Chap. L of Monfieur Tavernier. 53 



THE SECOND tB K. 



O F T H E 



PERSIAN TRAVELS 



O F 



Monsieur TAVERNIER: 



Containing the feveral 



ROADS 



From PARIS to ISPAHAN the Capital 



City of PERSIA; 



Through the Southern Provinces of TUQ^KJY, 

 and through the DESERTS. 



CHAP. I. 



T7;e fecond Voyage of the Author from Paris to Ifpahan : and fir/t ? 

 of his Embarking at Marfeilles for Alexandretta. 



TH E Road from Gviftantinofle to Erivan , which with all thofe 

 other Roads through the Northern Provinces of Turkie , the 

 firft time I travel'd into Perfia , I have amply defcrib'd. It 

 hehoves me now to treat of the Southern Provinces , and of 

 thole through the Dcierts , where there are feveral Emirs , or 

 Arabian Princes, of which feveral are very potent : For there 

 are fome of them that can bring 30000 Horfc into the Field, 

 five of which I have had the honour to difcourfe, and to oblige them with fmall 

 Prefents ', in recompence whereof they lent me Rice, Mutton, Dates, and Sherbet, 

 as long as I ftaid among them. 



I embark'd at Marfeilles in a Holland Veflcl that carry'd five and forty Gun?, 

 from thence we let fail for Malta. At Malta we (laid twelve days to carine the 

 VefTcl , and to take in frelh Victuals. Among the reft we bought two tho aland 

 Quails, for there are a prodigious quantity in the Hand : but in two or three days 

 we found five or fix hundred of them deftroy'd by the Vermin that pefter'd the 

 Ship. 



From Malta we fet fail for Larnec*, a good Road in the Hand of Cyprus, to the 

 Weft ©f Fdmagojht , which is not above a days journey from it by Land. As we 

 were making into the Road , about two or three hours after midnight, we perceiv'd 

 a Veflel cloic upon us , and both the Ships Company began to cry out, for fear oi 

 falling foul one upon another', but the VefTel thecr'd clear without any harm on 

 either fide. 



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