172 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [(;hap. 



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

 Pechora, who seemed to be the chiefest among them in killmg 

 of the Morse.^ There were some of their company on shoare 

 which did chase a white beare ouer the high clifs into the 

 water, which beare the lodia that was aboord of us killed in 

 our sight. This day there was a great gale of wind at North, 

 and we saw so much ice driving a seaboord that it was then no 

 going to sea." 



During the first days of August the vessel lay for the most 

 part in company with or in the neighbourhood of Loshak, 

 who gave them information about the Samoyeds, after which 

 Burrough visited their sacrificial places.^ 



" Tuesday (the "th) August we turned for the harborough 

 where Loshak's barke lay,^ where, as before, we road vnder an 

 Island. And there he came aboord of vs and said unto me : if 

 God send wind and weather to serve, I will go to the Ob with 

 you, because the Morses were scant at these Islands of Vaigats ; 

 but if he could not get to the riuer of Ob, then he sayd hee 

 would goe to the riuer of Narainzay,* where the people were not 

 altogether so savage as the Samoyds of the Ob are : hee 

 shewed me that they will shoot at all men to the vttermost of 

 their power, that cannot speake their speech." 



On the ifth of August much ice was seen to drift towards the 

 haven where the vessel lay, wherefore Burrough removed back 

 to the place where he had lain a few days before, and whose 

 latitude he now found to bo 70° 25'. Loshak left him unex- . 

 pectedly the following day, while Burrough was taking solar 

 altitudes, and on the '-th Burrou2fh too weighed anchor to sail 

 south along the coast of Vaygats. After sailing about in these 

 waters for a time, and being exposed to a severe storm with an 

 exceedingly heavy sea, Burrough, on the ^^^*", determined to 

 turn. On the ntt September he arrived at Colmogro, where 

 he wintered with a view to continue his voyage next year to 

 the Obi, This voyage, however, was abandoned, because he 

 instead went westwards in order to search for two of the ships 



^ Probably he was of Finnish race. The Qiiaens in North Norway are 

 still the most skilful harpooners. In recent times they have found rivals 

 in skill with the harpoon and gun in the Lapps. 



^ The information Burrough obtained regarding the Samoyeds is given 

 above at page 80. 



^ From the context, and the circumstance that "much ice was drifting 

 in the sea," we may conclude that this haven was situated on the north 

 side of the island at the entrance to the Kara Port. 



^ Probably the river which on Massa's map is called Narontza, and 

 debouches on the west coast of Yalmal. 



