chap. ll. Northern Coafts 
fwells out in the Middle ; they come up before the 
Somtzfkies. The Volnitzies are brown and black, mixed 
with red, and grow fharp at top. The Grouzhdys are the 
bio-s-eft fort of all of them, as hollow as a Honey-comb^ 
and whiter than a Tulip when they are dead : Before th^ey 
are boiled they are full of Juice, fo tart and bitter, that 
it will blifter the Mouth of thofe that tafte it. I thought 
I fhould have died after I had put a little of it within my 
Lips. The Mafiamicks are fo called from Majia^ which 
lio-nifies Butter, Oil, Sewet, or any thing that is fat and 
ohy. is Milk or Buttep Denavannamajia 
is Oil of Olives, or rather the Oil ot a Tree ■, for Dena- 
va is in EngUJh a Tree. There are fo many forts of 
Mufhrooms belides, and fo many of thofe I have men- 
tioned, that I have been told, a thoufand Waggon Loads 
a iTar are brought to Mofcow : The Poor live upon 
them, and the Rich make them a fecond Courfe. Al- 
xnoft all the Ruffian Muihrooms are good to eat, and 
there are very lew of thofe kinds which the Botanilts 
call venomous. But to return to our Voyag^ 
26. We took our Leaves of thefe unhappy Exiles with 
reciprocal Tears, and mounting our Sledges, travelled 
on three Hours before we met with any Habitation : We 
then difcovered five or fix Huts together, in which were 
about a dozen Perfons : We.afked by our Int^preter, 
if they had any thing to truck for our Money or Brandy . 
They brought us out what Skins they had, and we dealt 
with them for them. Vfe followed the Courfe of the Ri- 
ver Petzora, which gives the Name to the Town •, and 
near the Banks of it came to fmall Villages pretty often ; 
in fome of which we found Inhabitants, in fome others 
none. Where we met with any body to trade with us, 
we bought their Furs with Money of fome, but more 
with Brandy. They would not part with their Sables for 
fear of being deteded by the Governor of Papnogorod^ 
whither we were going, who always feaiches whatevei 
Merchandize is brought thither, to fee if there are no 
Sables among it. We crolied the IVIountains which di- 
vide BoTandia from Siberia. That was one of the worft 
Journeys we had in all our Undertaking j thofe Moun- 
tains being difficult to pafs, and fo barren, that no Crea- 
ture, Man or Beaft, can live upon them: Belides, they are 
almofl: always covered with Snow •, and towards the Af- 
cent and Defcent, there are fuch vaft Numbers of Bears 
and white Wolves, that we were afraid ol our Lives, ex- 
peding every Minute when they would have fallen upon 
us •, though, perhaps, we needed not to have been in fo 
much Fear, for thole Animals were, probably, as much 
terrified at us, as we at them. ■ 
They lied before us, fome on one hand, and fome on 
the other, miftaking us by the glittering of our Arms to 
be Hunters, and not Merchants. We were twelve Hours 
in crolfing the Mountains, and our Cattle had much ado 
to draw us over them. At laft we reached the Defcent, 
^nd arrived in a Village in Siberia.^ where the Inhabitants 
were all cloathed in Bears-Skins, with the Flair outwards, 
having Linnen Shirts on and clofe Bulkins, by which we 
perceived we were come among People that were not fo 
barbarous as thofe we had parted from : They, in Effed, 
received us more civilly, afked whence we came, and 
whither we were going. We eat and drank together of the 
bell we and they had •, ours was Rice-cake and Brandy *, 
theirs, dried Wolfs and Bears Flefh, Ginger-bread and 
Spirits. We bought all their Furs, except their Sables, 
with ready Money. 
We relied in their Houfes, which were built after the 
manner of the Laplanders. We flept on Bears-Skins, 
after having drank each of us a Cup of Brandy. When 
we awaked, we got upon our Sledges, and travelled with- 
out any furtherDelay for about twenty hours together, till 
we came to Papinogorod. The Governor of the Place, 
hearing of our Arrival, ordered us to come to his Callle to 
examine for what, and from whence, we came. We wait- 
ed upon him as we were com.manded, and entered the 
Caflle •, he faluted us in a very friendly manner •, and our 
Accountant, who underftood the Mufcovite Language, 
gave a fatisfadlory Anfwer to all the Queftions he de- 
manded of him. When he knew that we were Danes, and 
Dealers, whofe Bufmefs it was to buy Furs, he enter- 
tained us as handfomely as he could y and to Ihew us 
Voi.. II. Numb. 102, 
of Euro 4% 
that he had a great Kindnefs' for, and Confidende iri^ uS« 
he fent for his Wife to come and fee us •, which fhe did^ 
bringing in one Hand a Bottle of Brandy, and in the 
other a Silver Cup^ according to the Mufcoyite Fafhion i 
as alfo a Plate of Ginger-bread, which a Maid brought af= 
ter her. We faluted her, as is the Cuftom of the Country 
by bowing our Heads. She prefently untied the Knot ot 
her Smock-Sleeve, and let it fall to the Ground : Ouf 
Supercargo prefently took it up, and kiffed it, and our 
Accountant did the like, and fo did I , then fhe furled 
it up again with the left hand ; and taking the Bottle 
and Cup, which fhe had fet down to pay this Ceremony^ 
gave to each of us a Brimmer of Brandy, and a Piece of 
Ginger-bread, herfelf Handing at the End of the Table, 
by the Side of her Hufband. She then returned to her 
own Chamber, and the Governor afterwards regaled us 
with good Cheer. j n. j 
When we had done Supper, we were conducted to 
our Lodgings prepared for us in the Caftle, and, confi- 
dering the Counti^, lay in very good Beds. We flept 
about feven Hours, and then rofe *, which the Governor 
having Notice of by one of his Servants, he got up, and 
came to fee us, and brought alfo a Bottle of Brandy with 
him ; one of his Domeftics held another in his Hand, 
and filled us out a great Cup for our Morning’s Draught. 
We each of us drank one^ after that, we fell to Bufmefs. 
The Governor demanded if we would buy his Skins ? our 
Supercargo faid he would, if he liked them, ^and could 
agree on the Price. His Furs were extraordinary^ well 
chofen, and though they were the deareft we met with in 
all our Travels, yet they were the befl worth our Money. 
Having feen them bought and paid for them, he order- 
ed one of his Men to call in fome of the Inhabitants who 
had Skins to difpofe of *, but he would not fuffer them 
to fell one fingle Skin till he had driven his Bargain. 
While our Supercargo was dealing with the Governof 
and his Neighbours, I walked up and down the Town. 
It is fituatedin a very fine commodious Place, in a little 
Plain, the Country about it fruitful, furrounded with 
high Mountains, and near it runs a large River, well 
flocked with Fifh ; the Houfes are built very poorly, 
they are low, and the Walls are of Wood or Mud, 
caulked between the Beams with Mofs. The Town is 
paved with Pieces of Timber laid clofe together. The 
People of Fafhion in Papinogorod are dreffed in Breeches 
and Stockings of Cloth, and a long Robe over them of 
the fame, which comes down to their Toes. Their 
Sleeves are made as clofe as poffible, fome of one Colour, 
fome another : Their Shoes are like the Polanders, they 
are rather Boots than Shoes, buttoned a-top, and the: 
Leather is dyed, fome of it blue, fome red, and fome 
yellow : Upon their Heads they wear Cloth-Caps, lined 
and bordered, fome with black Fox-Skin Fur, fome with 
Ermines, and fome with Sables. As for the Women, 
they are beautiful, fair, and fat j their Hairs are of a lighl 
Chefnut Colour, and their Mien gallant for Mufcovites ;■ 
their Robe orUpper-Garment, like the Mens, comes down 
to the Toes ; it is alfo made of Cloth, either red, blue, 
or Violet Colour j the Shape of it refembles our long 
Waflecoats ; it is lined with white Fox-Skin or Sable; 
they have long Sleeves pinned to it, for they cannot put 
their Arms into them, becatife their Smock-Sleeves are of 
fuch a prodigious length ; fome of them are five Ells 
long j they are made of fine Calico, and plaited up from 
their Wrills to their Shoulders ; their Head-drefs is an 
oval Cap, their Hair hangs a long way down their Backs ; 
their Shoes are made of Ruffiia Leather, and they have 
a Girdle of Pearl, pretty large, round their Waftes. 
Thofe that are Natives of Siberia, differ as to their man- 
ner or way of Living from the SamojedaS, Borandians, and 
other Natives of the ISborth. All the Mufcovites are NL 
cholatians by Religion. 
They are grave, robufl, fwift, and dextrous at fhooG 
ing with the Crofs-Bow. There are no Pettyfoggers in 
Ruffiia ; no Villains who rob the Poor, under Pretence of 
recovering theirRight ; who ruin the Fatherlefs by feigned 
Attempts to fave their Inheritance, and enrich their own 
Families with the Spoils of their Neighbours. ThtMufco* 
vite Law is all Equity, and all Courts of Juftice are Courts 
of Chancery *, but there is fuch Care taken to expedite 
6 H Gaufegg 
