I 5 o Tray els into the Levant. Part II. 
Schelefton. Town called Schelefton^ which is a days Journy from Karzerum Nmhrvards^ and 
it lofes it felf in the Sea towards Bender-Rik : we Coafted along it, at rirrt in 
a Plain for the fpace of an hour, and after that mounting during a quarter of an 
hour, we continued our Journy by a flat way for another quarter, and then loft 
fight of the River for the fpace of half an hour, going up Hill all the while, until 
about half an hour after nine, we joyned it again, and Travelled on along the fides 
of it an hour and a half in very good way. There are many Villages thereabouts, 
and much Cultivated Land, fome of which bears Tobacco ; I alfo faw in feveral 
places that fatal Shrub Kerzebreh, About ten a Clock we Foarded over a large Brook 
Boufchivîï. that falls into the River of Boufchavir. This may very well be the River which San- 
Sirt. fin marks in his Map, by the name of Sirt : we Foarded it again a quarter of an 
hour after, and then five times an end -, fo that in lefs than half an hours time we 
croffed it fix times; having the water always up to the Mules Btlly, for five or fix, 
and in fome places more than feven Fathom in breadth : it is fo broad and deep in 
Winter, that it can no ways be Foarded over •-, and îthen they mufl: go by a very 
narrow way cut out in the Hill on the Left Hand, which is very dangerous; for 
if the Mule make one falfe ftcp, it is loft for good and all. About three quarters 
after ten, we began to go up Hill in very bad way, and that during an hour and a 
quarter •> we fometimes alfo went down Hill, but not much, and always in very 
bad way, having the River on our Right Hand : certainly I never faw worfe way 
than what we had during that whole day. At Noon wc arrived at a Kervanjeray^ 
Karghifi. called Kervanferay Narghifi^ which (lands on the top of the Hill : it is feven Pa- 
rafanges from Kameredge j and was fo full of people that came from Bender Rik^y 
that hardly could we have fhelter*, you find nothing to eat there, becaufe it hath 
no Vuk^ndar: the Rivet runs by the foot of the Hill on which it ftands. 
We parted from thence Sunday the fourth of Odober^ half an hour after one in 
the Morning j and Travelled on JVe^tvard in bad enough way. Three quarters 
after two we went down a very rugged way, but the worlt is at firft, the reft being 
pretty good, but that it is narrow, and upon the edge of an exceeding deep Pre- 
cipice, fo that the Mules are in the fame danger as in thofe we paft, which made 
us alight and lead down that defcent : we got down about half an hour paft three, 
and a little after came into a very even Plain, and all Sowed Land: we Travelled 
on there Southvoard^ until feven a Clock, when to the Right Hand we again found 
the River of Boufchavir which we Foarded over i and ftopt on the other fide of the 
water. There is no Habitation there, and yet the place has a name, being called 
Sefid Ro». ^^fi^ Rou -, it IS [out]ons,/igatJch (torn Kervanferay Narghifi. 
We parted from thence Munday the fifth of Oâober, half an hour after four a 
Clock in the Morning, and holding ftreightJTf/î we Travelled in a Plains until eight 
a Clock, that we arrived at a pitiful Kervanferay^ which confifts in three nafty 
Chambers, and all black with Soot i it is called Tfchah-Ghanbez, Cthat is to fay,) 
the Well of the Vault i the water that is drank there is drawn out of a Well hard by. 
, fome hundred of paces diftant there is a Village called Dehkone^ ( that is to fay Old 
Village,) which is diftant from Sefid-Rou three Agatfch^ and Sefid-Rou is not 
Tfchah-Ghon- properly a Menzil, but commonly they come from Kervanferay Narghifi to 'îfchah- 
b(\. Ghonbez in a day -, our Muletor made us make two of it, that he might keep 
Company with his Brother, who was at Sefid-Rouy and Travelled but fmall 
Journies. 
We parted from Tfchah-Ghonbtz^ T'uefday the fixth of OSober, at one a Clock 
in the Morning, and continued our way over a very even Plain, due ^efl. A- 
bout half an hour after fix, we Foarded over a Salt water, that was but (hallow : 
from that we had all along a Plain covered with Sand to Bender Regb, where 
we arrived about half an hour after nine, it is feven Agatfch from Tfchak- 
Ghonbez. 
Binder-Regh. The Bender Regh, (that is to fay fandy Port or Harbour,) is a little Town built 
along the Sea-fide, at a place where it runs into a long narrow Channel, that turns 
and winds, but is not deep. Moft of the Houfes of this Town are made of Mats 
laid upon a Trellis or Lettice of Poles interlaced, nay the Walls that encompafs the 
Houfes are of no better fluff j fo that there is neither Iron nor Mafons work in 
them. There are fome however made of Brick baked in the Sun, Cemented with 
morter made of Clay and Straw. Moftof the Inhabitants of that place are Arabr, 
and all fpeak both /^ri»^/ci^ and ferfian\ the Governour is an /^w^», and depends on 
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