‘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’ [‎273] (338/470)

C hap - XXVI. The Voyages of Struys. 2.^3
ordinarily find all things at an available price. The Slaves being yr/r..
brought to Market, the Buyer goes about and feeing one he likes, |G 7'»
the firft thing he does is to look him in the mouth j as we do Horfes,
caufes him to be ftript, and feels him all over, but efpecially his Wrifts
and Mufcles , thence collecting what ftrength he is of , and what aninitd.
fervice he is able to do him. Ifthe Buyer intend to imploy him about
Meflages, he caufes him to run out lo or 12 Paces, others make them
to ftand in all Poftures, and fo value them according to their Age,-
foundnefs of Body and ftrength. If the Buyer chance to find any.
reafonable fault, failing , or blemilh in his Slave within the fpacc
of 3 daies, hemay return him to the feller and receive the value again;
and this advantage has the Buyer alfo in moft other things, or if i
am not miftaken/in all lave damageable Commodities.
On the 12 the Cdenter who is next to the in Power and Office? po-
came to our Ambaffador with an Order from the Saich , tobidhim' ifh
make preparation for his Journey, and in all haft to depart.- But the
Ambaffador. returned him his wonted reply.; "That he was at pre-
"fent deftitute of Money, and not able to undertake the Journey,
"unlefs the chm would pay him what he was owing him , upon
" the receipt ot which he would immediatly go, without more or
"-further delay.
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jlAreadftdl Tempefi. Great Balls of Fire fall upon the Earth.- mofl fearful Del age.,
whereby Houfes , Men and abundance of Cattel are carrkd away. The Chaa
receivs another Robe of Favour. The Offerings, of the Ban pns, for the Fowi
and Fifb. The Religious Exercife of the Perfian Women, 7he jduthsr*s Dif~
courfe with the Chan. The Author meets with ontofthef artars whfhad wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
him Slave: He gets out of the fervice of the Polifh Ambaffador: The great
Bounty and Kindnefs of his Patron Hadzi Biram, and of Akine his PatronefA
One of his Company ^ made free.
O N the 13 was a violent ftorm j with Thundei" and Lightning
which very much endamaged the Ambafladours Houfe ^ and
took away the Roof of many other Houfes round about. Tho Air
wm asrdf it had.been all Fire 3 and a Sulphury flame 5 and fomtime
Mm- were :•