'Part II. Travels into hEVANT. 2^ 
they goe down rhree or four fteps to take the Water ; vv'e found already the 
day before lonie of thefe, which are made for the Arabs and Shep- 
herds. 
Next day being Monday the of April, about 'two in the morning, 
we paiTed by a ruinated Han, called Han Hbcrte, and at break of day arrived Haniihem. 
at the Town of yV/^rr^7,encamping juft before the Han. That Town is at moft Marm. 
but a good Village ; we could hardly find bread in it, and there is nothing to 
be feen on all hands but Cellars and ruined Vaults : the belt thing is the 
which is well built of Free-ftone ; it is a large Iquare Court, round which 
there is a Fonko, wherein are Mafiabez ; feeing I often make ufe of that 
Term, which is the proper word of the Countrey ; though I have already, 
I think, made known what it means, nevertbele^s for the fatisfadion of the 
Reader, I tell him once more ; that a Mafiabe is a kind of a half pace, that's 
to fey, that the Floor is railed two or three foot from the ground, and there 
the Travellers lodge. In the middle of the Court of this Han, there is a little 
Mofque, with a Dome covered with Lead ; at the end of it there is a little 
Court, round which runs a Portico, the Roof whereof is fupported on each 
fide by two Arches feparated by a Pillar between the two : clofe by, there is 
a Bagnio, with a large Dome covered with Lead, but it is fhut and ufelefs for 
want of Water: Next you'l find a covered ftreet, where there is a CofFee- 
houfe, and five or fix Shops on each fide ; and at the farther end are four Ar- 
ches, the remains of an Aquedud; which butted almoft in a right Angle upon 
thefe four Arches ; it was carried thither from a Mofque fome hundreds of pa- 
ces diftant in the fields, where there was a Wheel to draw Water out of a 
Brook that ran by it, which came from the Countrey towards Atuioch. This 
Aqueduct brought the Water behind the upper part of the covered ftreet, in- 
to the Bagnio that is joyned on the one fide to the Street, and on the other 
fide to the Han • it was built of rough Stone, as the Arches that ftill remain 
are, vvhich at the other end are joyned to the great Mofque. This great 
Mofque hath fix little Domes, the Roofs rough caft, and at the end of it 
there is a pretty fair Minaret, The reft of the Town is altogether beggar- 
ly : It had alfb another Han, of which nothing now remains but the Gate, 
and (bme Arches which daily run into decay. The houfes are fcattered liere 
and there, and no better than Owls-nells ; the Walls are of Stones two or 
three foot high, piled one upon another without any Art ; on all hands there 
are great large Free-ftones, and pieces of Pillars to be feen, fbme of which 
ftill retain fbme fragments of infcriptions. Amongft thefe Ruines, I faw a door 
about four foot high, and half a foot thick, with crolTes and roles cut upon 
it ; it is ail of one piece with its hooks, which enter into holes purpofely 
made above and below : That door is of a greyifh Stone, very hard, as the 
fides to which it fhuts are, and it requires no lefs than two men to open and ' 
fhut it ; it is ftill in cafe and daily made ufè of. Marra heretofore was a 
good Town, but the Turkijh Tyranny is the caufe of its defolation ; they fay 
that the Ruines of a Church built by the Chriftians, when they were Mafters 
of that Town, are ftill to be fèen there ; but becaufe it is at fome diftance in 
the Countrey, I did not go thither. The Francks m this place, pay four 
Piaftres for Caffare, and we ftopt there all that day, becaufe the Turks cele- 
brated the Bairam, the Moon having appeared the Evening before. 
We parted not then till Tuejday the nine and twentyeth of April at two 
of the Clock in the Morning, about break of day we pafled by a iRan called 
Han Mural, near to which there is a good Village. About an hour after we Man Msrai. 
found another called Han Herbe, with a Village clofe by it ; and not far from Ha)i Herhc. 
thence a third. About Eight in the Morning we came and encamped near 
to another called Han Serabheb, The other three as well as this, are all called 
Han Serahheb, ( that's to fay ) the Hans of Wells ; becaufe in the Fields near 
to thefe Hans there are feveral Wells, whole Mouths are even with the 
ground ; but this laft has more particularly the Name of Serahheb. It is in H.m Scrahhek. 
bad order, moft of the Vaults being ruined; but has a Village clofe by it. 
On that road we faw a great many Olive-trees, and that was the fécond time 
that we found Trees fines we came from Damajais. 
We 
