Part IL Travels into tbe h-Ev A N T. ^-j 
not the Authority which thole of that body have, in all places of Turkey 
At length having fpoken to them io often, they went away in great dudge- 
on, calling him a thoufand Names. 
We were now free from keeping guard in the Night-time, for there are 
no Robbers there, and we faw no more Palm-trees after we were gone 
thence. We parted from that place next day, being Tkm-jday the eight and 
twentieth of Augufi, about one of the Clock in the Morning, and prefently 
after we were at a lofs, no body knowing the way, which we fought forup' 
and down ; it being very darR and the sky overcaft with Clouds, that now 
and then fent us fome drops of Rain. Many of our loads happened to fall 
alfo ; fo that we loft above half an hours time. At length wen^ade afhift to 
crois a little Ditch of Runningwater, and then fcrambled up a very high 
and fteep hill, doing nothing all the reft of the Night but climb up and 
down, go backwards and forwards, looking for thé way which we had loft. 
Once we pafled the River Rogoura, or Rondhboima which runs amongft thefe 
hills with a great noifè becaufe of the Stones its Channel is full of. About 
five of the Clock in the Morning we law the Ruines of a very high Bridge, 
with two Stories of Arches, one over another; it was built of rough Stone, 
but one half of it onely remains, and that- made me think that this Water 
is Ibmetimes apt to overflow very much. A little after, we pafied it a fécond 
time, and met a Caravan coming »from Hamadan, and going to Bagdad. 
We continued our way upwards along the fide of that River ; and about 
fix a Clock in the Morning , faw a little Village of Curds, ( that's to lay ) 
fome Huts made of .Canes and Leaves of Trees ; and then we crolTed that 
River again feven or eight times, which at the place where we paft it laft, 
to wit towards the head, is leven or eight fathom over. About eight in 
the Morning we faw the half of another very high Bridge, built of the . , 
fame ftulf as the other is, over the fame River, but onely of one Story of 
Arches ; About nine a Clock we went near to a Village of Curds called Sam- 
furat, where we made account to encamp, and indeed, a good part of the Ca- 
ravan enotmped there ; but we (who were in the front) perceiving that fome 
before us advanced farther on, followed them, and having fufficiently 
tired our felves with ups and downs, fince our departure from I/?er^z/; we 
il'opt at length about half an hour after ten in the Forenoon, by a Village of 
Curds called Nian. All thefe hills are covered with Turpentine and wild j\T/,,„, 
Cheftnut-trees; and moft of the Waters bordered with Jgnns Cafius and Turpentine, 
Rofe-Laurels. wild Cheft. 
After we had pitched our Tent we faw a Caravan that came from Ferjîa,-^^^'^^'^^^- 
and was going to Bagdad upon a Pilgrimage to a place called Imam- j^^y'lli,_ 
Hujjan or Kerbela, where there is great devotion payed ; it is the place where imam-Huf 
Hujjent was killed, and where his Tornb is; and is about four days Journey Jchk 
from Bagdad towards Moful in Mejofotamia. Towards the Evening, that 
day, vve had a great (hower of Rain, but it was prefently over ; and it was fo 
cold in the Night-time, that though I was in my Cloaths, (for I never Hript 
in the Fields ,j I ftood in need of my coverlet, and that cold encreafed dailv 
the farther we advanced on our way. 
We parted from that place on Friday the nine and twentieth of Angufi, at 
two a Clock in the Morning, and having marched three hours longer among 
the hills we came into better Way, though the Mountains ftill furrounded us, 
but we mounted onely fome fmall Afcents, until marching Northwards, we 
began an hour after, to have ups and downs again over very high hills, and 
in worfe and more dangerous ways than hitherto we had feen ; but that 
laf^ed not an hour, and then we came into a Plain encompalTed with hills. 
Standing away Eaftwards we came by a Village called Chegiafar, where cbcginf.ir.. . 
there are a great many fcattering houles,of which part are built of rough Stone 
^nd Earth, and fome of Canes and Reeds, covered with green branches ; 
thofe of Earth ferve for the Winter and Rainy weather, and then no bodv 
lived in them. ; and the other of Canes are for the Summer, that the Inha- 
bitants may have the frefh Air. Amongft thefe houfes, there is alfo a great 
Mofque built of rough Stone and Earth : We made no ftop there, but a little 
beyond it J came and encamped near another Village confiffing, fasthefor-^ , 
K 1- me? 
