'The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, through the Black Sea, and the country of Colchis. Containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan. To which is added, the coronation of the present King of Persia, Solyman the III.' [‎413] (408/594)

through the Black-Sea, and o/Colchis. 41 ?
There is alfo fomewhac chat does noc appear in the Draught,
that is to fay, the hinder part of the which is
worthy to be obferv d in this place. For ic confifts of very
large Suables ) wich places for Servants and Luggage, built al-
mofl: according to the fame Symmetry, as the Apartments al
ready rtiention'djatleaftastocheFormand Bignels of ftore^
Houfes, and Lodgings for the Poor, and the Country people
that bring their Goods to felljand the largeGardens,that lie be
hind this lovely Palace of a CaraVanferay: lefs famous for its
Founder Abas the Great, who caus'd this fumptuous Strufture
to be erefted. Near adjoyning to it ftands the Palace Royal •
and over againft it , another defign'd for the Lodging of
Embaffadors. Both the one and the other, with very large
Gardens behind 'em, were built at the Charges of that Re=.
nowned Monarch : befides that there is in the middle a void
Space for their Garoufels, and other Exercifes on Horfe*
back.
The Wealth andTrade of Cajhan confifts in the Manifaifluary
of all forts of Silk, Stufs, and Tiflues of Gold and Silven
There is not made in any place of more Sattin, Velvet,
Tabby, Plain Tiffue, and with Flowers of Silk, or Silk min
gled with Gold and Silver, then is made in this City, and the
Parts round about it; fo that one fingle Borrough in this Ter«
ritory, contains a thoufand Houfes of Silk-Weaversi That
which is caU'dJroM, feemingat adiftance to be a good big
City, as containing in it no lefs than two thoufand Houfes,and
fix hundred Gardens: It is about two Leagues from
flan. g
The City ef Cajhan ftands in a good Air,but violently hot,
infomuch that it is ready to ftifle yee in the Summer. Which
excream Heat is occafion'd by its Situation ; as lying near a
high Mountain oppos'd to the South. The Reverberation
of which fo furioufly heats the piace in the Dog=Days, that
it fcalds again. Befides,there is one greater Inconvenience
more troublefome and more dangerous, which is the greac
number of Scorpions that infeft thofe parts at all times, efpe-
cially when the Sun is in Scorpio : Travellers are terribly threat-
ned by em : And yet for my part, (thanks be to God) I ne
ver faw any in all the time that I pafs'd through the Country,
Neither could I hear of any great Mifchief that they had done.
Ic is faid,that Jhas the Great's Aftrologers in the Year 1623,
invented a Taltfman to deliver the City from thofe Vermin;
fince