‘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’ [‎172] (221/470)

jjzT The Voyages of V oTlilT
L(3SE THY PAINS. Some Rupans had a mind to fee what would
ST" come of it, and after long digging and much ftruggling at laft got
it turn'd over, but, inftead of finding a Treafure, met with another
Motto , which was j THOU ASS GO SHAKE THY EARS.
This vexed them fo that they rather willed to letitftandinthat po-
fture, than take the pains to fet it as it was before, to deceive others.
TheLand round about is very fair and withall of a fat Soil, yet not
cultivated 3 for there are no Inhabitants , but the Relicts of feveral
Towns and Villages, formerly depopulated by the famous TamerUn,
On the 17 we failed paft the River and City of , lying in
the heighth of 5 4 &eqr. and 48 mini At the mouth ot this River we
were again fet faft > and after much labour , and all the means we
could imagine to Be any way helpfull, we gave the. Ship and Yacht
both over for loft , but in the Evening it began to ThunderV and
abundance of Rain fell, that the. River, began to fwell, and fofetus
adrift again.
On the 29 we came before Calm, where were many Salt-pits and
two new Towns. We found there feveral Pans where the Ruffes
made their Salt, which they fetch out of great hollows and cavernal
Rocks > this being boiled is fent up the Volga in St' oughs , and fo
difperfed over the, whole Countrey of Thefe Salt-pits
keep abundance of Men in imployment, and.is no Imall profit to the
Overleers. .
On the 3o lh we fet fail again , and after half an hours failing ran
aground upon a fand j where after much ado we gott off j but with
the Lofs of an Anchor and 80 fathom of our Cable.
The next day irbegan to ftorm. very hard wherefore we thought
good to come to anchor, for the River was here about very perillous,
and fo we were fain to continue till the 4 of Augufi.
On the 5 lhr of we came to where we law abun
dance of Fifliers , of whom we bought fome Caye.tr , and Sturgeon,
having as much of that Eifh as 20 Men could eat for the valued of 11
pyers" [ or ©ne {hilling/fr/. ] Here we were forced to tarry for the
$Jm, fpace of 24 Hours by reafon of the hard Wind, lying near the BUano
Kijloyvato , where is a very Ihoaring or flanting ftrand on both fides,
which makes the ftream of the at that placb very narrow and
deep. Here wc faw the River which encompaffing
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