STEPHEN BURROUGH a.d. 



1556. 



had bene in our company in the river Cola, and also 



declared unto them that we were past the way which The way to 



should bring us to the Ob. This land, sayd he, is called th t ™ er 



Nova Zembla, that is to say, the New land : and then °* 



he came aboord himselfe with his skiffe, and at his ^ mighty hill 



comming aboord he told mee the like, and sayd further, '* N °J a 



that in this Nova Zembla is the highest mountaine in the 



worlde, as he thought, & that Camen Boldshay, which is 



on the maine of Pechora, is not to be compared to this 



mountaine, but I saw it not : he made me also certaine 



demonstrations of the way to the Ob, and seemed to 



make haste on his owne way, being very lothe to tarie, 



because the yeere was farre past, and his neighbour had 



fet Pechora, and not he : so I gave him a Steele glasse, 



two pewter spoones, and a paire of velvet sheathed knives : 



and then he seemed somewhat the more willing to tary, 



and shewed me as much as he knew for our purpose : he 



also gave me 1 7 wilde geese, and shewed me that foure of 



their lodias were driven perforce from Caninoze to this 



Nova Zembla. This mans name was Loshak. Loshak. 



Wednesday, as we plied to the Eastwards, we espied 29 

 another saile, which was one of this Loshaks company, 

 and we bare roome, and spake with him, who in like sort 

 tolde us of the Ob, as the other had done. 



Thursday, we plied to the Eastwards, the winde being 30 

 at Eastnortheast. 



Friday, the gale of winde began to increase, and came 3 1 

 Westerly withall, so that by a Northwest sunne we were 

 at an anker among the Islands of Vaigats, where we saw The Islands 

 two small lodias, the one of them came aboord of us, and °f Va Z atts - 

 presented me with a great loafe of bread : and they told 

 me that they were all of Colmogro, except one man that 

 dwelt at Pechora, who seemed to be the chiefest among 

 them in killing of the Morse. 



There were some of their company on shoare, which 

 did chase a white beare over the high clifs into the water, 

 which beare the lodia that was aboord of us killed in our 

 sight. 



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