‘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’ [‎287] (352/470)

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away all the land and dull which lies about the fioufes. By rea- mr.
fon of this Cold, no Oranges , Lemmons, nor the Ufefull Vine ,6 7 , «
will take or like there, only Apples and Pears they have, which were
but juft ripe when we were there, and as they fay have no Bloflbms till
or June : but without the Mountains it is very warm > andaf-
foards good Plenty oftheabovefaid Fruits. The arable Ground here
is very fertile, except where it is fuffocated with the Sand that the whtt
Whirl-winds bring about, and Wheat is both good and cheap, for '
having order from my Patron to buy fom Bread, I had 11 Loavs,
weighing,each 4 pounds, for the Value of an [ English ] Shilling ,
and that very, white arid good Bread. In this part of "the Coun- ^ ,
trey is alfo very good Pafturage, which is no fmall-Profit: to the tE
Schach, or King, who has impofed a Toll of Four pence half^
penny for every Sheep, great and fmall, that paffes the Bridgeth^.
which by reafon of the vaft Flocks and great Inclination of the
People to bring up Cattel brings up yearly an incredible fumof
Money. At that time when I was there, were Commiffioners ap
pointed by. the King himfelf, akho 2 years before it was farmed
out , and the King coming to underftand what large Profits fu-
perabcunded to the Farmers, thought good to bring that Remnant
into his own Coffers, as a Corolary. One of thok faid Comiffio-
ners, being an old Acquaintance of my Patron , told him that when
they turned over the Accounts they had found Toll taken for a-
bove 700000 Sheep, between Uy/arch and September, which amounts,
to more then 26000 Ik. SterL which is confiderable for the bare
paffage. only j but far greater is the Toll which is impofed on
every Sheep that is fold. Within the Jurifdidion of jirdehsl lift-
5 7 Villages and Flamkts, and thole fo clofe together , that the.
Town is eaiily fupplied with plenty of Lactaaries, or what elfe thc
Landaffoards.
A'rdehil is a very great Town, but not clofe built, for every emiaent
Houfe has a Garden or Orchard behind it. At this day it lies without-
Walls, Trenches and other Muniments. It is watered with one fmnll
Rvulet, which they call B^iluchlu, taking its fir if fpring from the-
Mountains of Jww4/f^«,about 6 miles to the Southward of
fore the Town it divides its felf into two Channels, the one running-,
iDto the Town, and fo forward till it-, finds the Ciuf» e This River ia;