Chap. I 



of Monfieur TaverNier 



53 



THE SECOND 'B ^ 



OF THE 



PERSIAN TRAVELS 



O F 



Monsieur T AVERNIER: 



Containing the fcveral 



ROADS 



From PARIS to ISPAHAN the Capital 



City of PERSIA- 



Through the. Southern Provinces of TU^^T, 

 and through the DESERTS. 



CHAP. I. 



The fécond Voyage of the Author from Paris to Ilpahan : and firji^ 

 of his Embarking at Marfeilles for Alexandretta. 



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

 other Roads through the Northern Provinces of Turkie , the 

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

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

 thole through the Deferts , where there are lèverai Émirs , or 

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

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

 five of which I havê 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 Marseilles in a Holland Veffel that carry'd five and forty Guns, 

 from thence we fet fail for Malta. At Malta we ftaid twelve days to carinè the 

 Veflel , and to take in frelh Vi&uals. Among the reft we bought two thoufand 

 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 thd 

 Ship. 



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

 Weft of Famagofia , 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 per ceiv'd 

 a VelTel clofe upon us, and both the Ships Company began to cry out, for fear of 

 falling foul one upon another j but the Veffel Ineer'd clear wi-thottf- any harm on 

 cither fide. 



