Caiifes, that thefe is lio OGcafion of Complaint given, as 
in fome Countries more polite. FalfeWitneffes are feverely 
punijfhed, fo are Traitors and Robbers j and the Friends 
of theDeceafed profeciite Murderers. ThtRuJfians^ efpeci- 
ally in Siberia, are ignorant, felf-interefted. Drunkards, 
churlifh, and fo jealous, that their Wives are almoft 
always locked up in their Chambers; nor dare they to ftir 
out when they are more at Liberty, unlefs they are com- 
manded by their Hufbands : They are afraid to Ihew the 
lead; kind Look or Adtion to Strangers *, and if their 
Hufbands do not beat them, it is fo cuftomary to do it, 
that they believe they do not love them. When we had 
bought up all the Furs we liked at Papinogorod, confift- 
ing of white Wolf-Skins, white Fox-Skins, black of the 
fame. Lynxes, and Sables (for fome we, had of the Go* 
vernor by Stealth) Ermines and grey Squirrels, we packed 
up ; and with what we bought at Petzora, had enough 
to load one Sledge, and almoft half another. We had 
ftill fome Tobacco, and about five thoufand Ducats left ; 
wherefore our Supercargo refolved to go farther to get 
more Furs, and to return to our Ships through Sa- 
mojeda. 
Qur Brandy falling fhort, we bought the beft the Go- 
vernor, our Fioft, had, and bargained with him for Pro- 
vifions fufficient to laft twelve Days, and for Rain-Deer 
to carry us to our Journey’s End. When we had quite 
done dealing, and paid our Money, we muft have a 
drunken Bout at parting ; without which, there is no get- 
ting away from a Houfe in Rujfia. We eat and drank 
for ten Hours together, and then lay down to reft eight 
more, when we got up and harneffed our Rain-Deer, 
baled and loaded our Merchandize and Provifions, we 
mounted our Sledges, took our Leaves of our Hoft, and 
departed. W e ran feventeen Hours ; and all the way we 
went bought up what Furs we could light on of the Si- 
berians. We then crofted the Riphaan Mountains in fix 
Hours more,- after which we entered Samojeda, a defo- 
late mountainous Country, full of Juniper Trees, Pine 
Trees, and Firs. It abounds in Mofs as well as Snow, 
Wolves, Bears, and Foxes, all white, we met every Mo- 
ment, to our no fmall Terror. When we afccnded the 
Mountain Stolphoen, out of which rifes the River of Bor- 
fagatZy^t came to eight or nine Houfes, where we ftopt, 
as well to bait our Cattle as to reft ourfelves. We truck- 
ed with the Inhabitants Brandy for white and black 
Wolf and Fox-Skins, Caftor and Otter-Skins ; they had 
ftveral Dozen of Ermines, which they would not fell us 
upon any Terms, notwithftanding our Borandian Guide 
affured them with a thoufand Proteftations, that there was 
no manner of Danger, we being Traders that were go- 
ing to our Ships, and could not be fearched before we 
got to the Coafts, becaufe we were not to pafs through 
any Place where there were any Officers to fearch for 
prohibited Goods. They would not hearken to us till we 
had drank them all down ; and when the Liquor was 
gotten up into their Heads, they grew bold, brought 
out their Sables, and fold us the beft and moft that we 
picked up in our whole Journey. 
We ftaid to reft ourfelves in one of the chief Huts of 
the Village ; the Mafter of the Houfe, his Wife, and 
Children, lay all together, without Diftinblion, and we 
among them, onBear-Skins. Afterwe had llept four or five 
Hours, I awoke at a Noife our Hoft made to raife his 
Family. They all rofe and went out ; I had the Curio- 
fity to obferve them ; I followed them at a little Diftance, 
and perceived they all fell down on their Knees behind the 
Cottage, lifting up their Hands and Eyes to Heaven to 
adore the Sun, whom they believe to be God. The Sa- 
mojedas are ftiorter and thicker than either the Laplanders 
or Borandians ; their Heads are big, their Faces flat, as 
alfo their Nofes ; they have fcarce any Flair at all, and 
are as fwarthy as the Ground itfelf ; their Drefs is a round 
Cap, furred like a Lamb-Skin, a Pair of Breeches, and a 
white Bear-Skin Coat that comes down no farther than 
their Knees ; they wear about their Middle a Girdle 
four Inches broad ; their Shoes and Stockings are made 
of the fame fort of Skin, with the Hair outwards ; under 
their Shoes they wear a fort of Skates two-foot long, 
made like a Gondola, with which they Aide prodigioufly 
faft on the Snow, that lies almoft always on the Moun- 
tains ; inftead of a Cloak; they hang a Bears-Skin with 
black Hair upon it over their Shoulders, the Feet dan- 
gling down at the four Corners •, it hangs more on the 
left Side than on the right, to leave their Hands at Li- 
berty for the Management of their Bows. Upon this Skin 
they tye their Qiiivers. 
The Samojedian Women are uglier than the Men ; 
they will endure a great deal of Hardffiip, and take care 
to breed up their Children well in the handling of their 
Bows ; at which they teach them to be very dextrous ; 
they are drefted like Men, only their Uppgr-Garment is 
a little longer; their Caps are the fame with the Mens | 
and all the Difference in their Head-drefs is, that the 
Women have a Lock of Hair twifted, which hangs down 
-on their Shoulders; at the End there is a Knot of Ribbons 
made of the Rind of a Tree, and that reaches down to 
their Heels. This is all their Finery ; they hunt as well 
as the Men, and are armed with Bows and Arrows, as 
they are ; the Hufbands are true to their Wives, and the 
Wives to their Hufbands. If any one among them is^ 
found guilty of Adultery, either Man or Woman, the 
Criminal is immediately ftoned to death. 
27. Having traverfed Samojeda, bartered all our 
Wares, and loaded ourfelves with Skins, we returned, 
and met with no Adventures worth remarking. We 
made what hafte we could, and reached the Coafts of 
Borandia, In twelve Days after our Departure from Pa- 
pinogorod, our Ships render voufed at a Place on that 
Shore, where we had appointed them to meet us. We 
loaded all our Merchandize aboard them, paid off our 
Borandian Guide, and embarked. We weighed An- 
chor two Hours after, and failed with a fair Wind for 
Zemhla, where we arrived the next Day in the Afternoon. 
We caft Anchor in a convenient Place, near which we 
fpied, upon the Shore, a Company of about thirty Per- 
fons, with Qiiivers at their Backs, on their Knees, wor- 
shipping the Sun that was then fetting. Our Mafter and 
Supercargo confulted together, what Courfe they fhould 
take to come at the Speech of them. They thought 
them to be more wild than any they had yet feen, and 
that it would be difficult to get them to deal with us. 
They refolved to fend out three Long-boats, with ten 
Men, well armed, in each, to defend themfclves in cafe 
they were attacked. I was commanded to make one 
among them. We rowed to Shore ; when wc came 
about a quarter of a Mile off Land, all the Savages, who 
were ftill on their Knees, got up, let fly at us ; after 
which they ran away, like fo many Stags before Hunters. 
They fliot at us when we were at too great a Diftance 
from them to receive any Hurt by their Arrows. 
We landed, and purfued them to the Place whither 
we thought they were fled, in Hopes that we might be 
able to catch one or two of them, which, however, was 
not to be done. We loft Sight of them, and could not 
tell which Way they were gone ; yet we followed them 
till we came near fome Mountains covered with Snow. 
We advanced farther into the Country, where, on a 
fmall IJillock, we perceived a Piece of Wood cut out 
in the Figure of a Man, but very wretchedly. Before 
it were two Zemblians on their Knees, their Arms lying 
by them. They were worfliipping this Idol, as the others 
on the Shore were adoring the Sun. They fled from us, 
and it growing Night, we did not care to purfue them 
very far ; they ran into a Fir-wood, and we thought it 
would be in vain to go after them. We therefore concluded 
our beft Way was to return to our Ships, and make a 
Report of what we had feen and done. This Idol is cal- 
led Fetizo ; one of our Mafters had been there before, 
and feemed to believe that the Devil entered the 
Idol fometimes, and from it pronounced his infernal 
Oracles. 
Seven or eight Hours after I was got aboard again, I 
was taken with a violent Pain in my Head, and a Vo- 
miting, which lafted three Hours ; after that I had a 
fore Throat, infomuch that I could fcarce fwallow any 
thing. The Glands were fwoln to a high Degree. I felt 
a great Ebullition of Blood, and an Itching over all my 
Body ; my Gums fwelled, and bled mightily ; my 
Teeth fhook; and I was fo faint, that I could fcarce keep 
upon my Legs. I loft my Stomach, and eat nothing ; 
became 
