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Travels into the Leva 
N T. 
Part 
Ciims upon 
Camels. 
Nebitarana. 
Mendeli the 
Frontier of 
Perfia. 
who were going ro Menddi ; and in cafe they woukr not accompany them, 
they refolved retake four Troopers at the Village. They lent one of their 
number to acquaint us with their refolution, and civiîly to entreat us to con- 
tribute fomewhat to the pay of thefe Troopers: Ac firfi: we refufed yôc 
gave them fome Chais after, with a Proteftation that it was nor tor any fear 
we v/ere in, and that we lliould not be concerned though rhere were an 
hundred Archs of them, but that what we did was onely in a complaifance, 
not thinking thefe Troopers to be any ways necelTary 
We parted the fame day about eleven a Clock at Night, attended by fif- 
teen Ja-n'ijjaries armed fome with Muskets, and fome with Arrows and all 
marching in good order, and at a good rate too, for there was not one of 
them but was fufficiently afraid, and we continued our march Eaftwards. 
Muvàa) the five and twentieth of Auguft about two of the Clock in the Mor- 
ning, we met a Caravan of about four/core or a hundred in company, fome 
mounted on Horfes, Mules or Afles, and the refl; in great C«?2fj-, well cove- 
red over Arch-ways, .each Camel carrying two of them, and in that compa- 
ny I faw feven or eight of thefe Machines. This Caravan came from Terfm^ 
and was no better armed than ours, which a little leifened our Peoples fear, 
who before that, made frequent difcharges of two rufty Piilols, which was 
all the Artillery they had. 
About break of day we palîèd that dangerous pafs they talked of: It was 
a way fomewhat narrow, near to a little Water, but it Teemed to rne to be no 
more dangerous than the reft of the Road . We met by the way feveral 
Men and Women, fome on Affes, others on foot ; fome in company and o- 
thers not ; which made me think that it was a very good lafe Road : For 
from Bagdad to Mendtli, the way is always full and as fmoorh as a Looking- 
glafs ; but Î take it to be very bad in Winter, for there are pieces of ground 
all chiiicked and cracked, by the heat, which yielded a litrie under our Hor- 
fes feet, and that made me conclude that in another feafon it would be very 
deep. About fix a Clock in the Morning we faw to the right, a Village cal- 
led Nebitarana, and half an hour after fèven, we arrived at Mendeli^ near to 
which we encamped. 
Mendeli is the outmoft bounds of the "Turks on that fide, it is a little Town 
built amongft a great many Palm-trees : It has a Caftle with fome Towers, 
but all is built of Mud and Clay : Neverthelefs, it is watered by a running 
ftream, divided into feveral Brooks. There we refted all the next day being 
Tuefday the fix and twentieth of Auguft, and payed an Ahajfi for every load : 
The fame day a Caravan arrived at Mendeli, which came frçm Ijfahan and 
was going to Bagdad ; it was no bigger than ours and had no fire- Arms ; 
yet there were Arabs af Mendeli who looked fufpicioufly : And I was told 
that a Turk having asked them, why they had done nothing to us, they 
had made anfwer, that it was becaufe we had nothing but Leather, which 
they did not much care for ; they ufèd this Rodomontado, becaufe they faw 
fome Horfes in our Caravan loaded with Buffles skins j in the Night-time we 
heard lèverai Chakales. - ' 
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