"رحلات جون ستريز المحفوفة بالمخاطر والأكثر تعاسة، عبر إيطاليا، اليونان، لايفلاند، موسكوفيا، تتاريا، ميديا، بلاد فارس، الهند الشرقية، اليابان، وغيرها من الأماكن في أوروبا، أفريقيا، وآسيا. تحتوي على، I. أكثر الملاحظات دقة للصفات المميزة، الدين، تنظيم المجتمع، التقاليد، القوانين، وممتلكات السكان؛ II. وصف وافٍ للعديد من المدن، البلدات، الحصون، وأماكن المعالم التاريخية، بخصوص موقعها وقوتها، وتحصنها بالطبيعة، أو الفن وغيرها، مع أشياء أخرى جديرة بالملاحظة: و III. مذكرة دقيقة بأكثر الكوارث المفجعة التي شهدها المؤلف في تلك الأماكن (ومنها) حطام سفينة غارقة، عمليات سرقة ونهب، الرِق، الجوع، والتعذيب، بالإضافة إلى العديد من الأمور الأخرى المزعجة فضلًا عن المصاعب الأخرى" [‎١‎٣‎٥] (٤٧٠/١٨٤)

S C hap. IV. The V oy ages of lohn Struys 13^
although it may feem ftrange , yet cannot that be avoided in feme ,,
places, unlefs they rub their Nofes and Ears, which are frozen 3 in ■669.'
Snow till they grow hot , which done they may come into a Houfe
Without danger, and this you lhall fee them continually a doing in
fucn beafons. It is alfo obfervable how that after a hard Winter the
very Earth chinks and opens when it once begins to thaw. But on the
contrary, it is there fo hot in the Summer that a ftranger cannot en
dure it, at what time alfo the Marfhes and Handing Pools do fo ttink
that one is ready €0 faint away ; befides tKte great annoyance of Gnats
Muskettos and other Vermin, againft which there is no way to de
fend ones Face. The Peftilence isfeldomever known there; but in
lieu thereof another Epidemy, which fo torments them in their Bow- Itmr
els that thole that are taken with it rarely recover 3 or live above 2 sic^nefi
days. Some 1 have heard fay that in times paft it was far more frequent
and rigorous than at this day^for before., they had not the ufe of Phvlic
nor would admitt of any that profeffed it to praftife, as of late, find^
mg the great benefit thereof, they have done.
Mofcoyiais a Countrey of a fat and fertile Soil, far beyond that of
Lt/eland. Their Wheat, Ry, Barley and Oats , they fow about St
loms day at Midfummer, which within 7 or 8 Weeks is fit for the
Sickle, orSithe ( for they ufe both ) and that by reafon ofthecon-
ftant heat. They have befides the beforementioned fruments , good
0 i e . 0 /i ' asPeare ' ® eansan( iLentils. Cucumbers. Pompons
and Melons are more common there than with us, of which laft I have
feen fome weighing above 40 pound. The Fruits they have are Pears
Apples, Qiunces, Medlars, Cherries Plumbs, and of thefe feveral
Sri J T g 77 10 r Coun " ey upon the River OT/.W
a kind of an Apple fo tranfparent that you maydifcern the Seeds , as
Grapes The Shell or Rind thereof is very thin and fubtile and the
Fruit it felf very delicate, but too juycy, and after a long Rain fo wa
tnlh that they grow mfipid. 'Tis generally known abroad that
^m.afFoardsFlaxand Hemp to that exuperancy, that they fuDnl v
dmoftall Europe with Rope-work The next Staple-Commoditic of
MoJcoyuisWzx and Honey, which the Ruftans take wild and mike a
vail profit thereof. In fhort there is no Vegetable of eener-il nf^
w f!t u ^" twl,a ;J ikes ? e *' riyeoni r heVi " e ^ which t^
of the Winter will notfufter Co likeoiiconle to pecfeftion : but dS
defi
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