‘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’ [‎124] (173/470)

The V oyages of lohn Struys. Vo y.III,
xpr. Upon the 8 of November we left Novogorod, haying had time enough
1668. tQ v ie\v every Remarkable that was worthy of light , and about a
mtfim clock in the afternoon arrived at a village where we
Jto-'ogo- ftay'd., and took up our Lodging for that night. The next Morning
SOd ' we took frelh Horles, but the fnow was fo melted with the Sun that
we were fain to take Waggons, and leave the Sledges : but the way
was fo miry , that we had much ado to get the Horles through , for
the Earth there is ofa tough clay. About 8 in the Evening we came
toCMiedm, which is a poor Village , and could hardly affoard us
Hous-room for that night.
On the io th - we had bad travailing way, being for the moll part
marfay and full of Boggs , with Planks and trees laid over to make
them paffable, which totered and shakedfo that our Waggons were
often out of order, but were as often mended by the Pefants who by
continual ufe are very expert at it. By the way we faw abundance of
Squirrels and Foxes which run together in Troups , yet fo Ihy that
we could not come within mufquet-lhot of them. That night we
got Gankrezza , a handfom little Village , where werefrelhedand
fupplied our felves with neceflaries for our Journey.
xeftom- The next day being the i i ,b of Noyemb. we fet forward on our
mwiih j ourn ey, and travelling thro the Woods, we werefurprized with a
Party of High-way men, well mounted and masked , who deman-
Kobben,ded,what we were ? We replied, that we were and fervants to
the Emperour. They hearing that, were in a doubt whether they
Ihould plunder us, or not j butatlaft rode off and bad us adieu. It
was our opinion that they were affraid that our Company was ftrong-
er, and that the reft followed us , for they were better arm'd and
mounted than we, befidesthe Waggons we had to take care of, or
otherwife in all probability they would not have neglected fuch a fair
booty f that being, as we were told by the Waggoners , one of the
moft dangerous places in all the Countrey. That night We took our
reft at I a? el-Bit 7.1. , being very bad and fnowy weather.
On the 12 ditto , we took in frelh Horfes , and put our Baggage
andMoveables intoSledges becaufe of the fnow,palling through thick
Woods, and a vaft Wildernefs, before we came at Gam^mn^
where we were to take up our Lodging.
On the thirteenth we changed Horfes and fet forward on our
Journey,