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M A R K S 



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THE 



Wi 



fome other perfons was fent by the Ruffian G 



-. 



vernment to explore the North Sea^ but finding it next to impof- 



fible to make any progrefs during fumm 



on account of the vafl 



qu 



antities of ice commonly filling this ocean, he at lad determined 



to try the experiment during winter; he therefore took feveral 

 fledges drawn according to the cuilom of the country by dogs, 

 which commonly ":o about 80 or 100 werfls per day, 105 of v/hich 



Old Style, with this 



make 



deg 



And 



March the 



cth 



of nine perfo 



left 



fliores of Sibiria 



the miouth 



of the ri:ver Yana, under the 7 1 ° ,of North latitude, and proceeded 

 for feven davs together Northward, fo that he had reached at leafl 

 the 77° or 78° North latitude, when he was flopped by the ice. 



w 



hich the 



beg 



to appear in the fhape of prodi 



moun 



tains. 



mountains 



5- 



far 



He climbed up to the top of fome of thefe ic 

 but feeing from thence no land, nor any thing except 



.1 



L 



the eye could reach, and having befides no m.ore food for his dogs 

 left, he thought it very neceffary to return, which he with- great 



r 

 ? 



difficulty performed, on April the 3d, as feveral of the dogs which 

 had perifhed for want, were employed to fupport 



thofe that 



mained al 



Thefe fads,. I bel 



will convince the unprej 



diced reader, that there are other feas befides the Black Sea,. which- 



r 



really do freeze in winter,, and that the ice carried dov/n the rivers,. 



could not at leafl freeze the German 



between Norway and 



I 



Denmark 



? 



