‘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’ [‎122] (171/470)

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5 foot long, which together with the whole Skeleton, was found m
tee?." a Tomb of ftone, by the Boors, when they were digging up the roots
of Trees that they had burn'd up.
On the 26 th it began to freeze hard , and afterwards to fnow,
which made us uneafy for our delay , being conftrained to wait here
folong, till we received the PoddoT which is an Order given by
his Imperial Majefty , that every Town we came at Ihould furnilh
us with Horfes , Wagons , Bedding , and defray our other Char
ges. On the 2 8 towards night came an Exprefs from , and the
next day we fet forward, intending firft for This part of
ourjourney was much more eafy and delightfull than that through
LifeUnd, which was altogether defert and Marfhy , this on the con
trary, inhabited and till'd.
On the 3 i th we came at a great Lake before , where we
left the Sledges and were fetch'd over in a kind of a Cymb , or Boat
which is made ofa hollow tree, and by them called of thefe
they had two forts, the one for Paflengers, who may fit 4 or 5 at a
time, the other broader, and every way larger,fit to tranfport Goods,
This Lake is very broad but {hallow, not having above 5 foot Water
in moft places. When we were fet over , our Goods were put into
Sledges, and brought afterus into the Town.
In paffing through the Town we found the Suburbs far greater
than the City it felf, which as appears by the Ruins of the Walls, has
been formerly a well fortified Place.In times paft it was neither fubject
to the Rupm, Sivede , nor Poknder, but had a Prince , who coined
Money and ruled as abfolute Soveraign, with an independent and
arbitrary Power; Yea, to fo high a ftate was it once advanced , that
it was grown to a Proverb, GOD Novogorod , "Veho is able to ivith-
fiand. Their Puiflance I need not difpute , fince it is well known to
thofe that are acquainted with Geography what Sway the Princes of
T^jj-vogorod have born, and what a name this City has had abroad for
her Wealthy Merchants and great commerce with other Places.
About the year 1477 it was befieged and ftorm'd by Ivan
Great Duke oi Mofcoyia , who took away all the Priviledges and Im
munities ofthe Citizens-lince which time their Wealth and Traffic
began to decline and decay. However by reafon of it's commodious
Situation, it retains the footfteps of its former Trade, and is e fp e "
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