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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 / An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, emperor of China: delivered by their excellencies Peter de Goyer and Jacob de Keyzer, at his imperial city of Peking wherein the cities, towns, villages, ports, rivers, &c. in their passages from Canton to Peking are ingeniously described by John Nieuhoff; also an epistle of Father John Adams, their antagonist, concerning the whole negotiation; with an appendix of several remarks taken out of Father Athanasius Kircher; Englished and set forth with their several sculptures by John Ogilby
(1673)
[Kircher appendix] Chap. III. Of the various habits, manners, and customs of the men of those kingdoms, which were observ'd and drawn by the aforesaid Fathers, Albert Dorville, and Gruberus, as they pass'd through them., pp. 356-363
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De/cription. of CAT IjL I. A Tarth of, Kalm 'ngk.. II 4AWman falmack, L. A Z m Tartar. IV. Ther ... n ),W ' tf1zcci ,gpkeel. Therefore when thefe Fathershad pafs'd this WallPrfnry they mn tith q_, lRivex replenifl' WJ~hFAid~ot wh tem~ctlrSupper.,which they pre. par'd in an open Tint -an, -aving al(;fsd tv r d 1 e¢ Sa "vetr with9u dhe Walls and inamedicy a vap~i rrchat moRyvft andI arrcn Dfar Nalrmack, aa4art verdraadiy,a dable, in two Months they. came to the Kindom of Darantola. fr arthouh i be. arh'4 i nous, is yet inhabited by the Tartars, which are call'd (a m4c atjcrtain times of the Year,. when there is great abundance of Pafturage on the Banks of the River, they therefixing of their Hords, which you may term, and not unfitly, (Portable Cities. The Tartars rove up and down in this Oefart to Rob and Pillage; whence it is very neceffary that the Caravan be fufficntly firong, to refift the violence of their Attempts. Thefe Fathers, as they hapned to fee them, drew their Habits as they are here fetd own. The firft Figure ffeweth a Tartar ofJalmac4, Garment, and a yellow Cap. Thefecond Figure exhibiteth a Iarw Womn c Veflment made of a certain Skin, as they gucfsd and each of them hath a Phyla&ery ox Amulet hun they wore to preferve thmfelves from Qangers an( The Tartar which the third Figure exibieth, w which is the Prieft or Bifhop of the holy Rites U i J(.almack ;, they ufe a Cap or Hat Painted of a red from th Irftpi ivhUnfh The fourth Figiir expie6tI their Habicafins; tmade ur withinof fmall bended.ran wrathedSt with a courfe Matter foxc ertain Wooll and' y" Cords. The fifth Figure fewet an Inftrumenr orturri Scepter,. which.is mov'd ounl by th efurprfitiQou at the time when the LamaPray*. Y
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