tart II. Trayels into /-^Levant. 117 
CHAP. m. 
Of the ^ad from Schiras to Benderj 
and firft to Lar. 
WE parted from Schiras Monday the fixteenth of March^ halt an hour after 
Eight in the Morning, having let the Caravan fet out an hour and half be- 
fore; We took our way Southwards, and part near the Lime-Kilns ; the way was 
good, and in a lovely cultivated Plain. Half an hour after Nine, we had on our 
Left Hand a large Village, called Oudgeval^ by which runs a Rivulet t about haU 
an hour after Ten, we liruck off a little to the Right Hand, marching {\x\\Sotith Oudgeyd- 
over Land all white with Salt, where nothing grows but Jbrotamm fcemina. An 
hour after we crofled over a Bridge of ten Arches, under which a little Ptiver runs : Abrotanm fa- 
it is called Pmlifefa ^ in coming to it you go along a Caufey, and Hnd fuch ano- 
ther on the farther fide h the water that runs underneath is as fait as Sta-water: PouUfeft. 
about Noon we entered into a great Plain covered with green Grafs, where 
having Travelled till half an hour after One a Clock, we came to a wretched Ker- 
vanferay ftanding all alone i it is called Baba-Adgi from the name of its Founder, 
who lies buried hard by, and is five Agatfcb from Schirai i clofe by this Kervanferay Babi-adgL 
there is a little Spring, which makes a great marilh in that Plain, but the water 
being naught, they drink of another a little farther tff, which is very good water. 
We parted from that place 'îuefday the feventeenth of Marché halt an hour after 
Six in the Morning, and marched South-Eafi in a great green Plain, full of Heath, 
where we faw on both hands (everal Villages, and a great many Flocks of Sheep 
feeding: having Travelled there till half an hour after two in the Afternoon, we 
arrived at a Kervanjeray, (landing by it felf, and called Mouzeferi, feven Agatjch 
from Baba-Adgi, rear to it there is a Spring of very good water, behind the Ker- Meu't^eferL 
vanjeray, there are ftveral vent-holes, by which one may fee the water run, and 
Filh playing therein, whereof fome are pretty big. We parted from thence on 
Wednesday the Eighteenth of March, half an hour after five in the Morning, and kept 
our way Southward, going up Hills, and down Hills covered with Turpentine- 
Trees and Heath-, this Heath is like Tragacantha, and has a Carnation-BlofTome 
divided into four or five Leaves, bearing a kind of Wooll, and perhaps it is your Turpcntîne- 
Erigerum > we were troubled with this rough and fi:ony way, till Noon, that we Trees, 
arrived at a great Kervanferay called Paira'-, which ftands alone by it felf, and is ^'''î^'"^'*''^^'^' 
four Agatfcb diftant from Monzeferi. A few fteps from that Kervanferay there pafra.'"^' 
is an artificial Canal drawn from a River a little beyond, and parallel to it i 
that River comes from the Mountains of Orofian^ which are above thirteen or 
fourteen days Journy from thence, and runs as far as ladivatt, a great Village, Tadivan. 
upon the way to L^^r, fix Agatfcb (tomPaira t it afterwards lofes it felf in the 
fields, which is not to be wondered at, becaufe thefe people having fcarcity of wa- 
ter, when they can command a River, they fo let it blood, by drawing it off to 
water their Grounds, that they reduce it to nothing : nevcrchelefs in thofe places 
where that River is in its ftrengch, it is fcvcn or eight Fathom broad ■■, the water 
ot it is clear and good, and runs rapidly in a fair bed ot Sand, where there is not 
a ftone to flop its courfe it is full of Fitli, and Planted on the fides with Rofe- Rofe-Laarclsc 
Laurels, and fuch like Trees, fo that there can be nothing more charming to the 
fight. The Canal that palTes near to Paira, is cut from it a little above this place^ 
and waters many Sowed fields, which being done, about four Agatfcb lower it 
falls again into the fame River, from which it was never far difiant i but in all 
its courfe it runs through high ground, whereas the River rowls with a great noife 
in a very deep precipice. 
We parted from that place Thurfday, the Nineteenth of March, at four of the 
Clock in the Morning, and held our way Sottth-Eafitvards ■> having met now and 
then with very ftony ways, we found afterwards a fair way, where on each hand 
we faw good Corn- Land, with a great many Villages, where there were many 
Gardens 
