"رحلات السيد بيترو ديلا فالي، وهو نبيل روماني، إلى الهند الشرقية وصحراء الجزيرة العربية. وفيها يصف بدقة البلدان المختلفة، وكذلك العادات، الأعراف، التجارة، الطقوس الدينية والمدنية، لهؤلاء الأمراء وتلك الأمم الشرقية: في رسائل وديّة إلى صديقه السيد ماريو سكيبانو. وتم إضافة سرد عن رحلة السير توماس رو إلى جزر الهند الشرقية" [‎٢‎٦‎٠] (٥٠٨/٢٨١)

The 'Travels of Peter Delia Valle,
III.
IV.
travdl'd till then) we retted a t whiie near certain Pits 5 and fet-
ting F qi wards again in the Eveniog, traveU'dtill mid-night 5 and
then flye reftedi ,The next dayitifing early 5 we travell'd till about
noon 5 till coming to a little hitter water, we ftay'd there to
repofe. Here the'great wind^ which blows continually in the
Defart 3 .allayipg the great bqat of the Seafon , having before
muqh ihatter d our little PavilioAs, now broke them all in pieces
fb that we could noi more make ufe of them: Which indeed'
was a gr^at inconvenience ^ but for the future 5 we had no other
remedy but when we refted 5 to ward off the Sun-beams with
littleih^ds mad(e.gf our Cloth^faftned upon three Chairs where
in the VVomen and I were carry'd^ though they fcarce fuffie'd to
cpy^r tjiree or|(||urperfons: Yet in the night, when there was
no^qeed of il3aaDw ? we flept more pleafantly and coolely under
the fair Canopy of the Starry-Heaven. After noon, we proceed
ed further tili an hour before night 5 and then took up our lodging
near another water,
June the fixteenth. Having travell'd from break of day tili
noon, and men refted two hours, we proceeded again till night,
lodging in a plac^. where the multitude of Gnats fuffer'd us to
llecp but iittk. The, next Mpi/niogjearlyj we pafs'd by a great
dry Lake, Cwhich ) y'€t feem'd to have water i^k atfometime of
the year) and aof hour before noon refted in a pjace full of Horn
ets, very troublefome both tOrMenand beafts. At the ufual
hour we fet forwards again, andjourney'd till night.
fyfne the eight^pth, Rifingbefore day-break^ we pafs d by, at
adi cance ( leaving iton.th^ right hand), a place inhabited by
which they call govern'd by one HhafanAga.
Curdo, a F ugitive from his own Country, and,, by Alliance with
the Arabians, become great amongft them. The Capigi ibrahm
Aga, had a Robe to prefent to him from the Serdar 5 but being
we could not go to Argia^ by reafon all the Paflages were then
overnown with water,, and the Cameliers had no mind to it in
regard of a Gjbcl which would be recjuir'd there of us, we re-
pos'd our felve;. about noon in the place where we were. Having
pa s d Argia a good way, the Capigi got one to fwimover the
waters and to advertife Hhafan Aga of the Serdar's Prefent
which he had for him, and would have deliverd himfelf, had the
u oeen pailable ^ he alio deiir d fbme Arqutbufiers to accompa
ny us over the Defart. In expedition of an Anfwer, we ftay'd in
l lls E a ^ e da y > where I (aw upon the ground abundance of
r a u 1 ning within,like Mother-of-Pearl, fome whole, and
lome broken 5 I wonder'd how they came there fo far from Sea.
Haw a.io many pieces of Bitumen fcatter'd up and down, which
is produc d in that brackiOi foil by the overflowing of the water
at lome time of the year: I have a piece of it by me to (hew.
Deinglufpiciousof fome Arabian Maedis y that is. Vagrants or
Vagabonds, (fo call'd becaufe they abide with Droves of Butfles,
iometimesin the Defarts 3 and fometimes in Cities 5 and are dife-
1 ent