'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.' [‎20] (53/1024)

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defcent for two or three hours, till we came to a great Village neatly fituated
where there grows excellent Fruit. There we repos’d for an hour or two ; and
from thence we came to a great Stone-Bridcfon a River where there is no Water
but when the Rains fall* It falls into the Lake Rcumi^ but the Water of the River
is fo ibwr and ill tailed, efpecially when it is low, that it is not to be drunk. About
a quarter of a League from the Bridge are three long Stones fet in the Ground like
Pillars: the Natives fay that they were placed there for a Monument, inthefam e
place where Detriits t\\e Son of Hyftafyes was elefted King bv the cunning of the
Gentleman of his Horfe: froai whence to Tanris is but half a'League. The Mouru
tains of the which we crofs’din this Road, andthofc which run along toward
the ancient Parthians, are the moft fertii in all Perfia. They bear Corn and Fruit
in abundance; for upon the high Mountains there are fair Plains fow’d with Wheat
which are extraordinary fertii. The Springs which rife there, and Rains which
fall give a frelher beauty and a higher tail to what grows there, more than inany
other part of iV/* that wants Water *, and the produdls of thofe Fields are of a
higher price.
Now for the great Road. The having crofs’d the Stream where we left
it) lodges the next.Night upon the Banks of v 4 n#,over which it ferries the next Mor
ning. It does not go thorough Zulfa, though it be fo near it 5 becaufe that on
the other fide of the City, there are three Leagues of Way very bad and unfre'
quented. For which reafon you mufl leave Zulfa on the right hand, which is not
much out of the way. After two hours travel you go by a Bridge which iscall’d
Sugiac ; after which you come upon Heaths encompafs’d with high Rocks. All this
days journey you meet with no Water, but only one little Fountain, and the Water
is fo bad that the Bealls will hardly drink it.
The day following you travel through an even Country, but very barren • where
you meet with nothing but a forlorn Inn*, though it be a place where Coil has been
bellow’d, and built all of Free-done, that was fetch’d a great wav off. The next
Stage is Mar ante famous for the Burying-place of Neatis Wife. The Town is notverv
big ; retobling rather a Thicket than a City : but the fituation is very pleafant, in
the middle of a fertii Plain adorn’d with feveral well peopl’d Villages. This Plain
does not extend above a League round about Mar ante , the Country beyond it
being all oarren. However it is not altogether unprofitable; for being a continual
d feeing for the Camels, which are there bred for the Caravani.
Which is the reafon that there are lo many Camel-Maders at Sugiac and Mar ante
who furmfti great part of the Road. At Mar ante you muft pay thirteen Abaffi's ot
four Crowns for every Camel’s Load, for the fecurity of the Road. S
Leaving Mar ante, you lodge the next night a League from Sonhiana in abuffiv
Plain, where the Water is worth nothing •, alter you have travell’d a mix’d Country,
barren enough, where you meet with but one Inn in a Valley : but it is a very
‘ ai . r , onc : Sofhtana is an indift'erent large City, which you cannot fee till you come
T . • ltj b J [ eaf f ° f t , he , §reat nui:nber of Trees planted in the Streets and round
about it, which makes it look rather like a Foreft than a City.
. ^ nex ;,^y? which isulually the tenth days journey from Erivatt, the Caravan,
haying crofs d fair, large and fertii Plains, arrives at Thofe Plains are water’d
with ieyeral Streams that fall from the Median Mountains •, but the Water is not all
ol the lame goodnefs, for there is feme which cannot be drunk.
3 r be ^- en S< ’f fe< V !n , d lyes a Hill, from whence you have
t & 0 V r ert ^ P,ainS V U r whlch theArnl y of Encamp’d,
hk k ber ' c g d Tanm. The news coming to Sha-Sefi King of Per fa , that he
had burnt it, and was marching frirther into the Country with a hundred thoufand
Men, Let hm come, faid he, without any difturbance, 1 know how to make the Turks
fay fir their Jnvafion without any great trouble. They were then not above fifteen
days march from Iffahan, when Sha-Sefi, turn’d thecourfeof all the Streams both
an . d fi£hlnd > which only run from certain Springs, and are brought in Cutts
m„, n IT 5 ,n t° the Inland-partsof Terfia, where’there are no Rivers: By which
watekl S, wbo e Army of the Turks perifh’d for want of Water in thofe Vaft un-
water cl Countries where they had engag’d themfelves too far.
nnrtflfv!- a 3 De g rees > 3 © Minutes of Longitude; and 40 Degrees, 15 Mf-
ot Latitude, in an open place where there is not a Tree to befeen ; and
- ' environ’d