gamfi itjhStlj af}(b*hf|h^<!niiitains,and fcms to be deftitute of Trees 
and very fteep and txjciky* The fliore of the Bay G feem'd to be as 
pleafant as that of the Engliih Coaft,but untiird ; yet naturally flo- 
wed with Mulberries, Gfaii^s, Juniper-berrieSj Ras-berries ; as dl- 
fo with dak^'Firr and Bi¥thi t beautified v/ith 
Rofe-trees, They fbiliad i^lfo abun^ Oifters on that Goaft 5 
but met with no wild Dear, nor Mutton, Cows, Geefe or Hens, 
though they fiw man^ Fakons and Eagles. The Natives are gene- 
rally all fliorc and thick, very hairy,their brows and lipps painted 
black or blew, their eaf^hbred thorow, and with filver Ear-rings 
hanging in thein* As fdrtheir Re!igion,they gave no other token of 
any, but that fitting By the Fire, and drinking, they fpill thereabout 
feme drops on feyeral places, as if they offer'd to that Element be- 
fore they would drink. They feem'd to be a kind of BaniiH, ma- 
fters all alike.The itien have each two wives,of which they are very 
"jealous. Both men and women love ftrong drink* Their houfes are 
of wood, and cover'd with Bark. They have very little Hcufliold- 
ftufF; Japan^gowns are their beft orilament, and they have only a 
few teguments to cover themfelves with in the night. On the Ihore 
of the Bay G there were ftarved that winter many people of hun- 
ger and cold. Their vifiuals are,; Fifh, Whaleffat , red Rofe-buds 
dry ed by them for winter-proviiion. They ire iazy,not tilling the 
ground 5 fuftaining themfelves by hunting/lhooting, and filliiDg. 
They trade with J^p4f^, and their langiJage is mixed with the 
pnim^ They are very fubtle in trading, but not thlevifli, (^c. 
1 9. The Event of i\) s Voyage being thus related, the Author pro- 
ceeds to make feme R.: thereon,t/i^.i.Thac the Defcripti- 
on given may be of tife tr. : ] e Mrtb-Eajl Paffage, 2, That thefe 
Lands of Efodtve very near our jPw<^^/, being in the fame latitude 
with us, but differing in longitude 180 degrees, having Summer and 
Winter common with us, but midnight when 'tis noon with us, and 
v!€e verfa.:}. That as for failing,futably to ^oru vm Splhergen.oxxX. 
of f he Eafi-Indies about the North 'mo fhfe parts, thedifcovery 
of this Land £yj,which was held to lye i\r(?r^^-W^^/off J^p.t;?,wherc- 
as it really lyes Norfh North-Eaftof it, will contribute not a 
little. For, 'tmay 'thence be colIeSed, faith this Author, that.thefe 
Eart-Coafts of Efo may very well be the Eaft-C8ifl of 'Tartar^ ; 
which opinion is much confirmed by the Defcriptiou of J^f ^^,mace 
by Caro^, who, upon frequent enquiries made among the "japnefcs^. 
was by them inform'd, that the water on the North-Eafi: corner of 
Jdpm^ being n miiesbroadj did reach inwards to the h^nd Efo, 
running 
