Vol. lit. MifcellmeA Curiofa. i ^ r 



wherein the principal difFerence is in the 

 Word ^0^'7ri)irm^ which in the Account already 

 Publilhed is read d^-7r(]nv^ which feems to fig- 

 nifie fome peculiar Officer of the Syrians^ as 

 Ducenarius of the Latins^ Which perhaps thofe 

 skiird in the Oriental Cuftoms and Languages 

 may be able to expound. 



As far as we could conclude from our 

 Journeys, and the Pofition of the Ways ta- 

 ken by two good CompalTes, the Diftance 

 of T^^;7^^r from Jlleppo is about a 150 Englifh 

 Miles, and the Courfe S. S. E. or rather 

 fomewhat more Soutlierly, confidering the 

 Variation of the Compafs, which is above a 

 half a Point Weftward in thefe Parts. 



The fecond Foyage^ Anno 1691. 



We fet out from AUffo for Tadmor oa 

 Michaelmas-day^ being in all, Mailers and 

 Servants, thirty Men, well armed, having ob- 

 tained a Promife of Security from -AJfyne-^ 

 then King of the ^r^^ and one of his own 

 People for a Guide. This Day our Road 

 pointed S. b. E. and in four Hours we came 

 to a Fountain calFd CaphW-Ahiad^ leaving 

 Old Aleppo about an Hour diftant on the 

 right Hand : Here we made but a very ftiort 

 ftay, but proceeded to a better Fountain 

 at the foot of a very high Hill, cover'd with 

 loofe Stones, the Ruins of a Village called 

 Breeder^ of which there was not one Houfe 

 remaining-, and dining here, we advanced 

 in an Hour and a quarter more, in the Af- 

 ternoon, through a fertile open Place, to a 

 Place calkd Emghir ^ famous for the belt 



K 2 ~. >Vheat 



\ 



f 



