Watchmakers 
company in- 
convenient in 
Perjla . 
7 o Tra7jels hto /■/'^Levant. . Part II. 
for ïhe Belly. There is a 5m-^^/io in it for ihQ Chan or Governour : The 
truth is,though it make fome better fhew than the reft of the houfesot is indeed 
of no great worth, atleafton the outfide; for I entered not the Gare, but 
faw fbme Di'vans for taking the Air in. 
, We refted there all that day, and the three following, becaiffe the Chans 
Vizir ; (for fb they call the Officer who commands in his abfence,) would nor 
fuffer us to go, till firft he knew, whether the Chaii would buy any Watches ■ 
Wherein I obferved that it is not good to travel in that Countrey w ith Watch- 
makers^ becaufe in this manner they flop all Caravans, I'lxX ths, Chan hd^th 
feen whether there be any thing that he has a mind to buy. We partecî not 
then till Saturday the fixth of September about eleven of the Clock at Night, 
and we took our way Eaftwardsby a fair Road, having near us to the Iclr, 
rocky hills very high and fteep, and to the right hand other Mountains at 
a little more diftance. We found on this way many People in ccmpanies 
coming and going, which was far more pleafant to us than the ways through 
the Defàrrs. 
Sunday the fèventh of September about five a Clock in the Morning, we 
paft by a Village called Schechermiv^ (that's to fay new Town, ,) where there 
is a fair Kervanferai, with many ftone-Buildings, and lèverai black Tents. 
A little Water runs by it, which divides it felf into feveral Rivulets ; it is 
called Bifitoum \ and has its fburce an hundred paces from thence at the foot 
of a hill, near to which vye palTed. That hill thrufls out pieces of Rock, 
feparated from one another by Veins ; and thelc pieces are fbmewhat round, 
flicking on the hill from the top to the bottom ; and appear like figures in 
relief The People of our Caravan told me that they were fo many figures, 
which Ferhad cut for the love of his dear Schir-in, who had her Caftle upon 
that hill. This Ferhad was an excellent Sculptor in that Countrey, who 
was fb deeply in love with Schirin, that he- broke his heart and died for 
her. Hk Amours are defcribed in the Poem entituled Cofrouve Sch'irm ; 
v/hereof there is a Manufcript in the Freno}} King's Library at Tans. About 
fix a Clock we found a Bridge of four Arches, under which runs a River 
called the Water of Scbechemcw, ( and that's the Name of the Bridge alfo ; ) 
they fay that this Bridge was built by the fame Perfon, who built the Vil- 
lage of Schechermii'. Half an hour after, we came to another Bridge of two 
Arches, under which runs a River called Chadtar ; butbecaii/c it is very ill 
paved, and has no Rails nor fide-Walls, we croffed the Water, which is net 
a foot deep, a little below the Bridge, and encamped on a Plain on the other, 
fide, where we had three Villages round us, about two or three Musket- 
fhot diftant The Village to the North, is called Ztifear, that to the Wtil 
Cal ant ar ; and the third which is to the South, Sagai. 
We were obliged to keep guard that Night, for the Inhabitants of thofe 
quarters are reckoned fo nimble at thieving, ( that they'll carry away a mans 
goods even from under his head,and he not perceive it;)and they are fo fharp 
at it and fo obfiinate, that they are attentive in watching their opportunity, 
not onely v/hile all things be loaded, but even untill the Caravan be gone. 
We diflodged the fame day half an hour after eleven at Night, and kept 
on Eaff wards in a fair Road near hills ; vv-e paffed by many Rivulets on our 
right hand. 
Munday Morning the eighth of September , half an hour after five, we came 
.Ç.t/v/^, to a great bourg, called Sahna: We went through that Town and encam* 
ped without, near»the Gardens w hich are about it in great Numbers, from 
whence they brought us fair Grapes, Apples and Pears ; and furnifhed us 
undei" hand with a little Wine, that v. e had not tafted fince we left Mojul^ ■ 
unlefs at Bagdad with the Fathers Capucins^ who make fome privately for 
, Mafs ; for it is forbidden either to make or fell any. And. a little before I 
i came to Bagdad^ an Armenian being catched there making Brandy, had fe- 
veral hundred Bafimados^ and whillf fome beat him, others poured his Bran- 
dy upon his head. Now in all thofe places of Ferjta where there are no 
Chriftians, not onely there is none to be found, but even it is a Crime to 
fpeak of it ; neverthelefs, having demanded fome of an Inhabitant of this 
Townj who brought us Grapes, after he had lookt about him cn all hands, 
- ^ to 
Scbechernow. 
B'Jltonni. 
Ferhad. 
Schirin. 
Cofrnuve 
Schirin. 
Chadiar. 
^iifear. 
Calantar. 
Saga 
