‘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’ [‎282] (347/470)

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on. lodging. The Cpuntrey round about is altogether barren and
i«7 1 • dry, except here and there fome good pafturage, lb that the manner
of Living with the Inhabitants is like that .of the , moving
to and again over the face oftheCountrey with their Wives, Chil
dren 3, Utenfils, Cattel, and what elfe they have, and when they fet
down pitch their Tents all in Rows, whichjehey call During
our travailing thro this Countrey we could get litle elfe but Milk to
refrcih our felves: however my Patron out of his Bounty would not
faffer me to want for any thing, but imparted to me what he had as
well Victuals to eat, as Wine to drink, which ferved me for a good
Brcaft-plate again ft the Cold.
Having ftaid one night at K , we fet forward and about 8 a
clock the next evening came to a fair Village called or,
Tza'toatias fome call it, which is fo much as to fay, aThorow-fare;
becaufe that here is the Paffage which brings over the grand River
praxes, and here every one is-to fhow his Pafport, out of fear that
fome Turks iliould flip over with the of whom the Verftm
is alwaies jealous, and'are eonftrained to take fliarp notice of every
particular Perfon. At this place isa long Br idge'made of Keels, and
thwarted with maffy Planks , that are faftned together with great Bolts
and Chains , which for better fecurity is guarded with a good
number of Soldiery. When we were tranfported over the faid River,
we took our Nights-reft in the Open-fields.
j The River Araxes takes its head about the high Mountains between
jtnptm SchirTvm and A4okan behind Mount running North-eaft till
it finds the River Kur , or Cjms , whereit difgorgeth it felf, about 39
An.xcs. degr. 5^ min. Northerly latitude", where tliefe two Rivers are incor
porated. Kuf)as it is vulgarly called, rifes in the Mountamsbf
or GurgiJtA?}.Avdxcs is reckoned to be one of the fwifteLt Rivers in-
all Afii, very deep and good Water. alfo receives feveral
other noble. Rivers, to wit. Ca and Kerni Arpa ; About
the Mouth of Carafu it is at the deeped , but about a league from
Ordabath it makes a horrifonant roaring and a moft hideous murmur,
where it receives the floods of the famous Mochm, which River, as
well as the Araxes , abounds with various kinds of Eifh. The Banks
which in moft Places mount very high, are all grown ore with the
flarub Gliqnhiz.ii , a kind of Liquince, as alfo Ljquirice of the com
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