More Obfervations made in Egypt, by Guilandinus, Alpinus and others.

Chap. I. F the weather and seasons in Egypt.

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P. 414

Chap. II. Of the meats and drinks of Egypt. p. 412 Chap. III. Of the difeafes and phyfic. Of the Pyramids of Egypt, by Mr Greaves, Profef for of Aftronomy in the University of Oxford. A defeription of the first Pyramid.

A defcription of the fecond Pyramid.

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A defcription of the third Pyramid, out of Mr Belon, and Mr Greaves.

Of the rest of the Pyramids in the Libian defart.

In what manner the Pyramids were built.

Of the Pyramids, Sphynx, Mummies, &c. ther Vanfleb and others.

P. 439

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by Fa

P. 448

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A defcription of an entire body of a Mummy. p. 457 A letter from Dublin concerning the Porphyry

Egypt, by Dr Huntingdon.

A journey from Grand Cairo to Mecca.

pillars in

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P. 467

Of the Aga fent to meet the Caravan upon their return.

Of Mecca and Medina.

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P. 472

P. 475

An extract of a journey through part of Arabia Felix, from the copy in Ramufio's collection. Some obfervations made by Sir Henry Middleton, and other Englishmen in Arabia Felix, &c. p. 477 Of the ways and roads between Egypt and Ethio

pia.

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Of

Of Ethiopia: By Michael of Tripoli, Embajador from the Habeffine Emperor to the Grand Signior.

P. 481 More Obfervations of Ethiopia, by Father Lobo, Father Alvarez, Father Tellez, and others; extracted from their Portuguese voyages. P. 487

Dr Leonhard

Dr Leonbart Rauwolff's

TRAVELS

INTO THE

Eastern Countries.

In which is chiefly treated, how he got into Syria, and what ftrange things he there faw and obferved.

way

PART. I.

CHAP I.

Which I went first of all, from Augfpurg to Marfeilles, and from thence shipped over the feas towards Tripoli of Syria, fituated in Phoenicia.

HAVING always had a natural inclination, almost from my infancy, to travel into foreign Countries, but chiefly into the Eastern ones, which have been of old celebrated for fertility, which were cultivated by the moft ancient people, and whose princes in former ages, have been the most VOL. II.

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potent monarchs of the world; not only to obferve their lives, manners and customs, but chiefly to gain a clear and distinct knowledge of thofe delicate herbs, defcribed by Theophraftus, Diofcorides, Avicenna, Serapio, &c. by viewing them in their proper and native places, partly that I might more exactly defcribe them, especially the most strange and rare; partly alfo, to provoke the Apothecaries to endeavour to procure those that are neceffary for them to have in their shops: I ftrove always to put this my defire into execution, but was forced to defer it until, in the year of our Lord 1573, I found an opportunity, by my honour'd brother-in-law Mr Melchior Manlick, fenior, which was very convenient. He received me presently, (having before a defign to increase the number of them that were employ'd in his trade) and fitted me out for my voyage, that I might go with the first company that fhould travel for Marseilles, and then from thence farther in one of their fhips to Tripoli, fituated in that part of Syria which is call'd Phoenicia.

After that my honour'd friend, Mr Frederick Rentzen, of that fame city, was come to me, we fet out the 18th May 18, of May, Anno 1573, from Augspurg towards Lindaw, 1573. defigning to go through Piedmont to Milan and Niffa, and fo farther: The fame day we came to Mindelheim, a very pleasant town with a princely caftle, fituated upon the Mindel, then belonging to the baron of Frundsberg.

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The 19th at noon we came to Memmingen, a very pleafant city of the empire, and at night to Leutkirch.

The 20th we rode thorough Wangen, another imperial city, fituated in Algaw, where they drove a very good trade with fine ticking and linnen cloth; about noon we arrived at Lindaw, an imperial city fituated in the Boden fea, where there is a very great depofitory or ftaple of all forts of commodities or merchandizes: fome have call'd this the German Venice, because it is in like manner fituated in water, and hath alfo a great trade. After dinner we croffed the lake towards Fuzach, a village not far from Bregentz, towards the Rhine.

The 21st about breakfast-time we came to Veldkirch, a very pleasant town, fituated upon the Yll, belonging now to the house of Auftria, but formerly to the counts. of Montfort. By the way I faw feveral fine plants, viz.

Saxifraga

Saxifraga Aurea, Caryophyllata Alpina, a fine fort of Bellis-major, Chrifta galli with white flowers, and Auricula Urfi with brown flowers, &c. At night we came to Mayenfeld, belonging to the Grawpunters, upon the Rhine, which runs by the town, and there runs into it a river call'd Camingen, which slides down between high rocks, where the famous warm bath (froin an adjacent abby, call'd Pfeffers) rifeth, which may be numbered amongst the wonderful waters, in regard of it's admirable operation in ftrengthening lame and contracted members, and hath this property beyond other baths, that it loseth itself from October till May, and then it cometh on again powerfully.

The 22d we came at night to Chur, a very ancient May 22. city, where alfo is a depofition of Goods that are brought thither from Germany by pack-horfes over the mountains. A feat of that Bishop lyeth half an hour's going from the Rhine, wherefore this bifhopric is accounted the chief of all the bifhoprics of the Rhine, or the Pfaffen gafte, call'd by others, because it is fituated near the first beginning of the Rhine, according to the ancient proverb: Coftentz the biggest, Bafil the pleasantest, Strasburg the nobleft, Spires the devouteft, Worms the pooreft, Mentz the worthieft, Trier the ancienteft, and Collen the richeft.

The 23d we rode to Tufis, an ancient village belonging to the Grawpunters, the name whereof fhews it's original, for the Rhetians are defcended from the Tufcans, who under the conduct of one Rhætus of old took poffeffion of those countries; not far off upon a high mountain is ftill fituated a ruin'd caftle, call'd Realt, or which is righter, Rhaetia alta, deriv'd alfo from the Rhetians.

The 24th at noon we came by the Splewer-hill into a village call'd Splugi, not far from the beginning, head, or fourfe of the Rhine: Thence we paffed over the hill, and came at night to a little village call'd Gampolschin, fituated in a valley of the fame name, where we refted.

Monday the 25th at noon we came to Claven, or Clavenna, a very ancient town, belonging to the Bunts, which had anciently a ftrong caftle, which was demolished by the Grawpunters themselves, Anno 1524, after it was cunningly taken from them by Caftel de Maefs.

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