Chap. VII. o/Mon(ieur Tavernier. 117 



From Mow on to Cafin? Jha. IOO 



From Co/in to Mofcow? fia. 250 



So that from Afiracan ro Mofcow they count it fha. 2950 



which makes 590 Italian miles. 



At Sarataf 'you may go afhore , and fo by Land to Mofcow. When the Snow is 

 gone you travel in Wagons , but when the Snow lies , in Sledges. If a man be alone, 

 and that his Goods weigh not above two hundred pounds Parts weight, they put 

 them into two Bales •, and laying them upon the Horfes back let the man in the 

 middle , paying for Carriage as much as from Afiracan to Mofcow. ' 



From Sarataf bv Land to Infer at? days 10 



From Inferat to Tymnch^, days 6 



From Tymnck^ to Cam] iter ma ? days g 



From Canquerma to Volodimer , days <5 



Volodimcr is a City bigger than Conjhtntwople , where (lands a fair Church upon a 

 Mountain in the City , having been formerly the refidence of the Emperours them- 

 felvcs. 



From Volodimcr to Mofcow? days 5 



In all , days 3 5 



Obferve by the way that they never go afhore at Scrataf but in cafe of ne'eeffity, 

 when the River begins to be Frozen. For from Serataf to Inferat is a Journey of ten 

 days , in all which time there is nothing to be had , either for Horfe or Man. The 

 Cuftom is the fame at Mofcow as at Aftracan ? that is Five per Cent. All the Ajia, 

 ticks ? Turks , Perfians , Armenians , and others , lodge in a fort of Inns : but the 

 Europeans lie in a place by themfelves altogether. 



The Names of Jome Cities and places belonging to the Empire cf the Grand 

 Signor , as they are vulgarly call d , and in Turkish. 



1 Onflantinople after it was taken by Mahomet the fecond , the twenty-feventh of 

 i May? 1453. was call'd by the Turks Iflam-Bol? 7/fow fignifyirig Security, and 

 Boly Spacious ? large ? ox great ? as much as to fay, Great Security. 



Vulgar. Turkiflj. 



Adrianople? Edrene. 



Burfe ? Broufa. 



Belgrade, Bcligrade. 



Buda ? Boudim. 



Grand Caire ? Mefr. 



Alexandretta in Egypt , . Iskendrie'. 



Mecca? Meqquie. 



Halfara , Bafra. 



Babylon , Bagdat. 



Nineveh ? MoufiToul. 



Nifibis ? Nisbin. 



Edeffa? Ourfa. 



Tiquerangcr , Diarbequir. 



Eva-togea , Tokat. 



Teve Toupolis , Erzerom. 



Shamir amaqer ? Van. 



Jerufalem ? Koutfheriff. 



Ttamxs , Cam. 



Tripoli in Syria , Cam Taraboulous. 



Aleppo ? Haleb. 



Tripoli in Barbary , Taraboulous. 



Tunis, Tunis. 



Algier ? Gezaiir. 



Candy , . Guirir. 



Rhodes , Rodcs. 



Cyprus , Kcbrcs. 



Chio ? 



