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Show N etherland Eaft-India-Company The moft Ancient GreeRs and Romans who formerly {ubdued whole Coun tries, never dealt fo Barbaroufly by thofe whom they Conquered, as thefe uanmerciful Tartars, who by their cruel ufage in this laft Invafion, have not onl laid wafte abundance of noble Cities, Towns,and Villages (which are now'place for Birdsand Beafts to rooft in) butthey have likewile made Slaves of the beft o the Natives A L = the Chene L P- U \\\\ | this {lavif labour ofTo klf(} " P‘Qflll‘c | BATOW 3\: Wcl)t‘; uncven, and fle rak their necks, as many t ddle in Water, and if any ollows, having charge of ot, & in this dmgerous b account perhaps, n poor defpicable Village torently declared wha Upon-the 21. of March, about midnight we came with all our Train to Sany wum 5 the Magiftrates of this place met us on the way, and with.their refpe&iv {alutes prefented us for the Table, which for the reafon aforefaid were ror ac cepted Thisplaceis not very large, lying about forty Miles diftant trom Xza xui,an was formerl for its fituation poten and populous5 but in this laf bo wh ha War wholly ruined by the Tartars, who gave the fame ulage toall fuch Cities a were not able to withftand them Here we got frefh track-men (our old ones being quite tired) to drawus u xprefs the flate and mifera heir ot to be enough pit the River againft the Stream and Torrents, which fall from this wonderful Mountain Sangwanbab5 whereof I Prefent you here with a draughe, together with thi : J;linfi the Stream {mall City, asit lies environed withthe Hills: The heighth of this Mountain i very obfervable, for the tops thereof are inveloped with €louds, which make the paflage at the bottom of the Hill ob{cure 4 |