'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.' [‎231] (264/1024)

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Hollander into India and Japan, Great quantities alfo of both are tranfported infn
Mufcovy and Poland, i
The Ronas, that famous Root, of which I have already fpoken, is tranfported
over all India, where there is alfo a great vent ofPerfian fruits pickl’d in Vinegar
as alfo of their fweet waters. 5 9
Their Piftaches grow in great abundance about Cashing Almonds from the Terri
tories oPTefd and Kerman, Raifins from feveral parts of the Kingdom, efpecially
ftomSchim : And their purgative Prunes, which they call AlonbdcdraAxomthe
Frontiers that border^upon ; >
Great ftore of Quinces candied f and boxes of Marmaled made at Balfara arc
thence tranfported into India, where they are bought up by the Mahometans and
Portuguefes. For th^Banians will eat none, for fear they (hould by accident burva
fly in their domachs. ^
Oieat (lore ot dry’d Fruits are brought out of the Country of the MeJei and
tranfported to Tocat, to Biarbequir, Nineveh and Djgdat. Among the reft a fort
of toll Apricots, very pleating to the tafle, which being bin I'd in water make a
pleafant fyrrup, and are the only diet for the fick in thofe parts.
There are alfo great ftore of painted Calicuts made iaPerfta, which being
courfe, ate Only worn and madeufe of by the poor, fo that there is very little
tranfported out of the Country, but what is carried into J
The Verfum alfo make a great deal of money of their Catted; and to begin
with their Camelt, they fell vaft numbers of them into Amenta arid Natalia But
the Governours of the Provinces are very unwilling to part with them ; which
very much abates the trade. For the Turks very highly efieem the Perfian Camas
as being ftronger than their own. They alfo fell great ttore oftiorfes and Mules *
Blit that trade is not fo cOnfidetable, the chiefeft part being only fent into India
As for theirSheep, ’tis a wonderful thing to fee what prodigious numbers come
wit of the Province of ihe Medes and the Higher Armenia, and the Forraign Mer-
chants come as far as HaurU and Ramadan to fetch thew away. They drive them
as far as Conftantinople and Adrianople, and the greateft part of the Mutton which
is fpent in Natalia and Romania cOmes out of Perfta, which tery much enriches
Perfta with ready mony. But when Lamb is in feafon, as we travel with the Ca
ravans, we meet at every turn with flocks after flocks, the leaft of which confifts of
athoufand Lambs : and in regard there are Lome of thofe Lambs that are weary \
and lag behind, we buy them at a cheap rate, the Shepherds that are not
able to carry them, beb'g glad to be rid oPem.
Formerly the Merchant Fewelters brought fome Turquoifes of the old rock out
M rerfia i but for thefe 15 years laft paft there have bin none found. The lift
time I was there I could only meet with three, which were but reafonable. As
tot thole of the new rock, they are of no value, becaufe they do not keen their
colour, but turn green in a little time. F
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