'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.' [‎145] (186/1024)

Chap. HI* of Monfieur Tavernier.
great earthen Veffds bak'd in an Oven, either glazed, or die fmear’dover with the
fat of a Sheeps rump, flopp’d up with wood’n CoverSj cover’d over again with a
great piece of red Calicut, that lyes over all the lids of the Pots.
The King and his Lords have other forts of Cellars for magnificence, where they
treat fach as they invite. Thefeare four fquare Rooms not above three or four fteps
deep, with a Well in the middle, the floor being fpread with Turly Carpets.
New at the four corners of the Well ftand four great Bottles containing twenty
Pints apiece, the one of White, the other ofClaret. Between the great Bottles
flands a row of leffer Bottles filled, a Bottle of White, and a Bottle of Red. In
the Cellar-wall are feverai niches one above another, and in every nich a Bottle,
hill vary’d Gules and Argent j a very pleafant fight to good Companions in a Room s
which is as light as day.
As for Herbs and Roots they have very good in Perfia, but above all, mbft
excellent Roman Lettuce. But there is no fort of Pulfe, nor can they find away to
make Peafe grow among them. The Carmelites carry’d Afparagus, Artichoaks, and
Succory, which were never feen there before, but now begin to thrive very
well. ^
As for Turqaoifes and Pearls Ifliall fpeak thereof in my difeourfe of Jewels,toward
the end of my Indian Travels.
CHAP. III.
Of the Beafis of Service ; of the Fifh and Fowl o/Perfia.
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Beads for fervice in Perfia, are Horfes, Mules, Afles, and Camels;
The Horfes of Perfia are but of an ordinary ftature, lefs ithan ours,
very narrow before, but very fwift and light. They carry their heads
very ill in running, by reafon of the Cuftom to which the Perfians ufe
them. For they have got a trick of managing their Horfes, yet never getting upon
their backs» they teach them to Amble by tying their feet with two Cords of an
equal length, to the middle whereof are fatten’d two other Cords that are fatten’d
to the Saddle, which'two Cords keep their feet fo, that they cannot ftir but at fuch
a diftance •, and fo they deal with their Mules upon which the old men generally
covet to ride. The Horfes of Perfia are very docible, and eafily brought up. They
give them nothing elfe from one Evening to another but a Sack full ofehopt Straw,
with a meafure of Barley whiclrthey mingle together with the Straw, to the end
they may eat both together. When the Barley is newly ear’d, they give it them for
fourteen or twenty days together to purge their Bodies, as we far the fame end put
our Horfes to Grafs in the Spring. The Perfian Horles hold out very well ’till
eighteen or twenty years of age i but they never cut their Stone-Horfes in that Coun
try. In the Winter, they never take off their Shooes, but only Froft-nail them.
Their Furniture is very light and handfomly made. And this is further obferv’d,
that whereas we keep Goats in our Stables and Inns, the Perfians keep Hogs.
There are two forts of Afles in Perfia. Thofe that are bred in the Country only
ferve to carry burthens > but there are a fort of Arabian AfTes that are fwift and very
handfom, excelling in price the common fort of Horfes. The Merchants oiiljpaban
keep thefe Afe in their Country Houfes, taking it for a great piece of Grandeur
to Ride every Morning to their Shops.
Some parts of Perfia are perplex’d alfo with wild-Beafts, as Lyons, Bears, and
Leopards, but there are but very few nor have we heard that ever they did any great
mifehief. Porcupines they have alfo and I my felf faw brought before the
King two men, the one of which was Shot through the Thigh, and through
the Leg wirh a Porcupine’s Quill. The fecond was kill’d, the Porcupine having
darted his Quill a little above his right Pap through his Brett. As for their Fifti,
there are an abundance of Carps, Trouts, and Pikes in the River : but in
all the other Rivers of Perfia there is but one fort of Fitti, which is a kind of
T Barbill,
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