Chap. 1 . to the Levant, 83$ 
Houfes and Gardens. Now nothing but Ruins are to " at the End of a Poll faftened in the Groundi If a Man 
be feen. be hot in the Plain in riding two or three Flours Up the 
The City Hands on a rifing Ground from the Sea, Hills, he fhall find fo great an Alteration in the Air as 
and the Houfes were fo built with TerralTes, that moft is incredible. 
from their Tops could have a Sight of the Sea. From About fifteen Miles from Retimo is a lovely Fountain 
Candia to RetHmo is about twelve Hours Riding. The called Bognare Bajhe, Handing fo between two Moun- 
City Hands on a Point of Land very pleafantly, having a tains, that at Two in the Afternoon it is fhady, conti- 
Port to the EaH, which is almoH choak’d up, fo as nuing fo all the reH of the Day. The Water is fo cold 
no Galley can get over the Bar, being laden, but Bri- as will caufe a Dew upon any Fruit that is put into it 5 
gantines and fmaller VelTels are very fecure againH all and tho’ a Man ever fo hot fhould drink of this Water, ic 
Winds. Towards the Sea are no Walls, the Rocks will do him no Harm, In the Summer-time here are 
there fortifying the Place, fo that no Enemy can come always fome Perfons of Qtiality, who bring their Beds, 
but by Land. This Place was the firH the Turks and continue for feveral Days together. The Sfacioti 
made themfelves MaHers of, putting all to the Sword, are a healthy, Hrong and Hout People-, they pretend 
to Hrike the greater Terror into the reH of the Ifland. to be of a very ancient Stock : Some there are, who 
Since they poflefled it, they have built three new Forts derive their Families from before the Comingofour Se- 
towards the Sea, and a Wall, with a dry Ditch to viour. I faw a Callojero that was one hundred and ten 
Landward. Years ot Age ; he was very Judy, and could walk very well 
Ic is now chiefly inhabited by Turks, who trade to v/ith a Staff. Part of thefe Flills are under the Juril- 
Confiantinople confiderably. The Houfes are here en- didlion of the Bifhop of Retimo, and Part under that of 
tire, according to the Venetian Manner of Building. Canea. From Retirno to Canea the Road is moft by the 
There are iomt Greeks that dwell in the City, but they Sea-fide, pafling by the Bay of Suda, having the Moun- 
have a fmall Town about a Quarter of a Mile off, tains of Sfacia on the Left Hand, 
in which are two Churches, where they have the free Canea is feated in a fine Plain, about three Miles from 
Exercife of their Religion. The Country hereabouts is the Bottom of the Bay of Suda^ and upon the Sea to the 
very pleafant, full of Olive-trees, and from the Sea-fide North, having a very fliir Flarbour, which may be 
the Land rifes eafily to the Foot of the Mountains ot called a double Port, the one being round, the other 
Sfacia, about eight Miles from the City, which from ftretching away to the Eaftward, where are two Arfe- 
the Sea feems to be all a Wood j from which Moun- nals. It is fecure againft the worfl: of Weathers. The 
tains run feveral pleafant Streams, and one very large Entrance is narrow, and not above eighteen Foot Wa- 
River, called Platonica, which is continually full, being ter -, to the Weft of which the Turks lately have 
fupplied from above a thoufand Fountains, which the built a new Battery with twenty very large Guns ; and 
Mountains produce. above it, to the South, is a great Cittadel, in which are 
Thefe Mountains of are abounding in all Things forty good Guns. To the Eaft of the Entrance is an- 
necelTary for Lifcj and Nothing can be more delight- other great Caftle, which commands the Port called the 
fome in the Summer-time. They reach near thirty Sabioniera, tht Round about the Port is a 
Miles to’wards the South-Weft, and in fome Places about broad Key, which is always crowded with Merchandize, 
ten in Breadth, coming down clofe to the Bay of Suda. and is little inferior to the Port Marfeilles. The 
The Cheefe which is made here is bought up by the Ve- Houfes are all well built, and not much battered. The 
netians and other Merchants, and tranfported to France, Walls are in very good Repair, having a dry Ditch 
Italy, Zant, kFc. It is the beft Cheefe that is made in about thirty Yards broad, and fix deep from the Land 
any of the Southern Parts, and generally as good as our on the other Side. The Walls are about thirty Foot 
Chejhire Cheefes, being made as big ; befides which, high ; within them the Earth is raifed about ten Foot 
they have great Plenty of Honey, Wax, Silk, Wooll, higher than the Walls, there being a Walk between. 
Cordovan Leather, and a Sort of Goats-hair little inferior There is a Mount, which they call the Marteningo, where 
to that of Angura in Afta. No Olives, Oranges, or Le- formerly were ten Guns but now it is of no Ufe. 
mons grow here. There are above an hundred Vil- Toward the Land there are four Baftions ; to the South 
lages on thefe Mountains, befides feveral Monafteries. is the great Gate called j to the Weft 
The Inhabitants are a warlike People, and withftood the is a Mace placed on the Wall, to fhew where a Bafha, 
Turks above twenty Years after Rettimowz^ taken, living at the Taking of the Place, firft entred the City : Be- 
Mainlotes m\\\tMorea. There are fuch difiiculc fore the Gate is a Half Moon built of Earth, about 
PaflTes to them that an Army cannot march. Now at twenty Foot high \ at each End is a fmall Pyramid of 
iaft they are brought into Obedience, and by humbling Mortar and Sculls, which are the Sculls ofChriftians 
themfelves to the Vizier, he granted them great Privi- who were fiain before the Place in the Year 1666. 
leges to encourage them, left they fhould take Part with The Venetians then attempting to regain the Place 
the Venetians, who have the Ifiand of Suda fo near under the Condudt of Marquis Vila, a Savoyard, 5000 
them. ^ ^ _ Men were landed at Culatte, at the Bottom of the Bay 
As the Vizier pafs’d by, in his Way from Canea to of Suda, and were encamped before the City feveral 
Candia, they brought him feveral Prefents the Mountains Days. The Turks fallied out of the City to the Weft, 
produced, which he was fo well pleafed with, that he furprifing the Chriftians, and had a very great Vidlory’ 
exempted them from going with him and paying their purfuing them to the Fort, which was built at the Bot- 
Attendanceon him, only he obliged them to furnifii the tom of the Bay. In this Flight there were above 1500 
Camp with Mutton at a certain Rate. Moft of his own killed, and feveral taken Prifoners ; amongft the latter 
Provifion was carried from hence, Sheep at three Timins was one Captain Scot, a Scotfman, who had his Hand 
(about a Shilling) a-piece ; Butter at a Timin the Oke upon the Drawbridge of the City ; he was carried af- 
(a Groat for two Pound eight Ounces); Cheefe at the terwards to Smyrna in the Gallies, and there redeemed 
fame Rate, and at this Price they were obliged to carry by the Englijh Merchants : But when he came to Venice, 
it as far as the Camp before Candia, where an Officer his Arrears were paid him, and he returned his Ranfom to 
gave them an Acquittance, which was abated them out Smyrna, which remains there in Bank till another like 
of their Tribute. They have a certain Drug, called by Occafion fliould prefent itfelf. The City is near three 
Venetians Oldain, much of the Colour ot Liquorice Miles in Circumference, and is much better inhabited 
in Balls; it is a very great Comforter of the Head, ha- than Canfa, having a Bafha and other Officers, as in 
ving a pleafant Smell, being burnt it gives a pleafant Candia, only in all Councils the ocher hath the Pre- 
Scent. Moft of this is bought up by the Venetians, and cedence. 
fent to Venice. Here is alfo a Sort of Wood which the The Country about is very pleafant, beinp- all a Plain 
Greeks call Plaete Emllo ; ic burns like a Torch, and for above fix Miles to the South and \Wft, planted 
^ives a moft fragrant Smell ; much of ic was ufed to with young Olive-trees, fo that ic feems to be a’ Garden, 
burn at the Siege. Every Night, at the Vizier’s and It is well fupplied bothwith Flefh and Fifii ; of the latter 
other great Men’s Tents, they had Fires of this Wood, ^ there is great Abundance, for befides the Sea, there is a 
the Wood being cut fmall, and put into an Iron Grate Lake about ten Miles to the South, which furnifties 
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