‘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’ [‎361] (436/470)

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The Copy of a
N A R R A T I V,
Written from aboard the Ship EAGLE, belonging to his Im
perial Majefty the C^ar of MofcoVta , riding at Anchor before
ASTR ACH AN upon the River Wolga bearing ,
XXIV, M DC LXIX, a 5".
ON the 2S of A %ay we left Mofcou and with afmall Boat fell dov/n the River
Occa , till we came at Dedenof, being the ^X^harf where the Ship and
Yacht were built which we found ready for a Launch.
ON the 6 of /^<? we (et fail with our Ship, and Yacht coming the day following
before Nifen Novogorod, where the River Occa incorporates with the Wolga, In
the mean while we had run our ielvs a ground three or 4 Times, but that was more
thro the unikilfullnefs of the Pilot than the Badnefs of the River, which is deep
and navigableas alfo on each -fide inhabited and grown with ^ oods. The
name of the Gentleman who refided at Nifen as Waywood, or Governour, was
Maxim Ivanowitz, Nachok&n, who made us very welcom and according to their
cuftom fent us feveral Difhes of Meat, alfoduringthetimewelay thereat Anchor
came feveral times aboard us; and at our departure convoy'd us down fom part
of the River 5 and fupplied the Officers with NecefTaries and Refrefhments.
HAVING the advantage both of Wind and ftream we arrived the Firft of
fulj) before the mouth of the River Cafanlta > which is about a mile from
Here we broke our Cables, and with much ado made faft to the Ihore with a finglc
Rope: ^ e had alfo loft our Bowfpriet among the Trees in falling down the
The IVajwods name of Cafan was lurien Petrovitz. Trohieskay , a liberal Gentle
man and not at all incomitable; he treated us leveral Times at his own Houfe, and
upon our Departure gave us fom Provifion aboard us. After 15 days aboadhere
we loofed and pafled by feveral fair Towns, as Catyiufchtnlza y and others
too lon^- to relate. This faid Camufchinka is lately built by Order of the Cz.aar >
being fortified Djamond wife by Collonel T'howds JBailcy ^ an Gentleman.
It's end is to prevent the Irruption ohhcCofacs , the River Camufchwka running
into the-Dwz.
ON the 13 of j4ugufl we got fight of Aflrachm, , and on the i-icamcberorc
the Town where we gave the Salvo with all our Cannon and (So Mufquets» andin
the Evening dropped Anchor in the Road, near the iown. \i r e had before got
Intelligence how that the Cofacs- had appeared upon the Wolga ^ but coming to
Aflrachan were farther informed how that the Ruffes weregdnoutagainft them,
in which Expedition were 50 Stroegs and about 3 000 Men , under the Command
of Knees Simeun Ivanowitz, Geboof , who was the third Voyce , or iuftrage of
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