapha Pasha
            
            who came down here, & we
            
            went on;
            
          
          
               We have altogether 192
            
            passengers from Basreh (6
            
            are in the 1st Class, one Jew
            
            Shamoon Daniel paying &
            
            the 5 are free they are the
            
            Wife of Rezooki Abdulahad
            
            Clerk of Lynch Broth, two Sisters
            
            & 2 servants Deck; and the
            
            wife of Yousif Mossully Clerk of
            
            L. Broths and his father both
            
            in Cabin free, & 5 after
            
            Deck free) We have 2 in
            
            2nd Class, Naoomy Nemo and
            
            his wife~
            
          
          
                At 11,,30 ship went against
            
            the East bank driven by the
            
            wind, had to get an Anchor
            
            out & hove her off & went on
            
            at 0,,15 P.M. Very Strong
            
            N.W. Wind is blowing;
            
            
            
          
          
                At 3,,25 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 27 passengers,
            
            took in 6 tons coal and
            
            shipped a lot of Cargo~
            
          
          
                At 5,,45 We left Amara
            
            having shipped 332 packages
            
            or 14445 Okes~ Gave
            
            tickets to 34 1/2 passengers,
            
            Modte N.W. & fine cool
            
            night~
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Wedn The @ 5. 72 Noon 94
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather,
            
          
          
                At 7,,50 Am landed 4
            
            passengers at Ali Gherbi
            
            & went on at 7,,55 took 4
            
            passengers;~
            
            Wind got up again a strong
            
            N.W. but hot~
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. passed Sheikh Saad
            
            Light breeze & fine cool weather
            
          
          
                At 9,,15 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 13 passengers
            
            took no coal~
            
          
          
                At 10 we left Coot; Fine
            
            night & Modte N.W. breeze;
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Thursd The @ 5.68
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine cool
            
            morning~ Detained at
            
            Shady in Shoal water
            
            
            
            from 5 to 5,,15~
            
          
          
                At 6 landed a passenger woman
            
            at Bughela that had no passage
            
            from Coot & went on at 6,,10
            
          
          
                Gave tickets to 32 1/2 Coot
            
            passengers;
            
          
          
                At 6,,40 passed Memlah;
            
            We passed the SS. Baghdad and
            
            Barge going down at 3 1/2 AM
            
            at Umel Ajaj~ At 7,,15 landed
            
            a passenger above Memlah
            
            who had no money to pay his
            
            passage from Coot~
            
            Wind getting up & blowing
            
            fresh~
            
          
          
                At 4,,15 P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            Village which is now getting
            
            fast eaten by the river & the
            
            Mud houses are melting away,
            
            The Wind has fallen a
            
            little~
            
          
          
                At 8 P.M. passed the
            
            Fort of Baghdadieh; Light
            
            N.W. & fine Cool weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            25: 13 Frid Ther @ 5.67
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            [A47_258_10:174]
                        
          
          
            [A47_259_05:175]
                       
          
          
            [A47_259_08:176]
                      
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            [A47_260_07:177]
                        
          
          
            [A47_261_12:178]
                       
          
          
            Light N.W. breeze & fine Weather
            
            quite cool this morning.
            
          
          
                At 5,,25 AM. passed
            
            
            
            Ctesiphon; The Khalifah
            
            Could not have left yesterday,
            
          
          
                    At 6.30 AM   passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah going down
            
            at Zumbaranyeh Island
            
            At 8,,20 passed Diala
            
            river~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,50 went alongside at
            
            Gherrarah landed a mare
            
            from Ali Beg Saib Mudir of
            
            Tapo free, to his brother
            
            Hamdy Beg the Mufettish
            
            Adlyeh in Baghdad, I
            
            landed & walked in to
            
            town; there is a nice cool breeze
            
            but the sun became warm
            
            toward noon, at 11 1/4 I arrived
            
            home found Eliza well,
            
            I found a letter from Alexander
            
            dated the 22 April & arrived
            
            yesterday, also two telegrams
            
            from him, one dated the
            
            3rd May & had arrived here on
            
            the 6th in which he says
            
	    
	    
            "Svoboda Baghdad,
            
              Partirai 9 Voie Venice,
            
            
	    
	    
            
            The second one dated the 9th
            
            & arrived here on the 11th the
            
            day before he says,
            
	    
	    
            "Svoboda Baghdad
            
	    Parterai 15 telegrafiez Korkis
            
            me versér 500, Soyez tranquille,
            
          
          
                    I suppose he wants the money
            
            for the Bycicle which he must
            
            have bought; I had written
            
            to him not to buy one now,
            
            as I had arranged with Johny,
            
            my nephew to get two out
            
            from London one for himself,
            
            I did not know what to do,
            
            and not having money,
            
            just now to advance him
            
            so I had to satisfy his wishes,
            
            & I wrote to Yousif Korkis
            
            to let me have a telegram
            
            to his brother Rezooki to
            
            advance Alexander 20 £
            
            He sent me the following
            
            telegram which I sent it
            
            at once to be wired;
            
	    
	    
            "Razkallah London
            
	    Pay Svoboda 20 pounds
            
            (7 words paid 5 1/4 Frcs or G.S.P. 25) Korkis
            
            
	    
	    
                    The Blosse Lynch arrived
            
            at 9,45 P.M.~The S.S. Mossul
            
            is here alongside the C. House
            
          
          
                Antone called in the evening
            
            he told us the sad news
            
            of the death of Mrs. Loch
            
            the present Consul General,
            
            She died in England from
            
            an abcess in the liver soon
            
            after she arrived or about
            
            a month after her arrival
            
            there from Baghdad, he
            
            received a telegram this
            
            morning, & he is awfully
            
            cut up & sorry, she had
            
            gone to see her two sons at
            
            school & was returning in
            
            September~
            
          
          
                    There is lots of fever in
            
            Baghdad, every house
            
            has got some body with
            
            it, Antones children &
            
            Henry's children are also
            
            down with us; it is the change
            
            of weather~
            
            
            
            Light N.W. & fine cool
            
            night, we are sleeping in
            
            the big room yet ~
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Satur
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather 
            
            at 7 am I came on board,
            
            The Cargo of the Khalifah having
            
            been put into the Barge is
            
            now getting discharged
            
          
          
                I sent money to the office
            
            & left the ship, Called on Menusha
            
            Henry's wife & then went to
            
            Naoomy Lasso the Dentist,
            
            to make me two front teeth
            
            he took the cast of them,
            
            I came home; I took
            
            a warm bath; weather
            
            getting warm; no body has
            
            yet gone to sleep on the top
            
            of the house, on account
            
            of the sickness, fever & some
            
            sort of influenza~
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Sund
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Light Ely breeze & calm
            
            weather ~ at 8 am Eliza &
            
            I went to church, I then
            
            called on the Assyrian Bishop
            
            
            
            on Polus Serkis, Shekoory Andrea,
            
            Sister Medula Menusha etc
            
            Antone Marine Hannosh Asfar
            
            & Habib Chiha called on us
            
            also Johnny & Arlin & Chekoory
            
            Sayegh;
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. I called on
            
            Antone Marine & then we
            
            went & called on Sister
            
            Eliza & on Alice & Emilia,
            
            I left Anton at Alice &
            
            went to call on Dr. Rozen
            
            the German Consul but
            
            he was not at home, I left
            
            my card, & came back to
            
            Alice & we left at 6 ~
            
          
          
                    Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            At 1 1/2 am I came on board
            
            the Blosse Lynch, she is alongside
            
            the wharf to discharge;
            
          
          
                    The SS Mossul left at about
            
            3 1/2 am this morning;
            
          
          
                At 9 I went home found Sister
            
            Medula there; ~
            
            There are such a lot of fever
            
            in Baghdad every house
            
            
            
            is down with it; I feel so
            
            very unwell with bones broken
            
            & aching, head ache, drowsiness
            
            & always inclining to lay
            
            down & sleep; I feel so
            
            feverish too, this is now
            
            more than a week since I
            
            have felt so ~
            
          
          
                Eliza & I called on Catherina
            
            Yaghchi; her daughter Terrooza
            
            who came up with her
            
            from Basreh in the Khalifah
            
            has the fever; I called on
            
            Eliza & Adoola my cousins
            
            the latter is very unwell
            
            with fever& diarrhea;
            
          
          
                Artin called in the evening,
            
            Light breeze & warm;
            
          
          
                    Colonel Loch sent me his
            
            card & thanking for my
            
            sympathy for his grief ~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Tuesd Therm @ 5,,70
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Light or calm weather
            
            At 4 1/2 am I came on board
            
            we are discharging cargo,
            
            
            
          
          
                I went home at 11; Weather
            
            got very warm & calm
            
            with light   S. Ely breeze;.
            
          
          
                    My sisters Eliza & Emilia
            
            also Alice & Terrooza called
            
            on us this afternoon;
            
          
          
                Weather   kept very warm
            
            through the night;
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Wedn Therm @ 5.73
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Light S. Ely breeze & warm
            
            at 7 am I came on board,
            
          
          
                    I finished Alexander's
            
            letter to Vienna for tomorrow's
            
            post of Damascus & told
            
            him every thing since
            
            I left Basreh on the 9th;
            
            I also wrote to R. Korkis
            
            to London telling him about
            
            the 500 frcs telegram sent
            
            by his brother to pay Alexander
            
          
          
                    At 11 went to breakfast &
            
            returned at 12;
            
          
          
                    I have carpenters at home
            
            for the last 30 days working
            
            in making me a new railings
            
            on the top of the House
            
            made Jawi wood;
            
            
          
          
                The Damascus Post has just
            
            arrived when Hamadi had
            
            taken my letters to be posted
            
            & he brings me only a Postal
            
            Card from Alexander written
            
            by him from the top of the
            
            Eiffel Tower on Sunday the
            
            24 April, where he had gone
            
            to visit it for the last time,
            
            & he sent me a list of the Lottery
            
            in an Envelop, & no letter
            
            from him, it must have
            
            again been left behind
            
            some where;
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. I received a
            
            telegram from Alexander
            
            from Vienna dated
            
            yesterday he says
            
	    
	    
            "Svoboda Baghdad
            
            Arrived 17 Safely."
            
	    
	    
            He must have left Paris on
            
            the 10th via Milan, Turin &
            
            Venice & arrived at Vienna
            
            yesterday; a few minutes
            
            after the Postman came
            
            with Alexander's letter
            
            a registered one
            
            
            
            from Paris dated the 29
            
            Ulto; he encloses letters
            
            for Henry & Louisa, also for
            
            Johny & Nassoory Bahoshy
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.M. we finished
            
            loading; I went home
            
            red the letters to Eliza of
            
            Alexander, Johny called
            
            on us & gave him his letter,
            
            & we red them also~
            
          
          
                    Light S. Ely breeze and
            
            warm~
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Thurs
          
          
            [A47_267_01:179]
                       
          
          
            at 5 am passed the Ressafah going up 
          
          
            Light S. Ely & fine; we are 
            
            still sleeping in the big
            
            room, but Eliza is going
            
            to the top of the house today
            
            People have not yet gone
            
            up, they are afraid of the
            
            sickness & fever there is
            
            so much now in town,
            
          
          
                    At 3 A.M. I came on
            
            board
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basrah [19 MAY 1898 ;mdash; V047_29_S] (//)

        

      

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            1898 May
          
          
            [A47_268_08:180]
                        
          
          
          
                    At 4 A.M. we got under
            
            way & proceeded~ *
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 passed Diala,
            
            At 7 passed Ctesiphon ~
            
            Very calm & warm weather,
            
          
          
                    Gave tickets to the passengers
            
            We have altogether 261~
            
            (2 in 1st Class only they are
            
            travellers from Damascus & going
            
            to Persia through the
            
            Karoon & up to Shushter
            
            a Mr. John Worne an
            
            Englishman & a Monsier
            
            Maurice Franchant,
            
            and one in 2nd Class a Jew
            
            Haroon Gareh). We have
            
            48 Jews to Azair with Ret
            
            Ticket besides 2 free Ret
            
            passage by S Lynch & Co the
            
            family of Yacoob Soofair
            
            the banker ~
            
            At 11,,35 passed Baghdadieh
            
            
            
          
          
                    Very Sultry hazy weather
            
            with   S. Ely breeze & warm,
            
          
          
                    At 1,,30 P.M  passed
            
            Azizieh; Cloudy hazy weather
            
          
          
                    At 1,,45 passed the S.S.
            
            Khalifah going up deeply
            
            laden & with many passengers
            
            Jeboory Asfar's wife and
            
            children are on board going
            
            up to Baghdad to pass the
            
            summer;
            
          
          
                    Wind blowing very strong S. Ely
            
            with large swell in the river;
            
          
          
                    At 6,,15 P.M. passed Memlah,
            
            still blowing strong & hazy,
            
          
          
                    At 10,,30 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landing 37 passengers &
            
            43 Packages; I received Henry's
            
            letter & my papers, also a packet
            
            of french papers from Alexander
            
            The Khalifah had about 250
            
            passengers. Asfar's family 7
            
            persons all free; & 215548 Okes
            
            of cargo she has two mails,
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Frid
          
          
            Light S. Erly & hazy Sultry
            
            weather & warm~
            
          
          
                    At 4,5 Am we left Coot
            
            took 10 passengers~
            
          
          
                    The wind again got up blowing
            
            strong S. Erly, with clouds and
            
            warm;
            
          
          
                    At 10,,45 passed Ali Gherbi;
            
            blowing strong & cloudy hazy
            
            weather~
            
          
          
                    At 6,,10 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 90 passengers
            
            and 107 Packages~ We shipped
            
            5 Bales Twist~ A few drops
            
            of rain came down on arrival
            
            & the weather Keeps hazy
            
            with a light S. Erly breeze,
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 We left Amara;
            
            5 zaptyes came only with us
            
            this time; At 7,,55 We Anchored
            
            it being dark & misty with
            
            fresh S. Erly Wind
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Satur
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            At 3,,10 AM. We proceeded
            
            Weather got Cool with
            
            S.W. breeze~ Gave tickets
            
            
            
            to 37 Amara passengers
            
            (22 for Azair Jews)~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,50 arrived at Azair
            
            landed 70 passengers (48
            
            with Ret Tickets)
            
          
          
                    At 9,,35 We left Azair
            
            light N.W. breeze & fine;
            
          
          
                At 10,,15 passed the
            
            SS. Mossul & Barge going up
            
            at Hmeyan~
            
          
          
                At 0,,25 P.M. landed 10
            
            passengers at Gorna &
            
            went on at 0,,35~
            
          
          
                At 4,,10 landed stores for
            
            the Mejidieh at Maghil and
            
            went on at 4,,20;
            
          
          
                At 4,,45 Arrived at Basreh
            
            I closed Alexanders letter
            
            of tomorrows date as the
            
            mail leaves in the morning,
            
            I sent it with Vartan to
            
            the Mail Str Pachumba,
            
            which is going away this
            
            evening I believe~
            
          
          
                    I went up to Rufail & Rezooki
            
            & then we went Jeboory
            
            
            
            Asfar they played Tennis &
            
            we spent a couple of hours,
            
            he is by himself as his family
            
            have gone to Baghdad~
            
          
          
                Light air, but I slept in the
            
            room below as I have a
            
            bad cold today on my head
            
            & nose~
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Sund
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Light Westerly air & fine
            
            weather but is getting warm
            
            At 7 1/2 A.M. Rezooki & I came
            
            on board, & 8 1/2 we went in
            
            to Basreh to Tookyeh,
            
            and breakfasted with her and
            
            the Angoorlies went out to
            
            the shop of Rezooki Angoorly
            
            & got some shoes etc~
            
          
          
                At 2 1/2 P.M. we came out
            
            to the ship had tea & then
            
            went up to Roofail's place,
            
            We then went to Jeboory Asfar
            
            there came also Nassoory
            
            Andrea we played Tennis
            
            & dined there at 9 1/2 Rufail
            
            Rezooki & I came to Rufails
            
            house & slept; Light N.W.
            
            breeze & warm in the
            
            room~
            
            
            
          
          
                Light westerly breeze and
            
            cloudy weather~ at 6 1/2
            
            A.M. I came on board,
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Mond
          
          
            Weather became very
            
            warm & cloudy all over
            
            one mass & so sultry,
            
            The Thermor at noon is 90º~
            
          
          
                    Rufail, Rezooki, Rezooki Angoorly
            
            Nessoory Andrea & Artin
            
            Eassayi called on board,
            
            We finished loading at
            
            about 3 P.M~
            
          
          
                At 5 we got the Basreh
            
            Mail only, No Indian
            
            Mail this time too, there
            
            is no News of the Mail
            
            Str. from Bushire~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [23 MAY 1898 ;mdash; V047_30_N] (//)

        

      

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            [A47_273_25:181]
                       
          
          
            At 5,,15 P.M. We left Basreh
            
            ship drawing 4,,10 Inches,
            
            Very Cloudy sultry, Cabin
            
            & warm weather, very
            
            disagreable~ The clouds
            
            
            
          
          
                keep on & the breeze is so warm
            
            it fell down & became calm;
            
          
          
                At 8,,5 we anchored it
            
            being so dark & dusty by some
            
            wind got up, I slept in my
            
            cabin but the heat was
            
            great~
            
          
          
                At 12 it cleared up a little
            
            we proceeded~
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Tuesd
          
          
            1898 May 
          
          
            [A47_275_05:182]    
          
          
            Very hard Squall at Amara 
          
          
            1898 May 
          
          
            At 3,,50 Am landed 4
            
            passengers at Gorna & took
            
            one & went on; Cloudy
            
            sultry & warm, with a
            
            light S. Erly breeze~
            
          
          
                Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets;~
            
          
          
                At 8,,30 arrived at Azair
            
            landed 32 1/2 Jew passengers
            
            and took some Return
            
            ones, at 9 left Azair,
            
            Light N.W. breeze & clouds
            
            getting blown toward
            
            the South~
            
          
          
                We took 57 Return Jews
            
            (27 1/2 of Blosse Lynch & 29 1/2 of
            
            Khalifah) also Semha
            
            widow of Menahem
            
            
            
            son of Selman Daniel
            
            in 1st Class paying, and 17 for Amara
            
            We have altogether from
            
            Basreh 123 Passengers (1
            
            in 1st C. cabin paying deck
            
            fare by S Lynch's  the
            
            Clerk of Blockey Hotz & co
            
            Mr. Broomhead for a change
            
            being unwell who had
            
            gone down in the Khalifah,
            
            and one Jewess in 2nd Class)
            
          
          
                    At 2 PM. landed 8
            
            passengers at K. Saleh
            
            & went on at 2,,5~
            
          
          
                    Wind shifted again to S. Ely,
            
            & became warm & sultry;
            
          
          
                    At 7 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 30 1/2 Passengers
            
            & 3 Bales, weather Cloudy
            
            all over & light S. Erly breeze
            
            with some Lightning down
            
            the river on the Southern
            
            horyzon~
            
          
          
                    We are shipping some
            
            
            
            Tins of Ghee~
            
          
          
                    The Lightning kept Working
            
            up & stretching to the
            
            West & north with a thick
            
            black clouds like a
            
            range of high mountains
            
            & the Lightning behind it,
            
            the breeze also shifting
            
            at the same time from
            
            East to South & to West
            
            & freshened up, bringing
            
            the clouds over us, it
            
            gave us no time to furl
            
            the awnings when it
            
            begun to blow a terrific
            
            squall such as I never
            
            witnessed; With thick
            
            dust & rain & the strong
            
            lightning, the Wind is
            
            blowing from the opposite
            
            side & played havoc
            
            with the upper deck
            
            riggings, all the awnings
            
            
            
            Were torn away, stretchers
            
            broke & stancheons bent
            
            & were rattling on the
            
            deck like so many sounds
            
            of cannons, the passengers
            
            Kit flew on shore &
            
            most of it were picked
            
            away by Arabs; the passengers
            
            came down yelling &
            
            crying; the thick dust
            
            blinded us, the incessant
            
            lightning & thunder
            
            was a sight like a
            
            hurricane at sea, it
            
            lasted from 7 1/2 till 8 P.M.
            
            & kept cloudy with thunder
            
            & Lightning but the Wind
            
            fell a little~ The rain
            
            & dust made an awful mess
            
            on board, it penetrated into
            
            the cabins & some part of the
            
            decks leaking~
            
          
          
                    We then took in 6 Tons of
            
            coal & about 150 Tins of
            
            
            
            ghee & finished at 10 & hauled
            
            out & remained, it being
            
            cloudy~
            
          
        
        
          
            25 Wedn Therm @ 5,70
          
          
            At 1,,55 A.M. We left Amara 
            
            clouds clearing off, but breeze
            
            Again shifted to S. East
            
          
          
                    We have 22 1/2 passengers;
            
            from Amara (one in lst
            
            Class Abdulrezack Kudery
            
            with free passage);
            
          
          
                    At 9 Am passed Ali Sherghi,
            
            wind shifted to N.W.  became
            
            fine;
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. landed specie at
            
            Ali Gherbi & went on at 3,,5,
            
            Here too they have been
            
            Visited by the squall of last
            
            night;
            
          
          
                    At 10 P.M. passed the S.S.
            
            Ressafah & Barge going down;
            
            It is very warm in my cabin
            
            on account of the Boiler being
            
            so close to me~
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Thurs Term @ 5,70
          
          
            1898 May 
          
          
            At 3,,5 A.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 14 1/2 passengers &
            
            3 Bund Copper, Took in 6
            
            Tons of Coal; Here too
            
            
            
            they have had the squal & rain
            
            it came at about the same
            
            time as we had it at Amara,
            
          
          
                    At 4„30 we left Coot,
            
            Took 24 1/2 passengers, The
            
            weather became cool just
            
            before sunrise~ Light N.W.
            
            breeze & fine, We also shipped
            
            23 Tins of Ghee~
            
          
          
                    At 11„30 landed a passenger
            
            at Bughela & went on at 11„35
            
          
          
                    At 12 passed Memlah
            
            At 4„15 P.M. passed the Khalìfah
            
            going down at Shedeif (bottom
            
            of the reach)~
            
          
          
                    At 8,,10 passed Azìzieh,
            
            Light N.W.  Cool Weather;
            
          
          
                    At 11„30 passed Baghdadieh
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Frid 
          
          
            Monseigneur Altmayer arrived from Mossul 23d
          
          
            1898 May 
          
          
            [A47_280_04:183]   
          
          
            Light N.W. air & fine cool morning 
            
            At 5 A.M. passed Khenasseh
            
            At 6 passed Bostani Kesreh,
            
            River is getting low, about
            
            10 feet below the bank~
            
          
          
                    At 8,15 passed Ctesìphon,
            
            breeze shifted to S. Est, with
            
            some clouds hanging about
            
            
            
            At 10„30 passed Diala
            
            river; getting warm & sultry;
            
          
          
                    At 11„45 landed a Deckman
            
            with letters & some Jews at
            
            Gherrarah & went on; The
            
            Bridge of Gherrarah is Cut
            
            open & looks damaged by
            
            the late squall we had
            
            at Amara;
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. landed Mails
            
            at the Residency & steamed to
            
            the Custum House, The Mossul
            
            is here arrived last night at
            
            12~ I went home found
            
            Eliza in bed with fever and
            
            influenza the same as every
            
            body has got it~
            
          
          
                    The Monseigneur Altmayer
            
            with Père Augustine have
            
            arrived from Mossul in
            
            Keleks last Monday Morning
            
            the Christians & Priests went
            
            out to meet him & the school
            
            boys met him in the streets
            
            With Music etc, He is
            
            staying in his new house
            
            
            
            which he had bought 3 years
            
            ago the one alongside of
            
            Capt Cowley's house now
            
            occupied by Mons Rouet
            
            the french consul and the
            
            piece of ground behind
            
            it is also his which he
            
            wants to build;
            
          
          
                    The Capt of the SS. Comet
            
            Beaumont died few days ago
            
            from excessive drink they say,
            
            he had the Delirium Tremors,
            
            he was very young about 32
            
            years & has only been
            
            here about 6 or 8 months;
            
          
          
                    Here they have had a
            
            very hard rain & blow of
            
            strong wind, on Tuesday evening
            
            the streets were all flooded,
            
            Antone Marine & Artin
            
            called on us~
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Satur 
          
          
            [A47_281_25:184]
          
          
            Variable airs & cloudy 
            
            Weather~ at 7 Am I called
            
            on Alice & sent to see if
            
            the Mons. Altmayer was
            
            at home, but he was
            
            
            
            out riding at Gherrarah to
            
            see the Ma Mêre encamped
            
            there for the benefit of her
            
            health; At 8 I came on
            
            board~I At 9 1/2 I went again
            
            on shore & called on Monseigneur
            
            Altmayer & Père Augustine
            
            they were very glad to see me,
            
            We talked about my visiting
            
            Europe etc; & left them &
            
            came to the Office t1ook 53 [illegible]
            
            from Mr. Bottomley while
            
            in Office it came on to
            
            rain heavily with thunder
            
            for about 1/4 hour, at 11 1/2
            
            came to the house, Eliza
            
            & I are both suffering from
            
            this influenza & do not feel
            
            well at all~I took a warm
            
            bath & felt a  better
            
            Light air & weather not settled
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Sund.
          
          
            1898 May
          
          
            Light air & fine; at 7 Am 
            
            we went to church, The Delegate
            
            Monsr. Altmayer celebrated
            
            high mass with the Brass
            
            band, the french Consul also
            
            was there in Uniform,
            
            
            
            At 8 1/2 we left I called on
            
            Catterina Yaghchi, on Sister
            
            Medula, Menusha on
            
            Asfars where Sedy Jeboory's
            
            wife & children are living
            
            for the present, then on Antone
            
            Marine & then we went
            
            to call on Monsr. Altmayer
            
            Antone, Yousif Asfar, Johny
            
            my Nephew, & I went to
            
            Cowley's house & took him
            
            to call also on the Delagate
            
            as he wished me to do so,
            
            I then called with Antone &
            
            Yousif Asfar on Mons Rouet
            
            the french Consul in
            
            the same house, and
            
            then came home at 12,
            
          
          
                At 2 P.M. I called on Sister
            
            Eliza & on Alice & My sister
            
            Emilia & came home at 5
            
          
          
                The Monseigneur Altmayer
            
            & Père Augustine called
            
            on us at 6, he has brought
            
            with him his 3 Horses and
            
            a carriage in one Kellek,
            
            
            
            also a Great quantity of
            
            stores & provisions etc etc;
            
            he intends staying here till
            
            October & perhaps spends
            
            the winter here till spring,
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine, We
            
            are sleeping down below
            
            yet in the Verandah;
            
          
        
        
          
            30th Mond
          
          
            Light N.W. Wind and fine
            
            weather, at 7 Am I came
            
            on board & paid the Ship's
            
            Company their wages for
            
            May & finished at 10
            
            Went home~ Weather got very
            
            warm with a S. Erly breeze;
            
            Adoola my cousin called on us;
            
          
          
                We went up this evening
            
            to sleep on the top of the house
            
            for the first time; the breeze is
            
            from the S. Est but fine & cool.
            
          
        
        
          
            31' Tuesd
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine; Today is
            
            the 10th of Moharrem being the
            
            mourning day for the Hassan
            
            & Hussein among the Shia
            
            sect~ at 7 1/2 A.M. I
            
            
            
            came on board~ The Blosse
            
            is alongside discharging
            
            cargo~ The Mossul is also
            
            loading a great deal of cargo
            
            & Bales of wool~ at 4 1/2
            
            I went home~
            
            Light N.W. & fine Weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Wedn
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            The SS. Mossul & Barge left
            
            at 4 A.M.~ Sister Emilia
            
            called in the morning, I left her
            
            at home & came on board
            
            at 7 am. We are discharging
            
            Cargo;
            
          
          
                I finished Alexander's letter
            
            to Vienna dated the 2nd for tomorrows
            
            Post & took it to Eliza to
            
            send it tomorrow, I also
            
            wrote a letter to Mr. Böhm
            
            & enclosed it in Alexander's,
            
            I went home to breakfast
            
            & returned at 11 1/2;~ Weather
            
            very warm & light N.W.
            
          
          
                We shipped over 350 Bales wool,
            
            also Tanned skins, Galls etc
            
            & finished at 5, Weather
            
            became Cloudy & very
            
            
            
            warm & calm~
            
          
          
                At 5 1/2 P.M. I went home;
            
            Johny & Artin called on us on
            
            the top of the house till 8 1/4
            
            P.M.~ Weather very unsettled
            
            cloudy, hot & disagreable
            
          
          
                Few drops of rain fell at 1
            
            about midnight;
            
          
        
        
          
            2nd Thurs
          
          
            Light air & little cloudy,
            
            at 3 1/2 Am I came on
            
            board; Erly breeze with
            
            clouds,~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [2 JUN 1898 ;mdash; V047_31_S] (//)

        

      

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        176100,68015,052 2/4
      

        
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Mr. Gladstone died on 19th May.
          
          
          
                At 4 AM. got underway
            
            & proceeded~ The Bridge of
            
            Gherrerah has been put
            
            across the river~
            
          
          
                At 5,55 passed Diala
            
            At 7,,5 passed Ctesiphon;
            
            breeze shifted to N. Wester,
            
          
          
                Finished with the passengers
            
            tickets We have altogether
            
            136 1/2 (2 in 1st Class an Indian
            
            and the mother of Akif Effendi
            
            
            KaimaKam of Gorna, and
            
            one in 2nd Class Artin son
            
            of Awanessian an Armenian)
            
            also 2 caulkers free going
            
            down to caulk the Mejidieh's
            
            deck~
            
          
          
                At 11,,45 Passed Baghdadieh,
            
            At 0,,25 P.M. passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah going up at
            
            the bottom of Gutnyeh
            
            reach~
            
          
          
                At 1,,30 P.M. passed Azizieh,
            
            weather is getting cloudy all
            
            over~
            
          
          
                At 5,,50 passed Memlah
            
            it is getting very cloudy;
            
          
          
                At 9,,50 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 50 passengers &
            
            23 Packages, I received Henry's
            
            letter & my English Papers;
            
            Also a letter from Savon
            
            Bazin from Port Said enclosing
            
            a B of Lading for a case
            
            containing the oil painting
            
            sent to me by my niece
            
            Effie Boucherot from Cairo
            
            
            
            the freight comes to frcs 8,,50
            
            from Cairo to P. Said, & £1,,12,,5 freight
            
          
        
        
          
            3rd Frid
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            At 4 AM. We left Coot, took
            
            10 1/2 Passengers; The Khalifah
            
            had 215,000 Okes & over 220
            
            passengers (127 1/2 Return
            
            Jews from Azair all that
            
            remained there~
            
          
          
                The SS. Ressafah had just
            
            left Coot last night bound
            
            up when we got there;
            
            N. Erly wind blowing fresh
            
          
          
                At 10,,30 Am passed Ali
            
            Gherbi~
            
          
          
                Henry writes to me that
            
            Mr. Gladstone the Ex Premier
            
            & Minister for foreign Affairs
            
            has died on the 19th of May,
            
          
          
                At 5,,30 P.M. arrived
            
            at Amara landed 21 1/2
            
            passengers & 48 packages
            
          
          
                We began to Ship Pressed
            
            Bales of Wool from Lynch's
            
            wool Press, Finished shipping
            
            of the wool of 274 Bales
            
            all for Basreh to Asfar &
            
            Kassim Khdery~
            
            
            
            At 9 P.M. we left Amara,
            
            Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            weather. I sleep still in
            
            my cabin~
            
          
          
                At 10,, We dropped Anchor
            
            above Aboo Sedra~
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Satur Therm @ 5.70
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Light N.W. & very fine
            
            and Cool Weather~
            
          
          
                At 4 A.M. proceeded,
            
            Took 20 passengers from
            
            Amara~ at 6 landed
            
            4 passengers at Kalat Saleh
            
            & went on~
            
          
          
                At 9 passed Azair, there
            
            are no Jews left here; only
            
            the soldiers about 50 of them
            
            encamped above the Tomb;
            
          
          
                At 11,,45 landed 13 passengers
            
            & 2 zaptyes free from Amara
            
            at Gorna & Went on at 12;
            
          
          
                At 4 P.m. arrived at
            
            Basreh, the Mail Str Ambra
            
            which arrived on Tuesday
            
            (the day after the Khalifah
            
            had left) is leaving just
            
            
            
            now from the Quarantine,
            
          
          
                I sent a short letter to my
            
            son Alexander dated the
            
            5th with Vartan to the Mail
            
            steamer as the Post was closed,
            
            The S.S. Koordistan is also
            
            in Quarantine having arrived
            
            on Saturday evening the
            
            28 Ulto & will have to come
            
            up here on the 7th~
            
          
          
                I  went over to Rufail &
            
            Rezooki, saw there Tookyeh
            
            & her husband Rezooki &
            
            their child Yousif they are
            
            spending some days there,
            
            Tony Angoorly & his Wife
            
            & children also came there,
            
            I took Rezooki & Went over
            
            to Jeboory Asfar where we
            
            stayed & dined with him,
            
          
          
                I showed Bazin's letter
            
            to Jeboory & the B. of Lading
            
            for the little case sent to
            
            me by my niece Effie,
            
            he said he cannot do any
            
            
            thing with regard to the
            
            freight charged as it must
            
            have been entered &
            
            passed in account with
            
            London, & the case must
            
            be lying among the
            
            cargo for the Turkish
            
            steamers, & will send to
            
            look for it tomorrow;
            
          
          
                    We came back at 9 1/2
            
            I slept below in a room
            
            with windows opened &
            
            there is a nice cool breeze,
            
            all the rest slept on the
            
            top of the house~
            
          
        
        
          
            5 Sund.
          
          
            [A47_291_24:185]
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Weather,
            
            at 6 1/2 A.M. I came on
            
            board; We are discharging
            
            cargo & shipping too;
            
          
          
                The N.W. Wind of Bareh
            
            has now set in since yesterday
            
            & the time is better & cooler
            
          
          
                At 2 P.M. I went up to
            
            Jeboory to see about my
            
            
            Case from Cairo he told
            
            one of his clerks to look for
            
            it tomorrow & get it taken,
            
            I had spoken to Nessoory
            
            Andrea to clear it for me
            
            in the Custum House~ I
            
            then went up to Rufail, had
            
            Tea with Tookyeh & Rezooki,
            
            Roofail was up at Shaebyeh
            
            at Yousif Marine~
            
          
          
                    At sunset Rezooki & I
            
            went up to Jeboory Asfar,
            
            we stayed to dine, Rezooki
            
            went away at 9, but I
            
            stayed & slept there in the
            
            Verandah, nice cool
            
            weather~
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Mond.
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_292_03:186]
                       
          
          
            [A47_292_05:187]
                        
          
          
            [A47_292_14:188]
                        
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine Cool
            
            Weather, at 7 A.M. Rezooki came
            
            down in his boat & we then
            
            came to the Steamer,
            
            Capt Cowley Rezooki and I
            
            went up to the house of
            
            Darby Andrewes, where all
            
            their house Kit, furniture
            
            crockery etc are put up
            
            for sale to liquidate
            
            
            
            their debts, they are under
            
            the Charge of the British
            
            Consul, as Darby had left
            
            since last year & Andrewes
            
            also left a month ago &
            
            are indebted large sums
            
            We picked some things &
            
            Rezooky noted them down
            
            as there will be an auction
            
            on Friday next; We then
            
            came on board~
            
          
          
                Hamady came back from
            
            the C. House & brought me
            
            the Painting in a large frame
            
            which Effie sent me also
            
            a small water colour
            
            picture for Henry, No duty
            
            has been taken on them
            
            they were passed as old
            
            pictures by Nessoory Andrea,
            
          
          
                Roofail, Rezooki, Rezooki
            
            Angoorly etc called on board;
            
          
          
                We received the Mails at
            
            4 P.M~
            
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
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        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        196 1/2159,21412,079 3/44,,9
      

        
          
          
                At 4,,45 P.M. We left
            
            Basreh, Ship is drawing
            
            4 feet 9 Inches;~ At 5,,15
            
            stopped at Maghil landed
            
            people & stores & went on
            
            at 5,,30~ Modte N.W.
            
            but my Cabin is as hot as
            
            a furnace from the heat
            
            of the Boiler;~ I gave tickets
            
            to all the passengers~
            
          
          
                I could not possibly stay
            
            in my cabin or sleep for
            
            the heat was awful and
            
            the wind had fallen down,
            
            I went to sleep up on the
            
            upper deck which I found
            
            nice & cool for the first
            
            time I slept up~
            
          
          
                At 11,,10 passed Gorna
            
          
        
        
          
            7 Tuesd.
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            At 2 P.M. we anchored,
            
            plenty of mosquitoes are
            
            on board~
            
          
          
                At 4,,5 we proceeded
            
            Light N.W. air & fine
            
          
          
                At 5,,25 passed Azair
            
            
            
          
          
                I sent to Jeboory Asfar
            
            yesterday the little case
            
            containing Jams (orange
            
            blossom & Citron) my wife
            
            had made for Alexander
            
            to be sent to Vienna by
            
            Mr. N. Homsy at Marseilles,
            
            it will go by the Koordistan
            
            leaving on about the 20'
            
            Instt; I got a receipt from
            
            Jeboory which I will send
            
            to Homsy~
            
          
          
                We have Altogether 106 1/2
            
            Passengers, none are in the
            
            cabins~
            
          
          
                At 10,,30 landed 4 Passengers
            
            at K. Saleh & took 4 & went
            
            on at 10,,35;
            
          
          
                Blowing fresh N.W. Wind
            
            but not cool, Therm @ noon 92
            
            & 96º at 4 P.M~
            
          
          
                At 4,,5 P.m. Arrived at
            
            Amara landed 23 passengers
            
            & the 10 zaptyeh's, & 3 Cases
            
            rivets for Lynch's Wool
            
            Press~ We took 6 Tons
            
            
            
            of Coal, & shipped 230 Tins
            
            of Ghee & 26 Bales Lamb
            
            Skins (about 5145 Okes)
            
          
          
                At 6 P.M. left Amara
            
            Took 43 Passengers~
            
            Weather nice & cool, with moderate
            
            N.W. Wind~
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Wedn.Therm@ 5 74 Noon 102
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_296_16:189]
                       
          
          
            It blew fresh throughout the
            
            night, & I felt it quite cool
            
            towards morning on the upper
            
            deck; The wind fell at sunrise
            
            but remained cool & pleasant;
            
          
          
                At 6,,55 AM landed 3 passengers
            
            and took 2 from Ali Gherbi
            
            & went on at 7~
            
          
          
                Wind got up blowing
            
            strong at 10 am and
            
            hot, it is the proper Bareh
            
            as they call it in Basreh,
            
            (the strong N.W. Wind)
            
          
          
                At 6,,50 P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 37 1/2 passengers
            
            and 2 Bales; took 4 Bales
            
            skins & a lot of passengers
            
          
          
                At 7,,30 left Coot, Very
            
            light air from N.W. & fine,
            
            
            
          
          
                    It is nice & cool on the top of
            
            the house~
            
          
        
        
          
            9th Thursd Therm @ 5, 75
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cool
            
            weather~
            
          
          
                At 2,,50 Am. passed
            
            Memlah, River is getting
            
            low; We took 41 Passengers
            
            from Coot~ (one in 2nd C Cabin)
            
          
          
                There is no wind today, a
            
            light N.W. breeze only~
            
          
          
                At 10,,50 Am passed
            
            Azizieh~
            
          
          
                At 2,,15 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort;
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. we met the
            
            Khalifah coming down at
            
            Jubeil (Dawar reach) she
            
            has Colonel Loch the
            
            Resident on board going
            
            down to go by the mail
            
            via Kurachi to England
            
            on a 6 months leave, We
            
            both anchored, Coll. Loch
            
            Capt Hanslow & Henry &
            
            Charley & the Engineer
            
            Weber came on board
            
            
            
            Coll. Loch red his letters
            
            & Telegrams; the Khalifah
            
            left at 11 A.M. they were waiting
            
            for the Damascus mail until
            
            it arrived; Henry tells me
            
            that Eliza has the letter of
            
            Alexander in which he
            
            says that he has had a very
            
            bad sore eyes on leaving
            
            Paris & after 4 hours had
            
            to return to Paris & go to
            
            a doctor who took out a
            
            piece of wood from his eye
            
            & he returned on his journey
            
            to Vienna I shall see
            
            that in Baghdad~
            
          
          
                At 5,,55 We left and
            
            proceeded~
            
          
          
                At 11,, passed Ctesiphon
            
          
        
        
          
            10 Frid
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_299_15:190]
                       
          
          
            At 1,,10 Am passed Diala,
            
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
          
          
                At 4,,10 passed the S.S.
            
            Ressafah & Barge bound down
            
            at the Kher~ Wind getting
            
            up fresh~
            
          
          
                At 4,,55 Am landed
            
            
            
            the mails at the Residency
            
            & steamed to the Custum
            
            House, No steamer here
            
          
          
                I went home & saw Eliza
            
            she is well, I saw Alexanders
            
            letters here one of last week
            
            from Paris of the 13 May
            
            one from Zurich & one
            
            from Innsbrück, and
            
            two from Vienna of the
            
            20 May he is very well
            
            in Vienna & has seen Mr.
            
            Böhm~
            
          
          
                Elias Jejo came to me to ask
            
            about the 3 cases we brought
            
            up this time with the cargo
            
            of the Kurdistan, sent to
            
            them by Ibrahim from
            
            Paris, in one of them there
            
            are some things sent to us
            
            by Alexander few little
            
            objects etc~ In the after
            
            noon the wife of Elias Jejo
            
            & her two daughters called
            
            & remained till sunset,
            
            
            
            Antone Marine called also
            
            Johny &  Artin my Nephews,
            
          
          
                Modte N.W. Wind &
            
            fine cool Weather;~
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Satur Therm @ 5, 74
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine cool Morning,
            
            at 7 Am I came on board,
            
            the Blosse is alongside
            
            the wharf; discharging cargo,
            
          
          
                At 10 went home~
            
            I took a warm bath; The weather
            
            is hot during the day a warm
            
            breeze blowing ; The
            
            nights are very cool~
            
            The wife & children of Jeboory
            
            Asfar have hired the house
            
            of Joojoo the Goldsmith close
            
            to my house where Mr. Nelson
            
            & DeMello were living, at
            
            50 [illegible] per year~
            
          
        
        
          
            12' Sund Therm @ 5 72
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_300_21:191]
                        
          
          
            [A47_301_02:192]
                        
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine cool
            
            Weather~ at 7 1/2 Am. I
            
            called on Terrooza & Catherina
            
            her Mother & saw there
            
            Père Augustine (Elias Sayegh
            
            
            
            I then went to church and
            
            with Johny & Artin called
            
            on the Assyrian Bishop,
            
            Habib Chiha, Sedy wife
            
            of Jeboory Asfar, Eliza &
            
            Adooly my cousins, Terooza
            
            wife of Nessoory Andrea,
            
            Sister Medula, Menusha
            
            & Shekoory Sayegh,
            
          
          
                At 2 1/2 P.M. I called on
            
            Sister Eliza, on Alice &
            
            Emilia; & with Johny went
            
            to Visit the Monseigneur
            
            Altmayer but was not
            
            at home, we then called
            
            on Mr. Bottomley then came
            
            Mrs. Hall (the Clerk at Lynch's
            
            Office) also Mr. & Mrs. Livingstone
            
            & his wife's sister; I then
            
            called on Dr. & Mrs. Hess
            
            the German Chancelier in
            
            their new little house
            
            opposite Abdulrahman
            
            Pachachi's house,
            
            
            
            he told me that Dr. Rosen
            
            the Consul is coming
            
            back from Mendeli
            
            where he had gone a month
            
            ago; I came home at
            
            6 1/4~ Light N.W. and
            
            fine weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            13' Mond.
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            weather~ at 7 am I
            
            came on board;
            
            Ibrahim Gejou has sent
            
            3 Cases containing shoes
            
            & perfumery etc to his
            
            Brother Isak for sale,
            
            & Alexander has also sent
            
            some little things also
            
            his portrait in them, &
            
            I have to get them cleared
            
            from the Custum House
            
          
          
                Isak Gejou also Johny came
            
            & we went to the Custum
            
            House to clear the shoes &
            
            Perfumery of Isak, & I was
            
            astonished not to find
            
            any of Alexanders articles
            
            sent to me nor his
            
            
            likeness, I do not know
            
            what became of them &
            
            Ibrahim wrote to his brother
            
            that they were amongst
            
            his Kit~ I went home
            
            at 2 1/2 P.M. Eliza & I called
            
            on Sedy wife of Jeboory Asfar
            
            and on Mina Widow of
            
            Naoom Abood, also on
            
            Antone Marine but they
            
            were not at home, We
            
            came home at 6 1/2;
            
            Modte N.W. & fine Weather,
            
          
        
        
          
            14' Tuesd Therm @ 5, 79
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind but not
            
            cool~ The S.S. Mossul &
            
            Barge arrived at about 3 1/2
            
            A.M. at 7 I called on
            
            Menusha & then Came on
            
            board~ The Mossul is inside
            
            discharging~ At 9 I went
            
            on shore called on Mahd Said
            
            Shahbenders Office & told
            
            him that I have sent by
            
            the Koordistan leaving on
            
            the 20 Instt, a little box
            
            
            
            of Marmalade for my son
            
            Alexander at Vienna to
            
            the care of Mrs. N. Homsy
            
            at Marseilles & I have written
            
            to them to pay the freight
            
            & expences to Vienna &
            
            I will pay it to him here;
            
          
          
                I went home; the Monseigneur
            
            Altmayer & Pere Augustine
            
            called on us~
            
          
          
                Hot wind blowing; the
            
            thermer. went up in the Verandah
            
            to 108º~ At 3 P.M. I came
            
            on board; We are shipping
            
            Cargo; at 5 3/4 P.M. I went
            
            home & then went to Catherina
            
            Yaghchi to fetch Eliza &
            
            go to Antone Marine, but
            
            Captn & Mrs. Cowley called
            
            on us & so we had to go
            
            home, they left at 7~
            
          
          
                Modte N.W. & fine weather
            
          
        
        
          
            15th Wed Th@ 5. 80
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Modte N.W. but not refreshing
            
          
          
                At 7 AM I came on
            
            board; I finished Alexanders
            
            letter for tomorrow's Post
            
            
            
            also a letter for Effie
            
            my niece at Cairo, also
            
            a letter for Mr. N. Homsy,
            
          
          
                At 11 went to breakfast,
            
            & returned at 1 P.M.~
            
            We shipped a good deal of
            
            cargo about 96,000 Okes
            
            Weather Very warm in
            
            the Cabin~
            
          
          
                    At 6 P.M. Went home;
            
            Eliza is unwell with Diarrhea
            
            & colic in stomach since
            
            this morning~ Johny
            
            & Artin called on us till 8 1/2
            
          
        
        
          
            16: 16 Thurs Th@5, 74
          
          
            Weather fine & cool
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            Morning~ At 3 1/2 Am
            
            I came on board~
            
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [16 JUN 1898 ;mdash; V047_33_S] (//)

        

      

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            [A47_305_19:193]
                        
          
        
             
           [A47_305_20:194]          
           
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_306_03:195]
                       
          
          
            [A47_306_11:196]
                       
          
          
            [A47_306_14:197]
                        
          
          
            [A47_307_21:198]
                       
          
          
          
                At 4 Am got underway
            
            & proceeded~
            
          
          
                At 6 passed Diala river;
            
            At 6,,40 passed the S.S. Phrat
            
            & Barge going up at Gusseiba
            
          
          
                At 7,,10 passed Ctesiphon;
            
            We have Altogether 127
            
            passengers, (5 in 1st Class,
            
            Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Livingstone
            
            & Miss Coulman his wife's
            
            sister & the Servant all paying
            
            Deck fare by Mr. Bottomley's
            
            Order; Hamdy Beg the
            
            Mufettish Adlyeh brother of
            
            Ali Beg Saib of Basreh, Going
            
            to Coot & with him Abdul Kadur
            
            Zheir & 2 of his Attendants
            
            in 2nd Class Also to Coot)
            
            and one Jewess free by SL. & Co;
            
          
          
                At 11,,50 passed Baghdadieh
            
          
          
                    At 0,,45 P.M. met the
            
            SS Khalifah coming up at
            
            the top of [illegible] we stopped
            
            & she also, as Mr. Livingstone
            
            
            wanted to see the new Agent
            
            Mr. Langridge coming out
            
            to take his place Mr.
            
            Richards the acting Agent
            
            of Lynch Brothers also on
            
            board they all came off
            
            also Capt. Hanslow, Charley
            
            Cowley & Henry; Henry has
            
            left my papers & letter at
            
            Coot; The wife of Padmani
            
            & her two daughters are on
            
            board going up (one is the
            
            widow of Dr. Malakis
            
            who comitted suicide at
            
            Constantinople by Cutting
            
            his throat with a razor)
            
            she has 143 passengers and
            
            205,000 Okes~
            
          
          
                At 1,,50 P.M. We left &
            
            proceeded~
            
          
          
                At 2,,45 passed Azizieh;
            
            fresh N.W. wind~
            
          
          
                The river is getting low &
            
            the steamer bumped today
            
            on two or three places~
            
          
          
                At 7,,20 passed Memlah
            
            
            Light N.W. & fine Weather
            
          
          
                At 11,,30 P.M. arrived
            
            at Coot landed 38 packages
            
            and 33 passengers (4 cabin
            
            passengers Hamdi Beg & his
            
            followers) Received my
            
            papers & Henry's letter~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Frid
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_308_12:199
                        
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine Cool
            
            Morning; At 4 Am we
            
            left Coot; Took 15 Passenges
            
            (one in 2nd C. Michail Raffi
            
            of Jeboory Asfar to Basreh)
            
          
          
                Detained aground at Aboo
            
            Dood for the first time in
            
            the season from 8,,35 to
            
            8,,50~
            
          
          
                At 10,,55 AM. landed 7
            
            passengers at Ali Gherbi, took
            
            2 & Went on at 11,,10~
            
          
          
                About a month ago,
            
            a Great quarrel had taken
            
            place between the tribes of Hassan
            
            ibn Jendeel of the Beni
            
            Laam tribe & Magasis
            
            located from Coot and
            
            
            
            downward on the West bank
            
            and both lost about 20
            
            or 30 Men Killed; and now
            
            all the Governors of the
            
            surrounding districts have
            
            gathered at S. Saad to
            
            arrange the Matter and
            
            collected the Sheikhs to
            
            oblige them to give a
            
            Guarantee for their future
            
            Good behaviour, there were
            
            Mostapha Pasha Motserrif
            
            of Amara who came up
            
            in the Khalifah, the Motserrif
            
            of Nasryeh, Kaimakam
            
            of Coot Jaffer Beg, of Hai,
            
            Shetra etc & a Company
            
            of troops encamped there;
            
          
          
                At 4,,40 P.M. passed
            
            the SS. Ressafah & Barge
            
            going up;
            
          
          
                At 6,,15 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 24 1/2 passengers
            
            & 334 Packges (300 Bundles
            
            of Hoop Iron for the
            
            
            
            wool press of S. Lynch & Co,
            
          
          
                We shipped 182 Bales
            
            of Wool & 7 Tons of Ghee,
            
            It is Awfully hot in my
            
            Cabin; the Livingstones
            
            are sleeping on the top
            
            of the house; I slept in
            
            my Cabin last night, it
            
            was very warm in the first
            
            part of the night, but as
            
            the steamer was going
            
            it became cooler;
            
          
          
                At 9 P.M. We left Amara,
            
            At 10,,15 anchored above
            
            Aboo Sedra, I slept in the cabin
            
            there was a nice breeze as long
            
            as the steamer was going
            
            but when she turned round
            
            & anchored I awoke & fet it
            
            very warm with some mosquitoes
            
            which troubled me all the
            
            night~
            
          
        
        
          
            23: 18 Satur Th@ 5. 79
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_310_19:200]
                       
          
          
            [A47_311_02:201]
                       
          
          
            At 4 Am We proceeded
            
            very light N.W. breeze~
            
          
          
                We took 9 Passengers & 10 zaptyes
            
            from Amara~
            
            
            
          
          
                I wrote a letter to Alexander
            
            dated tomorrow, for this mail
            
            leaving tomorrow morning
            
            Via Bombay~
            
          
          
                At 9,,15 passed Azair;
            
            very light air & is getting warm
            
          
          
                At 0,,10 P.M. passed Gorna
            
            it became very hot & Sultry,
            
          
          
                At 3,,55 Arrived at Basreh
            
            there is no Mail steamer,
            
            the Khandalla is coming
            
            up & she was at Fâo yesterday,
            
            The SS. Koordistan is here loaded
            
            & ready to leave;
            
          
          
                At 5 1/2 P.M. the Mail Str.
            
            Khandalla arrived to the
            
            quarantine station;~ Rezooki
            
            Sayegh Came down to me, he
            
            says that Rufail is gone up
            
            to Gorna to his property about
            
            4 days ago; to collect some
            
            Arrears of revenue due by
            
            the Arab farmers;~
            
          
          
                Mr. De Sarzec, his wife &
            
            son have returned from
            
            
            Tello by way of Nasryeh
            
            about 6 days ago & are
            
            living at G. Asfar they
            
            are going away by next
            
            mail boat via Bombay
            
            At 6 Rezooki and I went up to
            
            his house where I dined
            
            with him & slept on top of
            
            the house, light N.W. breeze
            
            & cool night~.
            
          
        
        
          
            19 Sund
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_312_13:202]
                        
          
          
            [A47_312_18:203]
                       
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine but not
            
            so refreshing, at 6 1/2 A.M.
            
            I came on board, I sent
            
            for my papers & got my
            
            [illegible]& a packet of french
            
            papers & pamphlets sent
            
            by Alexander, the last date
            
            of the 15 May, ~
            
            I have had a little diarrhea
            
            last night from eating some
            
            melons, I do not feel well
            
            to go in to Basrah, Rezooki
            
            came to take me but I
            
            would not go, so we went
            
            up to his place & spent
            
            the day at 11 am. I laid
            
            in & red the papers ~
            
            
          
          
             At about 3 1/2 p.m. Roofail
            
            came down from Neshwa
            
            where he had gone about
            
            some claim~
            
            At 3 Rezooki & I went over
            
            to Jeboory Asfar, he is not
            
            going to send the box of
            
            marmalade we made for
            
            Alexander by the Koordistan
            
            as she is not going to touch
            
            at Marseilles & wants
            
            to send it by the Godistan
            
            chartered for Yousif Korkis
            
            & the other merchants &
            
            will be leaving Basreh
            
            by the end of July ~ I saw
            
            Mons. De Sarzec, he is going
            
            to leave by next weaks
            
            mail steamer via Bombay
            
          
          
                    We returned to Rufail
            
            at 7 P.M. very calm
            
            weather ~
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Mond
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Very calm & sultry weather
            
            The S.S. Koordistan left
            
            
            at about 3 1/2 A.M. also
            
            the mail Str Khandalla
            
            left at the same time;
            
            The S.S. Mossul arrived at
            
            about 4 A.M.;
            
          
          
                    At 6 I came on board
            
            weather is very warm &
            
            calm but at 10 a modte
            
            N.W. breeze began to blow,
            
            but my cabin is very
            
            warm, especially when
            
            they lit the fire in the
            
            engineroom it became
            
            like an oven & felt myself
            
            very weak;
            
          
          
                    Rezooki & Roofail came
            
            & Rezooki Angoorly etc,
            
            We have been doing
            
            nothing today the ship
            
            is loaded, at last least we
            
            took every thing that was
            
            left in the Barge~
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [20 JUN 1898 ;mdash; V047_34_N] (//)

        

      

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        289101,99519,519 1/2
      

        
          
            Draft
          
          
            At 5 p.m. P.M. we got under
            
            way, & proceeded;
            
            fearfully warm in my cabin
            
            from the Engine room, I
            
            could not give tickets, &
            
            had to go up on deck and
            
            do it~ The weather is cool
            
            with a modte N.W. wind
            
            I slept on the top of the
            
            house ~
            
            At 10,,50 passed Gorna
            
          
        
        
          
            21 Tuesd.
          
                 
          
            [A47_315_16:204]
                       
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            At 0,,5 A.M. 0,,5 we dropped anchor
            
            near Zechyeh ~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,30 proceeded, very
            
            calm weather, a light
            
            N.W. breeze springing up;
            
          
          
                    At 6,,10 passed Azair
            
            finished with the passengers
            
            tickets ~
            
            We have altogether 207 1/2
            
            (4 in 1st Class, Mr. Ovsinkoff
            
            the Chancelier for the
            
            
            Russian Consul, he speaks
            
            french not so well, also little
            
            Turkish & Russian; Yousif
            
            Abdulahad nephew of
            
            Aboo Shooker, our fireman
            
            with his wife, and Seyd
            
            Ahmed Effendi a clerk in
            
            the quarantine of Baghdad,
            
            and one in 2nd Class Artin
            
            [illegible] and 9
            
            workmen from the Dock
            
            of Mejidieh, our passengers
            
            are mostly pilgrims returning
            
            from Mecca Persians &
            
            some Arabs~
            
            Detained at the Elbow
            
            from 8 1/2 till 9 am. in
            
            going round~
            
          
          
                    At 11,,50 landed 2 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh & took 2
            
            & went on at 12 ~
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. the new anchor
            
            Launch which was built at
            
            Basreh by our carpenter &
            
            Blacksmith taking it in
            
            tow astern of our anchor
            
            Launch got filled with
            
            
            water, we anchored to
            
            bale her out & to collect the
            
            planks which had floated
            
            away ~ At 3,,10 we got
            
            under way & went on ;
            
          
          
                    At 6,, P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 22 1/2
            
            passengers & 14 packages
            
            & a Quantity of date branches
            
            for Lynch's wool Press;
            
          
          
                    We took 5 tons of Coal
            
            & 70 packages hides & Ghee
            
            & Copper~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,50 P.M. left
            
            Amara, light N.W. air
            
            & fine; It is very nice and
            
            cool on the top of the house;
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Wedn Ther @ 5,74 5 1/4 Noon 100 4 P.M. 100
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine cool
            
            morning~ Gave tickets to
            
            36 1/2 Amara passengers;
            
          
          
                    At 7,,20 A.M. landed
            
            8 passengers at Ali Gherbi~ weather
            
            calm & getting warm
            
            & went on at 7,,30 took
            
            5 passengers;~ weather
            
            calm & getting warm
            
            
            At 6,,30 p.m. P.M. arrived at
            
            Coot landed 6 passengers,
            
            Took in 5 tons of coal,
            
            Modte N.W. wind ~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,55 left Coot~
            
            very light air & fine ~
            
            a fresh wind get up & blew
            
            all the night, took 29 Passengers
            
          
        
        
          
            23 Thursd Therm @ 5.72 Noon 89
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_318_05:205]
                        
          
          
            At 1,,15 A.M. met the S.S.
            
            Phrat & Barge bound down
            
            at Anchor at Hamraya,
            
            her boat came off to us with
            
            6 passengers coming to meet
            
            a friend of them Seyd Ahmed
            
            Effendi Mutwelly of the
            
            Tekyeh of Ras Gherayeh who
            
            was at Mecca; we took them
            
            and went on at 1,,20 ~
            
          
          
                    At 2,,50 picked 3 passengers
            
            from Bughela came off in
            
            a Goffa~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,20 A.M. passed Memlah
            
            moderate cool N.W. wind,
            
            an exceptionally cool
            
            weather the wind is so
            
            fresh & pleasant ~
            
            At 11.15 passed Azizieh
            
            
          
          
                    At 1,,10 p.m. passed the
            
            S.S. Khalifah going down
            
            at the top of Rmelat reach
            
            near the new house
            
            now being built at the
            
            bottom of Gutnyeh reach
            
            belonging to Mahomed
            
            Pasha Daghestany and
            
            Abduljebbar the lawyer,
            
            & just at the same place
            
            where we met her as we
            
            were going down~
            
            Strong N.W. wind blowing
            
            and cool~
            
          
          
                    At 2,,45 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort;
            
            At 4,,45 went alongside
            
            the bank above Swera (opposite
            
            Dawer) & landed 78 young
            
            date trees of H. Abdulghany
            
            Khdery on freight, for his
            
            property there & went on
            
            at 4,,55 ~
            
            The day kept exceptionally
            
            cool today; the water is very
            
            cool all the day;
            
            
            Wind fell before sunset & is
            
            very cool & pleasant; moon
            
            is 4 days old;~ I slept in
            
            my cabin & found it very nice
            
            & cool, ~At 11 passed Ctesiphon
            
          
          
                    Modte N.W. & very cool weather
            
          
        
        
          
            24 Frid Therm @ 5.70
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            [A47_320_09:206]
                       
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            At 1,,45 A.M. passed the
            
            Diala, at 2,,30 stopped
            
            below the Bridge of [illegible]
            
            waiting for the bridge to
            
            be opened, while here a Goffa
            
            came with about 10 persons
            
            coming from Baghdad to
            
            meet Seyd Ahmed of the Tekyeh
            
            Capt Cowley remained here
            
            till day light; at 4 am
            
            I landed & walked to town
            
            Artin Awaness also walked
            
            with me, it is very nice
            
            & exceptionally cool weather
            
            for this time of the season,
            
            I arrived home at 5 1/2
            
            saw Eliza alright but
            
            little weak from last week's
            
            diarrhea she had ~
            
            The Blosse Lynch arrived
            
            at 6 1/2~ I found
            
            
            two letters from Alexander
            
            from Vienna of last week's
            
            post & yesterday dated
            
            the of May & of this
            
            month, also a Postal Card
            
            of the 30 Ulto sent from the
            
            top of the Khalenberg hill
            
            where he had gone by himself
            
            he is very well, taking
            
            his German lesson from Dr.
            
            Bayer, and goes to a large
            
            merchants office, a very
            
            extensive export firm he
            
            is very glad of this place &
            
            the Director is very satisfied
            
            with him, he was recommended
            
            to this large house by Mr.
            
            Böhm, who also writes to
            
            me a very nice letter &
            
            telling me how he is looking
            
            after Alexander~
            
            found also a telegram
            
            from Alexander dated
            
            the 20th which arrived on the
            
            21st asking us for money
            
            
            he requires he says
            
	    
	    
           Eliza Svoboda
            
            Baghdad
            
            Require hastly 500 advise
            
            Korkis ~
            
          
          
                    His expenses for May bas been
            
            very large 648 frcs, for his
            
            travelling from Paris and
            
            his attendance by the Doctor
            
            to cure his eye etc; So I
            
            could not possibly avoid
            
            sending him as he may be
            
            in great need; I went to
            
            Yousif Korkis & asked him
            
            to give me a telegram to
            
            his brother Rezooki for
            
            20 £ Stg which he did
            
            as follows,
            
	    
	    
            RazKallah London
            
            [illegible] Svoboda Vingt Sterlin
            
            Korkis
            
	    
	    
            7 words which I sent to the
            
            telegraph Office at 1 P.M.
            
            & I paid frcs 5,,20~
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. I called on Alice
            
            & Sister Emilia I & left
            
            at 6 came home; Johny
            
            & Artin called on us
            
            
            
            in the evening~
            
          
          
                very cool weather, we feel
            
            it quite cold on the top of
            
            the house & the water is as
            
            cold as ice~
            
          
        
        
          
            25 Satur Therm@ 5,64
          
          
            Modte Very Cool N.W.
            
            breeze, quite cold in bed,
            
          
          
                At 7 Am I called on Menusha
            
            Henry's Wife & then came
            
            on board; The S.S. Ressafah
            
            is inside discharging cargo;
            
            I went home at 10~ Had a
            
            warm bath~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. air & not so cool
            
            Moon 6 days old~
            
          
        
        
          
            26' Sund Therm@ 5,72
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ at
            
            7 1/2 A.M. I called on Antone
            
            Marine & then we went to
            
            church, I then called on
            
            Nessoory Andrea who has
            
            come up from Basreh for 15
            
            days leave & is going down
            
            with us; Called on the Assyrian
            
            Bishop, on the Chaldean
            
            Patriarch Abed Ysho,
            
            Catterina Yaghchi, Sister
            
            
            Medula, Menusha &
            
            came home at 12; at 2 1/2
            
            P.M. called on Eassayee
            
            brothers; Shemoony & her
            
            sons of Korkis, on Sister
            
            Eliza & Alice, came home
            
            at 6~ Light air and
            
            not so cool but pleasant,
            
          
        
        
          
            27' Mond Therm @ 5, 74
          
          
            1898 June
          
          
            Very light air or Calm,
            
            at 4 1/2 A.M. We were up
            
            Eliza & I went to Sister
            
            Eliza there took Alice,
            
            Terrooza Regina & Bella
            
            daughter of Terrooza and
            
            We got a Goffa & dropped
            
            down to Asfar's Garden
            
            where all the Asfars & family
            
            are now out also Sedy
            
            Wife of Jeboory Asfar,
            
            there were the Monseigneur
            
            Altmayer & Père Augustin
            
            but they rode in to town
            
            Eliza & I went to Asfar's
            
            & the rest of my nieces
            
            
            
            went to Tanton's family,
            
            I also went then for few
            
            minutes; they wont let
            
            them return with me,
            
            so I dispensed with the
            
            Goffa, & I walked into
            
            town with Yousif Asfar
            
            left at 7 & arrived at home
            
            at 7 3/4, at 8 1/2 I came
            
            on board; We are discharging
            
            Cargo~
            
          
          
                At 10 I went to the Office to
            
            Mr. Bottomley & took 52£ for
            
            wages~ At 11 came home;
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. called on Menusha,
            
            at 6 1/2 Went over to Sister
            
            Eliza & spent the evening on
            
            top of the house, my wife
            
            & the daughter of Eliza, Terrooza
            
            & Regina came back
            
            from Asfar's Garden at 7,
            
            We then went home at 9,
            
            light N.W. & fine~
            
          
        
        
          
            28' Tuesd Therm @ 5, 76
          
          
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            1898 June
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            at 7 A.M. I came on board
            
            to pay the ship's company
            
            
            
            their wages;~
            
          
          
                The S.S. Mossul arrived
            
            at 2 AM; The Ressafah
            
            is loading to leave tomorrow,
            
          
          
                At 10 went home, Sister
            
            Medula called on us~
            
          
          
                At 3 P.M. I came on board,
            
            We are shipping some cargo,
            
            but most of it went to
            
            the Ressafah, as Yousif
            
            Korkis & two or three other
            
            merchants here are getting
            
            a steamer out for their cargo
            
            the Goolistan chartered
            
            by Rezooki Korkis from
            
            Bucknal, @ 25 Shilling the
            
            ton, whereas Asfar & Strick
            
            are asking 35, & so they
            
            have got a steamer and
            
            are collecting all the cargo
            
            they can, their agent in
            
            Basreh is Kassim Khdery,
            
          
          
                At 5 1/2 P.M. I went home,
            
            took Eliza & went over to Antone
            
            Marine & spent the evening on
            
            the top of the house we
            
            
            returned at 8 1/2~ Light N.W. &
            
            cool a little~
            
          
        
        
          
            29' Wedn.
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ at
            
            7 am Called on Menusha
            
            being Henry's holyday today
            
            of St Peter & St Paul~
            
            I then came on board,
            
            the Ressafah left this morning
            
            at 3 1/2 A.M.~ The Mossul
            
            went in to discharge cargo,
            
          
          
                I finished Alexander's letter
            
            for tomorrow's Post, I also
            
            wrote to Mr. J. Böhm, and
            
            to Blockey at Cheshnut;
            
          
          
                We are shipping very little
            
            cargo~
            
          
          
                At 10 1/2 I went home,
            
            Kass Philippus the Armenian
            
            called on us;
            
          
          
                Wind blowing fresh and
            
            hot with dust; At 1 P.M.
            
            came on board;~ We shipped
            
            some cargo through & Local
            
            It is very hot on my cabin
            
            the wind being so hot too,
            
          
          
                At 6 1/2 P.M. I went
            
            
            home~
            
          
        
        
          
            30 Thursd
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind~ at
            
            3 1/2 AM I came on board,
            
          
        
      
      
        
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            1898 July
          
          
          
                At 4 A.M. got underway
            
            & proceeded~
            
          
          
                At 6,, passed Diala river
            
            At 7,,10 passes Ctesiphon
            
          
          
                We have altogether 91 1/2
            
            passengers (2 in 1st Class
            
            Nessoory Andrea the Shahbender
            
            of Basreh with free Return
            
            ticket by Lynch Brothers and
            
            a Turkish lady the daughter
            
            of Said Pasha Motserrif of
            
            Hassa)~
            
          
          
                At 11,,50 passed the S.S. Khalifah
            
            going up at Thaji just
            
            above Baghdadieh Fort,
            
            Toni Angoorly on board;
            
            Fresh N.W. wind hot,
            
          
          
                At 0,,5 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort;
            
          
          
                At 2 P.M. passed
            
            
            Azizieh, hot wind blowing
            
            this will soon evaporate
            
            the river;
            
          
          
                At 6,,35 passed Memlah;
            
            Light N.W. & air is cooling down;
            
          
          
                At 11,,5 P.M. arrived at Coot
            
            landed 18 passengers and 71
            
            packages; Received Henry's
            
            letters & my papers, we remained
            
            here for the night~
            
          
        
        
          
            1 Frid Therm @ 5. 81  Noon 108 4 P.M. 104
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather,
            
            At 4 Am we left Coot,
            
            Took 2 passengers; The S.S.
            
            Khalifah had little cargo
            
            69400 Okes including 30 Tons
            
            of Coal for Baghdad, there
            
            is no cargo left at Basreh
            
            for us to be shipped~
            
          
          
                At 10,,50 anchored above
            
            Ali Gherbi & landed 31
            
            packages & 2 passengers,
            
            Blowing a strong hot wind
            
          
          
                At 11,,20 left & proceeded
            
          
          
                At 6,,45 P.M. arrived
            
            at Amara, landed 15 1/2
            
            
            passengers & 69 Packges;
            
            we shipped Bales of Wool
            
            from Lynch Press & finished
            
            at 9 & remained for the night;
            
            Light N.W. & fine cool night
            
          
        
        
          
            2 Satur Therm @ 5,75
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W. & cool morning
            
            & very pleasant~
            
          
          
                At 2,,30 A.M. left Amara,
            
            At 4,,15 passed the S.S. Phrat
            
            & Barge going up~
            
          
          
                At 5,,45 landed 2 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh; Went on at
            
            5,,50~ We took 10 passengers
            
            from Amara~
            
          
          
                At 8,,45 passed Azair;
            
            At 11, passed the S.S. Ressafah
            
            & Barge going down, she
            
            had left on Tuesday Morning
            
            from Baghdad~
            
          
          
                At 11,,35 landed 13 Packges
            
            at Gorna & went on at
            
            11,,45~ Light N.W. air
            
            but heavy & not refreshing;
            
          
          
                At 4 P.M. arrived at
            
            Basreh, The SS. Arabistan
            
            is here arrived 3 days ago;
            
            
            
            also the Mail Str Amra
            
            bringing the Mail of the
            
            SS. Pemba which she met in
            
            the Persian Gulf, & she leaves
            
            tomorrow;
            
          
          
                I wrote a letter to Alexander
            
            Vienna Via Bombay dated
            
            tomorrow & told him all about
            
            his return Journey & a list
            
            of the Stations from Alexandretta
            
            to Deir etc etc~
            
          
          
                Rezooki Came to me,
            
            we then went up to Jeboory
            
            Asfar to look for Alexander's
            
            case which he had given
            
            to Ibrahim Gejou to send
            
            in his boxes of last trip
            
            which I took up & was not
            
            found; I found it in the
            
            Baghdad Manifest for
            
            the Turkish Steamers a box
            
            Marked JJK & it is in the
            
            Custum House, I obtained
            
            a delivery order to take it
            
            here tomorrow; as Jeboory
            
            
            
            was very busy in Office
            
            with lots of people calling,
            
            so we left & went to Roofails
            
            house, but he is up at
            
            his Ground at Hedda
            
            since yesterday; Rezooki
            
            & I dined alone & slept
            
            on top of the house; Very
            
            light breeze & dampy,
            
          
          
                The Ressafah came
            
            down at 6 1/2 P.M.
            
          
        
        
          
            3 Sund.
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Very light N.W. dampy
            
            & disagreable Weather,
            
          
          
                At 7 Am I came on
            
            board, very warm in
            
            my cabin, the sun just
            
            striking at it;
            
          
          
                The mail Str Amra left
            
            this morning~
            
          
          
                I sent Hamadi to the Custum
            
            House to get me my case of
            
            Alexander, he brought it
            
            after having opened there
            
            & examined & Nessoory
            
            Andrea the Shahbender
            
            sent only 20 1/2 GSP duty
            
            
            
            on it, it contains the Photo
            
            in colour full plate size
            
            in a nice gilt frame of
            
            Alexander standing a
            
            very well taken likeness
            
            he looks bigger and
            
            many small objects he
            
            has sent which he did
            
            not require, also 10 Tubes
            
            of Secotine Glue (5 for
            
            Captain Cowley, some
            
            perfumery for Johny my
            
            Nephew, as Pomade &
            
            scent etc about 1/2 dozn
            
            pots & bottles & some
            
            envelopes & note paper
            
            for Alexander;~
            
          
          
                At 11 Rufail came to
            
            me & also Rezooki and
            
            we went in to Basreh
            
            to Tookyeh & also called
            
            on Ali Beg Mudir of Tapo,
            
            We returned to Tookyeh &
            
            had tea & we left at
            
            3 1/2 P.M. Came to the Steamer
            
            & at 5 Went up to Rufails
            
            at 6 We all went over
            
            
            
            to Jeboory Asfar & dined
            
            there, there was Nessoory
            
            Andrea also who slept
            
            there, at 10 we came
            
            to our place, a very light
            
            N.W. & rather dampy weather
            
            The Mail St Pemba arrived
            
            she had given the mail
            
            to the Amra in the Gulf
            
            which we have~
            
          
        
        
          
            4 Mond
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ at
            
            7 Am came on board~
            
            We are very light & having
            
            no cargo to ship except
            
            the Arabistans which was
            
            very little;
            
          
          
                Capt Cowley Went up to
            
            Maghil to see the Mejidieh
            
            in Dock; The Pemba
            
            has only brought us 22 packages
            
            which we took~
            
            It became very warm and
            
            wind fell~
            
          
          
                Rezooki & Rufail came also
            
            Ali Beg, Rezooki Angoorly etc
            
            
            
          
        
      
      
        
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                At 5,,10 P.M. We left Basreh
            
            & proceeded~ It is very warm
            
            and became dead calm
            
            and very disagreable; I am mad
            
            with my cabin so hot as fire
            
            near the boiler I cannot stop
            
            a minute in it; & we have
            
            these Christian women Aft
            
            the Wife of Andrawoos Dinha
            
            the 2nd Engineer of the Persian
            
            Str Persepolis in Bushire,
            
            she is the daughter of Isak
            
            Ferrany called Mina, and
            
            her two children, & Katta
            
            the sister of Isak Ferrany she
            
            paid Lower Deck & Mina
            
            in 1st Class; & they have two
            
            servants~
            
          
          
                At 11,, P.M. landed a passenger
            
            at Gorna & went on, Moon
            
            16 days old, a light N.W. breeze
            
            sprung up~
            
          
        
        
          
            5 Tuesd
          
          
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            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine~ At 3,,5
            
            AM. passed Azair
            
            
            
          
          
                The weather is cooler,
            
            I finished with the passengers
            
            tickets~
            
          
          
                At 8,,15 landed 4 passengers
            
            at Kalat Saleh (Nejim Effendi
            
            a New Kaimakam for
            
            this place among them) Took
            
            6 passengers & went on
            
            at 8,,20~
            
            A Modte N.W. Wind is blowing
            
          
          
                We have altogether from
            
            Basreh 76 Passengers
            
            one in 1st Class (Mina wife
            
            of Andrawus Dinha from
            
            Bushire & one in 2nd class
            
            the Man of Hotz called
            
            De Bono going to Coot
            
            & a Belem of Basreh with
            
            him on which we charged
            
            35 Rupees)~
            
          
          
                wind freshened up toward
            
            10 A.M.~
            
          
          
                At 1 P.M. arrived at Amara
            
            landed 24 passengers~
            
            shipped some Hides & Tins
            
            of Ghee~
            
          
          
                At 2 P.M. left Amara
            
            Took 26 passengers~
            
            
            Strong hot wind blowing
            
            At 7,,55 P.m. passed
            
            Ali Sherghi~
            
          
        
        
          
            6 Wedn Therm @ 5, 82 Noon 102
          
          
            Modte N.W. Wind & fine
            
            At 0,,55 A.M. arrived at
            
            Ali Gherbi went alongside
            
            & shipped 86 Bales of Wool
            
            of a Jew Yacoob Saleh~
            
            We remained for the rest of
            
            the night at anchor~
            
          
          
                At 4,,5 Am left Ali Gherbi,
            
            Wind freshening up, took
            
            one passenger;
            
          
          
                Detained 10 minutes below
            
            Coot in shoal water;
            
          
          
                At 3,,40 P.M. arrived
            
            at Coot landed 8 passengers
            
            & the Belem of De Bono
            
            himself & followers & also
            
            landed 2 Bales P. goods
            
            shipped 31 Bales of Wool
            
          
          
                At 5 P.M. left Coot,
            
            Took 41 Passengers;
            
            
            
          
          
                Detained 1/2 hour on a shoal
            
            place at Um el Ajaj~
            
          
        
        
          
            7th Thursd Therm @ 5, 76 Noon 98 4 P.M. 104
          
          
            Modte N.W. & fine cool night
            
          
          
                At 0,,40 Am passed Memlah
            
            Wind freshening up;
            
          
          
                At 8,,25 Am passed
            
            Azizieh, wind moderate &
            
            Cool;
            
          
          
                At 11,,35 passed Baghdadieh
            
            Fort~ At 0,,15 P.M. passed
            
            the S.S. Khalifah going down
            
            at Rwebyeh reach
            
          
          
                At 5,45 P.M. passed Bostan
            
            the wind has been hot today
            
          
          
                At 8,,5 passed Ctesiphon
            
            Very Calm Weather;
            
          
          
                The S.S. Mossul passed
            
            down this morning at 1 A.M.
            
            at Summer~
            
          
          
                At 10,,30 passed Diala
            
            river, fine moonlight
            
            night & pleasant weather
            
          
        
        
          
            8 Frid
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
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            The Mushir Pasha's destitution; leaving Baghdad on the 17th Instant
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            At 1,,30 Am we landed
            
            the mails at the Residency
            
            & went up to the
            
            
            
            Custum House, The S.S.
            
            Phrat is alongside here;
            
          
          
                I went home at 3 Am
            
            went on top of the house saw Eliza
            
            & sat talking with her about
            
            Alexander, there are two letters
            
            here arrived one on the day of
            
            my leaving this last Thursday
            
            dated the 10 June & the second
            
            one arrived yesterday dated
            
            the 7th; I red them all; he
            
            has sent me his Turkish
            
            Passport (Murur Teskereh) asking
            
            me to get him a new one for
            
            this year to come on with it,
            
            because he says that Böhm
            
            told him he cannot get him
            
            an Austrian Passport as the
            
            Authority will then know
            
            that he is in Vienna, and in
            
            Septr there will take place
            
            the Conscription for the
            
            Soldiers, & he will be asked
            
            to serve his time in the military
            
            so he must leave Vienna
            
            by the end of August to
            
            come to Constantinople
            
            
            
            I received a letter from Blockey
            
            from Cheshnut the same
            
            place he is living in~
            
            I took a Cold bath~ At 3 P.M.
            
            I called on Antone Marine in
            
            the Residency;~
            
          
          
                I hear that the Mushire
            
            Rejeb Pasha is to be shifted
            
            from here to Tripoli in Algeria
            
            by an Order from Constantple
            
            it is to the regret of every body
            
            here Christians, Mahomedans
            
            & Jews because he is one
            
            of the best man in the Turkish
            
            service, a very honest streight
            
            forward man, a just and
            
            wise administrator, he
            
            belongs to the New School
            
            & a liberal & open hearted;
            
            The present Waly here Atta-
            
            Allah Pasha who is a very
            
            Old Man, Very fanatic &
            
            lazy, & does no good to the
            
            Welfare of the people and
            
            the Country, hated by every
            
            body, but a has a great
            
            influence & being a relative
            
            of the Sheikh ul Islam
            
            
            
            and hates the Mushir in
            
            his internal feelings, being
            
            jealous of him because
            
            every body likes the latter,
            
            has been undermining him
            
            and, the Sultan hates every
            
            person in his service who has
            
            such influence & liberality
            
            with the nation;& frightened
            
            by false rumour being
            
            represented to him, that if
            
            the Mushire is allowed to
            
            be left in Baghdad where
            
            his popularity is gaining
            
            ground, he might eventually
            
            gain his independence by
            
            having all the Army Corps
            
            siding with him as well as
            
            the population, and it might
            
            end by the dismemberment
            
            of Irak Arabia from
            
            the Turkish Dominion,
            
            The population here had
            
            telegraphed to Constple in
            
            begging & praying the Porte
            
            to let him remain here
            
            
            as he has done no end of
            
            good to the country; but
            
            this step it appears has
            
            made things worse, and
            
            the Mushire even did not
            
            like it at all, for this act
            
            will confirm the Waly's
            
            report against him; The
            
            Mushir of Yemen also has
            
            been changed & is appointed
            
            here to replace Rejeb Pasha,
            
            other Mushir's have been
            
            also changed for equal
            
            reasons, The Sultan gets so
            
            alarmed now at the slightest
            
            news he hears, though untrue
            
            and false, at any person
            
            in Authority taking a liberal
            
            view in advancing Civilization
            
            in his dominion;
            
          
          
                I called on Sister Eliza where
            
            Emilia & Alice also were &
            
            came home at 5 1/2, found
            
            Antone Marine there~
            
          
          
                Light N.W. & fine but not
            
            so cool & refreshing;
            
            
            
          
          
                Yesterday being my Son
            
            Alexander's birthday born
            
            on the 7 July 1878 so he has
            
            just finished his 20 years
            
            I sent him today before
            
            noon this telegram;
            
	    
	    
            "Svoboda
            
             Handelsmuseum
            
             Berggasse
            
             Vienna
            
             Happy Birthday love
            
             Svoboda"
            
	     
	     
            I would have sent it before
            
            only I was on the way from
            
            Basreh~
            
          
        
        
          
            9' Satur Th@ 5, 80
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            at 6 1/2 Am I came on board,
            
            The Phrat is inside discharging,
            
          
          
                At 10 went home, had
            
            a cold bath, the warm water
            
            is unsupportable & it is
            
            so hot to be able to resist
            
            the warm water~
            
          
          
                At Noon as we were at
            
            breakfast, a telegram came
            
            to me from Alexander
            
            
            dated yesterday, it says
            
	    
	    
            Svoboda Baghdad
            
            Turquie Asie
            
            Advantageous Affaire In
            
            hand, require thousand florins
            
            instruct Korkis ~
            
	    
	    
            We knew it from his letters
            
            that he was buying some goods
            
            to be sold here, & they were
            
            offered to him so very cheap,
            
            I therefore went at once
            
            to Yousif Korkis & asked
            
            him to give me a telegram
            
            to his brother Rezooki in
            
            London for 90 £ Stg which
            
            is little over 1000 florins
            
            & he gave me this telegram
            
	    
	    
            Korkis London
            
            Payèz Svoboda Nonante
            
            Sterling:~ Korkis
            
	    
	    
            I sent it at once & was wired
            
            off ~
            
          
          
                Modte hot wind & dusty
            
            it is very hot at noon,
            
            
          
        
        
          
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            Modte N.W. & fine ~
            
            At 8 A.M. went to Church
            
            & then called on Katerina Yaghchi
            
            the Assyrian Bishop, to
            
            Sedy wife of Jeboory Asfar,
            
            on Chekoory Andrea,
            
            Polus Serkis, [illegible] Magho,
            
            Abood, Sister Medoola,
            
            Menusha & came home,
            
            found Mr. & Mrs. Bottomley
            
            there had come to visit us
            
            for the first time since we
            
            arrived from Europe;
            
          
          
                    At noon Eliza & I went
            
            over to Antone Marine
            
            to breakfast there by invitation
            
            there were Sedy wife of
            
            Jeboory & children, & the
            
            Asfars family ~
            
          
          
                    At 2 p.m. P.M. We left & I
            
            called on the Delegate Monsgr.
            
            Altmayer, on Alice &
            
            Sister Eliza & came
            
            home at 6 P.M.
            
            
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            a strong nasty wind
            
            blew throughout the
            
            night;
            
          
        
        
          
            11 Mond Therm@ 5,81 Noon 111 4 P.M. 112
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
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            Fresh N.W. wind blowing
            
            but warm; at 4 A.M. we were
            
            up; we took our tea, as
            
            proposed before, we are going
            
            to Kadumain to visit my
            
            friend the British Agent
            
            Nawab Agha Mahomed, who
            
            has had an accident last
            
            month by falling down
            
            from the top of his house to
            
            the street a great hight &
            
            fractured his arm etc;
            
          
          
                    Alice came to go with us
            
            also Eliahoo [illegible] the
            
            Jew Residency Banker,
            
            I hired a carriage a sort
            
            of Landeau for one Mejidie
            
            & we started from the
            
            Ras Ghereyeh to [illegible]
            
            at 5 A.M. at 5 1/2 we
            
            alighted at the bridge
            
            
            of Moaddem & walked
            
            across to Kadumain
            
            went to Agha Mahomed's
            
            house a fine building,
            
            we sat in the Serdab &
            
            he came to us, he is getting
            
            on well, we had Tea ate etc,
            
            My wife & Alice went to
            
            see his family, after an
            
            hour at 8 A.M. we left &
            
            came to the train Carr
            
            & started back to Baghdad
            
            it took 3/4 hour to get to
            
            the town the horses are going
            
            so very slow; we took
            
            a Goffa & dropped down
            
            to Sister Eliza's house where
            
            we stayed an hour & left
            
            At 10 1/2 & came on board
            
            for an hour & then went
            
            home~ the Bishop
            
            Aghnatius called on us;
            
          
          
                    Very hot day the wind
            
            
            is so burning hot the
            
            same wind has sat in
            
            for the last few days;
            
          
        
        
          
            12 Tuesday Therm@ 5,84 Noon 106 4 P.M. 113
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
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            Modte N.W. wind, but not
            
            so cool & refreshing
            
            At 7 A.M. called on Menusha
            
            & then came on board,
            
            the Phrat is loading, & we
            
            are also but there is very
            
            little cargo for us; I went
            
            home at 10~ It is getting
            
            very warm & hot~
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. I came on board
            
            it is fearfully warm in the my
            
            Cabin it cannot be resisted,
            
            We shipped some cargo,
            
            A very light & S.Ely breeze
            
            sprung this afternoon and
            
            became very warm and
            
            oppressive~
            
            At 5 I left the Ship went home
            
            found Eliza & Adoola my
            
            Cousins at 6 I went to
            
            call on the Mushir Rejeb
            
            Pasha to bid him good bye
            
            fetched Artin my Nephew
            
            
            who wanted to go with me,
            
            but as we got to the garden
            
            of Moolla Hamadi where
            
            he spends the day, we saw
            
            him leaving it to go to the
            
            harem, (the house of Rezooki
            
            Abood close by) so we walked
            
            back with him to the door
            
            & he excused himself as having
            
            some business in the harem
            
            we then wished him good
            
            bye & came back to my
            
            house; Johny also was here,
            
            It is very warm sultry &
            
            calm, everything is hot even
            
            after sunset~
            
          
        
        
          
            13 Wedn Therm@ 5.88 Noon 110 4 P.M. 115
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            [A47_351_07:215]
                        
          
          
            Very warm, light variable
            
            Air from East & N. Est, a
            
            thick mist on the horyzon,
            
            So sweting in bed even in
            
            the morning;~
            
          
          
                    At 7 A.M. I came on board
            
            & I wrote & finished Alexander's
            
            letter 6 sheets & told him
            
            everything, enclosing his
            
            
            old Turkish passport, also
            
            a letter of recommendation
            
            from Georgis Antone to his
            
            friend at Constple. Nazaret
            
            Kasbaryan, at Mostapha
            
            Pasha Han, to advance
            
            him about 30 L Liras should
            
            he require, & other papers,
            
            also wrote a letter to Mr. J
            
            Böhm & enclosed it in that
            
            of Alexander & told him all
            
            about the passport for Alexander
            
            & to facilitate his departure,
            
            I sent a packet of samples
            
            of silk pieces, Touls, Shales
            
            cigarette papers & other
            
            ordinary paper etc & gave
            
            it to Yacoob Nearo to be
            
            Posted via Damascus;
            
            my letter is registered and
            
            so is the parcel too;
            
            The S.S. Phrat left at 4
            
            A.M. for Basreh with Barge,
            
            There are still lots of fever
            
            at Baghdad & great mortality
            
            
            amongst the children
            
            dying from sudden fits
            
            mostly amongst the Jews,
            
          
          
                    At 11 am I went home,
            
            It is very warm & sultry, breeze
            
            again shifted to S. Est;
            
            At 2 P.M. came on board
            
            We shipped some more cargo;
            
            The heat is most intense
            
            a light S. Ely air & very
            
            close weather;
            
          
          
                    A 5 1/2 P.M. I went home,
            
            My servant H. Hamadi
            
            is not coming down with
            
            us this time, he has got the
            
            fever & has stayed in his
            
            house, I engaged H. Mahomed
            
            brother of Ferj to go down
            
            with me~
            
            The weather keeps very calm
            
            & so hot misty like a
            
            vapor with a light S. Ely
            
            breeze but as hot as
            
            fire~
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            14 Thursd Therm @ 5.91 Noon 104 4 p.m P.M. 109
          
            
            It kept warm till about
            
            2 A.M. when the moon rose
            
            & a modte N.Ely wind
            
            came on~
            
            At 3 1/2 A.M.. I came on
            
            board~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [14 JUL 1898 ;mdash; V047_37_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        9082,54813,732
      

        
          
            1989 July
          
          
          
                    At 4,,15 A.M. Got underway
            
            & proceeded~ modte N.W.
            
            wind but warm~
            
          
          
                    At 5 passed the S.S. Ressafah
            
            & Barge going up, Mohsen
            
            Pasha on board coming from
            
            Basreh to act as Commander
            
            in Chief temporarily in place
            
            of the Mushir Rejeb Pasha
            
            until the Mushir of Yemen
            
            Fezi Pasha comes who has
            
            been appointed in his place,
            
          
          
                    At 6,,15 passed Diala;
            
            At 7,,15 passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 8,, we grounded at Seyafyeh
            
            above Temreh reach~
            
            
            
          
          
                    Sent the pilot to sound and
            
            mark the channel;
            
          
          
                    At 8,,55 weighed & proceeded
            
            wind blowing hot~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,5 p.m P.M. met the S.S.
            
            Khalifah at the bottom of
            
            Dawar reach she stopped
            
            & sent her boat off with the
            
            through specie she did
            
            not catch the Bombay
            
            mail boat, I got letters
            
            & papers sent by Henry also
            
            a letter from Alexander
            
            from Vienna dated the
            
            5 of June & a Packet of
            
            French Papers~ We went
            
            On at 0,,10 P.M.;
            
          
          
                    At1,,35 P.M. passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort~ very
            
            hot weather; the wind fell
            
            in the afternoon & became so
            
            hot & oppressive;
            
            At 3,,30 P.M. passed Azizieh;
            
          
          
                    We have altogether
            
            76 ½ passengers (one only
            
            in 2nd class a Mahomedan
            
            
            
          
          
                    Thabet Effendi with through
            
            ticket for Bahrein~
            
          
          
                    Light S.Ely breeze or calm
            
            & hot as a furnace~
            
          
          
                    Detained at [illegible]
            
            in shoal water from 6,,15
            
            P.M. to 6,,30; very calm
            
            & warm weather  Ther. in my
            
            Cabin 108˚~
            
          
          
                    At 9 P.M. we anchored for
            
            the night at Memlah; very
            
            light air & warm weather;
            
          
          
                    Light N.W. breeze, & not cool
            
            at all; at 4 am. We left
            
            Memlah;
            
          
        
        
          
            15 Frid Therm@ 5.90 Noon 106 4 P.M 114
          
          
            1989 July
          
          
            At 8,,20 am, arrived at Coot
            
            landed 14 ½ passengers and
            
            48 packages~ It is has been
            
            very hot here too for the last
            
            5 days, people are complaining
            
            of it~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,45 left Coot,
            
            the islands have all come
            
            out of the water & the channel
            
            is getting intricate~
            
          
          
                    Took 4 passengers from
            
            Coot, wind N. Ely and
            
            
            
            hot;
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. we passed the S.S
            
            Phrat with Barge bound
            
            down having left one day
            
            before us; .Very hot N.W.
            
            wind blowing, it is 114˚ degrees
            
            outside of my Cabin;
            
          
          
                    At 4,,40 P.M. anchored off
            
            Ali Gherbi & landed 21 Packages
            
          
          
                    At 5,,10 left Ali Gherbi
            
            Modte but very hot N.W.
            
            wind, Capt Cowley is always
            
            down in the Saloon with
            
            the Punka over his head &
            
            wet towels on his head
            
            & has brought a large box
            
            of Ice about 40 okes &
            
            is using it always;
            
          
          
                    It was very hot in the first
            
            part of the night, the bed was
            
            as hot as fire, but it became
            
            cooler toward midnight,
            
          
        
        
          
            16 Satur Therm@ 5.83 Noon 102 4 PM 108                                                        
          
          
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            1989 July
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            At 1 Am arrived at Amara
            
            landed 17 passengers &
            
            66 packages~ Light N.W.
            
            & cool weather; we shipped
            
            
            
            199 Bales of wool from
            
            Lynch’s Press~
            
          
          
                    At 3,,45 Am left Amara,
            
            Light N. Ely breeze & cool,
            
            there are clouds on the
            
            Eastern Horyzon, the first
            
            time appearing, from the
            
            great heat~ Took 9 ½
            
            passengers from Amara,
            
          
          
                    At 7 passed Kalat Saleh
            
            there troops encamped here
            
            on the opposite side, there
            
            has been a disturbance
            
            lately caused by the Motserrif
            
            of Amara Mostapha Pasha
            
            who came here to fill
            
            his pocket from Sheikh
            
            Seyhood (the runaway brigand
            
            who had attacked the Khalifah,
            
            & now made Sheikh and
            
            reinstated by the Turks &
            
            farmed lands here and
            
            the Motserrif wanted to
            
            exact more money from
            
            him and his sons Faleh,
            
            Kathem etc, the Motserrif
            
            having taken one of the
            
            
            
            sons & put him in prison, and
            
            the father Seyhood came
            
            and attacked the village
            
            and fired shots from the
            
            opposite side on the telegraph
            
            office where the Motserrif
            
            was sitting; he sent for
            
            some troops, & the Khalifah
            
            had been given 28 zaptyeh
            
            guards instead of 10 as
            
            usual, but we have only
            
            11 this time from Amara,
            
          
          
                    At 8,,45 stopped to repair
            
            the steering chain got broken
            
            At 9,,40 left; weather
            
            became very calm and
            
            fearfully warm, hazy
            
            & sultry~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,50 passed Azair,
            
            We passed the S.S. Mossul
            
            & Barge going up last night
            
            At 10 ¾ P.M.~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,35 P.M.passed
            
            Gorna~
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 5,,45 P.M. arrived
            
            at Basreh, we suffered the
            
            heat so moisty most
            
            awfully as the breeze
            
            was behind us,~
            
          
          
                    The Arabistan is up here
            
            from the quarantine;
            
            The Mail Str has left yesterday,
            
            wha a bad arrangement the
            
            B.I Steamers are making they
            
            are always changing their
            
            time; There is a steamer the
            
            “Chatam” in quarantine with
            
            Paraffin for the Maymerry;
            
          
          
                    The ship is burning hot;
            
            it is impossible to get in
            
            my cabin; I would not go
            
            to Rufails place, because
            
            they have all the Angoorlies
            
            living there Tookyeh & her
            
            husband and Tonie’s wife &
            
            children etc; but I suffered
            
            the heat most awfully,
            
            even in bed on the upper
            
            deck I could not breath,
            
            Although there is a light
            
            N.W breeze but it is so
            
            
            
          
          
                    Nasty, warm & moisty,
            
            we discharged cargo at
            
            night~
            
          
        
        
          
            17 Sund. The 5 A.M. 90 Noon 98 4 P.M. 99
          
          
            Light N.W. & sultry with 
            
            Some clouds on the Eastern
            
            quarter; weather not
            
            cool at all;
            
          
          
                    The S.S. Phrat came down
            
            early this morning~
            
            We are discharging & loading,
            
          
          
                    My letter for Alexander
            
            of today’s date will have to
            
            remain for next mail;
            
          
          
                    As G.R. Sayegh came to me
            
            & would take me to go and
            
            breakfast with him to Rufails
            
            place saw Tookey & her
            
            husband only remaining
            
            there, but soon after I got
            
            there some visitors came
            
            to them, Yousif John his wife
            
            & sister & the mother of
            
            the Assyrian Priest, etc
            
            & so I left immediately
            
            & went to G. Asfar, he
            
            
            
            was in Basreh & came out
            
            at 12 ½  we breakfasted together
            
            & I remained spending
            
            the day, a fresh N.W wind
            
            is blowing all the day
            
            & it blew through strong too; at
            
            5 P.M. Rufail and & Rezooki came
            
            they played tennis &
            
            then we went on top of the
            
            house, Meneshi Gareh came
            
            there too~ at 8 I went
            
            to Rufail’s where I dined
            
            & slept, a light N.W. &
            
            cool night~
            
          
        
        
          
            18 Mond Therm. 82 Noon 95 4 P.M.
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W breeze & nice 
            
            cool morning, but rather
            
            dampy; I had tea with them
            
            & left at 5 ¾ am & passed
            
            on my way to Jeboory
            
            Asfar. I took from him
            
            70 T Liras being the interest
            
            of my money 1000 T Liras
            
            left with him for an other
            
            year commencing from
            
            the 1st Rabi Awal or 20th
            
            Instant, the bond is in
            
            
            Baghdad, which I will bring
            
            down next trip, he deducted
            
            what I owed him for the
            
            freight on the box of painting
            
            which Effie my niece
            
            sent me from Cairo, and
            
            Sawon Bazin of Port Said
            
            had charged me £ 1,,18,,9
            
            which came to 2 T Liras I
            
            paid him, I then came
            
            on board~ I closed the
            
            letter for Alexander the
            
            mail will leave Basreh on
            
            the 23rd Instt; she is due here
            
            tomorrow~
            
          
          
                    The S.S. Pemba arrived this
            
            Morning at 7 am but she
            
            did not bring the mail she
            
            is an extra boat; & an
            
            hour after one of the Persian
            
            Steamers also arrived I
            
            suppose the Henry Bolckow;
            
          
          
                    There is a Modte N.W. wind
            
            today & is a pleasant day
            
            except my cabin where not
            
            a breath of air is in it
            
            
            
            and I cannot stay in;
            
            We have very few passengers
            
            coming;
            
          
          
                    Rufail & Rezooki Sayegh
            
            came to me at P.M.~
            
            wind falling down a
            
            little~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [18 JUL 1898 ;mdash; V047_38_N] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        10561,6389,781 ¾4,,
      

        

          
                    At 5,,15 P.M. we left
            
            Basreh; Light N.W. but
            
            my cabin is hot & I
            
            am saturated with perspiration
            
            It cooled at night & became
            
            very nice & pleasant;
            
          
          
                    At 11,,30 we landed 4
            
            passengers at Gorna and
            
            went on at 11,,40~
            
            Light N.W & cool night;
            
          
        
        
          
            19th Tuesd Therm @ 5, 80
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            [A47_362_03:219]
                        
          
          
            [A47_362_23:220]
                       
          
          
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            At 0,50 AM we anchored
            
            at Zachyeh ~
            
          
          
                    At 4 proceeded, light N.W.
            
            & cool weather ~
            
          
          
                    Finished the passenger’s
            
            tickets yesterday, we have
            
            only 48 ½ in all (3 in
            
            
            
            1st class Cabins, Hyder
            
            Beg son of the Defterdar
            
            of Basreh & his mother,
            
            and Rezooki son Beshoory
            
            Tessy in Hotz’s employ)
            
          
          
                    At 6,,30 anchored below
            
            Azair to repair the Tiller’s
            
            cracked been carried away,
            
            At 7. Proceeded ~
            
          
          
                    At 7.10 passed Azair,
            
            Detained few minutes in
            
            some places shoal by easying
            
            and & stopping~ wind blowing
            
            warm~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,15 P.M. landed
            
            one passenger at Kalat
            
            Saleh, Some Troops are
            
            still here encamped;
            
            The Defterdar of Basreh
            
            (father of Hyder Beg who is
            
            going up with us now with
            
            his mother to Baghdad)
            
            also Sherif Beg the Taboor
            
            Aghassy & other Turkish
            
            Officials & Arabs in
            
            
            
            all 7 persons came on
            
            board to go up with us to
            
            the Canal Mejar (above
            
            Aboo Sedra) for investigation
            
            of the late disturbance
            
            with Seyhood & his sons not
            
            paying the debts etc, Capt
            
            Cowley took them all free
            
            At 0,,25 we went on;
            
          
          
                    At 1,35 the Aboo party
            
            landed on the West bank, where
            
            the Arabs are digging a new
            
            canal for irrigation~
            
          
          
                    At 5 P.m arrived at
            
            Amara landed 5 passengers
            
            took 5 Bund skins ~
            
          
          
                    At 6 left Amara took
            
            26 ½ passengers~ Modte
            
            N.W. wind blowing and
            
            nice cool weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            20 Thursd.
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Modte NW. but not cool;
            
            At 4,,30 Am. went alongside
            
            at Ali Gherbi , landed 7
            
            passengers; and shipped
            
            132 bales of wool, at 8 Paras
            
            per  Oke;
            
          
          
                    At 7.15 left Ali Gherbi
            
            
            
            Very hot and scorching wind
            
            blew throughout the day
            
            The Therm at 4 was 109˚
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 P.M. Arrived
            
            at Coot landed 5 ½ passengers
            
            We did not go alongside,
            
            but lots of passengers
            
            came off in Goffas; we
            
            were told that the channel
            
            here is blocked up, & we
            
            have to drop down below
            
            the village & steam up
            
            on the other side of the
            
            islands along the West
            
            bank, at 6,,45 we dropped
            
            down~ The Therm in my
            
            cabin at 7 P.M. is 106˚
            
          
          
                    At 7,,30 we rounded and
            
            passed Coot along the
            
            West bank~ Modte
            
            N.W. & fine cool weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            22: 21st Thursd
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
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            Fresh N.W. wind blowing all
            
            the night~ At 2 am we
            
            grounded at Hamraya
            
            
            Worked wind anchors
            
            fore & aft~ At 5,,40 we
            
            proceeded, strong wind
            
            still blowing, I had to
            
            come down to my cabin
            
            at 3 A.M. from the wind
            
            but it is not cool~
            
          
          
                    At 5,,50 passed Memlah
            
            Gave tickets to 29 Coot
            
            passengers;~ The river
            
            is getting very low, and
            
            every where are sand banks
            
            appearing~
            
          
          
                    We were detained at Han Seniyeh
            
            from 9 ½ till 10 in shoal
            
            water by this time the
            
            S.S. Ressafah & Barge came
            
            to pass down.~ Very strong
            
            wind blowing;
            
          
          
                    At 2,,10 P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            Village which is falling in
            
            ruins, being eaten by the
            
            river~ Very hot wind
            
            blowing 113˚ in my cabin;
            
          
          
                    At 2,55 P.M. passed the
            
            S.S Khalifah at Reddat
            
            going down, the wind
            
            is awfully hot as fire
            
            
            
          
          
                    At 5,,35 Pm passed
            
            Baghdadieh Fort;
            
          
          
                    I have asked Hyder Beg
            
            The son of the Defterdar to
            
            give me a letter of recommendation
            
            for Alexander at Constple
            
            & he gave me one to his
            
            friend Saleh-id-Din Beg
            
            in the Ministère de Finance
            
            at Place Bayazid, which
            
            I shall send to Alexander
            
            to Vienna by the next post
            
            of the 28 Instt~
            
          
          
                    At 12 P.M. grounded just
            
            at Bostan in turning round
            
            the reach, took anchor out
            
            & hove off & remained at
            
            anchor for the night;
            
            the wind was just first fresh &
            
            hot, I slept in one of the
            
            cabins in the saloon, but
            
            it was hot in the first part
            
            & could not sleep;
            
          
        
        
          
            22 Frid Therm @ 5.83
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W & fine cool
            
            morning~
            
          
          
                    At 4.30 AM. We proceeded
            
            
            
            from Bostan~
            
          
          
                    At 6, 45 am passed Ctesiphon
            
            At 9 passed Diala river,
            
            wind began to blow hot,
            
            but not so strong & hot as
            
            yesterday~
            
          
          
                    At 9,,40 the steering chain
            
            been carried away, we
            
            anchored for [r]epairs;
            
          
          
                    At 10,,40 proceeded, But a
            
            stool fell overboard, & people
            
            were sent on shore to pick
            
            it & bring on board and
            
            at 11 we went on;
            
          
          
                    At 11.45 landed a deckman
            
            at Gherrana & went on
            
            blowing hot strong wind
            
            dusty & hot;
            
          
          
                    At 2 P.M. landed mails
            
            at the Residency & went up
            
            to the Custom house, the
            
            S.S. Mossul is here alongside
            
          
          
                    I went home saw Eliza
            
            she is well; I found two
            
            letters from Alexander
            
            one of last week dated
            
            the 25 June of & the other
            
            
            
            of yesterday’s post dated
            
            the 1st Instant, he is very
            
            well but is annoyed in
            
            Vienna being so stranger
            
            & says that Mr. Böhm
            
            left on the 1st Instt for his
            
            summer country stay
            
            for about 2 months;
            
            Alexander counts leaving
            
            Vienna on the  30 of August
            
            he has received the 500
            
            frcs I sent him through
            
            R. Korkis he has bought
            
            some shoes about 100 pairs
            
            for that sum; I also
            
            received a letter from
            
            R. Korkis dated 1 July;
            
            Père Augustin (Sayegh)
            
            called on us also Antone
            
            Marine~
            
          
          
                    It is very hot here too;
            
            the terrace is also very hot
            
            & the bed like a furnace
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            23’ Satur
          
          
            Modte N.W & fine,
            
            but warm weather;
            
          
          
                    At 6 ½ Am I came on board
            
            but could not stay in my
            
            cabin; the heat of the sun
            
            making it as hot as fire
            
            I went back, called on
            
            Menusha; I went home
            
            It is fearfully hot as fire
            
            I took a cold bath; It
            
            is so very warm all the
            
            day & the night too;
            
          
        
        
          
            24’ Sund
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Modte N.W & fine but warm
            
            & disagreable; I went
            
            to call on Catterina Yaghchi,
            
            & then went to Church,
            
            I called on the Bishop, on
            
            Habib Chiha, Abduljebbar
            
            Antone Marine, Sister
            
            Medula etc. I came
            
            home at 11~
            
          
          
                    Very hot day, Strong wind
            
            & dusty~  Monseigneur Altmayer
            
            called on us; in the
            
            evening Johny called
            
            for an hour;
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            25’ Mond Therm @ 5.87
          
          
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            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W & fine with 
            
            some clouds on the Eastern
            
            Horyzon~ At 7 Am. I called
            
            on Sister Eliza & at 10 I
            
            went to the office to Mr.
            
            Bottomley about money &
            
            pay etc~ Came on board
            
            at 11; we are discharging
            
            cargo; I went home at
            
            12, Hot wind blowing.
            
          
          
                    At 3 P.M. I called on Alice
            
            & Sister Emilia & then called
            
            on Eliza & Adoola my cousins
            
            & came home at 6. P.M
            
            I found a telegram just
            
            arrived from Alexander
            
            from Paris sent on the 22
            
            Instt; which made [me] startle
            
            & astonished at his sudden
            
            departure from Vienna for
            
            Paris.
            
          
          
                    Svoboda Baghdad
            
            Suis Paris raison Majeur
            
            lettre suit~
            
            
	    
	    
            We are very anxious to know
            
            the cause of his return to
            
            Paris & cannot make it
            
            out, unless it be the cause
            
            of the Military Service that
            
            the authorities have heard
            
            of his being there through
            
            somebody, I suspect the
            
            sons of Isak Lurion either
            
            Faust or Edward, they
            
            saw that he was in the
            
            office of Olloi Schweizer
            
            the General export merchant
            
            & did this out of spite,
            
            in fact we were mad
            
            for having such a telegram
            
            I then at once sent this
            
            telegram to Ibrahim
            
            Gejou (after having asked
            
            his brother here to give
            
            me his address) and wrote
            
            out this and sent it at
            
            7 P.M. to the telegraph Office
            
            
            
          
          
                    Gejon
            
            3 Place Cambronne
            
             Paris
            
            Inquiét cause retour
            
            Alexandre informèz
            
                  Svoboda
            
          
          
            As Alexander had written
            
            to me on the 1st Instt, that Mr.
            
            Böhm had gone out of the
            
            country for a month or so
            
            & also Mr. Schweiger, &
            
            he was left alone & lonely
            
            in town not knowing any
            
            body & perhaps the Police
            
            there had enquired about him
            
            & Alexander was frightened
            
            & left Vienna for
            
            Paris;~
            
          
        
        
          
            26 Tuesd
          
          
            Light N.W. & fine weather
            
            I went at 6 ½ am to
            
            Mr. Julietti, & explained to
            
            him all & asked him
            
            
            
            that should the answer of
            
            my telegram come after
            
            my leaving this place
            
            to forward it on to me
            
            at Amara~ I called
            
            on Sister Medula & came
            
            home wrote Alexanders
            
            letter & came on board
            
            at 8; The S.S Mossul left
            
            this morning at 4 A.M.
            
          
          
                    At 8 ½ am the S.S Phrat
            
            arrived;
            
          
          
                    I went home at 11, a very hot
            
            wind still blowing, ~
            
            Alice & Terrooza my nieces
            
            called on us at 3 P.M. also
            
            Sedy wife of Jeboory Asfar
            
            and Terrooza wife of Antone
            
            & himself also called in the
            
            evening;
            
          
        
        
          
            27 Wedn Therm @ 5.82
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W air & fine
            
            Light N.W. & fine cool breeze
            
            At 7 am I came on board
            
            we shipped some cargo,
            
            
            
            The river is getting very low
            
          
          
                    I finished Alexander’s letter
            
            I have not much & cannot
            
            write to him any more
            
            except about his return
            
            to Paris & advised him to
            
            return soon homeward
            
            this letter I am sending
            
            to Paris to the care of
            
            Ibrahim Gejon; I also
            
            wrote a letter to Böhm
            
            Vienna expressing my most great
            
            Astonishment at Alexander’s
            
            return to Paris & asking
            
            him whether it is on account
            
            of the Military Service,
            
            I also wrote to Mr. J. Kouri
            
            at Port Saîd; Alexander’s
            
            letter is registered~
            
          
          
                    At 11 ½ went home and
            
            returned at 2 P.M. Weather
            
            very hot, the wind is still
            
            burning;
            
          
          
                    We shipped about 74,00
            
            Okes Cargo (363 Bales wool
            
            
            
            & about 50 Bales Skins etc)
            
          
          
                    At 6 P.M. went home~
            
            Catterina Yaghchi was there;
            
            Johny & Artin called in the
            
            evening~
            
          
          
                    Light breeze & nice cool weather;
            
            weather;
            
          
        
        
          
            28 Thursd. Therm @ 5.88 Noon 112 4 P.m. 110
          
          
            Light N.W & fine cool 
            
            morning~ at 3 ¾ A.M.
            
            I came on board~
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Baghdad to Basreh [28 JUL 1898 ;mdash; V047_39_S] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        151 ½94,95515,455 2/44,,0
      

        
          
            1898 July
          
          
          
                    At 4,,20 Am got underway
            
            & proceeded;
            
          
          
                    At 6,,25 passed Diala
            
            river~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,50 passed Ctesiphon
            
            Gave tickets & finished with
            
            the passengers; We have
            
            altogether 130 ½ (one in
            
            1st class Jewad Effendi of
            
            the Senyeh to Amara).
            
          
          
                    At 9,, 45 landed a passenger
            
            at Khemasseh, Eliahoo
            
            Somekh, having liquorice
            
            
            
            collecting there~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,10 P.M. met the S.S.
            
            Khalifah coming up just
            
            at Bagdadieh Fort, she
            
            stopped & sent us her through
            
            specie (not having met
            
            the Mail Steamer) I received
            
            Henry’s letter & my papers
            
            and a letter from Alexander
            
            from Vienna dated the
            
            19 of June; We went on
            
            at 1,,15; Very Hot day
            
            Thermr. @ 112˚ at noon;
            
          
          
                    At 3,,15 P/m P.M. passed Azizieh
            
            Village; wind fell & became
            
            calm,
            
          
          
                    At 7,,20 P.M. we grounded
            
            at Sheresh, took an anchor
            
            out & hove off, sent to sound;
            
            We kept heaving on fore & aft
            
            all the night, she wont move
            
            until about midnight when
            
            she floated & we remained
            
            at Anchor~
            
          
          
                    Light N.W breeze & very
            
            cool & pleasant night
            
            
            
          
        
        
          
            29 Frid Therm @ 5.79
          
          
            1898 July
          
          
            Light N.W & very cool morning
            
          
          
                    At 4,,20 am. we proceeded,
            
            At 5,,35 passed Memlah;
            
          
          
                    At 10,,10 anchored opposite
            
            Coot on the Western bank &
            
            sent down the Pilot to sound;
            
            At 10,,50 proceeded but her
            
            Stern touched the shoal and
            
            she swang & grounded
            
            just at the mouth of the
            
            Hye Canal, took an
            
            Anchor out astern & hove
            
            her off; Very Calm and
            
            warm day;
            
          
          
                    At 11,30 we weighed and
            
            proceeded down after having
            
            sounded; rounded the islands
            
            below Coot & steamed
            
            up & went alongside the
            
            Custom House at 1,,5 P.M.
            
            landed 44 ½ passengers &
            
            127 packages, Calm weather
            
            & light N. Ely breeze;
            
          
          
                    At 2,,55 we left Coot
            
            took 5 passengers; S. Ely
            
            light breeze & very hot;
            
          
          
                    At 7,,15 Anchored at Aboo=
            
            Dood, a shoal place ahead
            
            
            
            of us & Boats are aground
            
            weather very calm and
            
            warm sultry close; But
            
            later at night it became
            
            cooler on the top of the house,
            
          
        
        
          
            30 Satur Therm @ 4.80 Noon 105 4 P.m 115
          
          
            At day break we weighed 
            
            & having sounded the place
            
            we proceeded to it but
            
            grounded, hove off and
            
            again grounded, hove back
            
            but sent to sound~
            
          
          
                    Slight N.W breeze sprung
            
            up;~
            
          
          
                    At 7,,10 after having finished
            
            sounding we proceeded form
            
            Aboo Dood~
            
          
          
                    Breeze shifted to S. Ely, warm
            
            and sultry~
            
          
          
                    At 10,,5 landed some vegetables
            
            & watermelons at Ali Gherbi
            
            From Capt Cowley to Khdeir
            
            & went on at 10,,10~
            
          
          
                    At 1,,45 P.M. passed Ali Sherghi
            
            Very hot & light S. Ely breeze,
            
            At 4 ½ P.M. breeze shifting
            
            round to West & N. West,
            
            but is rather calm; again
            
            it shifted to Southerly hot
            
            
            
            breeze~
            
          
          
                    At 6 P.M. arrived at
            
            Amara landed 25 passengers
            
            (1 in 1st class Jwad Effendi)
            
            and 49 Packages~ We
            
            shipped 156 Bales of Pressed
            
            wool, the weather is awfully
            
            warm with a light S. Eastly
            
            breeze; this is the Bahoora
            
            which has set in today
            
            & will last about a week,
            
          
          
                    At 8.20 we left Amara
            
            At 9,,50 anchored for the
            
            night; the weather got a
            
            little cooler~
            
          
        
        
          
            31 Sund The@ 4.84
          
          
            1898
          
          
            [A47_381_16:224]
                       
          
          
            1898 Augt
          
          
            Light Erly breeze & cool morning
            
            At 4 am AM. We proceeded
            
            At 5 passed the S.S Ressafah
            
            & Barge full of Troops they
            
            are returning from Basreh;
            
            Gave tickets to 16 Amara
            
            passengers~
            
          
          
                    It became so calm and
            
            warm by 7 O clock that
            
            I could no longer write &
            
            was getting mad and
            
            
            
            feel so weak that I do not
            
            know what to do and
            
            where to go, my heart fails
            
            me and I am so sorry &
            
            out of temper on account
            
            of Alexander since he
            
            telegraphed to me from
            
            Paris on last Monday,
            
            and I did not get the answer
            
            at Amara last night
            
            as Julietti had promised
            
            to do so; I have to knock
            
            off work for my cabin
            
            is getting like a furnace;
            
          
          
                    At 10,,5 passed Azair,
            
            Very calm & hot day’s;
            
          
          
                    At 1 am P.M. landed one passenger
            
            at Gorna & went on~
            
            Breeze from S.W very hot,
            
            with few clouds on the west
            
            horyzon~
            
          
          
                    At 5.30 P.M. arrived
            
            at Basreh~ the S.S. Chatam
            
            for Hotz is up here; the S.S
            
            Goolistan got out  by
            
            Korkis Brothers is in
            
            
            
            quarantine & the mail
            
            steamer Khandalla
            
          
          
                    Fearfully hot & calm
            
            as or light S. Erly breeze;
            
            Rezooki came to take me to
            
            them;
            
          
          
                    I received soon after we
            
            arrived these telegrams all
            
            in one cover the first is
            
            from Ibrahim Gejon in
            
            answer to mine which came
            
            to Baghdad & was forwarded
            
            on to here dated from
            
            Paris 30th
            
          
          
                    Svoboda Basreh,
            
            Alexandre ici question
            
            Mariage~
            
          
          
                    The second from my wife
            
            dated today~
            
          
          
                    Svoboda Basreh
            
            Presence Alexandre
            
            Paris question mariage,
            
            Telegraphiez Consul
            
            Baghdad, informez Ambassadeur
            
            
            
            Paris arretèr mariage
            
            repondèz
            
                   Elise
            
          
          
            The third is also from my
            
            wife dated today, two hours
            
            later.
            
          
          
             Svoboda Basreh
            
            Altmayer telegraphed
            
            Paris needfull; wiring
            
            Ambassador risky.
            
             Eliza,
            
          
          
            This is a fine thing Alexander
            
            is doing if what Ibrahim
            
            says is true; I am at a loss
            
            to find out the reality of
            
            this news; but if it is true
            
            Alexander must have been
            
            doing a great fault and
            
            foolishness; unless Ibrahim
            
            has been working at it
            
            all the time before he went
            
            to Vienna – I went with
            
            Rezooki called on Jeboory
            
            conferred with him
            
            
            
            We made out telegrams but
            
            left them to consider, he
            
            came to Rufail to dine
            
            there, I went also, where
            
            I saw Tookyeh & her husband
            
            Rezooki we talked over
            
            the matter, I am mad
            
            from the sorrow & grief on
            
            Alexanders doings,
            
            had no sleep the whole
            
            night thinking about the
            
            matter;
            
          
        
        
          
            1st Mond
          
          
            1898 Augt
          
          
            ^Son père disapprouve  
          
          
            1898 Augt
          
          
            Very light air from South &
            
            S. West warm & sultry,
            
            After tea I went over to
            
            Jeboory, talked over the
            
            matter, & Jeboory proposed
            
            to wire to his friend Monsr
            
            Sevelinge & also a friend
            
            of Ibrahim Gejon to enquire
            
            from him & reply, so
            
            we made out these
            
            following telegrams;
            
          
          
                 Sevelinge
            
            7 Place Pèreire
            
                   Paris
            
            
            
            Gejon télégraphia Svoboda
            
            intention mariage son
            
            fils informez vous realité
            
            Prière insister départ
            
            Bagdad telégraphièz
            
                    Asfar
            
          
          
                    I then made this telegram
            
          
          
                    Svoboda
            
                    3 Place Cambronne
            
                    Paris
            
            Quittèr six Août pour
            
            Marseille, Attendèz lettres
            
            aussi instruction telegraphique
            
            ulterieur relativement
            
            itineraire
            
                    Svoboda
            
          
          
            I also wrote this telegram
            
            to my wife.
            
          
          
                    Svoboda Baghdad
            
            Telegraphiani Alexandre
            
            Necessaire
            
                    Svoboda
            
            
          
          
            
            The whole 3 telegrams will
            
            be sent on by Jeboory
            
            today to be wired; I
            
            Came on board; this news
            
            has stunned me & made
            
            me quite sick pulled down
            
            as it is a thing that I never
            
            expected it to come from
            
            my only son that I hold so
            
            dear & precious on earth,
            
            my affection to him has
            
            no limit & I have been
            
            expecting to see him soon
            
            & am sacrificing every
            
            thing for him even my
            
            health & existence
            
          
          
                    Roofail came to me during
            
            the day but the heat so intense
            
            in the cabin & every where
            
            a light S. Ely moist warm
            
            & disagreable~
            
          
          
                    We were told to await
            
            for the mail boat which
            
            left Bushire yesterday
            
            until 10 P.m~
            
            
            
            We are getting many
            
            passengers mostly family
            
            of Turkish Officers as
            
            the Troops are going up
            
            in the Mossul;
            
          
          
                    We finished loading at
            
            4 P.M.~ Very warm night
            
            & light S. Ely.
            
          
        
      
      
        
          Basreh to Baghdad [1 AUG 1898 ;mdash; V047_40_N] (//)

        

      

        PassengersOkesG. S. PiastersDraft
        247 ½84,45713,334 ½4,,4
      

        
          
            The mail Steamer not having
            
            arrived; At 10,,15 P.M. we
            
            proceeded~ It got cooler
            
            during the night;
            
          
        
        
          
            2 Tuesd Th@ 4.79
          

          
            1898 Aug
          
          
            Light S. Erly breeze~ 
            
            At 4,,25 am landed two
            
            passengers at Gorna and
            
            went on at 4,,30~ It got
            
            very warm & sultry as soon
            
            as the sun rose;
            
          
          
                    At 8,20 passed Azair,
            
            I finished with the passengers
            
            tickets~
            
            
            
          
          
                    We have in all 152
            
            passengers, none in the
            
            cabins~ also 9 zaptyes
            
          
          
                    Detained 30 minutes
            
            at Ghumeijeh in shoal,
            
            also ½ hour at Elbow,
            
            fearfully warm calm &
            
            steamy, I never saw like
            
            it, I am expecting every
            
            now & then to get a stroke
            
            of appoplexy, I can do
            
            nothing no writing or
            
            any thing else;
            
          
          
                    At 12 grounded above
            
            the Elbow, took Anchor
            
            ahead & hove off and went
            
            on at 0.50 P.M.;
            
          
          
                    At 3,,50 P.M. landed 5
            
            Passengers & 4 Bales of the
            
            down trip at K. Saleh
            
            and took 3 passengers &
            
            went on at 4; Very calm
            
            & hot weather;
            
          
          
                    It became very oppressive
            
            in the afternoon so calm &
            
            one is fainting~ I passed
            
            
            
            all the day sitting on the
            
            chair aft & nearly fainting
            
            from the heat, a very light
            
            Southerly breeze scarcely
            
            put;
            
          
          
                    At 8.20 P.M. arrived
            
            at Amara landed 41 ½ Passengers
            
            & the 9 zaptyes & 2 Bales,
            
            Took in 8 tons of coal,
            
          
          
                    At 10,25 left Amara,
            
            It is still warm with very
            
            light air, but about midnight
            
            air shifted to N.W
            
          
        
 
 	          
            3 Wedn Therm @ 4.85
          
          
            Light N.W. air but Sultry
            
            & not refreshing, gave
            
            tickets to  39 ½ Amara
            
            passengers; It became very
            
            calm again;
            
          
          
                    At 1 A.M. the S.S Comet
            
            passed down, she sent her boat
            
            off for letters, she is going to
            
            bring up Major Melville
            
            who comes up to act as
            
            Resident  in Coll Loch’s
            
            place who had gone on leave
            
            
          
          
                    See Diary No. 48
            
          
          
                    of 1898;
            
            
            Jew Pilgrims to Azair Ret Tickets
            
	    


Blosse Lynch Kalifah
 Embarked
18981898
5 May--50 28 April 25,,
19"--48 13 May 96,,
  --98 -- of B. Lynch  --98
         ----
  Total of B. Lynch / S. Khalifah}  219
   Returned
10 May ---2 17 May ---28
24 ,,---5731,,---124 1/2
    ---  ---
    59 166 1/2
    58
     ---
    214 1/2


            
          
          
          [mdash]
      
          
                    31 Dec 1897
            
          


800Eliahoo Dennoos--
1000 G. Asfar--
500 Nawab Agha Mahomed--
100 R. Sayegh--
350 Cash with me,--
 __________--
2,750--


      
            31 March 98
	    


1000 G. Asfar--
1500 Nawab Agha Mahomed--
100 Rufail Sayegh--
1150 at home--
_________--
2750--
__________--
100 £ Sent to Alexander Vienna on  9 July 98, for Kit--
__________--
2,650--