"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" [‎٢‎٢‎٥] (٤٧٠/٢٨٤)

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C hap . XX. The V oy ages of John 225
ney and that for a certain Diftance from the Coaft which is fet off
with Stakes jwithin w hich bounds none are to 111 upon pain of Death, l670 *
but without everyone has the perraiflion to liflij yet without Filhis
very rare except in fome litle Shoals here5and there, and thofe only at
fome Seafons, which are uncertain. After the Farm is expired it is alio
free within the Stakes for every one to fi Ih. Here is an incredible
plenty of Salmon, as alio Carps, Breams, Sturgeon and other Fifh,
held with us in great eltecm , and thofc in general both larger
and fatter than thofe taken on the Coaft of or any other
Sea or Water in Europe that I know. Carps when come to their full
growth are fometimes above 4 foot long, but thofe are not fa de
licate as when they are lefs: Here alfo many ftrange Fi flies by us
unknown, and I beleev moft of them proper only to this Sea.
mongft thofe ftrange kinds is one , which by reafon of the dif-
proportion of his Head with his Body our Countreymentat
chan call, s&irFl[ 7 hickpate ] But by the that
is , Devourer. This Filli is of a more than ordinary ftrength and
fomtimes will overturn a fmall Boat witha ftroak of his Tail.
• CHAP. XX.
Defcription ef Dcrbent: it's Walls. 7 he Sultans Di~
vers Watch-towers. Multiplicity of Sepulch ivithout Dcrbent.
//farket. The ^Author fold again. His married with a Polish IVo-
man and runs into Danger of his Life.
running/mtaj fromher Husband and ta
Mr.Struys ' s Companions come to Dcrbent. efcape
from the Tartars. The great Inclination of the Sultan of Uerbent to the Hol
landers. A Device put in pradife to Jet one of the
Liberty The Prince takes the Wife of Brak for Brak
•
DErbem the firft City under the Jurifdi£tion of the King of Per- r '-
Jia ,on the Cafptan Sea, lies in 41 50 mm. northerly La- i/C
titude. This Citv lies lone wife Eaft and W eft from the Sea fide bcnt «.
to the Land, and is according to computation about 2 [ ]
miles long. One fide thereof lies fo near to the Sea that the Waves
F f beat