‘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’ [‎110] (157/470)

mo The Voyages of lohn Struys. V oy .IL
yviY. if . The Paftures fwarm with all kinds of Cattel both great and fmall;
W7. m w hich , by reafon of their very great abundance , they hold
commerce with the Iflands oithtzMgem Sea > but efpecially in a
ctttd. ^ ree( 4 ( 0 f fmall Horfe they have, which are in good efteem abroad.
After we had done our affairs at we went for great but
being by the way warned of fome F iihermen, that the had lan
ded a great number of Soldiery there, wefail'd pall the liland , and
put in at S. Giorgiodi Scyro which is a fmall Ifland lying in 47 degr.
Scjr '' 23 mn. being almoft of a triangular form , where the Inhabitants
pdoi, follow the Vineyard. Leaving we fail'd direftly for
which now for the moft part goes by the name of and lies in the
latitude of 47 degr. Thelflandisatprefentofno great note: onlythat
it is vifited by the curious in Antiquities. Here we found many Ruins
of Temples , and Altars , facred to Heathenilh Deities , and the
Image of Apollo , which is in two pieces, whereof ( as the Greeks told
us) "the English faw'd off the Head, and carried it away. But fo much
as remains of it I have drawn,as may be feen in the Print. There
appear yet the Ruins of 3 Temples more, to wit,
and Dinna, befides feveral pieces of Marble and Alabaftre, in various
figures of Animals, as Lions, Leopards, and the like. Here are alfo
many Quarries of a rich fort of Marble , and various kinds of Ala
baftre. Provifion may be had at very eafy rates , Hares and Coneys
are for their plenty held in difefteem by the Inhabitants. Agricul
ture is a thing quite out of ufe , but the greateft profit it yields the
Ttnetims is the conveniency of the Haven , which ferves them for
a Rendevouz.
rhecajlie Between Delos and Andres lies the liland iw;,where there is aGaftle
built upon a high Hill , that feems of it felf fufficient enough to
vZV!defend the whole Ifland. In the year 1656 was the greateft part of
,• this Caftle blown up with its own Powder by Lightning , at what
er 'time, I was in the Fleet not far from Delos , andfawit. I beleeve alfo
that a great part of this Ifland is overflown with the Inundation of
the Sea, as Zantorini', or rather funk : for when we came to anchor
at 2 6 fathom Water, we wrought all we could to weigh, but thought
verily that the Cable would break before any anchor would loofe; at
laft it was refolved to try once more for the laft,and if it would not then
come, to cut the Cable, but at laft the anchor came, bringing a great
t