‘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’ [‎133] (182/470)

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J !'"' runs thro the midft of it. Hereisalfo a famous F ounding-H oufe for m ^ rc .
cafting great Bells and Ordnance, as alfo the Emperours liable. Near l669 '
"'f's; the River is a Beaft-market, and a famous Butchery or Fle(h-lham-
')%; bles j where you find not only Beef , Veal, Mutton, Pork, Lamb,
J Vliit[ Venifon , &c. but alfo Horfe-flefh to fell. Corn , Meal, Butter,
wfctiji Cheefe and other Provifion is here good, cheap, and very plentiful.
'Wknii; The Third City which is Skorodom , embraces on the
•sQiiliK; Eaft, North and Weft-fides likev/ife in the form of a Crefcent. In
indtkiil this City, or Ward, is the Houfe-market, where at a low price you
may buya Houfe, of what greatnefs you pleafe. Thefe Houfes are
f the il made of Square pieces of Timber notch'd and let into each other,
ellwitW which when you have bought you can disjoint and bring it where
nooool you lift upon Sledges , that amongft many inconveniencies has this
itolidi one Conveniency, that ifa Citizen has his Houfe burn'd he may be
Ijfcjsiif every day fupplied with a new, which (confidering the old is brought x
felfo!- to Alhes ) may without much coft, be placed where the other ftoodj
j>j,[ | whereas on the contrary , we are often forced to ftay fometimes a year
or more before the Rubbilh be taken away and a convenient Houfe
;a j. e • built in lieu of the old. Befides that conveniency, they have another,
'anJlM* ^' t ^ at at w ^ at time an y Houfe happens to take fire, and any
' f ■ . probable danger of breaking out, the Neighbours upon timely notice
/, have their Houfes taken in pieces and removed as if thev were
but Tents. '
• The fourth and laft Wike is Strclitza sloivoda , which reaches out Strelit „ a
one 01 ft toward the South, over the River M and towards the siowo^
Countrey. Here is the place where the Soldatefque are inquarter'd,
iW* which they call Strcht&en , from whence this Part of has it's
llim name. It is very well fortified with Bulwarks , and other For-
tifications.
irpfif The number of the Houfes within the four Divifions and the
Ives. Ini Suburbs, according to their computation are faid to be about 95000,
the Palace and all its appendencies excluded. The Churches , and
T e tlieii' Cloyfters, wherein they preach are 1700. Amongft this great number
ofDwelling-houfes you find few or none , but\vhat are altogether
ojpjfcii of Woe d, except fome Merchants Houfes in -gorod , who as we
have already faid, build moftly of Stone for the better fecurity of their
Goods. They ufe no Chimneys as we do for fires, but great Cackels,
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