'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.' [‎112] (661/1024)

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2 A Defcrrptton of the Comtreys which border.
thence unto A/iracan as much; in all, 3 icomiies. it a-nypctiori (hould endeavour
by Land to Travel round this Sea, or in a Voyage by Sea follow the Coaii, he would
3.t d. Thoufand miks more • foi this Sea is full of great GulphS) Bays 3 and
broken ground 5 fo chat the Calculation I make, is upon a direa paffage by Sea, lup,
pofe from Ajivtican to G//^«from thence to the Opcw^ 3 fiom the 0 ) us to the great North-
Baft Bay into which the River Jem falls, which is full of Wands and broken Grounds,
Shelves, 3 Sand and Shallow Water ; and from thence back to Afracan.
Having prefented your Lordfhip with a fhort but true Account of thole Countries
encompaling and lying between the two forementioned Mediterranean Seas, I lhall no
lefs briefly and faithfully declare by what Accidents I came unto this Knowledge;
which colt me To dear, that ifuppofe the moft inquifidve perlon would not purchafe
the gratification of his Curioficy at a far lels hxpence of time and trouble, than 1 have
imployed (thougfuqften againftmy will )in my Travels and Enquires.
| was boirf Ireland, yet of Englijb Extrad: my Family Noble, but my Eftate not
correTpondmg Witn my Qua lity, being ambitious, and withal naturally inclined to fee
Forraign Countries,! hoped to Raifc my Fortune by my Sword. After 1 \ckInland)
before 1 had been long in England^ an opportunity prefenting it fell, I engaged in the
Service of the King of Sweden, who had then Wars with the Mufcovites 5 having given
fome Confiderable proofs or my Courage, 1 was gradually raifeo unto a Confiderable
Command 5 but being engaged too far in a Body 01 the Enemies,! was unhappily taken-
Prifoner by^he 2^/, and carried Priioner unto TUfcow, then in their poileffion, ha
ving at the fame time Arrears due unto me from the hwede above 5000 Dollars. The
Swedes taking no care for my Enlargement, being willing, I iuppofe, to lave io great
a Sum of Money,as at my Return 1 fhould have challenged : after T hree years clofe
Imprifonment, I wasprofered Liberty by the Mufcmte,uyon condition I would faith-
ftillv ferve himagainit all his Enemies * whereunto aflenting, I was fent unto Mofcow,
and" there before the Chancellor iworn a 'tolmac^nd. preferred unio a Command lit
tle inferiour unto what 1 enjoyed before. And the Foies advancing towaras htofcov?
with a great Army, fearing left! fhould go oyer unto them, I was lent unto A{\man
where! remained to years,being continually Employed againft the Tartars anc Circaf-
fans. By Which means 1 came to know Fettigor, Sneefnagor, Sbadgore, Cabardye and
the Great and Little Nagoy, the Comuhes, the dartars of CaJJen, the Kainmkys,CaJJ'ach\,
Horda, Caragans, Vngenfh, and Vs beg tartars. During which ..Wars, I conned with
great difficulties and hardfhip* in making long Jourmes, faring hardly : Nor was it
a (mail labour to make floates in order unto our pafiing over the great Rivers / have
mentioned,to fay nothing of the Danger. Befides, we run great hazards in our Jour
neying over thofewafte wide howling Defans, which on every fide furrounded us; fre
quently Wanting provifions, and iomtimes Guides; fo that had we failed never io
little in our Conjectures, we had all perifhed. After Ten years bard Service, in my
Return from Conveying Sbollobofe Knez into Shercaffen Land, I was taken 1 Lj one f
by the tartars of the Little Nagy, and by them carried unto Ajfowa upon the Mouth
of the tana or Von. There 1 was fould unto a Frecopenfan tartar, who carried me
along with him towards Crm : But upon the (hallow Waters! very bappdy made my
Efcape. I had little Knowledgeof the Country, but having formerly underftood by
our Cojfacks at /Iftracan, that great Bodies of the fame name mortal Enemiesuntethe
tartars, dwelt upon the Nepper not far beyond Crm$ by the help of the Sun and dtars,
I journeyed due Weft many days without any diiaftrous Adventure,until Bound them;
who gave me a very kind reception: In this efcape Z travelled slmoft the w hole Leiart
of Ingile and Vngule. Vorofensko who then Commanded all th e Cojjacks upon the the JSlep-
per, immediately made me a Poskofnekg, from which time for the ip^ceof a.rnoi two
years i did accompany them in divers expeditions, in which we vifited moft of tnoie
Countries which lye upon the Black Sea, to the no fmall vexation and lofs_ol the in
habitants. We kept a Correfpondence with the Cojfacks upon the Von, and frequently
afifted each other. And being all Foot, and the Country cxadly level, we travc ea
furrounded with Wagons ( which they call a Tabor ) tor fear of the 7 * rtar j .,
often fet upon us, but were as often repulfed, we being well accommodated
Fire-Arms and fmall Field-piecs, which the tartars do exceedingly fear and willnot
ordinarily attempt clofely ,unkis they hav c greatly the Odds in Number. But at ie g ^