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'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎49] (82/1024)

The record is made up of 1 volume (898 pages). It was created in 1684. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Chap. XL of Monfieur Tavernier..
thC 7 hlS thdt W0U . ld hMe bceT^tedTcLiftendoik T7
rqeaed by thole poor ; m lo much that the Father tore his Beard L
the Women the.r Hair .crying out. That if it were thecuftom of the to
led the Blood of their Kindred, it was not their cuftom foto do. When the reft
°! t^Wndrcdcame with thcCgfcrto Scbirat, the did all he could to perfume
the Widow to take Money; but not being able to over-rule her, he was forc'd
to give the C a fer mo their hand,: and how they us’d him I cannot tell, beins
rain d at the tame time to pais from Schim for Jfpahan. ^
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Of the breeding, nature,and federal forts of Camels.
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^HE Female Camel bears her Burthen eleven Months; and her Milt
is a fovereign Remedy againft the Dropfie. You muft drink a,Pint of
it every Day for three Weeks together: and I have feen feveral Cures
wiought thereby at Baljara, Ormm, and in other places in the Per fan
Gulf, upon fcveral Englzjh and Hslland Mariners*
So foon as a Came! comes into the World, they fold his Feet under his Belly
anu make him lye upon them; after that they cover his Back with a Carpet Tat
hangs to the Ground, laying Stones upon each fide} fo that he may not bubble to
r, * c ? ^nd thus they leave him for fifteen or twenty days. In the meantime thetr
give him Milk to drink, but not very often; to the end he may be accuftom’H r«
drink little. This they do alfo to ufe them to lye clown, when they so about to L ade
them ; at which time they will fold their Legs and lye down fo obediently that It
is an admirable thing to conMer. So foon as the Caravan comes to the place Where it is
to lye, ail the Camels that belong to one Mafter will range themfelves in a Circle
and lye down upon their fore Feet; fo that Ms butuntyino one Cord rhard’
tne Bales, and they will Hide off gently from each fide of the Camel. When’tis time
to lade again, the lame Camel comes and crouches down between the two Burthens
andwhen they are faften d gently rifes up with the Burthen again ; which is done
without any trouble or nolle VVhcn the Camels are unladen, the; let them go a-
fie d to teed upon the Heath and Bufhes, and half an hour before Sun fet they
return oF themfelves, unlefs any one happen to wander, which they will cad
again with a ««ain Cry which is natural to them. When they return, they ran°e
emfelves in a Circle, and the Muieters give to every one little Balls of Barley-
meal kneaded, as big as two Fifts. 1 he Camel though he be of a large bulk eaL
vyry littte , contented with what he meets with upon the Heaths ; where he more
e pecially looks for Thiftles, of which he is a great lover. But it is more admi
rahle to confider with what patience they, endure drowth : For one time that r
crofs d over the Deferts, where we were 6« days upon the Road our Cam 1
Sf.Wf-*. wta i. mo,. ISSm&ZSSSS
^ * sl . n ^eheat pf Generation , he neither eats nor drinks for 40 davs toj?ether*
Mm hC AVrfwh ° hir ' 0U , S ’ f hat without £ reat «re you cannot avoid being bftten by
im . And whereever he bites, he carries nway a piece of the Flefh. At that riml
iffucs out of their Months a white Foam, befides that there appears on each fide of
their Chops two Bladders large and iWcH'd, like the Bladder of a Roar. f
In the Spring time d\ the Camel’s Hair falls ofFin three days The Skin remainc
bare, and then the Flies are very troublefom. There ifno way but to Tar hem al
S ftV''L a T fr ° U T hin§ t0 COme near them th «time.
_ A Camel muft be dreft as well as a Horfc p but the Camel.keeper never ufes ano
Curry-comb but only beats him allover with a fmafi Wand, as Carpets are wont to
be dufted. If a Came! be hurt or gall’d under the PackTaddle, tl cv ncveTaoolv
Zt S t0 ^ flw Urine ’ ^ th o ut ufin g ^7 other Ke-

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Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.

Author: John-Baptist Tavernier

Publication details: Printed for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St Paul's Churchyard, MDCLXXXIV [1864].

Physical description: Pagination. Vol. 1: [18], 184, 195-264, [2]; [2], 214; [6], 94, [6], 101-113, [1] p., [23] leaves of plates (1 folded). Vol. 2: [8], 154; [12], 14, [2], 15-46, 47-87, [3]; 66 p., [10] leaves of plates (2 folded).

Misprinted page numbers. Vol. 1, part I: 176 instead of 169; 169 instead of 176; 201 instead of 209; 202 instead of 210. Vol. 1, part II: 56 instead of 58; 61 instead of 63; 178 instead of 187. Vol. 1, part III: 13 instead of 30; 49 instead of 48. Vol. 2, part II: 93 instead of 39.

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1 volume (898 pages)
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The volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references which covers all four books within the volume. There is also a list of illustrations giving titles anf page references. There is an alphabetic index at the end of Books I and II and a separate alphabetic index of place names which accompanies the map at the beginning of book IV.

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'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎49] (82/1024), British Library: Printed Collections, 567.i.19., in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026187077.0x000053> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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