‘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’ [‎237] (296/470)

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we travailed 8 [Duich~] miles further and came to Kecfep a large vil- snvri
lage, where we took our reft for that night. By the way wefawa ,6 7o» j
goodly Tomb crefted to the memory of a Perjian Saint, The Inha
bitants of this Town and the Countrey about it arc called Padar in
their Language. They are much addicted to ftealth and Robbery 3
fo that we were fain to keep a narrow watchover them the time wc
lay in the Town, which was not above 8hours. TheirHoufesarc
but little. built fquare and covered on the Top with Earth, not excee
ding 6 or 7 foot high above ground, but are as deep below, as they
are high. .
On the 3 of the fame moneth we fet forward and travailed through ^
many great villages, amongft which was a very fair one called iV^t- 1
bath , or Tfjyfabath , which I guefs lies about 41 and a quart.
It is feated in a very pleafant Countrey of CMedia , now called
SurTvm , or Schirivan. This is the Place where fom time agon the
Holjieyn Ambaffadours fuffered Shipwrack. At night we fet down at
tMujkar, being a Town without Walls, or any other Fortification
but feems to have bin in times paft a, place of truft, as well from its
Situation, as the Ruins of the Walls and Bulwarks which yet ap
pear. By the way we faw abundance ofRobbers in the Woods , but
they knowing us to be too ftrong would not adventure the Attempt.
On the 4 we broke up , and that day came to a little City ,
where the whiteft and beft Rice in all P is brought to market, and
grows in the Countrey round about. It is alfo in fuch plenty that
the Hundred weight is fold for 13 Och, 4 ShtL 2
Sterl. or a halfpenny per Pound.^ The Walls of this City are now de-
moliihed fo that it is no more than an open village. The only Re
markable I found here was the Ruins of the Ovens, wherein they
averr Alexander the Great had Bread baked for his Army.
On the 5t h ' we came to the mountain Par — or Barmach , which
lies clofc to the Sea, and is very famous for it's many veins of* Naphte. *
The word Barmach is an Appellativ word and betokens in their Lan-
guage a Finger , fo called from it's ilmilitude to a Finger pointing Median
out. Above at Top it is very cold, and has fnow on the North fide
all the year long; at top there grows fom grafs but not much, and "iiK Bi-
c Go- -> c flni- tumen '
naiurt of Mdrl, tvhkh when tnce fet on fire, will hum more vigotoiifly if water he poured upon it, but is quett*
ihed with Earth , Daft, ov any other thing that is dry. This oil is very good lo preferv any mMtii f m KfiftJ
find as Ammianus faith j the Verft^m mrejpjnt to a nmt thqr Jhrfts thtrewith.
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