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Leyden, andfliewn to Strangers amongftthe many Cu* 
riofities of that flourilhing Univerfity. 
Rauwolff begins his Voyage at Aufpurg, from whence 
he travel'd to Marfeilles,> and there embark'd for Tripo- 
li, touching in his Paflage upon many Iflands of the 
Mediterranean Sea, as Scicily, Malta, Candy \ and Cyprus, 
He defcribes with great exa&nefs the City of Tripoli, 
with its Fruitfui Neighbourhood and Trade; he is very 
particular in his Account of the (lately Bagnio's, of the 
Caravanzeries, the Batzars, the Fundiques, and indeed 
of all their publick and private Buildings : He tells us 
the ways how the Turks prepare their Rufma, their Soap 
and Pot-a(hes, and afterwards enumerates the Trees, 
Shrubs and Herbs growing in the adjacent Countrey : 
He doth not omit the common Obfervations of other 
Travellers relating to Offices, Employments, Manners, 
Cufloms, Habits, Religions, Diet, &c. 
From Tripoli he proceeds to Aleppo, the greateft Em- 
porium of all the Eafl, laying down very minutely the 
Rout he took. I need only take notice here, that the 
Author iliews the fame Exadtnefs and Diligence in defcri- 
bing Aleppo as he did before in Tripoli ; but the Traf- 
fick here being much more confiderable, he therefore is 
, the more induftrious about the Drugs and Merchan- 
dize. 
From Aleppo he travels to Bir, and fb down the Eu- 
phrates to old Babylon, defcribing in this Paflage the Ci- 
ty of Racka, Deer, and Ana, with many Obfervations up- 
on the Arabians, and upon feveral places of Chaldcea, 
efpecially the Ruines of Old Babylon : He afterwards 
gives a full Defcription of Bagdet. 
His Return from Bagdet is through Ajfyria, the Con- 
fines of Per/ia, and the Province of the Curters, to the 
River Tigris, and to MofelL the old Nineve ; then he con- 
tinues his Journey through Mefopotamia by the way of 
Zibin and Orpha to Bir, and fo to Aleppo > and Tripoli 
G g again. 
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