In The City Of Yezd There Is Abundance Of All Kinds Of Victuals,
Especially Of Figs, Grapes, And Raisins, Which Are There More Plentiful, In
My Opinion, Than In Any Other Part Of The World.
It is one of the principal
cities in all Persia, and its Saracen inhabitants allege that no Christian
can live there above a year.
Continuing our journey forwards for many days,
I came to a city named Comum[8], which was a great city in old times, near
fifty miles in circumference, and often did much damage to the Romans. In
this place there are stately palaces, now destitute of inhabitants, yet it
hath abundance of provisions. Travelling from thence through many
countries, I came at length into the land of Job, named Us[9], which
borders on the north of Chaldea. This land is full of all kinds of
provisions, and manna is here found in great abundance. Four partridges are
sold here for less than an Italian groat; and the mountains have excellent
pastures for cattle. In this country the men card and spin, and not the
women; and the old men are very comely.
[1] Perhaps the sea of Marmora; or it may indicate the Euxine or Black
Sea. - E.
[2] The holy traveller ought rather to have said, that the springs or
rivulet near Azaron flowed into the Euphrates. Azaron is obviously
Erzerum, on or near one of the higher branches of the Frat or
Euphrates. - E.
[3] Tebriz in Persia.
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