‘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’ [‎200] (255/470)

£00 The Voyages of lohnStruys. Voy.lll.
■ jvke . the7Rup 's and Tariars who findingfuch a good vent of their commo-
16 7 9 - dity make a confiderable advantage of it ; And fo many are the Stake-
works here thata company of 15 or 20 Boats will take fometimes 2 ,
3 or4 hundred Fifhona day , for no fooner have they done at one
place but they find chace in another.
When we were come to thisPIace.The Tor tars would not convoy us-
any further, faying, If you Tver e fenftble t0
get the Sett, youTvould keep you inhere you •, , added they , Trill
rcfoheto go^hen you are at Oetsjoegep«
till you come dt the Sea. This we were forced to take in good part , and
oay them for their pains. The money we conditioned for fatisfied
them very well, but at parting they told us , that
Timid mt eafilyget through , whereas
toatch held on each fide the Wolga. This laft ftartled us not a little}
however we refolved unanimoufly hap hazard to venture through,
let what would follow , adjudging it equally £ife to run that peril,
or to fuffer the Calamities we were liable to, and had in fome regard
deferved : and in that refoktion continued failing till We found the
Stakes or Pale-work foclofe in the Mouth of the River , that there
was only a narrow Paflage to go through. About the end of the faid
palfage we faw a Redoubt, which at a diftance feemed to bu very
ftrongly fortified, which mainly increafed our rears , but greatly to
our good luck we found no Watch but only a few Fifliers , who had
no Authority , or warrant to examin,us , infomuch that we fteered
boldly through; but confidering our Bread was almoft brought to an
end, for we were brought to an Allowance of an ounce per we
therefore turned back and prayed the Fifhermen to fupply us for our
Moneys ; but they told us they had hardly enough to fuffice thefflfel-
ves, whic hevery much diihcartned us, however they fupphed us with
Fifli as much as wq had need of to ferve us over the Cafpian Meer ;
On the i4wefet out and left the which there leaves it felt
divided into feveralftreams or Heads like the (as before)making
fo many feveral Iflands , which are low and full of Reeds , except
only the Ifland SatyriBoggore , which is furrounded on every fide Wit
high Cliffs. Upon this Ifland we faw fome Watch-houfes whicix
Stenko Radzin ( even now remembred } had caufed to be built, to vie\v
the approachment of his Enemies. However it was not int ^