jochmus

Updated: May 15, 2025

Even here he did not always escape intruders. Outside the harbour of St. Peter's Port, separated by an arm of the sea, rose the Ortach Rock, between the Casquets and "Aurigny's Isle," a haunted spot, once the abode of a sorcerer named Jochmus.

Walter R. Nursey - The Story of Isaac Brock: Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812

This building of forts at wells is a wise and efficient measure; the same thing has been done at the oasis of Derge. The Rais receives his pay direct from the Sultan of Constantinople; his appointment is quite uncertain; he is a native of Erzeroum; he took part in the Turco-English campaign in Syria, served under General Jochmus, and was acquainted with many English officers.

James Richardson - Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846