ANTHONY JENKINSON a.d. 



1558. 

 them Kersies for their commodities, but they would 

 not barter for such commoditie as cloth. 



The Persians do bring thither Craska, wollen cloth, Marchandise 

 linnen cloth, divers kindes of wrought pide silkes, Argo- °f Pema ' 

 macks, with such like, and doe carie from thence redde 

 hides with other Russe wares, and slaves, which are of 

 divers countreies, but cloth they will by none, for that 

 they bring thither themselves, and is brought unto them 

 as I have inquired from Aleppo in Syria, and the parts 

 of Turkic The Russes doe carie unto Boghar, redde Marchandise 

 hides, sheepeskinnes, wollen cloth of divers sorts, °f Russla - 

 woodden vessels, bridles, saddles, with such like, and 

 doe carie away from thence divers kindes of wares 

 made of cotton wooll, divers kinds of silkes, Crasca, 

 with other things, but there is but smal utterance. [I. 333.] 

 From the Countreis of Cathay are brought thither in Marchandise 

 time of peace, and when the way is open, musk, rubarbe, of Cathay. 

 satten, damaske, with divers other things. At my being 

 at Boghar, there came Caravans out of all these fore- 

 said Countries, except from Cathay : and the cause 

 why there came none from thence was the great warres 

 that had dured 3 yeres before my comming thither, 

 and yet dured betwixt 2 great Countries & cities of 

 Tartars, that are directly in the way betwixt the said 

 Boghar and the said Cathay, and certaine bar- 

 barous fielde people, as well Gentiles as Mahometists 

 bordering to the said Cities. The cities are called 

 Taskent and Caskar, and the people that warre against Taskent fcf 

 Taskent are called Cassaks of trie law of Mahomet : Cascar - 

 and they which warre with the sayd countrey of Caskar 

 are called Kings, Gentiles & idolaters. These 2 bar- 

 barous nations are of great force living in the fields 

 without house or towne, & have almost subdued the 

 foresaid cities, & so stopped up the way, that it is 

 impossible for any Caravan to passe unspoiled : so that 

 3 yeres before our being there, no Caravan had gone, 

 or used trade betwixt the countries of Cathay and Boghar, 

 and when the way is cleare, it is 9 moneths journey. 



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