‘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’ [‎300] (365/470)

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The Voyages
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1671,
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mirable celerity into the Cafpian Lake, into which it empties itfelf.
On the Banks of this River is a Village bearing the fame name, where:
is a fair Stone Bridge of 9 Arches, or Bows. All along the-Way fide
grow great plenty of Almond, Cyprefs and other Trees, which ferved
us all the way in ftead of Parafoh,: but when we were come over the
River found the Way very bad, being forced to clamber over Rocks,
tlie Path being fo narrow that only one Gamel at once could s;© on
it, On each fide were many great Clefts and deep Caves , which
with the rattling of the Horfes feet made a dreadfull and horrid
Eccho } and being come to a place which was the fulleft of thofe
Cayerns, all the Company gave a Shout, which with an Eccho refoun-
ded from one Place to another, that it feemed as if therehad been
10 or 12 Troops of Men in fo many feveral Places calling to one
another. On this way it happened that a Camel broke the Leathers
wherewith his Pack was faftened to the Crutchet or Saddle, being,
j.uft at the Brink of a wide and deep Pit, whe ( re no Bottom could be.
feen. It coft the Slaves who attendedhim much labour to favehim,,
and were in ftruggling once in great hazard them felvs of tumbling
down, Camel and all, yet at laft, with lofs of the Pack which in 1
fpite of all they could do fell down, they got clear.. The pack was.
very rich, a-nd the lois thereof fo concerning to the Merchant , that
if others had not hindred him he had thrown the Slaves,after it, for-
their Negligence. This ill way much detarded us on this Days Jour
ney, for we were more than 5 Hours in travailing one Mile. Being
got over this bad way we found a Village where it was defigned that
we Ihould take our nights reft; T he name of the T own was Keynt&e
being very poor and not in a Condition to fupplyus withfuchNe-
cefiaries as we ddired for our Money.
On the 2 9 we broke up, and had that day very good way, coming
at night to the village Hortzimur , where we were very ill at eafe being,
cold Weatherand the. Place not able to fupply us with Houfe-room.
The next day leaving Hortzmur- we travailed thro a very dry and
barren Heath, meeting by, the v/ay with fom Robbers, who being
but few in number durft not .i^ake any-attempt upon us; However,
night comingupon, us here, we were fain to fet down on the Heath,
and for fear of. Robbers forced to watch all night, but were fo be-
nummed with cold that we many times wilhed for break of day.