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' Part IL Travels into the'L^vk^r. 6" 3 
rher, without fear of Robbers, and they were almoft all Pcrfians. They were 
as httle apprehenfive too of the weather as of dangers, foramongft them all 
they had no more but two or three little forry Tents, covered with fome pieces 
of old Carpets : For my own part,(fmcel was not fb brave, )1 had a good Pa- 
villion to cover me; and amongft three of us we had twelve fhot that we 
could hre without re-charging. 
We parted from Bagdad, V/edmfday the twentieth of Jugiijf, about five a Departure 
clock in the evening, and joyned the Caravan , which was encamped a- hom B.igdad. 
mongft fmall Trees without the Gate called Caranlu-Caft^ that looks to the 
Eaft. At this Gate each of us paid a Chai ; thefe Chais are alfb called Bag- 
dadi, becaufe they arecoyned at Bagdad; they weigh a drachm a-piece Chai.Bandadi, 
The Caravan marched next day, being Thurfday the one and twentieth 
of Angujf^ a little aftec midnight : We prelently entered theDefarr, marching 
Northward, in a great Plain of very frnooth whitifli ground, glazed over 
with Salt, where grows nothing but wild Caper-Jhruh^ and Land-Caltrcp. WMCnper 
An hour and a half after, we faw in the dark to our left a Tower like a little Shrubs. 
Caftle, upon a Hillock; it is called Aadgem-Koulafi^ that's to fay, the Terfmns Caltrops, 
Tower. ' AadgemCou- 
About nine a clock in the morning we encamped by the fide of the 
T)gris, fome miles below YengMdge, near a Village ' called Locmam-Hakin, 
or Locman the wife ; there we.ftaid all day, and in the evening we heard 
lèverai companies of Chakales^ which entertained us with their Alufick. 
Next day, being Friday the two and twentieth of Augujï-, we parted after 
midnight, and having taken a Guide 2X. Locmam-Hahm^ we marched due Eaft, Locmam-Ha- 
and about nine in the morning came to the fide of a River called Diala, which kjm- 
we croffed in a Ferry-boat. On the other fide we paid each Horfe-man an Diala.?LK\- 
AbaJJi, to a Turk who receives that Toll, and all pay the fame, of whatfoever 
Religion they be. This River is at leaft as broad as two third parts of the 
Seine, and at BaJJora it falls into the Tigris. Having crolîèd it, we went and 
lodged in a great Village called Aacoube, under Palm-Trees which are there in Aacouhc. 
great quantity. 
Next morning by break of day we began to march ; our Company would 
not fet out fooner, becaufe they knew not the ways. We continued our way 
Eaftwards ; and about feven a clock faw to the left hand a Molque, which is a 
place of Pilgrimage. A quarter of an hour after, we paft through the ruins of 
adefolared Village, and then over a Bridge of one Arch, under which the 
Channel was very dry. About nine of the clock we crolTed a Village called 
Harounia, and encamped near the Gardens, which are many. We made Hamunia. 
our Journey the {hotter, for fear of the heat. We were obliged to keep 
Guard all night, becaufe of Thieves and Robbers, yet we heard nothing but 
Chakales. 
We parted from that place on Sunday the four and twentieth of Augufi, 
about two a clock in the morning, keeping on ftill Eaftward. About three a 
clock we pafTed near to a Village called Adgia, and about half an hour after 
fix, clofe by another called Imam-Esker, where there is a Bridge, upon which imam-Esker. 
they exaded for every Horle, Mule or Aft, an AhaJJi and a Mahmoudi^ which 
is afmuch as a Qhai, and a Vara, though the Bridge it felf never coft fix AbaJJis, 
for it is onely made of two beams of Palm-tree, that reach from fide to fide, 
with fome planks a-croft, and half a foot of Earth over them ; the River 
that runs underneath being but a Brook no bigger than the River of Gobe- 
lines at Fans. They call that due, the toll of bridles. We refted beyond 
the Bridgb, becaufe not onely our People were afraid of the heat ; but they 
were befides informed that fome Arabs waited for us on the way, and there- 
fore they held a Council to refolve what was fitteft to be done ; Though 
they had no certainty of this, yet they were ftrangely ftartled at it, and the 
fear proceeded from fome amongft them,who knowing that we were to march 
through a narrow paffage, imagined that an hundred Arabs expedted us there ; 
and yet they reduced this number afterwards to fifteen It was to no purpofe 
to upbraid them with Coward ife, telUngthem that let them be as many as they 
pleafed we feared them not. Though this refolution gave them fome alTu- 
rance, yet they ufed their credit to make us ftay for fome JaniJJdries^ who 
were 
