'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.' [‎128] (167/1024)

The Persian Travels Book III
Cherrv-trees. Apple-trees, Pear-trees, Walnut-trees, and all oilier u(etun, CK
of the fame nature : but their chiefeli Wealth conhfts in Cattel but efpecially
well-fhap’d Horfes, not much unlike the Spanijb Gennets. 1 hey have alfo an a bi, n .
dance ofGoatsand Sheep, whofe Wool is as good as that of %»» -. which theM,,/.
cmites fetch away to make Felts.They neither fow Wheat nor Oats, but only Barb
for their Horfes, and Millet to make Breads nor do they ever fow twice in thef an)e
place : not but that the Land is good enough to bear Wheat, but becaufe they 1 0 , (
Bread made of Millet better. They have very good Fo wl, and Venifon, and Wild.
Fowl more than they know what to do withah which they never hunt with Dogs,
nor fly their Hawks at*, fbr their Horfes are fo fwift and fo good, that they will
tire the Beaft, and force him to lye down and yield. Ev’ry Horfe-tnan has a Rope
with a Hiding-knot ready at the Pummel of his Saddle, which they are fo dextrous
to throw about the neck of the Beaft that begins to be weary, that tis twenty to
one if they mifshim. When they have kill’d a Deer, they cut off the legs, and
breaking the Bones, eat the Marrow, which they fay is the beft thing m the World
toftrengthen the Body. When they go to fteal Cattel, they carry along with
them great Cows-horns ftuft with boy I’d Tripes cut in fmall pieces * then watch
ing their times when the Herdfmen are afleep, when the Dogs begin to bark,
they throw toev 5 ry one a Horn, with which the Dog prefently runs away;and fo
while the Shepherds are afleep, and the Dog is bufie to get the Meat out of the
Horn, which is there ramm’d in on purpofe, the Thieves drive away what they
P The Drink of the Shirks is Water and Boja is a Drink made of Milltt
as intoxicating as Wine, which they want in the Country.
The Men and the Women, Boys and Girls go habited all alike, and their Habit
is a colour’d Robe of Fuftian, with a kind of large Petticoat underneath-, with
this they wear a little pink’d Wattcoat that reaches down to their Thighs j and over
that a Caffockofcourfe Cloth that reaches down to their Knees, girt about their
Wafts with a Cord. The Sleeves of the Caflbck are op’n below and above, and
fbmetimes they pin them behind their Backs. They wear no Beards till they are
fixty years of age. And as for their Hair, neither Men nor Women, Boys nor
Girls, ever wear it longer than the tips of their Ears. The Men, both young and
old, (have the middle of their Heads about the bredth of two Fingers fromthe
Forehead down to the Nape of the Neck; and then in ftead of Hats or Head-clothes,
both Men and Women wear only a little Bonnet of the fame Cloth as theCaffock,
made like a Night-cap. ’Tis true, when the Maids come to be marry’d there is
fome diftindion upon their Heads*, for then they faft’n to the hinder part of their
Heads a round piece of Felt, which they cover with a white Veil very artificially
pleated. Their Breeches are ty’d below their Knees, and reach to their Anclesi
their Shooes, which are of Cordovan, both upper and under Leather, have but
one feam upon the upper part of the Foot, being light, and cut like a pair of
As tor their Beds, they take feveral Sheep-skins and fow them together, and
then fluffing them full of Millet-leaves, make a kind of Quilt. Now when they
beat the Millet, the Leaf comes to be as fmall as the Chaff of Oats *, fo that when
the perfon rifes off from the Quilt, the Quilt rifesand fwells again of it felf. Then
Cufhions are of the fame Make, only fometimes they are-ftuft with Wool.
The People are neither Chriftians nor Mahometans y all their Religion contuting
in fome Ceremonies which they perform with the greateft Solemnities which they
can imagtn :for at that time old and young of all Ages and Sexes, and all the whole
Town muft be there at the place appointed, unlefs impotency or ficknefs exculK
them. I call them Villages, for in all thefe Countries there is neither rortre
nor City, and as for their Villages, they are all built after the fame Model, roun,
with a Yiazza in the middle, according to the Figure,
the