'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.' [‎254] (287/1024)

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in that place, though never To bad. The water thus Banding in the Cirkrr^f ~
times for many years together, breads worms, fo that whither you Brain
boil it, there will appear a kind df foulnefs in it, which is the fesdofthefe vvo , ) ° r
And this corruption it is that breeds worms in the legs and feet of men^ wff ?
puts me in mind, that after my return to Parir, the fifth time of my travelling t
had one came out of my left foot an Ell an a half long, and another from unrl-
the ankle of my right foot half an Ell long. v - . r
The firfi: of April I fet out from Lar by five in the morning, and travelPd till
three in the afternoon, through a barren flony Country, except it were only one
Village call’d Tcherkab^ near to which I met with fome Corn-land, and feveral
Palm-trees. I lodg’d ap a little Inn call’d Sbamzenghi. It is low, built like
Crofs, with four doors to receive the cool winds every way. All the Inns are ‘
built in this fafhion between this and Bander, and near to one another for the eafe
of Travellers. As for the Beafts, they lye without, for they have no Stables. All
the Houfes from Lar to Ormus are built after one manner. For there is a kind
of a Pipe, lil^e a Chimney, that runs from the bottom to the top to gather wind *
The feconq l left Shamzenghi about four in the afternoon, becaufe the heat is
cool’d by a gentle breeze toward the evening. Three hours I traveil’d through a
barren Plain* afterwards over moft fearful Rocks, and about ten at night I came
to Cormout, a great Village well ftord with Palm-trees.
From Lar to Comout is the worft way in all Perfia. For many times there is
no water to be found. ^
The third, I parted from Cormut a little after midnight* and having travell’d fe-
ven hours in very bad way, full of great ftones and filthy puddles, I came to a
hew Inn call’d Tenquidalen, In the middle of it is a little vafe of running water
fed by a little Bream that falls from the Mountain. But the water being fome-
*hing brackifh, they have fince that built a very fair Ciflern. They alfo broach’d
the Mountain to bring the water into a Plain, which was barren before, but is
now fruitful, and beautifi’d with two good Villages. This was done by a rich
Merchant, whofc Children enjoy the Revenues of both.
^The fourth, I fet forward an hour after midnight, and travell’d through an un
inhabited Coun trey, full of wide Torrents when the rainfalls. There are but
two fmall Inns upon the Road, and about eight in the morning I arriv’d at that
which they call Gottrba-Sarghant. It was built with the Money which a Merchant
of Ormut left for that purpofe * whofe firength fail’d him in that very place, for
want of a refiing place. This Inn is not far from a Village that Bands upon the
Mountain to the North.
The fifth, fetting out a little after midnight, I travell’d till feven in the morning
through a dry and defcrt Gountrey, yet Bor’d with Lentisk trees, and lay at a good
Village call’d Cauvreftan, where the people were mowing large Fields of Early.
Here, if the Inn be full, you may lye atrhe Countrey-mens Houfes, who areac-
cuflom’d to entertain Travellers, and get well by it. This place is famous for
Water-Melons, as big as our Pumpkins * and are the beif in all Perfia. The meat
is very red, and as fweet as Sugar, which is a great refrefhment to Travellers.
The Kelonter of the place gave me two Raddilhes, one weighing 30, the other 45
pounds, and were very good meat.
The 6th 1 fet out after midnight, and travell’d till it was day through plains of
Sand, over which it is impoffible to find the way without a guide. About three
a Clock in the morning I crofs’d over two Bridges joyn’d together by a long
Caufey. Before I came to the firfi? I rode over another for a good quarter
of a league, which Caufey runs on a great way to the fecond Bridg, under
Which Bows a fait River * the fhoar of which is full of moving fands > fo
that before thofe Bridges were made, it was dangerous to foard it without a
This Caufey and the two Bridges were made and built by a Perfian, whofe name
was Aly b who wanting employment at home, apply’d himfelf to the King of
Golconda, who lik’d him fo well, that he made him General of his Army. Being
thus ad Vane d, he alfo turn’d Merchant, and trading ftrfi with one Veflel, then with
two, got a great EBate. At length,all that hehad thus got in forty years, to get him-
ielfa name in Perfi#, he employ’d in making this Caufey and the two Bridges.
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