Chap. n. Northern Coafts 
They fubfifl; by hunting and fifliing, eat all their Meat 
loafted, without Salt, and ufe undried Fifli inilead of 
Bread ; they drink Water after they have infufed fome 
Juniper Berries in it, without boiling or any other Pre- 
paration ; they put the Berries and the Water into a 
Tub together, and let it Hand till the Berries rot there, 
which gives the Water an agreeable Taftc, at leafl; in a 
Country where there is nothing better to be got. The 
Borandian Women are as ugly as the Men ; they are 
dreflfed alike, and go as well as them a fiihing and hunting. 
They have no Notion of Religion, and live like Beafts. 
We bartered away all the Tobacco and Brandy we 
brought with us, for Fox-Skins, Wolf-Skins, and a few 
Ermines *, they had a great many more Skins of all Sorts, 
and would fain have trucked with us for Brandy and 
Tobacco. We told them we had enough of both Com- 
modities on board ; if they would go with us we would 
be fure to give them all polTible Satisfadion. They 
agreed to it, took up their Skins, and carried them to 
the Shore, where they flood admiring our Ships. We 
made a Signal to them to fend us off Boats to fetch our 
Chapmen •, each Shipfent us two. I went in one of them, 
with the Supercargo, the Accountant that treated with the 
Borandians^ the Borandians with whom he firfl treated, 
and another of them, who underflood the Mufeovite 
Language, having been in Mufeovy *, the other Boran- 
dians flood on the Sea-fhore. When they came on board, 
our Captain underflanding what fort of Perfons they were, 
how wild and brutal •, to tame them a little, and render 
them ferviceable^to us, gave each of them an End of 
Tobacco about an Inch long, which they took with Joy ; 
' he alfo filled out a Brimmer of Brandy to each ; and 
I never favr fo many of the Borandians lb much tranf- 
porled as they were at this Entertainment. 
They brought fome Furs with them, which we bought 
forTobacco and Brandy. We demanded of them if there 
was any Conveniency of travelling in their Country to 
trade with the Inhabitants. They told us there was •, but 
that we mull expert nothing but Furs. We replied that 
was the Commodity we wanted. They anfwered, we 
might have what we would of that Kind, for Tobacco, 
Brandy, and Money ; and, if we pleafed, might trade as 
far as Siberia^ whither they would condu(5l us. We hired 
them to be our Guides forwards and backwards, and to 
furnifh us with what Conveniences the Country afforded 
in our Journey, for two Rolls of Tobacco and two Quarts 
of Brandy, promiling tnem further Rewards in taf^. 
Trade turned to Account, and they affifted us in it. They 
faid that we mull pay for our Rain-Deer and Sledges, and 
as for other Things, they would take care to provide what 
we fhould think neceffary. Our Captain made the 
Bargain with them, gave them another Brimmer of Brandy 
and^^fent them afhore, to prepare what was proper for our 
Journey. They got Things ready in an Inflant, and 
made fuch a Report of our Kindnefs to them aboard, and 
our Generofity, that their Countrymen were very much 
our Friends , two Boats Crew went afliore, and our Su- 
percargo with them, to truck with the other Borandians, 
Brandy and Tobacco for Furs. They were unwilling at 
firfl to come on board our Ships j but afteiwards, when 
we were better acquainted, they came freely, if they had 
any Opportunity. We bought their Furs of them, treated 
them with Brandy ; and in return they invited us by fe- 
veral Signs to their Habitations. 
9 . In feven or eight Hours we had provided ourfclves 
For our Journey, and our tv/o Borandians had brought 
down fix Sledges, drawn by fix Rain-Deer, to the Water- 
fide. We aflced them why they did not bring more ? 
They anfwered, there were no more to be had in thofe 
Parts. Obferving-that thefe Rain-Deer were larger than 
the Rain-Deer of Lapland, we demanded if they were 
. alfo ilronger ? They replied, Yes ; and that one of their 
Rain-Deer would draw tv/o Men, whereas thofe of Lap- 
land could draw but one. There was Convenience in 
the Borandian Sledges for two Men to fit. Upon this our 
Captain called a Council of all the Officers, and it was 
agreed, That our Supercargo, the two Accountants that 
could fpeak the Ruffian Language, myfelf, and a Seaman 
out of each Ship, fhould go with the two Bgrandians, to 
trade. One of the Sledges we loaded witliTobaccq, Brandy^ 
Gold, Silver, and Copper, to the Value of three or four 
thoufand Pounds. Our Supercargo and myfelf rode to^ 
gether in one of thefe Sledges j one Accountant and a 
Borandian in another ; the otlier Accountant and t!ie other 
Borandian in a third j two Seamen in the fourth, the other 
Seaman in the fifth ; and he riding by himfelf we flowed 
fome Barrels of Brandy and Tobacco in his Sledge ; the 
fixth carried our Provifions and other MerchandizCc 
We fat one at one End of the Sledge and the other at the 
other, facing each other. The Rain-Deer ran away v/itli 
us as fall as thofe of Lapland. In eight Hours time they 
drew us twenty Leagues over Hills and Daks, through 
Woods and Valleys ; and we met no-body in our Way. 
At the Village we baited pur Rain-Deer with Mofs, and 
ourfelves with Bifket and Beef ; our Borandians eat dried 
Fifh dipped in Fifh-oil, for they would not touch our fait 
Meat, and did not love our Bifket. They drank at a 
neighbouring Fountain, and then cheated them felves with 
a Glafs of Brandy; we did the like : And being refreflied 
mounted our Sledges, fet our Rain-Deer a going, and tra- 
velled three Hours longer ; when we perceived a large Vil- 
lage at the Foot of a Mountain. The Huts were better built, 
and clokr together, and thither we hailed to take up our 
Lodging that Night : *We were obliged to divide our Com- 
pany, for one Cottage would not hold us alL We met with 
the fame Reception from our Hofls as we had in Lapland 5 
we gratified them with an End of Tobacco and a Cup of 
Brandy. Our Guides took Care of our Rain-Deer, and 
we lay down to reft on Bear-Skins : I diftingiiifti one 
Part of the Day from the other by Day and Nighty 
though really there was no Night at ail ; but 1 do it to 
make myfelf the better underftood by the Reader. We 
flept fix or feven Hours, then rofe to fee if we could 
trade with the Inhabitants of the Village : Our Guides 
informed them what our Bufinefs was there, and that we 
would barter our Commodities for theirs. They prefent- 
ly produced fome Wolf-Skins, white Fox-Skins, two 
dozen of Ermines, three hundred grey Squirrels, and feven 
Pair of Sables, They did not care to deal for Tobacco 
fo much aS Laplanders did, nor a® thtBorandians dwel- 
ling on the Coafts *, they were not fuch good Fellows," 
Hunting was their only Diverfion and Employment. In 
the Summer they eat their Meat frefh boiled, or broiled 
on the Coals : in Winter they eat it dried, providing 
enough in Summer to laft them the whole Seafon ; their 
rvianner of drying it is thus : They cut it but in Pieces, 
fpread it on the Tops of their Houfes, and leave it in the 
Sun, Their Huts are flat at Top, covered with Branches 
of Trees and Turf ; they are very low, having no Place 
but the Door for the Light to enter at ; the Doors of 
their Huts are like the Mouth of an Oven. Thefe 
Borandians, as our Guides told us, change their Dwel- 
lings from time to time, like the Kilops \ they, like 
Beafts, live without any Knowledge of Religion ; they 
are ftupid and ugly ; their Shoes are made of the Bark 
of a Tree ; their Stockings, Breeches, Caps, Coat^, 
which come down below the Calf of their Legs, and are 
tied round their Waift with a Girdle four Inches broadj 
are all of white Bear-Skin, the Hair outward. 
One cannot diftinguifh the Womeh from the Men but 
by their Hair, which is twifted, and hangs down on their 
Shoulders ; they are as dextrous at hunting as the Men, 
and only carry a Stick, lharp at one End, in- their 
Hands ; it is of a tough Wood, and ferves them for 
a defenfive Weapon •, the Strings of their Bows are 
made only of the Paring of a Tree *, they hang a 
Qiiiver at their Backs, and a Stone that will cut like 
a Razor at their Girdles. We bought the Furs the 
Inhabitants had to fell for Money and Copper, and 
ordered our Rain-Deer to be put to the Sledges, mblrnted 
them, and having drank each a good Glafs of Brandy, 
which may be called Liquor of Life, in the North, we 
proceeded on our Journey. We ran eight or nine 
Hours before we came to any Habitation ; At laft our 
Guides fpied three or four Huts, and turned our Rain» 
Deer up to them. We found no-body in them; however, 
thither we went and refreflied ourfelves on our own Pro- 
vdfionSj while our Cattle baited on the Mofs, which grew 
there 
