‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎203] (258/470)

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C hap . XVI. The Voyages of lohn Strujs. 105
before creek of day we loofed , and fet our courfc S. and by W- 7W2-
Ttrky is lltuate in 4.3 degr, and 2 7 min. about an [ English ] league
'> from the ftrand. It has been 3 times furveyed and laid out. The firft fcription
1 time by the Rujjes themfelves j thefecond time by one * jf rcik5 '
a Dutch Ingenieu r,about the year 1636, who alfo ftrengthned the faid
Town with Walls and Bulwarks after the modern way of Fortifica-
tion : and in the year 1670 it was furvey'd and fortified anew by
' e upto,- Colonel Baily , an English Gentleman, with huge ftrong Bulwarks, and
ttedoi and a wide and deep Mote, encompalling it quite round. The City is
Wti 1 feated in a Champan Countrey without either Wood or Hill fo far as
ffl, a| one can view. The River is alfo called Terkj by the , but by
tveta the Inhabitants Timenky. The Banks lying upon the Sea are all grown
m to lit over with Canes,and rough. 7erky is a place of great Truft, being the
ttblali Kay or Barricado of the Cgjirs Dominions, for it lies on the Frontiers
jeLoj-gi oftheRuflian Territories, and for that end has always a Garrifon of
^ 2000 Strelttzcrs.
'iirJi, : AH the night it blew very hard , and in the morning we faw land
, 0 j irr on each fide. The Ifland which lay on the Larboard fide we called
: CMejnders Ifiand , becaufe he was the firft that difcovered it. We
j ^ fteered directly through the Illands , and when we were about 20
' C leagues within the Bay, we difcovered high land , which we after-
^l 1 ' ward knew to be the famous Caucafus and , which alfo border
and extend to the Ctrcas Hills , and failing a litle further we found
that wc were near the Quick-fands , fo that we were fain to tack
about, and bear up to the Channel, where coming we founded and
ftw found it 2 fathom, and a good fandy ground. Being jull got thorow
.veniif® the ft raits or narrow Channel , we looked about and difcovered a
uclwip great Bark making up toward us with all the Sail they could > which
tkf ® :; afterwards we underftood was fent by order of the Governour of Tcrkr,
olaitA; to purfueus, having 6 2 Soldiers, and all well armed aboard , with
cjnie !I 1 a charge from the Governour to give us no quarter, but to hack us in
pieces, and to bring back the Shallop and Goods to We feeing
them in a full purfuit thought it no time to dally , but laboured as
iip hard as we could , till we got the Ifland where we came to
Anchor, and the Bark feemed to give over their chace.
On the ditto , betimes in the morning we fet Sail , and indea-
voured to gain the High land, which before the Evening came , on
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