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Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : $b A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George WhRay, John

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Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2 : $b A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wh

Ray, John

Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Botany -- Pre-Linnean works; Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Plants -- Classification -- Early works to 1800; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800

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Mr. RAY’s Travels.

VOL. II.

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                                    A
                                COLLECTION
                                OF CURIOUS
                           Travels and Voyages.
                               CONTAINING,
                     Dr. _Leonhart Rauwolf_’s Journey
                   Into the _Eastern_ Countries, _viz._
               SYRIA, PALESTINE, or the HOLY LAND, ARMENIA,
                   MESOPOTAMIA, ASSYRIA, CHALDEA, _&c._

                Translated from the Original _High Dutch_,
                         By _NICHOLAS STAPHORST_.

                                AND ALSO,
                TRAVELS into GREECE, ASIA _minor_, EGYPT,
                ARABIA _felix_, PETRÆA, ETHIOPIA, the RED
                                SEA, _&c._

                    Collected from the Observations of
              Mons. BELON, PROSPER ALPINUS, Dr. HUNTINGDON,
                   Mr. VERNON, Sir GEORGE WHEELER, Dr.
                     SMITH, Mr. GREAVES, and others.

               To which are added three Catalogues of such
          _Trees_, _Shrubs_, and _Herbs_, as grow in the LEVANT.

                     By the Rev. _JOHN RAY_, F. R. S.

                The SECOND EDITION Corrected and Improved.

                                 VOL. II.

                                _LONDON_:
       Printed for _J. Walthoe_, _D. Midwinter_, _A. Bettesworth_,
      and _C. Hitch_, _W. Innys_, _R. Robinson_, _J. Wilford_, _A.
       Ward_, _J._ and _P. Knapton_, _T. Longman_, _O. Payne_, _W.
     Shropshire_, _J._ and _R. Tonson_, _T. Woodman_, _R. Chandler_,
                       and _J. Wellington_. 1738.




THE CONTENTS.


                               PART. I.

  Chap. I. _Which way I went first of all, from ~Augspurg~ to
    ~Marseilles~, and from thence shipped over the Seas towards
    ~Tripoli~ of ~Syria~, situated in ~Phœnecia~._                  pag. 1

  Chap. II. _Of the famous city of ~Tripoli~, of it’s fruitful
    neighbourhood and great trade; and also of the splendid baths,
    and other magnificent buildings to be seen there. Their ways of
    making Rusma, Pot-ashes, Soap, ~&c.~_                            p. 14

  Chap. III. _Of the ~Turks~ of high and low conditions, men
    and women; of their employments, offices, manners, customs,
    cloaths, as much as I could at ~Tripoli~ (during my abode)
    understand, see, and learn thereof._                             p. 26

  Chap. IV. _A description of the plants I gathered at
    ~Tripoli~._                                                      p. 35

  Chap. V. _Which way I travell’d from ~Tripoli~ farther to the
    two famous cities of ~Damant~ and ~Aleppo~._                     p. 42

  Chap. VI. _Of the situation of the potent city of ~Aleppo~; of
    the buildings thereof, and also of the delicate fruits and
    fine plants, that grow there, within and without gardens._       p. 45

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