upon the Euxine and Gafpian Seas. 117 



together, agreed to make fome kind of fubmiffion, and fue for pardon and peace. 

 Whereupon they fent AmbafTadors unto Tumeine, where the Kttjfe Army was encamp- 

 ed j and after a Treaty with the Czars Plenipotentiaries, they agreed upon thefe Ar- 

 ticles, That the" Comukes ihould reftore the Towns they had taken, and aid the Empe- 

 rour with fuch a number of Souldiers, as he mould require, againfi any Enemy what- 

 focver j whereunto their Heads being fworn, they have inviolably obferved the Agree- 

 ment unto this day. But it's time we take our leave of Gildar, Prince of ftrfe and 

 his Comukes, and proceed into Sbercaffen Land, part of which, as I hinted before, lyes 

 upon the Black Sea, and extends it felt" unto the Cajpian. 



This fide of Circajjia which borders upon the Cajjnan Sea, is a very plentiful Coun- 

 trey ; and as for Filh, it is fo wonderfully plentiful, that in Tumeine you may ordina- 

 rily purchafe a good Sturgeon for two pence, and fometimes for a penny ■-, a moll pro- 

 digious quantity of Filh being taken in the River of the J^eejira, and about the Ifland 

 Ot Cbefyne, which is oft" at Sea not far from Tumeine. On the main Land, over 

 againlt this Fiihcry, 4 miles above the River of Terike, there is a great Well, made by 

 a Spring, which falls from a Rock, on the fide of a great Hill, and immediately rills 

 this little Lake,which whether it is Natural or Artificial, I know not. The Water of 

 this Lake is fo fcalding hot, that the Fifhers flinging in their Sturgeon or other Filh, it 

 is in a fhort time boyled, as if over a rire, the heat being fo intenfe, that no Man can 

 detain his Hand in it for a moment ; from which ftrange Quality it derives its Name, 

 being called by the Kujjcs, G orach 'a Colioda, or the Scalding Well. 



I fhall conclude my Difcourfe with a fhort Account of the Little Nagoy, or of that 

 part thereof which cenhnes upon the Cajpian ; for all that fpace between Tumeine and 

 Ajptocon, is by many afcrikd unto the Nagoy "Tartars.- I did before declare, That the 

 Little Nagoy is for the molt part a wide walle Defart, the woril of which is all that 

 Trad which lyeth between lumcine and Aftracan, Thefe Tartars have no Town but 

 only Afjhorca, which is not properly theirs, though lying in their Countrey, being: 

 pviTeiTedbythe7^. •■ P 



There is a fort of People in this Countrey, whom the Tartars call Sigtkcs ; I could 

 never learn what their Language is, or from what Place or Nation they proceed b nor 

 could I underftand after what manner they live, whether they have any Religion, or 

 Civil Government. Their chief Sublicence is what they gain from the Tartars ; for 

 they gather fometimes 2 or 3000, and rob the (mailer Hords of the Tartars, and thofe 

 which are mod remote from help. But fometimes the Tartars discovering the place o{ 

 their Retreat or Rendcvous, furround them with their Cans, and then fall in, cut 

 them all oil, never giving Quarter unto any ; no Crime beii>g lb levercly puniihed 

 among!! the Tartars as Thievery \ which makes me apprehend, that thefe Sigakgs are 

 funic of their own People, who formerly deicrted them upon fome extraordinary oc- 

 canon : But whatfocver is the rcafon , they do molt irreconcileably hate each the 

 other. 



Thc'moft noted Places on that fide die Little Nagoy, which regards the Cajpian Sea, 

 and lye all along the Coalt from 'lumcine to Aftracan, are Sbeerlona Teare ( where I 

 was firit taken Prifoner by the Tartars ) Feremctkj) Arji Bap, Moyackee, BeaVa Opera. 

 Bajljmacbakg , Kaboyliy Macbakoj'ska , Cbujhrvay , and fo over the Volga unto 

 Ajiracan. 



And to conclude all, I (hall here enumerate all the Places on the Coait near Afira- 

 can^ which have Names that are coniiderablc for Havens, Trade, Filhing, or any other 

 remarkable Circumftance. Soieeza Bockgra, Vcujloira Cojfa, Beemlsl^a. Cojfa , TLrvati- 

 Jfjosl{a Cojfa, Seamme Bogoroffi\ Tuffoclcojf Lapateene, Cbaska Cojfa, Crojha Bogore, Cock? 

 louska Cojfa, Qrvarskg Cojfa, Comajhaska Cojj'a, Colloberinska Cojfa, Cockgaborv, Bujfans- 

 ka Lapatcn, Kara Bujjan i which lalt place is not far from Sbeene Mare, which I have 

 formerly mentioned. 



1 cannot fo exactly tell the Circumference of the Cajpian, as of the Black Sea, ha- 

 ving been only on the North and Well fide i but hovvfoever I lhalkfrom what I have 

 (cen and learnt from Experienced perfons, be enabled to approach very near unto the 

 Truth. 



The Diflance between Ajiracan and the Jaic^ is 500 miles ; from thence unto the 

 Confines of Bocbara 500 miles: From Jaxartes to Perfia, and thence unto G dan is, ac- 

 cording unto my information, 1 100 miies. From Gilan unto Koifa 500 miles ; From 

 ; -'" COL 2 .) thence 



