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June, 1908.] THE TRAVELS OF RICHARD BELL (AND JOHN CAMPBELL). 161
19 July 1669. We departed from Mount Carmell for St Jno de Acra, wheere we landed by 10 Clock in the morninge; yo bay is 8 leagues over. But I must not forget of hansom, tho meane, treate at yo Convent on Mount Carmell; y padrey governedore, being a pious & wise man, pragd for vs, & gaue vs good advice, & wth fish, eggs & fruite & cleane linnen, & box [of] dishes, spoones & forks, as neate as if in a princes Court. Att night we put to sea for Sidon, but put back; y 22th we attempted againe, & pceeded. In the way we vewed Tyer, wch hath litle to show, being ioyned to ye msine land, tho formerly an Isle. Theirs a small Caine [khān] for Marchants; its 7 leagues from Sydon & 3 or 4 Longues good ground & well Caltured; Ollive trees & walnuts & seuall Towns in yo way.
We arrived at Sydon at 4 Clock in yo afternoone 23 day, & weere respectfully treated by ye french marchants theire.46 In yo towne is litle of acot saue ye baslaws Serallia, woh we had y pviledge to se & drinke a dish Coffe wth him; 2 Castles it hath wthin in ye sea, wth a bridge from them to y towne, Its forme[r] Circumference yet to be seene, wch I iudge 5 English miles, but now not One.
23 day July. Att 8 Clock at night, we imbarqued for Byrute, wo is 8 leagues from Sydon & on ye sea coast. We arrived theire before day of the 24th July 1669. The trade of it yo french Iraue Tottally, weh is for silk & is ye fynest turkey makes. The price Currant, when wee weere theire, was 10 Lyon Dollers the Rotteloe, 7 since falne to 9. Theire Rottilo makes 3 Engl great pounds at 24 ounces to yo pound habberdepoyze (avoirdupois]. Its well stored wth variety of good fruite, And hath many Mulberrie trees about it, wth good plaines about a mile brode & a mile longe. Its a small Towne but hath seuerall vessells belonginge to it. One, when I was theire, on the stocks, indged would cost to put to sea 7000 Dollers. Its much ruined, as appeares by large howses of fro stone woh are not inhabbited, & decays more & mor as yo Marchts told me. Eight of the longest & biggest Pillers of blew stone all of a peece lie wthout the towue, 4 & 4, [and] stand at some dis. tance one from an other but not in anie order as when sett in the building the[ 3 ] did belonge to, of woh they only remaine to tell ya theire formerly was on[ ] in or near the place they now lie & stand
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About a mile from Barate they show the place wheer St George slew the dragon, and honor St George as theire Champion.69
July, 25 1669. Wee imbarqued from Barate at Aggara[aşr],60 wch is 4 Clock in yo afternoone, & arrived at Trippelo in Sirria next day, 25 July 1669, at One Clock in the afternoone, At Consul Waggoners [Wagner's] howse, a Datchman,
In the way, weh is betwixt Byrate & Trippilo 10 Leagues, we se generall small townes on yo Mountaines adioyneing Mount Lebanus, woh are inhabbited by the greekes & better cultured then anie place of yo Turks seene by vs since we pted from Jeraselem till we caime theire.
46 Wo wore met by several of the French merchants from Sidon; they having a factory there, the most considerable of all theirs in the Levant." Manndrell, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 59.
41 Comparo Thövenot, 4 Voyage into the Levant, ed. 1687, Part II, p. 32, "The weights that are used in that Country (Aleppo) for gross commodities are the Rottle and the Oque. The Rottle weighe commonly 600 Drachme, or 500 Pound weight of Marseilles. The Bottle of Persian Silk, contains 680 D! or five pound and a third of Marseilles woight, the Rottle of Aleppo is of 720 D, or 5 pound weight and a half of Marseilles."
4 At the east ond of Boroot are to be seen seven or eight beautiful pillars of granito, cach f oot long, and three in diameter." Maundrell, A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 56.
* Maundrell, op. cit., p. 50.
Compare The Travels of certain Englishmen into Foreign countries, 1600-1611 (Collection of Voyages and Travels, p. 791), "The third time for public prayer, every day, is at the tenth hour of the day, called by the Turks, Kindi, by the Moors, Assera, about three or four of the clook, afternoon.
