‘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’ [‎349] (422/470)

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C hap. XXXVI. 1 he Voyages of lohn 345?
every one took me for a Per fun, being {horn after that manner, but w .^ r .
hearing me fpeak Dutch , they a Heed me if I was one of thole who ,672 "
were in the fervicc of the Cz,ar of Mojcovia lanfwered, and alio
gave them a full Relation of what had palled .and of the great hard-
Ihip I had fuffered fince in Slavery and otherwife, about which they
were very curious and allced me divers Qtiellions. The Director him-
felf was alio plealed to fend for me into the great Hall where he wel-
com 'd me out of my Slavery, and promifed to fend me bythefiril
Shipping for Batayia.
CHAP. XXXVI.
j4 Defcription of Gzvnrc>n , crBcndarj, and theTLtymology. The great Traffic with
all Nations, TJnwholfomnefs of the u4ir ^ and Heat at Garnxon. Palepunfchen
an unwholfom Drink^how made. The Earth dry and barren- Fertility a^ Kif-
jnifcli. Of the fnhahitants of Gamron. ^4 wonderful Tree growing without
the City, .An Indian (reputed) The hef feafon for f rangers to com aud
Trafjic at Gamron. JUfetchandife brought thither bj the Engliih. The Englifh
receiv\Toil with the Scach. Hoilanders trade without paying Toll, The
Author falls very Jick^ and in defpair of Recovery, The kindnefs and bounty of
L, van Akcrfloot j-a He recovers. Set Jail from Gamron. Arrival at
Malchate and a Defcription of that Town, The violent Heat about Mafchate
which renders the Air very unwholfom. Their Departure from Mafkatc. Arri
val at Batavia, The Author htres himfelffor Sailmaker, Comes with y Ships
before Bmthzm. Arrival at the Cape o^GoodHope. ,
Gx^Amtron is alfo by the Perjians called Bendar, which is as much tefcru
as to fay 3 The Key of the Kingdom , like the Name Derbent 5 al- P 1 ' 1 ™
ready mentioned. It lies in 27 degr. Northerly Latitude upon the merotv
Gulf of Ferfia: on each fide (land 2 Cafties built after the old man
ner of Fortification 5 but very ftrong and able to command the Ha
ven from fide to fide : they are alfo well fupplied with Men and
have good (lore of Ammunition. That part of the Town which lies
toward the Countrey is munited with a reafonable ftrong Wall 5 and
has without at a convenient Diftance feveral Redoubts ^ to defend
the Upper Quarter of the City 5 There is alfo a confiderable flrong
Redoubt, on the Coaft. Gammercn is in refped; of it 5 s comniodi-
Xx. 3., mm