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m boiled, they have all Softs among them. Their Uten^’ 
fils, within Doors, are made of Copper or W ood j and 
though they feat no Salt, and in general hate it, yet they 
boil all their Meat in Sea- Water, if they are near enough 
to get it conveniently. They have a kind of Dogs a 
Foot long, and four Inches high j their Hair is an Inch 
long, of a yellowifh white Colour, rough, and Handing 
Up like a klog’s Briftles. They have curled Tails, flrait 
Ears like a Wolf i Head and Snout like a Rat ; are very 
fit to catch Mice, which they watch like our Cats •, and 
when they have caught them, eat them •, for this Rea- 
fon the Laplanders value them at an high Rate, though 
they are very ugly. There is alfo a Sort of wild Bird in 
Lapland of a grey pearl Colour, as big as a Sheep ; his 
Head is like a C^t’s, his Eyes red and fparkling, his 
Claws and Beak like an Eagle’s, with which he ^ill take 
up Hares, and other fmall Game. 
8. Our Captain began to caulk the Ship the fame 
Day we returned to the Port. In two or three Days after, 
it was in a Condition to put to Sea, and we loaded our 
Ballaft. In the mean Time we treated the Inhabitants 
with Tobacco and Brandy, to keep them in good Hu- 
mour ; for our Crew fancied, that if we did not bribe 
them -to be our Friends, they might, in revenge, raife 
contrary Winds by their Conjurations. They were very 
good to us in the Opinion of our Mariners •, for five 
Days after, being the 26th of May^ there fprung up a 
Wind the moft favourable for us in the Compafs, to car- 
ry us out of the little Sea of Var anger ; wherefore we 
weighed anchor, and failed at feven o* Clock in the Morn- 
ing. The Wind fhifting afterwards from one Quarter to 
another, we were obliged to caft Anchor under the Shore, 
over againft the Eland of J^ardbus. The Captain of the 
Caftle fpying us, and knowing who we were, came to 
us in a Shallop ; when he was aboard we entertained him 
es well as we could, and he returned to the Caftle very 
well fatisfied with his Reception. The next Day the 
Wind fettling to a Point, we kept out to Sea, and held 
our Coui-fe North-north-eaft, with all our Sails looie. In 
three Days Sail we were got into a Climate where was no 
Night *, we never loft Sight of the Sun there, it always 
fetting on one Side or the other of us, before us, or be- 
hind us. 
' On the laft Day of May we Ipied the Mountain’s called 
Spitzbergen ; at which Time a North Wind blew fo 
Violently, that we could not keep to Sea, and were forced 
to kave them to the North-north-weft, and fteer our 
Courfe Eaft-fouth-eaft, endeavouring to make the Shore, 
that we might lie under it, and be flieltered from the 
Weather. We continued our Courfe three Days longer, 
very much incommoded by the Ice 9 which being broken, 
and tofled by the Tempeft, beat againft our Ship’s Stern 
and Sides, fo furioufly, that we expected every Minute to 
founder. On the 4th of June we fpied fome high Moun- 
tains to the Eaft; we fteered that Way to make them, 
and ftielter ourfelves under a Promontory j but the Wind 
blowing frelher and frefher, and ftill North, we were obliged 
to tack about towards the Coafts of Borandia. We ar- 
rived at a Bay, and entered it in a few Hours. The 
Haven was very commodious *, we lay there fafe from 
all Weather, in twelve or thirteen Fathom Water. We 
had fcarce caft Anchor before we fpied two Ships in the 
Bay, about a Mulket Shot of us. We perceived they 
were two of our Company, from whom we were fepa- 
rated, in the Storm that drove us into Varanger. We were 
extremely glad to meet with them, fired three Guns, and 
hung out our Flag in the Stern, as a Signal of our Ar- 
rival. They rejoiced as much to fee us fafej for we re- 
ciprocally believed, that they and we were gone to the 
Bottom. They anfwered our Guns by twice as many, 
hung out all their Flags and Pendants. W e did the like, 
wiftiing for an Opportunity to throw out our Long-boat 
and go aboard 9 but the Wind blew fo ftiff we durft not 
attempt it till four and twenty Hours after. They were 
as impatient as we, to know how we efcaped in the Storm, 
in which we were feparated from them 9 and as foon as 
the Wind flackened, a Boat came off from each of them 
to board us. We embraced one another with extraordi- 
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nary Affedion and Joy, as People that had found Friend© 
whom they thought had been buried in the Deep. 
They told us how the Storm drove diem on the Coaft 
of JuhorJktj near an Eland, where they could not anchor 
becaufe of the Rocks, which they difeovered by found- 
ing. They had fcarce three Fathom Water, and were 
forced to tack about immediately, for fear of running 
upon them. By the Favour of a Point of Wind Nofth- 
north-eaft, they continued their Courfe, keeping to Se^ 
as well as they could, though with much Difficulty. In 
three Days time they reached the Bay, where we met 
them, and anchored under the Promontories of Borandia^ 
eight or nine Leagues from the Eland called Kildomovick, 
We told them, in our Turn, what Perils we had run* 
and that we were forced to enter the Sea of Varanger^ and 
to anchor there to refit our Ship, or we fhould not have 
been able to have performed our Voyage. We informed 
them alfo of our Supercargo’s and my Journey Into^ and 
through, ail Lapland^ both Lanijh^ S^ivedifi^ and Muf- 
covite 9 and of our Traffic and Adventures. The Account 
we gave them of our Trade, encouraged them to go 
affiore, and try if they could find any body there to 
trade with them. We held a Council, and refoived, that 
a Captain, a Supercargo, two Accountants, who iinder- 
ftood both the Language of the North and the Ruffian \ 
twenty Seamen out of all our Crews, and myfelf,well a^rmed* 
fhould land, taking with us feveral Days Provifions. 
Purfuant to this Refolution two Long-boats were got 
ready, we went into them, and failed to Shore 9 where 
we landed and afeended a Plill, to fee if we could dif- 
cover any Habitations 9 but feeing none, we marched to 
a neighbouring Mountain, half a League from thence j 
where we fpied five or fix Perfons, at two or three 
Leagues Diftance, among Bufhes of Thorns and Briars % 
they came towards us till they perceived us advancing, 
then they turned their Backs, and fled away fo faft, that 
we loft Sight of them in an Inftant. However, we fol- 
lowed their Tracks fo diligently, imagining it would 
lead us to fome Village, that in two Hours March, as 
we defeended a Mountain, we faw fome Huts iii the Vale 
below, and advanced towards them, and faw thirty or 
forty Men, armed with Darts and Arrows, prepared to 
receive and give us Battle ; for the Inhabitants feeing us 
come in fo ftrong a Body, took us for Enemies. We halt- 
ed a while, and confulted what we had beft to do, whe- 
ther we fhould retreat to our Ships, or attack them. They 
were wild and bold, and nothing was to be got by de- 
feating them, which inclined us to retire 9 but one of our 
Accountants offered to go up to them by himfelf, and Jet 
them know that we were Friends and Merchants who 
came to trade with them, if they had any Commodity to 
truck with us for ours. All the Company approved of 
this Propofal. 
He approached nearer to them, carrying two Rolls of 
Tobacco, and a little Barrel of Brandy 9 when he was 
fo near that he might hear what they faid, one of them, 
who feemed to be their Captain, afked him, in the Muff 
covite Language, who we were, and what we would 
have ? The Man replied, we were Merchants and Friends, 
and defired nothing but their Friendffiip, and to trade 
with them, if they had any thing to fell us that was for 
our Purpofe. They immediately abated of their Fury, 
feemed very well difpofed to deal with us, and made 
Signs to the Man to come up to them. He returned the 
Signal to us, and we joined Companies, to our mutual 
Satisfablion. When we came near them, I was amazed 
to fee them much fhorter than the Laplanders 9 their 
Eyes were little, the white of them inclined to a reddiffi 
Yellow 9 their Faces flat and broad 9 their Heads greats 
their Nofes fiat 9 their Legs thick, and^ their Com- 
plexion fwarthy 9 their Cloaths were a Jerkin that reach- 
ed down to their Knees, a ftrait Pair of Breeches, a Cap 
and Stockings, all of white Bear-Skin, the Hair turned 
outwards 9 their Shoes were made of the Bark of 
Trees. Their Huts were all built and covered with 
Fiffi-Bones, very low and oval 9 their Light entering 
only at the Door, which was made like the Mouth of an 
