‘The perillous and most unhappy voyages of John Struys, through Italy, Greece, Lifeland, Moscovia, Tartary, Media, Persia, East-India, Japan, and other places in Europe, Africa and Asia. Containing, I. Most accurate remarks and observations of the distinct qualities, religion, politie, customs, laws and properties of the inhabitants: II. A due description of the several cities, towns, forts and places of trust, as to their site and strength, fortifications by nature, or art, &c. with other things worthy of note: and III. An exact memorial of the most disastrous calamities which befell the author in those parts (viz) by ship-wrack, robberies, slavery, hunger, tortures, with other incommodities and hardships’ [‎204] (259/470)

i®4 The Voyages oilohn Struys. V oy. lll #
7PN£ we did putting in at a River, and were aflured that we were not with-
1670.' in the Jurifdiction of the Cz.tr, which is bounded by the Tmenki.
The Circus Dominion begins at the and is bounded from
ep "e 1 Nagaya by the Step■, and from the by the River Buftro.
Circas Xhe Countrey is very fertile , producing good ftore both of Fruit
Ikir"' and Grain , and is alfo good Pafture-ground. The men are very
Verfons, corpulent and withall robuft , have broad-faces but not fquare like
the Calmucs, orCrims-, they are of a fwarthy yellow complexion , and
fhave their Heads and Beards after a ftrange manner ; Crofs over the
head they make a bare ftroak.and yet let a tuft grow in the Crown 3 and
on each iide it hangs down in two great buflies, which fometimes they
let hang loo(e , and fometimes plate. They wear gray Felt-coats
with a mantle of the fame, which is rough without j this they hang
Zs. *' flovenly about the neck made faft with a great button , that they can
turn it which way they lift, and make it ferve for a Buckler againft the
Wind. They fometimes wear Bonnets, made of cloath, which they
fold into a fquare figure, that they look like Jefuits Caps when they
wear them. They are a furly ill-natured people and blockifh , not fit
to converfe with, but yet more friendly than the They feldom
appear abroad without their Horfes, upon which they feem as if they
were planted. Their Arms are a kind of Mufquet , but the Long
bow is with them more in ufe , which they can handle with great
dexterity. 1 n r 1
Their Women in regard of their complexion feem almoft as if they
were of another Nation, being in reality very fair and lovely , their
skin as white as the faireft people of Eurspc , and their countenance
angelical} which I have often wondred at, when I compared them
with the Men., They are alfo well proportioned in their Bodies and
a middle ftature. Their Eiebrows are jet-black , as alfo their Hair
which hangs down in feven or 8 curled locks on each llde the Head.
Theycover not their Faces, like mo ft of the Women in the borde-
denng Nations. Their Head-attire is a double black Hood , lined
with Cotton and made faft under the Chin : above that they wear a
Velvet or fattinQuoif,and are very nice in fetting of it.The Widdows
are diftinguiflied by wearing a Cows -bladder behind their head , full
blown , and covered over with Silk, or fome fine Stuff, fo that at a
diftance one would think that they had 2 Heads a piece. In Winter