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year k^i having made an order, that no one fhouldpre- . 
fume to be out of his houfe after that time i which is to this 
day moft punctually obferved. The Bofia^gi hap, who has 
the command ot all the Jgiamoglam in the SeragUo., the Topgthaflji 
or fuch great Officers attended with a great train of armed 
Men, walking the Rounds, and drubbing fuch as they find a- 
broad at unfeafonable hours of what Nation or Quality fo- 
ever, except Phyficians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, whom 
they allow at all times to vifit the fick. 
The Turkmans, ( for fo they are peculiarly called, as if they 
were the true Defcendents of the old Turks on Scjtbtans^ whofe 
wandring kind of life is defcribed by the Poet. 
^ {Nulla domtfs, flmfirts habitant, migrarefer arva 
A^^o. lot 2Af<?/j atq; errantes circuwveEiare penates. ) 
have no fixt refidence any where, but travel with their 
Families and Cattle from place to place , carrying their 
Wives and Children upon Camels ; they pkch their Tents u- 
lually near Rivers and Fountains, for the convenience of wa- 
ter, and according as their neceffities require, make a longei* 
or a fhorter ftay, Their whole Eftate confifts in their nume- 
rous Flocks and Herds^ which they fell upon occafion to fup- 
ply themfelves with what they want, at the Towns they pafs 
by. Their only concern is how to enjoy the Benefits and 
Bleffings of Nature, without the troubles and turmoyls and 
difquietsof life ; being contented and happy in one anothers 
Company, void of all ambition and envy, courteous and h*u- 
mane to Strangers, that may want their Help and Affiftance, 
kindly entertaining them with fuch Provifion, as their Folds 
afford. I have met v/itli fome companies of thefe harmlefs 
wanderers in my Travels, The Country lies open without 
any Inclofures,and the propriety not being veiled in anyone, 
they travel thro the Plains unmolefted, and find excellent 
pafturage every where. The Turks till no more ground then 
will ferve their neceffities : being fupplied with Corn from 
Egyft, and from Moldavia and JVaUchia, by the way of the black 
Sea , letting vafl tra£l:s of ground He wait and uncultiva- 
ted ; fo that their Sloth herein fometimes is juilly punifhed 
with Dearths. 
They have nothing to fliew for their Houfes and Poileffi- 
our, but an Hogtet or piece of Paper fubicribed by the c^Ji^ 
if they have acquired them by their monv, or that they 
were their Fathers before them. 
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