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to the eastward, and they anchored in a bay a.». 



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on the south side of the Waigatz, which they 

 named Traen Bay, from a quantity of train oil 

 that was found there. They saw here also a 

 number of carved images, which were worshipped 

 by the Samoyeds, and everywhere observed the 

 traces of men and deer, but saw no inhabitants. 

 On the 23rd they were visited by a party of 

 Russians, who had come in quest of train oil, 

 morses' teeth, and geese ; and were informed 

 by them that in about nine or ten weeks the 

 frost would set in, and freeze the sea so hard 

 that they would be able to pass over it to the 

 Tartarian coast. They also met a party of Sa- 

 moyeds, who at first menaced them with their 

 bows ; but, on being told by the interpreter 

 that they were friends, immediately threw down 

 their weapons and entered into friendly con- 

 versation. One of these savages, who had been 

 upon an excursion to the eastward, informed Ba- 

 rentz that after five days' sail in that direction he 

 would find a promontory, beyond which the sea 

 would be found open, and lead him to the 

 south-eastward. This joyful news determined 

 Barentz to proceed as soon as he could, and 

 on the 2nd of September he put to sea; but, 

 finding the strait of Waigatz, as before, much 

 encumbered with ice, on the 4th he anchored 



