‘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’ [‎315] (382/470)

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Chap. XXXL The Voyages odohn Stmys.
Chmats, as alfo a great Vineyard and an Arboret, or Nurfery for
young Trees .in the middle is to befeena very noble Fountain, difper-
lingit's water in various Figures in the Air, to an admirable height,
furpalling moft Water-works that Ihavefeen in The
ders live there very fplendidly , to uphold the Honour of the
Indm Company, and go in the Per Jim Habit, as alfo their Waiters
and Attendants , who are moftly and and becaufe I
was to go for Gameron they gave me a new Suit: which I was
to take with me. In the mean while I had work enough to fatisfy
their curiofitie with frequent rehearfals of what had befallen me in
my foregoing Voyages to the Indies , and the
Iff than , called alio Ifphahan , lies in 3 2 degr. and 2 6 in the Goun-
trey of * Eruk , formerly called Parthta. It is fituated in a level and
plain Landfliip, environed on every fide with Mountains at acon-
fiderable diftance, as the Mountains of on the South and
South-weft, MafanderM and feylak on the North-eaft, This is
Che greateft City that I have fecn in all , being, with it's Suburbs
and all 16 hours going in circuit [about 48 Miles] It is but
very weakly fortified, the Walls being only of Earth andfloaping
inward, fo that at Top they are not above 6 Foot thick-, the Trench
or Ditch is alfo very narrow, and in the Summer fo fliallow that the
Children wade through it, and fomtimes it is wholly dry: fothat
this City feems to fear no Enemy or forreign Invafion, trufting to
the potency and nu mber of Inhabitants-
On the South and South-weft fide it is Watered with the Senderut,
a reafonable great River riling from the Mountains,
which coming here is led thro the Town by Pipes and Subterranean
Aquedufts, for Kitchin and other ufes, altho in Gardens and Gentle-
mens Houfes they have Fountains apart. There is alfo aBranchof
this River that runs thro the Park wherein are Harts, and other Beafts
of chace: this Park or vVarrand they Another arm
of the River is brought under Ground thro the Tzarbag , or Royal
Garden. Not far from hence is a fair Stone Bridge which lies over
the River, wherein is great variety of rare Workmanlhip. Befides
the Sender ut , there is another River, or rather Aqueduct, called
kuren, begun by Sehach Abas and not yet finiflied, which is fetched
fom beyond the Mountains of Dem About the making of
Rr 2 this
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