'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎428] (481/562)

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Between Infpmck and Dorftenhacb, we found the road tolerably good,
although the adjacent Jlps were covered with fnow, and the path in moft
places full of ice. We had fortunately taken care to have our horfes
Ihoes well turned up and frofted, which prevented their flipping, and made
us pafs over this otherwife troublefome road with little interruption. We
had no great reafon to find fault with the roads between Dorftenhacb and
Payervis j in both which places we obferved, that the women wore the
fame frightful quilted cap, before noticed. Their petticoats were long
before, but cut remarkably (hort behind. Their ftockings are very thickly
quilted, which occafions the fmall part of their legs to appear monftroufly
large and clumfy. Thefe ftockings reach no farther up than the calf of the
leg; fo that whenever the women have occafion to ftoop forward, the naked
thigh is almoft entirely expofed to the view of any perfon who happens to
ftand behind them. We were obliged to wait at the obfcure village of
Payervis, full two hours, for a relief of horfes; and arrived at Nazareth
N azareth , village at eight o'clock in the evening.
For the little time we flayed, we were agreeably entertained with a Tirolefe
dance, by the young people of the place. At the opera at Venice we had
a fpecimen of this country manner of dancing, whofe greateft peculiarity
feems to confift in the noife made upon the floor with their wooden Ihoes.
The figure is not much unlike that of our country dances in England. We
might have had lodgings at the poft-houfe in Nazareth) but chofe to fet out
for Heidervang *, where we arrived at three o'clock in the morning. We
here found, that we were now gotten out of the 'Tirolefei and had entered
Swahia. During this laft poft, our paffport was twice examined, (at Eren-
hetg and Crinberg) two very narrow paffages between the mountains. We
found it neceffary to give the corporal or ferjeant who was on guard, a
little money to buy liquor for him and his party: and indeed we were
obliged to do the fame at all places we pafled through in the night, other-
wife the opening of the gates would have been attended with great lofs of
time, and other difagreeable circumftances.
Heidervang is a large village, and can accommodate a traveller with a
good bed. The road from this place to Fuejfen, is a very good one, where
we arrived about eight o'clock in the morning, having firft croffed over the
F vessen . river Lecb^ which is here not very broad. Fuejfen is a large town; we ftaid
till nine at the poft-office, and having refrefhed ourfelves, fet off for Sau-
S aumrster, mejier, where we arrived at three quarters paft eleven, over a very bad road.
This village is an infignificant one, and affords but indifferent accommoda-
tions. The women here, and for feveral polls back, wear a long broad
belt round their waifts, with a ftrap fufpended from it, which reaches
almoft down to the ground, and to this they tye their keys, knives, fciflars,
&c. The quilted, woollen cap, which has hitherto given us fo much dif-
tafte, begins now to be no longer in fafhion ; but a double one made of
linen
H eider
vang.
February 14.