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We parted from thence about half an hour after one a Clock in the Morning: 
during a large quarter of an hour we had bad ftony way » and about half an hour 
Berkei Soltou- after five we pafled by a little covered Kervanferay, called Berkei Soltowii i about 
three quarters of an hour after (even we came to fuch another, near to a great Vil-' 
Courifton. lage called Courejion^ four Agatfch from Kor Bazirghion: we left the Caravan at ■ 
this place, becaufe our Carriers took Camels to tini(h the Journy with, and re- 
folved to Travel only by day, and to be four days longer by the way: I there- 
fore took a Camel to carry my man and baggage, and a guide to fh^w us the 
way, which from thence to Bender is fo difficult, that he who hath Travelled it 
fifty times may lofe himfelf there in ■■, fo that it is abfolutely necelTary to take a man 
of the Country, if one would not wander out of the way. 
We parted about eleven a Clock at Night, and prefently entered into a great 
fandy Plain, which neverthelefs is peopled, and hath a great many Villages, that 
aretobefcen here and there: this is occafioned by the-abundance of Palm-Trees 
that this Country is full of, the Soil being proper for them, though very barren 
for any thing elfe. About an hour after Midnight, we pafTed by a little covered 
Dobrlke.' Kervanferay^ called Dobrike^ which is an Jgaifch and a half from Courefl:on\ and 
a little after we pafled over an Aqucdud which is level with the Ground, and 
Tû.riih\éid. called Pariabzahed Aly v this Aquedud brings water* from a Spring at the Foot 
^ly- of the Hills that are to the Left Hand towards the North ■■, in digging, it was difco- 
vered, and the water of it is very good. 
Betwixt three and four of the Clock we went over a very high and fair Bridge, 
above three Fathom broad, and betvi^ixt feven and eight hundred common Paces 
long, it is well Paved, and has a fide- Wall on each tide about a Foot and a half 
high; under this Bridge runs a River above nine or ten Fathom broad, which is 
heard at a great diftance, by reafon of the noifeit makes in itscourfe i there is no 
drinking of the water of it, for it is Salt, and it difcharges it felf into the Sea 
Rohhoum. about fix hundred Paces from thence. The name of that River is Rohhoma, that 
is to fay the running River, and that is the name they give to all great Rivers i it 
Pouli Smgh. comes from Kermont^ the name of the Bridge is ?ouli Seugh^ that is to fay Stone- 
Bridge, or othtrwife Touli Core(ion\ before this River comes to the Bridge, it runs 
by the Foot of the Hills on the Left Hand Northwards^ and there it begins to be 
Salt : when it comes to this Bridge, which indeed, is only upon the fide of it, find- 
ing it fo runs along the fide of it, and difcharges but part oi its water underneath 
in paffing, which running under the Arches, and finding the Ground lower on the 
other fide of the Bridge, falls with great impetuofity, and that makes the rumbling 
noife that is heard at fuch a diftance i the reft of the water running along by the 
Bridge, turns afterwards towards the Souths and lofes it felf in the Sea. Being 
over the Bridge, wewentabnga Caufey above two Fathom broad, and all Paved 
about a thoufand Paces in length, which hath a good Parapet or Breaft- Wall about 
a Foot and a half high. 
Wednefday tfie eighth of Aprils about fix of the Clock in the Morning, we came 
Ghttfchi. to a covered Kervattferay called Gbetfcbi, fix Agatfch from Courefton. There is ano- 
ther befides, clofc by, which is not covered i but like the reft in all things elfe, 
and a Httle ruinous. 
There were feveral Tents of black Goats hair thereabout, and as foon as we 
arrived, a great many Women and Girls came out of them to vifit us : they were 
cloathed with blew ftrcaked Drawers, and a blew Shirt over them i their Nofes, 
Ears, Arms and Feet, were full of Silver, Copper, Bone, or Glafs-Rings : every 
one of them held an Earthen Porringer full of Yogourt or Sower Milk, and a little 
Veffel full of the fame under their Arms h and to invite us to buy fome of them, in 
our prefence dabbed four Fingers and a Thumb into their Budgets, and pulled out 
Butter full of Straws, which they mingled with the Milk that was in their Porrin- 
gers, and then poured out more Sower' Milk out of the fame Borrachy : their Huf- 
bands are all Fifliermen, and both men and women are Inhabitants fit for fuch a 
Country. 
We parted from that place the faiTie day half an hour after fix in the Evening, 
and continued our Journy along the fandy Piain: about eigh.t a Clock we pafled 
a narrow ftreight betwixt little Hills, and having kept turning about half a quar- 
ter of an hour, we found two ways, the oae to the Left Hand over a pretty high 
Hill, and the other to the Right, which hardly appeared) we followed this laft, 
leaving 
