‘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’ [‎330] (397/470)

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The Voyages of lohn Strays.
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Surma. About 12 a clock it began tc fnow very hard 3 fo continuing
till the Evening when w.e met with a good , which was
no fmall comfort to us, having no ftomach to lie fuch weather without
a Roof in the open Field. The fame day we travailed 7 Miles..
On the 25 we had very good weather, and the Way alio reafo-
nable good fo that in good time we got to a CaraTvanfera, which lay
about 8 Dutch Miles, or fomthing more from the other. Near this
place are divers Ponds ofiweet Water affbardingalfo great plenty of
Filh: wherefore we went to Angle , and took about 40 Carps, which
becaufe of the Novelty were very acceptable, having eaten nothing
all the v/ny but fait Meat. Thefe Ponds as well as the
were made , as we underftood from an Inicription over the Door,
at the Charges of the Dutch E^Ji India. Company.
On the 26 we had very high Hills to clamber over, fo that the
hollow places in the way being fill'd with fnow , put us (notwith-
fhmding all the care and vigilance we could ufe) to a great deal of
trouble, for the way being very flippery, the Camels, Mules and
Horfes often ftumbled and fell, which greatly endamaged theChefts
which were but newly and very loofly repaired. Befides that it fnew
very thick all the F orenoon, which made us longfor a
we could not reach till late at night coming to the Village
where we refted for that night, having made no more than 5 Dutch
Miles the whole day. That night and the next day it continued fnow-
ing, fo that we refolvcd to continue under roof till the weather grew
better. About noon came a Carayxn from Syr as , but we having taken
up the place, they were fain to go forward till they found another.
On the 27 the weather grew better and the Sun (hone, fo that we
proceeded on our Journey , but having travailed an hour or two
IjKo^ we were furprized by fom Robbers , who all on a fudden afTaird us
bers ' and befet the Caravan round, and fella tearing all they could com at.
Our Company , being affraid of their lives deferred the Camels and
left me alone to Handout the brunt of all. One of the Robbers thruft
his hand into a Bag in which were 3 or4. Flitches of Bacon and fom
Hams, who, when he came to know what it was, fella curfing and
menacing me, that I did not warn him, for he was thereby unclean,
and according to the iMahometan Superftition not to com into the
Society of others, or enter the Temple. That Gnat it fcems heilrain d
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