STEPHEN BUKROUGH ad. 



1556. 



Loshak being there present tolde me that these The Samoeds 

 Samoeds were not so hurtful as they of Ob are, and that °f the ob ver y 

 they have no houses, as indeede I saw none, but onely s Yrwdpeot>k 

 tents made of Deers skins, which they underproppe with 

 stakes and poles : their boates are made of Deers skins, 

 and when they come on shoare they cary their boates with 

 them upon their backes : for their cariages they have no 

 other beastes to serve them, but Deere only. As for 

 bread and corne they have none, except the Russes bring 

 it to them : their knowledge is very base, for they know 

 no letter. 



Tuesday we turned for the harborough where Lo- 4 

 shaks barke lay, whereas before we road under an Island. 

 And there he came aboord of us and said unto me : if 

 God sende winde and weather to serve, I will goe to the 

 Ob with you, because the Morses were scant at these 

 Islands of Vaigats, but if he could not get to the river 

 of Ob, then he sayd hee would goe to the river of 

 Naramzay, where the people were not altogether so savage Naramzay. 

 as the Samoyds of the Ob are : hee shewed me that they 

 will shoot at all men to the uttermost of their power, that 

 cannot speake their speech. 



Wednesday we saw a terrible heape of ice approch 5 

 neere unto us, and therefore wee thought good with al 

 speed possible to depart from thence, and so I returned to 

 the Westwards againe, to the Island where we were the 

 31. of July. 



Thursday I went a shoare, and tooke the latitude, 6 

 which was 70 degrees 25 minutes: and the variation of ™ latitude . 

 the compasse was 8 degrees from the North to the f fa combos 

 West. P ' 



Loshak and the two small Lodias of Pechora departed 

 from this Island, while I was on shoare taking the 

 latitude, and went to the Southwards : I marvailed why 

 he departed so suddenly, and went over the shoales 

 amongst the Islands where it was impossible for us to 

 follow them. But after I perceived them to be weather- 

 wise. 



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