ANTHONY JENKINSON ad. 



1558. 

 From thence East tenne leagues, we fell with another 

 Island called Bawhiata, much higher then the other. 

 Within these two Islands to the Northwards, is a great 

 Baie called the Blew sea. From thence wee sailed East The blew sea. 

 and by North ten leagues, and having a contrary wind, 

 we came to an anker in a fadome water, and so rid untill 

 the fifteenth day, having a great storme at Southeast, 

 being a most contrary wind, which we rid out. Then 

 the wind came to the North, and we weyed, and set 

 our course Southeast, and that day sailed eight leagues. 



Thus proceeding forwards, the 17. day wee lost sight [I. 3 2 7-] 

 of land, and the same day sailed thirtie leagues, and 

 the 18. day twentie leagues winding East, and fell with 

 a land called Baughleata, being 74. leagues from the Baughkata 



mouth of the said Volga, in the latitude of 46. degrees ,' 8 7 t' 



. I e & cues trom 



54. minutes, the coast lying neerest East and by South, y i ga ^ 



and West and by North. At the point of this land 

 lieth buried a holy Prophet, as the Tartars call him, of 

 their law, where great devotion is used of all such Maho- 

 metists as doe passe that way. 



The nineteenth day the winde being West, and we 

 winding Eastsoutheast, we sailed tenne leagues, and 

 passed by a great river called laic, which hath his spring laic river. 

 in the lande of Siberia, nigh unto the foresaid river Cama, 

 and runneth through the lande of Nagay, falling into 

 this Mare Caspium. And up this river one dayes 

 journey is a Towne called Serachick, subject to the Serachick. 

 aforesaid Tartar prince called Murse Smille, which is 

 nowe in friendship with the Emperour of Russia. Here 

 is no trade of merchandize used, for that the people have 

 no use of money, and are all men of warre, and pasturers 

 of cattel, and given much to theft and murther. Thus 

 being at an anker against this river laic, and all our 

 men being on land, saving I, who lay sore sicke, and 

 five Tartars, whereof one was reputed a holy man, be- 

 cause he came from Mecka, there came unto us a boate 

 with thirtie men well armed and appointed, who boorded 

 us, and began to enter into our barke, and our holy 



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