"رحلات جون ستريز المحفوفة بالمخاطر والأكثر تعاسة، عبر إيطاليا، اليونان، لايفلاند، موسكوفيا، تتاريا، ميديا، بلاد فارس، الهند الشرقية، اليابان، وغيرها من الأماكن في أوروبا، أفريقيا، وآسيا. تحتوي على، I. أكثر الملاحظات دقة للصفات المميزة، الدين، تنظيم المجتمع، التقاليد، القوانين، وممتلكات السكان؛ II. وصف وافٍ للعديد من المدن، البلدات، الحصون، وأماكن المعالم التاريخية، بخصوص موقعها وقوتها، وتحصنها بالطبيعة، أو الفن وغيرها، مع أشياء أخرى جديرة بالملاحظة: و III. مذكرة دقيقة بأكثر الكوارث المفجعة التي شهدها المؤلف في تلك الأماكن (ومنها) حطام سفينة غارقة، عمليات سرقة ونهب، الرِق، الجوع، والتعذيب، بالإضافة إلى العديد من الأمور الأخرى المزعجة فضلًا عن المصاعب الأخرى" [‎٢‎٠‎٤] (٤٧٠/٢٥٩)

i®4 The Voyages oilohn Struys. V oy. lll #
7PN£ we did putting in at a River, and were aflured that we were not with-
1670.' in the Jurifdiction of the Cz.tr, which is bounded by the Tmenki.
The Circus Dominion begins at the and is bounded from
ep "e 1 Nagaya by the Step■, and from the by the River Buftro.
Circas Xhe Countrey is very fertile , producing good ftore both of Fruit
Ikir"' and Grain , and is alfo good Pafture-ground. The men are very
Verfons, corpulent and withall robuft , have broad-faces but not fquare like
the Calmucs, orCrims-, they are of a fwarthy yellow complexion , and
fhave their Heads and Beards after a ftrange manner ; Crofs over the
head they make a bare ftroak.and yet let a tuft grow in the Crown 3 and
on each iide it hangs down in two great buflies, which fometimes they
let hang loo(e , and fometimes plate. They wear gray Felt-coats
with a mantle of the fame, which is rough without j this they hang
Zs. *' flovenly about the neck made faft with a great button , that they can
turn it which way they lift, and make it ferve for a Buckler againft the
Wind. They fometimes wear Bonnets, made of cloath, which they
fold into a fquare figure, that they look like Jefuits Caps when they
wear them. They are a furly ill-natured people and blockifh , not fit
to converfe with, but yet more friendly than the They feldom
appear abroad without their Horfes, upon which they feem as if they
were planted. Their Arms are a kind of Mufquet , but the Long
bow is with them more in ufe , which they can handle with great
dexterity. 1 n r 1
Their Women in regard of their complexion feem almoft as if they
were of another Nation, being in reality very fair and lovely , their
skin as white as the faireft people of Eurspc , and their countenance
angelical} which I have often wondred at, when I compared them
with the Men., They are alfo well proportioned in their Bodies and
a middle ftature. Their Eiebrows are jet-black , as alfo their Hair
which hangs down in feven or 8 curled locks on each llde the Head.
Theycover not their Faces, like mo ft of the Women in the borde-
denng Nations. Their Head-attire is a double black Hood , lined
with Cotton and made faft under the Chin : above that they wear a
Velvet or fattinQuoif,and are very nice in fetting of it.The Widdows
are diftinguiflied by wearing a Cows -bladder behind their head , full
blown , and covered over with Silk, or fome fine Stuff, fo that at a
diftance one would think that they had 2 Heads a piece. In Winter