'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎181] (202/448)

Hyrcania.
Ahhas when he had notice of this Tragedy, grows fo outragioufly paffionatp tlnr
many feared he would become his own executioner: But when he had drenched hfs for
row in a Sea of fait tears, he moderates his fpleen, and revives upon hopes of add Wo'
nal pummraenn vowing to retaliate his diftradted aft in the height of cruelty Whkli
being toW the Prince, had fo terrible a reply, with a million of difmal curfe addS
that the King was as one aftomlbed. To conclude, after he had tyred out a few more
minutes with impatience, and confidered that Death onely fets Man free from th n ,
fery of this World ,by breaking afunder the chains of bondage, the third day he dm
ffh'lS A 0 ft b & qUaffi ^ "P a , CU P 0f P o y f0n -
faith St. ChrMome .• Neverthelefs, the King ihewed needlefs Ceremony in his Obfequfes
The difcontolate Pnncefs fequeftred her felf from the fight of Man: but fince Kn's
coming to the Crown, whether he hath by his benign afpeft banilhed her difcontent
fa uT u k a , W , a8 f h P er f0rra J w ' 1 could learn; but for himfelf he
bad the World tarewel a little after our departure. Now after this digreffion, g veme
beTng there 6 yOU 3 y the qUality and conditi M we find V^al om
• H Y ?■ C f 1^ ^ 1 tlle Dominion of the Per fan King ) hath to the Eafl: Mer-
gtamyto the South Mount Taurm ,to the Weft and part of
and North the C^UnSea: Treble it is in length from Eaft to C^hSbSffi
from North to South; a Countrey known in feveral Ages by feveral Names. For Zr!
wr names it Augtohel, Strava, and 'tis alfo called Corca,
and C#* by other Authors ; but by the Hebre it was called i by the
Kahonchara ; and by Pymm, Kynvtthj, which laft gives fome occafion to imagine, that
it was into this place the Ajjynan tranlplanted thofe Inhabitants of that are men
tipned in the 2 Reg. 16. 6. Jofefhm alfo gives the like name, for he terms it but
places it m Media, as in more due place will be remembred. Neverthelefs at this dav
no ':P a [ c a ? '° ln ® would, but whole Hyrcania is by the Perfians named
By the feveral days journeys we rode within this Kingdom, I obferved that it is in
moft places of a good foil, through the benevolency of the Clime ; replenilhed with
graft, fruit, corn flowers and the like, and hath cattel in great plenty: Moreover,
for their manner of Husbandry, Buildings and civility, more refembling ours of EurJe
than any other we hfid hitherto obferved in And though the foil be good, the
Earth no doubt is much bettered by thofe many Rivers andRivolets that fprinling from
Taurm ftream abundantly and delightfully through the Countrey, and empty themfelves
into the Mare Catfium : Such are Cyrm and Camby which gave two great Kings their
Names, and near which of old the Obarcm and tile Oleni inhabited, and Ohfel-
four Rivers that deduce their Springs near each other in Mount Comtac, which
divides Afeafw from Hyrcania, Madras, BmdHydero iffiiing fome fuppofe out of
heDefertsof^, ^faffly faid to drill from tL MohffJs ■, and oS which
after a long trickling race having mellowed the Earth, difembogue themfelves into the
Cafttan. Near the Mountains they have fometimes a diftempered Channel; for after
great rams or jneltmg of fnow, they commonly over-flow the lower grounds; but the
belt is, thofe Land-floods meliorate the Earth, and are but of very fliort continuance
? f t ^- whlCl ' S ' rabo in his 1 1- reports concerning fome
Rivers here which fall fo violently from the Rocks, that Men may pafs under the Wa-
er as under an arch without wetting : fome Water-works indeed there be at Abaffdaat
that by Art have that very refemblance. But in old times it fo fuperabounded with Wood,
as that the whole was called Sylva Hyrcana •, and whence in probability it was that the
cythians termed it Hercoorty i.e. A Solitary place in their Language : which neverthelefs
nounlhed offenfive Creatures of feveral Kinds, as Snakes, which we faw abundance of
But more efpecially Lions, Wolves, Foxes, Wild-Cats, Boars and Tygres ^ which lalt'
a Poet mentions with an Emphafis, laying,
Them with their duffs Hyrcanian Tygres fed.
Hyrcanxqj admorunt ubera Tygiis.
Albeit fince the Woods have be»n deftryo'd. Towns built and the Countrey inhabited,
it is much altered; for Tygres we faw none; but ( as a good exchange) found plenty of
Uiws, Butfols, Horfes, Camels, Sheep, Mules, Deer, red and fallow, Antilopes,
"pgs, Goats and other like beafts; and of Birds, ftore of Hens, Phefants, Partridges,
Nightingales, Pouts, Quail, Wood-cock, Thrulh, and other Birds; of Filh, efpecially
n fr r r Cafpian, Sturgeon, Mullet, Mulfel, Dog-fifli, Eels, Tuneys and others: Grain
alio of moft fort, and Fruits and Roots in great variety: But that Tree called
which