'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.' [‎133] (174/1024)

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than their Horfes»but they are very hard to be tak’n *,for when one of thefe Horfes
perceives that his Rider is llain,he follows thofe that fly with all the fwiftnefs ima
ginable* Befide that, thofe Horfes being carri’d into other Countries^ are prefendy
fpoil’d, and come to nothing.
Their Cloathing is only a Sheep-skin, which in Winter they wear with the wool
next their Bodies v in the Summer turning the other fide. They that are the Nobi
lity of the Countrey, wear Wolves* skins, with a kind of Shirt,' and Breeches of
courfe Fuftian of divers Colours, which the Taylor gets little credit by fha-
ping.
Their Women are very white and well proportion’d, but their Faces are broad, and
their Eyes little, fo that by thirty years of Age they become very deformed. There
is not a man but has two or three Wives, which they never choofe but out bf their
own Tribe. Every Tribe has a Chief -, who is one of the Nobility of the Countrey,
and carries for his Banner a Horfe-tail faftenM to a half-Pike, and dy’d into the Co
lour belonging to the Tribe. When they march, every one knows where to place
himfdf, and how much ground they ought to take up for their Tribe and their
Cattel v one Tribe never encroaching upon another.
The Women and Maids are generally clad in a large Shirt that reaches down to
their feet. Upon their Heads they wear a large white Vale, their Foreheads being
bound about with a large black Handkerchief ty’d in five or fix Rolls. The Noble
> (ort of Women and Maids wear over this Vail a Bonnet open behind, which comes
down upon their Foreheads like a three-corner’d Cap : One of thefe Points ftands
up in the midft of the Forehead, lin’d with Velvet, Satin, or Cloth of Gold, and fet
with fmall pieces of Gold and Silver, and falfe Pearls, of which they -dfo make
themfelves Bracelets: Their Breeches are of fingle-cotour’d Cloth, and for Shoes
and Stockings, they only wear a Cordovan Boot of what Colour they pleafe, neatly
few’d.
When a young man intends to marry, it behoves him to give the Father and the
Mother of the Maid a certain quantity of Horfes, Bullocks or Cows, or other Gat-
tel, which is done in the prefence of the greateft part of the andenteft of the Tribe,
and a Moullab befide. When the Agreement is made, the young man has the liber
ty to fee his Mirtrefs, but not till then ; For before, he has only the information of
her Mother, his Sifters, or fuch Women as were his own Frienas. Betides the
three Wives which the man is allow’d to take, he may keep feveral female Slaves *,
but the Children are ftill Haves, and can never inherit. Thefe 'Tartars are of a ve-
ty hot conftitution, though not fo hot as the women. Both the one and the other
are very fair-hair’d but the men have little or no Beards: So that if there be any
one that has more Beard than ordinary, and can but write and read, they make him
a Moullah*
Thefe people have no Houfes, but live in Tents, or in Waggons which are drawn
after them where-ever they go. The Tents are for the old people and little Chil
dren, with their Slaves that attend them. The young women ride in Waggons
dos’d up with Boards, and to let in the Air, upon one fide they open a Window
shat is made like a Lattice. In the Evening they are permitted to fpend a little
time in the Tents. When the Girls have attain’d to the age cf ten or twelve Years,
they never ftir any more out of their Waggons till they are married, not fo much
as for the neceffities of Nature , but in the middle of the Waggon there is a Plank to
le taken up v and if it be in a place where they ftay, a Slave pre fently comes and
deanfes all underneath. The Maidens Waggon is eafie to be known, as being
painted with Flowers \ and generally there is a Camel ty’d to theTailofitbefmear d
with feveral colours, and feveral Nofegays or Poties of Flowers ftuck about the Head
fcf the Beaft
The young men have alfb every one their Chariot, wherein they only carry a
vacha of Horfe-skin, containing about 38 Quarts, which they ufuall filly with
Mares*milk, which is very fowr. They have alfo every one another Waggon next
ito that wherein they ride themfelves v wherein they carry, feveral Boracbo’s lull of
Cows-milk, which is very fowr. At Meals they drink this Milk : But before they
powr it out, they ftir it in the Boracbo with a great Stick, that the Curd may mix
with the thin Milk. But the Mares-Milk is only for the Mafter and Miftrefs,though
before they drink of either, they mix it with Water. When a Friend comes to fee
them