"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" [‎١‎٦‎٢] (٤٧٠/٢١١)

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' The Voyages of lohnStruys, V o y. III .
Tfl wr^XETfaTdlt^^nfomc places more than 3 miles
broad and proving in other places very narrow makemg at each fide
nfthe River a Whirl-pool, which cannot be avoided without great
difficultv The courfe of this River from Tiifen to is moftly
EaftandSouth-Eaft butfromC^to Afirtchm and fo to the ^
Hncamm , or Sea altogether South On each fide the River
VOU have for the moft part very good Land and many fair Towns,
I I have already noted , whofe Inhabitants are fedulous m their
Husbandry, and are well fupplyed with the particular Products of all
the feveral Landlhips adjacent on this noble River , as alfo with
manv forts of excellent Fifh. In times paft the ^ was much m-
commodated by the Cofah of , who bemg very ftrong m fmaU
{hipping , would fometimes , furprize , alfail and take the Rupm
^'orithe'i 2 xve paffed by the Iflands llerimki and , but to-
wards the Evening were fain to drop anchor, by reafon of the many
^On the 22 we weighed but found our Anchor faft among the Roots
ofthe Trees, whichcoftusfomepainsto get clear. About mid-day
we got the Ifland Dioploy , about 3 in the afternoon OMufa , and about
the Evening KvcfMonsky , where we anchored.
On the 24 we proceeded forward and got Parnnno where we took
inFrovifion^, wLhwefoundverygood aad of a low Price. F«
hence we loofed, and failed by many pleafant Iflands, Townsman
an Excellent profpeft from Land, which was ftored with Cat el,
fruitful Dales, Woods, Meadows, Currents and whatfoever natural
Delights that may content the heart ot Man. ^ ivvft
On the 2 9 due we came to Vfetfih-gorod a litle Town on t _
fide ofthe mlga> and becaufe it was here a level Countrey we tooke the
heighthof the Arttic Pole , which we found 55 and 50 •
above the Horizon. This faid Town was then witW Gatesjr
Walls, and is built moftly of wood, fave only Public Edifices, -
ReligiousHoufes, which are there but few , inc ^ It aS
long in poffeflion and fubjeft to the , or great ^ f f
On the South-fide of VFaftligorod , is a litle River called the ^,
which here gufhes out with a violent rufhing and buzzing in
VFolg*. AboV e