'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.' [‎15] (48/1024)

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Chap. IV. of Monfieur Tavernier. 15
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The Platform of Erivm and the Suburbs,
The Town and Fori.
The Suburbs, inhabited by the Armenian Chrifiims,
The Chftrch.
The Covent.
The River of Sangui-cija. j ? i: '
The Stone Bridge. ^
The Highway for the Caravans.
The Fort which Sha-Sefi built to batter the City.
The River that falls from the Mountain'. ', "
The Highway to I uris.
The way to the chief City* cf Georgia } and the way to the Mountain
where ih tia ’ </
M. The Market places, for S#U of Goods.
g es twice a Summer to drink*
CHAP. IV.
A Continuation of the fame %ocul from Erivan to Tauris.
T ufually takes up ten'Jays journey for the Caravan to go between Erivaa
and Tauris-j and Nakfivan is almoft in the raid-way between both. The
Ifirft days journey you travel through large Plains fow’d with Rice, and
water’d with feveral Rivulets. The next day you contiue to Travel through
Plains of the fame nature, in figh t of the Mountain which is full of Mona-
fteries, leaving it upon the South. The call this Mountain
The Mountain of the Ark\ becaufe the Ark of iV<?^refted upon it. It is as it
were unfaften’d from the other Mountains of Armenia^nd from the half-way to the
top, it is continually cover’d with Snow. It is higher than any of the neighbouring
Mountains; and irnhyfirft Travels I faw it for five days Journey together. So
foon as'the Armenians, difeover it, they kifs the Earth, and lifting up their eyes
to Heaven, fay their Prayers. Yet you are to take notice, that the Mountain
is hid in Cloud* for two or three Months together: In thtf plains that you crofs
in this fecond days journey, to the Southward a League and a half from the High
way, is to be feen a work of great Art; being the Ruines of a Magnificent Caftle,
where the Kings of Armenia were wont to refide in the time of their Hunting
Divertifements*, more efpecially when they continu’d their fports at the Mallard
and Heron.The next day we lodg’d neat to a Village whefe there was good Water,
which conftrain'd the Caravan to flay there; there being none to be met with for
ten Leagues farther. The next day you muft Travel one by one through the
Pafs of a Mountain, and crofs a large River nam’d which falls into-^r^.
It is fordable when it is low, but when the Snow melts and fwells the ftream, you
muft go a League out ©f your way to the Southward to crofs it, over a Bridge of
Stone. From thence you go to lodge near a Village call’d Kalifakjend, where yoii
are forc’d to fetch your Water a good way off. The firft days journey is through
a Plain, at the end whereof you meet with art Inn,call’d (landing upon
a Rivulet; which was fimlh’d in 1664. The Head of this Rivulet fprings three or
four Leagues higher toward the North} and half a League below
Water congeals and petrifies; and dfthofe Stones is the Inn built. TheStorieis
very flight; and when they have need of it, they make Trenches all along'the
Stream, and fill them with the fame Water, which in eight or ten Months turns
into Stone. The Water is very fweet, and has no bad taft ; yet the Country-men
thereabouts will neither drink it, n(rpvater their Grounds with it. ThcArme^
nians fay, that Sem the Son of iV^Kus’d the Rock to be hollow’d, out of which
this R iver ilfues; which four or five Leagues from its Head, and two from the Inn,
falls wxoAifas. From this Inn to Nabsivan is but afmall Journey^ Naksivan 9
according