v.] BURROUGH'S VOYAGE, 155G. 1C7 



vuto the Master of the boate a combe, and a small glasse. He 

 declared vnto me that he was bound to Pechora, and after that 

 I made to drinke, the tide being somewhat broken, they gently 

 departed. The Master's name was Pheother (Feodor). . . . 

 Thursday (the ?|*^ June) we weyed our ankers in the Eiuer Cola, 

 and went into the Sea seuen or eight leagues, where we met 

 with the winde farre Northerly, that of force it constrained vs 

 to goe againe backe into the sayd riuer, where came aboord of 

 vs sundry of their Boates, which declared unto me that they 

 were also bound to the northwards, a fishing for Morse and 

 Salmon, and gave me liberally of their white and wheaten bread. 



" As we roade in this riuer, wee saw dayly comming downe 

 the riuer many of their Lodias, and they that had least, had 

 foure and twentie men in them, and at the last they grew to 

 thirtie saile of them ; and amongst the rest, there was one of 

 them whose name was Gabriel, who shewed me very much 

 friendshippe, and he declared vnto mee that all they were 

 bound to Pechora, a fishing for salmons, and morses : insomuch 

 that hee shewed mee by demonstrations, that with a faire winde 

 we had seuen or eight dayes sailing to the riuer Pechora, so 

 that I was glad of their company. This Gabriel promised to 

 giue mee warning of shoales, as he did indeede. . . . Sunday 

 being the one and twentieth day [of June, 1st July new style], 

 Gabriel gaue mee a barrell of Meade, and one of his spfeciall 

 friends gaue me a barrell of beere, which was caryed upon 

 mens backs at least 2 miles. 



" Munday we departed from the riuer Cola, with all the rest 

 of the said Lodias, but sailing before the wind they were all 

 too good for vs : ^ but according to promise, this Gabriel and his 

 friend did often strike their sayles, and taryed for us forsaking 

 their owne company. Tuesday at an Eastnortheast sunne we 

 were thwart of Cape St. John.- It is to be vnderstood, that 

 from the Cape S. John vnto the riuer or bay that goeth to 

 Mezen, it is all sunke land, and full of shoales and dangers, 



1 This statement is very remarkable. For it shows that the vessels, 

 that were then used by the Russians and Fins, were not very inferior as 

 compared with those of the West- Europeans, which is confirmed by the 

 fact, among others, that, nowhere in accounts of the voyages of the 

 English or Dutch in former times to Novaya Zemlya, do we find it stated 

 that in respect to navigation they were very superior to the Kola men. 

 As the Russian-Finnish lodjas of the time were probably beyond the 

 influence of the shipbuilding art of Western Europe, it is of importanceto 

 collect all that is known about the way in which these vessels were built. 

 Several drawings of them occur in the accounts of the Dutch voyages, but 

 it is uncertain how far they are accurate. According to these the lodja 

 was klinker-built, whh boards not riveted together but bound fast with 

 willows, as is still occasionally practised in these regions. The form of 

 the craft besides reminds us of that of the present walrus-hunting sloop. 



* Cape Woronov, on the west side of the mouth of the river Mesen. 



