. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . him too late, and that he was by thatup* time some distance on the way to England, after havingreturned the borrowed seamen to their ships. This was a most serious disappointment to me,because I had expected that the Euphrates Servicewould have been kept open, until such a class ofsteamers could have been put on the line as wouldhave been suited to do the work more effectually. Itwas now, however, impossible for me to return toEngland with the officers and men of the
. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . him too late, and that he was by thatup* time some distance on the way to England, after havingreturned the borrowed seamen to their ships. This was a most serious disappointment to me,because I had expected that the Euphrates Servicewould have been kept open, until such a class ofsteamers could have been put on the line as wouldhave been suited to do the work more effectually. Itwas now, however, impossible for me to return toEngland with the officers and men of the Expedition,and nothing remained but to take the speediest routefor home in order to close our labours. It was decided that my line should be the direct one through Arabia, instead of that by Bagdad. The Hugh Lindsay, just returned from service at Manga- Leave l°re> sailed on April 28, for the Persian Gulf, carrying the t^Tirrv despatches relating to the insurrection at the former a1,11s place. As these were of great importance, I felt it to across the 1 ox desert. ])C mv duty to offer to take charge of them; and they. B (S3 y < ? PREPARATIONS FOR THE DESERT JOURNEY. 333 were accordingly placed in my hands, with the under- chap. xixstanding that I was to carry them, with all practicable --—r—-- speed, from sea to sea across the desert. On May 6we reached Muscat, on the 9th we passed Bassadore,and on the evening of the 14th, we were alongside theCompanys cruiser Tigris at Basrah Creek. An over-land mail, which had just arrived, brought us thecheering intelligence that two steamers were about tobe sent out, under the command of Lieutenant Lynch, toopen a mail-communication by the way of the Euphrates. The next morning saw me preparing for my rapid prepara-homeward journey, accompanied as far as Zobeir by deTert°rLieutenant Charles Campbell, who had rendered me Journc^-the very material assistance of laying down the compass-bearings to Damascus—viz., NW. by W.^W.—t
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