Travels into r/;^ L e v a n t. Part 
I named to many of our Caravan moft of the Names that he has put in his 
Diarbeck or rather Diarbekir, the beft way I could, yet they knew not above 
Caramid, A- two or three of them. He makes two Towns of Caramul and Afmd^ and 
7mdmàDi- it is but one to wit Diarbeck. He makes the River Akhabour the fame wirfi 
oife and the"^ I)g-z^//rt^ and that of Orfa. That River of Alchabour takes .its I'burce about 
fame Town, ^'^^^^ days Journey from Maràm towards the South, and falls into Euphrates: 
Alchabour. ' They fay that the Water of this River is fo good, that if after a man hath 
eaten a whole Lamb, he drinl^ of it, he'll not find it burthen his Stomach. 
chabur. l3□^ it is to be obfèrved that there is alfo another River,called G^^W,wh!ch is 
chobar. ^Y\q chobar mentioned in the Prophefie of Darnel; it islefs and has it fource be- 
low Mojul, on the left hand to thofe who go down the Tj'gyjs, and at Bagd^zd 
lofes it felf in the Tygris ; and by what I could learn of an ancient Syrian of 
MoJhI, who hath many times travelled by divers ways, trom Moful to Ahfvo, 
and from Aleppo to Mojul, there âre a great many other faults in the Mapp 
of Diarbeck, which makes me to think that it hath been taken from bad 
Memoirs. 
Tetghiouran. Telghiouran is a Caftle enclofèd with a great many Stones piled up one 
upon another ; in former times it was a great Town, but through the Tur- 
. kijh Tyranny it was defeated. There are about an hundred Houfes of Ar- 
menians in it, but none of Turks except of the Aga and his Servants, which 
Aga is alfb cuftomer and Chorbagi, we found a little t'hick muddy Claret there, 
which they bring from Mardin. Under the trees at the foot of the hill, there 
is a httle Chappel, where are Chains that they put about mad mens Necks, 
and they fay that if they are to be cured, they fall off of themfelves ; but if 
otherwife, they muft be taken off : The Cuftomer o f this place came to our 
Caravan to receive his dues. 
We parted from thence next day the fixteenth of July, three quarters af- 
ter three in the Morning, and continued our way Eaft-South-Eaft About 
half an hour after five, we fàw by the way many ftones, and fome walls of 
houfes ftill ftanding. About fix a Clock we had a great allarm, becaufe thofe 
who were foremoft had efpied fome Horfe-men ; all made ready, fome ligh- 
ted their matches, ond others took their bow and two arrows in their hand ; 
fome run this way, and others that way ; and neverthelefs it was in vain for 
me to ask where the Arabs were, for no body could let me fee them, be- 
caufe then they were in a little bottom. A little after we came to know that 
it was the Aga of Telghiouran, coming from fome place where his bufinefs 
had carried him, who was accompanied with ten Horfè-men, armed fome 
with Muskets, and others with Lances or Darts. About eight a Clock we 
faw on our left hand near a Well fcveral black Tents of the Curds, who fry- 
ing from the ^?v7^.t came and encamped in that place; and we marching 
forewards about three quarters after ten came and encamped near a hillock, 
Carakou:(i, in a place called Carakouzi, where there is a Well of good Spring-water, 
which bears the fame Name. 
Next day Thursday the fèventeenth of July, we parted from thence 
about three quarters after two in the Morning, and continued our way 
Ealt- South- Eaft ; v^e entered among the Moubtains, where for almoft an 
hour we did nothing but climb up and down in ways full of great ftones ; 
having paft them, and got again into the plain,we kept on the fame courfe ap- 
proaching to the Caradgia Mountains : Half an hour after fix we found a Well 
Maes,Sara:{in of good Spring-water ; at feven we faw a Field fbwed with Mae'z^ov Saraz^in 
Corn. Corn ; and another full of Ricinus or Falma Chrtfii, at moft but a foot high ; 
maChrilU ^ S*"^^^ many draw Oil from it for Lamps, and to rub the Camels with, to 
^' make their hair come ; for it falls off every year. 
Having then pafied by a great many forry Ruines ofhoufêè, and croffed a 
little Brook, about half an hour after nine we were got by a large round 
Pond full of yellowifh Rain-water, where the Curds were watering a great 
number of Cattel ; of which the chief and moft common are black Goats of 
whofe hair they make their Tents, 
The Village of Half an hour after ten we pafled by a great Village, caUed Teldgix^re., 
^oimTaurus "^^'^^ ^'^ ""'^ ^^^^ ^"^^^ "wtïQ got fo near Mount Taurus that 
cunt aurus. ^j^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ abovc an hours march to the foot of it : 
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