Turkey, Perfia, Ge. 313 
Genoa, Brumaire 8th, Year VII. ; 4 
CirizEN, Nila 
Cit. Bruguiere, after having efcaped the dangers of the fea, . ” 
and being almoft recovered from his fatigue, fell ill at An- 
cona on the very day of our arrival ; and I had the misfor+ 
tue to lofe a friend, the companion of my travels, on the - 
eleventh day of his illnefs. 
I can hardly find words to exprefs with what painful fen- 
fations I was affected by this unexpected death. 
Cit. Brugniere had kept his health during the courfe of 
our travels through the iflands of the Archipelago, and even’ 
in Egypt, becaufe the principal part of them had been per- 
formed at fea, and becaufe I alone undertook all that part 
which required a greater degree of fatigue; but when we 
quitted the coafts of Syria to penetrate farther into the 
country, and when we joined a caravan, which rendered it 
neceflary for us to travel thirty or forty days fucceffively 
without refting, C. Bruguiere’s health became fo deranged, 
that feveral months repofe at the court of Perfia was not . 
fufficient to re-eftablifh it. After ftaying, however, fix 
months at Bagdad, Bruguiere found himfelf in a condition 
to traverfe the defert; and though the feafon was already 
very hot, our journey was exceedingly pleafant, on account 
of the precaution which he took to travel in a kind of 
carriage. As for me, I continued to ride on horfeback, 
becaufe I could readily difmount in order to collie& plants, 
feeds, and other objects, and could again foon rejoin the 
caravan; to lofe fight of which was often attended with 
danger. 
Fatigue, however, was not the only caufe of the continual 
illnefs of Bruguiere while in Perfia. The want of wine con- 
tributed greatly towards it on many occafions, efpecially as 
the water in general is brackifh, and of a purgative quality. 
The chemifts will eafily give an explanation of this circum- 
fiance, when I have communicated to them the curious ob- 
fervations I have made on that fubject, I held out better 
than 
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