'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.' [‎46] (79/1024)

fall but by the way. There is .no honed man that covets the employment •, for the
Caravan-BAjhi, being to difcharge feveral fmail duties upon the Road, however he
behave himielf, is dill fulpefted for his fidelity. When the Turks are rooft nume
rous, they make choice of a Turkb when ^e Armenian Merchants are tnoft, they
choofe an Armeniani , , -
There are two forts of Caravans. There are Caravans which confift of Camels
which are the mod ufual •, in regard that Camels are cheap, and for that fome Camels*
will carry as much as three Horfes, others as much as four or rive. But among
the Caravans of Camels, there are feveral Horfes and Mules, which the Merchants
themfelves ride upon } it being very tedious to ride upon a Camel when he only goes
a foot-pace, but very pleafant when he goes upon his large trot. There are other
Caravans that confift only of Horfes *, and among thefe, if the Merchant have none
of his own, he may hire one. The Servants ride upon thofe Horfes that are leaft
laden-, but at you may meet with feveral good Horfes very cheap, from
thirty to fixty Crowns. As for thofe perfons that are either unwilling or unable to
be at any expence, they make ufe of Afles, of which there are enow to be had.
Above all things, you mud take care to provide Pack-Horfes to carry your Wine ;
for the Camel-Mafters being will not permit you to lade their Camels
with any fuch Liquor ^ that Bead being particularly confecrated to Mahomet, who
fo ftri&ly forbad the ufe of Wine. You put your Wine in Bottles made of wild
Goats Skins, with the hairy fide turn’d innermod, affd well pitch’d within. There
are fome of thefe Bottles from which they take off the Hair*, but they are notfo ,
good, as being feldom without holes.
Thefe Camel-Mafters are an infolent fort of people, which you dial) never know
how to deal with, unlefs you can bring them to punilhrnent. There was one that
play’d me fome of his jades tricks in the Road from Smyrna to ; but when]
came to Efcrivan, I complain’d to the Kan,who prel'ently caus’d a hundred Baftinado’s
to be giv’n him upon the fpot. Nor is there any other way to bring thofe Scoundrels to
reafon,efpccially at and fuch other places, where the Merchants have their
Confab) who upon the lead complaint to theCWy have Jufticc done them imme.
diately. The examples of fome of thefe Camel-drivers that have been paid off,
keep the red in good decorum \ and they will be very tra&able for a good while after.
The Journies of the Caravans are not equal} fometimes not above fix hours travel,
fometimes 1 ten, and fometimes twelve } it being the convenience of Water, which
is not every where to be met with, that is the Rule of Lodging the Caravan.
At all times the Caravan travels more by night than by day in Summer to avoid the
heat, and at other times, tfiat you maybe fure to have day enough to fet up your
Tents. For if the Caravan diould come to pitch in the night, it would be impoffible for
them to find where to fet up their Tents, to drefs and look after their Beads, make
ready their Kitchins, and provide things neceffary for fo large a Company. True
it is, that in the depth of Winter and in the great Snows, they feldom fet ouf till two
or three hours after midnight; and that fometimes they day till day-break. Tut
in Summer, according to the Journey which they intend, they let out either at
midnight, or an hour after Sun-fet. The lad time I went from Smyrna the Car mm
confided of fix hundred Camels, and almofi the fame number of Horfe. Sometimes
their number is greater, fo that the Camels going but by one and one after another,
a feems to be an Army*, and whether it be in travelling or lodging, they
take up a world of Ground. Now by reafon they travel all night in Afia, it happens
that the Air is indifferent wholfom; and that the Travellers, that lye lor the molt
part upon a Carpet fpread upon the Ground, find themfelves very little inconve
nienc’d by it. .v
/ The Camels that go into Perfia through the Northern Provinces of
travel like Horfes in a Cart, by feven and feven *, they are ty’d together by a Cord
about the bignefs of a Man’s little Finger, and a Fathom long *, faften’d to the Pack-
faddle of the Camel that goes before, and to the Head-harnefs of the Camel that
follows. Thofe little Cords are made no ftronger, to the end that if the Came
before fhould chance to fall into any hole, the Camel behind fhould either keep him
up, or clfe not be' pull’d in after the other. And to the end that the CameMnver
who leads the foremoft, may know whether the other fix follow him or no, t e
faff Camel has a Bell about his Neck, which if it ceafe to ring, ’tis a fign that
lome,