‘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’ [‎342] (415/470)

The Voyages of lohn Struys.
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fom of our Company had a great mind totaft , and went out in the
,6 7V Evening upon the Chace, but the Creatures were too cunning to be
catch'd, fo that our Hunters were fain to return to the C/trWanfarA
hungry and weary. The feafon being fharp and cold we laid on a
great pile of wood, and warmedour felvs throughly.
The day following in the Afternoon we came to a Town called
Scharim, which I prelume had bin anciently a City and walled in
it liood in the middle of a grove altogether of Date-Trees. Itisalfo
a Town of confiderable Traffic in contideration of their Manufactu-
rie in Cottons, there being-very many Weevers. There is alfo a very
fair Market-place, where behdes the many Shops oftheir own Ma
nufactories , are ieveral rich Ware-houfes of Silks and
Stuffs, in which they alfo drive a : great Trade and have correfpon-
dence with the greateft Marts in all the Countrey round. Befidesthe
great Concourfe of Trading- people, they have a Market twice a week
for the Boors , which is no fmall advantage to the Town. Finding
this a very commodious place to reft, in, we tarried here 3 days to
refrefli our felvs, and eafe our Camels, Horfes and Mules, having for
3 or 4 days had very bad way and weather.
Having fuificiently taken our i\ft at Schr/m , we fet, forward and
had very good weather, travaUing all the day long thro a flat Coun-
trcy , and. by the way faw many Noblemens houfds , and here and
there a Grovq of Date trees, and many fair. Orchards, fo that this
was the moil pleafant days Jouroey we had from Here we
met a,huge. Carayan conflfting of a.great Troop of Men, Camels,
Mules , and Sumpter-Horfes'loaden with rich Indian Wares. The
faidjC/i^i«T4« came from Gammer intended to go by the fame Pofts
we came, being bound for Scama and SurTvm. In this company I
met accidentally with a Per fun who had bin our Neighbour at Sea.-,
machypand delivered him two Letters, the one for my Mailer
which was written in Tmkifh, and the other for my Wife, which
he promifcd to fend for me by way of At night we came
rheca- to have very rocky and ill way, but found a where we took
our reft, having travailed that day about Miles.
hyKob- When, we were lay down to fleep we were furprized with about
inih 30 Robbers, that came boldly into the Cara~it>anfera, with intent, as we
Caia - had rcafon to beleev, to murther us all whillt we were alleep. 'Tis
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