'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎8] (19/1024)

we lent our Saphis to the Commander of thole lunar;,
S tell them we would not ftir ’nil they were gone, and that being
SnuSiers as they were, they could not hope for any booty from us.
The Commander anfwer’d, that he had divided his men in that manner
only to do us Honour; butfincewe def.r’d .they fhouid begone, they
reouefted us but to fend the m a little Tobacco. A boon which we rea
dily granted them, and fo we pafs’d on.
\Ve came to Adrianopie the three and twentieth day after we par
ted from Belgrade. Adriampk takes its name from the tmperour Ain.
Z being formerly call’d Orejks. It is pleafantly htuated at the mouth
of’ three Rivers 7 that throw themfelves into the Archipelago, The
old Town is not very big, but the lurks day ly enlarge me Suburbs, be
ing a place which the Grand Signers very much delight in lor the
pleafures of Hunting and Hawking, efpecially , at the wild Duck and
jLJcjron ^ ^
The fifth day after we departed from Adrianopie, and tne foity
fecond after we departed from Fiema , we happily arnv d at
tinople , and croffing through the City over to Gala!a, went to the
Ambaflador’s Houfe. While we flay’d there to winter , he made a
fmall Voyage to the Dardandls, to the Ruins of 7 ^oy, where we be
held nothing but Stones , not worth tlie while 01 going fo far to ice.
Another day we took three Barks and Sail a to Caked011, that lies upon
the Sea. There is in it a very ancient Church ; and they mevv d us tue
Room where the Council was held, with the fame Chairs which
were then made ufe of. Now it is only a Moneftary, where two
JBifhops after they had Ihdw’d us what they could, handfomly entcr-
tai Then we went to view Tompeys Pillar at the mouth of the Black
Sea. Concerning the Channel of which Sea, I muft make one Ob-
fervation; that though there be no part of the Sea but has one
Current, yet this has two quite contrary one to another. That
part next to Europe carries the VefTel to the Black Sea ; and that
next Afia brings it back again to the Mediterranean. So that
you have no more to do but to crofs over from one Shore to the
other.
" The Winter being over, the two French Gentlemen purfu'd their
Voyage for Alexandretta. But for my part, I having another defiga
in my head, flay’d at Conftantinopie, in expeftation of se£ a Caravan „
which the people told me from Month to Month was coming * I was
then ignorant, and did not underftand that every year there were five
or fix Caravans that went from Bur fa. Befides, that fometime eight
or ten Merchants travelling together , might go fafe to Ifpahan.
Which ignorence of mine made me flay longer than I intended. At
length, after I had continu’d eleven Months in Conflcmtinofle , I de
parted with a fair and numerous Caravan for Ifpahan , which was the
firft time I travell’d into Afia. After that I made five others, wherein,
I had time better to underftand the Qualities of the Countries, and
the Genius of the People. The three laft times I went beyond Gau
ges the Ifland of Java ; fo that for the fpace of forty years , I
have travelfd above fixty thoufand Leagues by Land ^ never retur
ning but once into Europe by Sea. And thus in my fix Voyages,
and bv travelling different Roads % I had the leifure and opportunity