Part î. Travels into theV.^^ t. 
very much 2it Mancala-, which is a Box about two foot long, and about half a The play of 
foot broad, wherein there are fix holes on each fide, to wit, fix in the Box, 
and fix on the Cover that is faftened to the Box, and opens like a pair of Ta- 
bles ; every one plays with fix and thirty Shells, putting at the beginning fix 
" in every hole. But the molt nfual Recreations of Soldiers, are Military Ex- 
ercifes, in which they are very expert ; they Ihoot at a mark very true with a Turks skiifui 
Bow and Arrow, and in the City there are feveral Butts, where (for a little-^'^'^^^'^" 
money) they fhoot. But they are very dextrous at the Za^aye^ and it is a The way nf 
great plcafureto fee in a large place or open field, a great many of them on darting the 
Horfe-back, fome running away, and others at full fpecd following after with 
a Zagaye in hand : T hzt Zag.iye is commonly a fquarc Baton, made of a Palm- 
tree branch, about three foot long, and two or three times thicker than one's 
thumb. When the Purfuer is got pretty near him that he purfues, and as in 
were within the length of his ftick, hedsrts his 2'f!gaye his back fodex- 
troully with a turn of hand that doubles the force of it, that fometimes the 
end of it m.akes very confiderable wounds, and that often enough in the head 
too. I faw a Man at Caire, who having received a wound on his head by a 
Zao-aycj was fain to have a piece of his skull taken out. Now he that is before 
and purfued, looks behind as he flies, both that he may ftoop with his head if 
there be occafion, and endeavour to catch hold of the Zagaye, and avoid the 
blow if he can ; for which end he holds his hand ready behind him, and when 
he catches hold of the Zagaye ( which happens pretty often) he turns and pur- 
fues the other j fo that they prefently change their parts. They perform this 
Exercife often, as alfo that of fhooting at à mark with a Harquebufe running. 
Thus you''l fee many of them in a field, who having put an Earthen Pot or 
fome fuch thing upon the ground, or a mark upon a wall, will run at full 
fpeed, and when they are at a pretty good diftance from the mark, fire the 
Piece with one hand at arms length. I have often feen, that in ten or twelve 
fhot, one or two have hit the mark ; and if any B^ha or Perfon of quality be 
prefent, he'll give five or fix Afpres to him that hath hit the mark. I think, 
that among their Diverfions I may reckon Puppet-Shows ; for though the Puppet 
Turks fufFer no Images among them, yet they have Puppets, which, indeed, shows iri 
play not publickly, but in private Houfes ^ though, during the they ^^wri}-. 
go from Coffee-houfe to Coffee-houfe, and if they coUedl money enough, they 
play there \ if not, they give back the money and go their way. Now they 
are commonly Jews that (how Puppet-Shows, and I never faw any but them 
play -, they play not as in France and other Countries of Enro^Cy but place 
themfelves in a corner of a room, with a cloth hung before them ; and in 
the upper part of that piece of Hangings, there is a hole or fquare window, 
about two foot every way, with a piece of thin white ftutfover it ^ behind this 
they light feveral Candles, and having with the fhadow of their hands reprefen- 
ted many Animals upon this cloth, they make ufe of little flat Figures, which 
they move fo dextroufly behind the cloth, that, in my opinion, it makes a pret- 
tier Show, than our way does \ and in the mean time, they fing feveral pretty 
Songs in the Turkifh and Perfian Languages, but on moft nafty fubjedts, being 
full of foul obfcenities ; and neverthelefs the Turks take great delight in feeing 
of them ; nay, I was one evening with a ^f'Wf^Wi/, who, after he had treated 
me at Supper, entertained me with a Puppet Show. The Lord to whom he 
belonged, was at that time in Candie, with Hit Jfe in Bajija, General of the Turkifii 
Army: The Wife of this Lord defiring to fee this Puppet-Show, caufedapiece 
of Tapiftry to be hung before the door of her Appartment, v^hich looktinto 
the Hall where we were, that fhe might not be feen by us ; and flie ftir'd not 
from thence till the Show was over, which was at One of the clock in the 
morning, having lafted above three hours ; for they '1 make it laft aslongas 
one pleafes ; and I wondred that Ihe was not aftiamed to fee the obfcene pranks 
thdr Caragheuz^-phy'd, who amongfl: their Puppets, ad the chief part. They cara^hue^^ 
have alfo a fort of Women, whom they call Tchinguemennes^ who are publick rchingnenienn-^ 
Dancers, that play on Caftanets and other Inftruments while they dance \ nes, 
and for a few Afpres, willfliew athoufand obfcene poftures with their bodies. 
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