Chap. III. from M u s c o v Y /o C H i N Ai 05 i 
Twtmzians, of both which I had feveral, are fuch ex- On the 27th Inftant we joyfully reached the River 
pert Archers, that with their double pointed Arrows they Argmn^ which with the whole Caravan we paffed : And 
very feldom miffed the Filh they aim at, and but once on the 31ft arrived very fafe at the City of Nerzirfkoy^ 
touching, generally pierce through them, v/hich inflantly returning our Thanks to Heaven, that through fo many 
caufes them to float on the Surface of the Water. This Dangers we were thus far advanced on our Way, and 
Fifliery afforded a very confiderable Refrefliment to our had got out of the Reach of pinching NecefTity. 
Camp, which was alfo increafed by fome Bucks being After having refrefhed the Camels and HOrfes with 
fhot that Evening and drefled as before. good Grafs, and refted ourfelves for a convenient Time, 
Our Hunters difcovered a Hutt amongfl the Flills, we departed from Nerzinjkoy on the 5th of Augufi^ and 
where lived a Schaman or Conjurer and his Companion, proceeding forwards by Land along the River-fide, came 
This Magician was Uncle to our Guide, and a Tungu- on the 8th Inftant to the City of XJdinJkoy ; where we 
zian^ which Nation abounds with fuch Pretenders, as furnifhed Ourfelves with Barks, and aflifted' by an eb- 
we have already hinted. About Midnight I was waked bing Tide, and a good Wind, in one Night reached the 
by a horrible Noife, upon which running out of my Frontiers of Siberia^ and on the 12th arrived fafe at 
Tent, and asking the Centry that flood there, what it Jekutskoy. 
was ? He told me our Guide was making merry with On the 17th we left that Place, and after running a 
his Uncle •, which excited my Curiofity to that Degree, great Rifque by wading through the great Quanti- 
that led by one of the Gentries, I flole thither foftly to ties of Water which were fallen, arrived fafe at Je- 
fee what they were doing •, approaching the Entrance nizetjkoy. 
of the Hutt, I found that they were Conjuring after their On the 26th v/e went by Land from this City, and 
Manner ; and though the greateft Part of it was over, travelled through a Wood twenty Miles long, in which 
I yet obferved him fitting with an Arrow in his Hand, were harboured feveral wild and ravenous Beafls, that 
the Head of which was inclined towards the Earth, and at our Approach took their Flight, 
the Point he held under his Nofe ; after which he rofe After which we arrived at the Village Makojkoy^ wlyere 
up, making a louder Outcry, and after leaping all round, finding as large a Store of Shipping as I defired, we ali 
laid himfelf to deep. In the Morning the Cojfacks, embarked, and driving down the River Keta, on the 
whom 1 had fent a Hunting, and whom he had accom- 28th of September we reached the Caftle of Ketskoy on 
panied, told me that this Conjurer came to nreet his the Oby \ on which we drove down without meeting 
Nephew, whom he in their Prefence conjured out of any' Thing remarkable, and on the 1 6th of came 
their Sight, or carried away*, which might eafily be to tht Samorofskoy Jar^^ at the. Mouth of the Ri- 
done without any Diabolical or other AfTiflance than the ver Jalis, on which Stream I fpent fourteen Days in 
Darknefs of the Night, and the uneven hilly Ground, waiting for Sleads to purfue our Journey by Land, I 
My Meflenger returned with the agreeable News, that took the very firft Opportunity^ fo that on the 29th I 
within three Days we fliould be furniflied with all Sorts fafely reached ToboJfkoy, where we refled three Weeks to 
of Provifions from ; the Approach of which ap- refrefli ourfelvesj and to provide ourfelves with new 
pointed Time was not a little longed for amongfl us. Cloaths. 
II. On the 3d Day Heaven favoured us with our After which we fet forwards with all p'oflible Expedi- 
promifed AfTiflance, which confifled of twenty five Oxen tion, beihg very defirous to put an» End to fuch a tedi- 
and Cows, Millet and Bread i but the Sutlers that ous journey, and once more fee the imperial Me- 
brought this Convoy of Provifions, made the Merchants tropolis. 
pay fo very dear for it, that their Relief looked more On the 24th of November travelled through the: 
like Extortion than Charity *, they taking a for City of tVergaturia^ without encountring any Thing 
one Loaf, and for all the reft in Proportion ; however obfervable, and through the Mercy of God, arrived in 
coft what it would, this Supply was very welcome to us Sleads fafe at Mofcow on the firft of January^ after 
at that Juncture. having fpent two Years and ten Months in thefe Tra- 
Thus invigorated, and alfo encouraged to find that vels, and endured feveral fatiguing Miferies, partly oc- 
the farther we advanced on our Journey the Grafs grew cafioned by Scarcity of Provifions as already hinted, 
better, on v/e went, till .through the Mercy of God We returned Thanks to Almighty God for gracioufly 
we got to the End of this barren Defart, in which ,^e preferving us in fuch imminent Dangers^ and at laft 
bad fulTered fo many Miferies, and ftrugled with the condu6ling us to the Place from which wq were fent by 
greateft Difficulties in the World. their Czafifli Majefties. 
S E C T I O N IV. 
A very copious and no lefs curious Account of the North-Eaft Part of 
comprehending a diftinif, particular and authentick Delcrip- 
tion of all that has hitherto palled under the general Name of Si- 
beria^ Ihewing the Extent and Situation of the feveral Diftridfs 
thereof, their Climate, Soil and Produce, the Rife and Courfe of the 
principal Rivers, Deferiptions of all the great Cities upon their Banks ; 
of the feveral barbarous Nations that inhabit near thefe Rivers ; of the 
Value of their Furrs and Filheries, with the Manner of their Commerce, 
and a clear and full Explanation of a Multitude of lelTer Circum 
fiances, as well as material Points of Fa«£l, which contribute to the 
perfect underftanding the Condition of this hitherto unknown Coun- 
try, and all its Inhabitants. To which is added, a fuccincl Recapitu- 
lation of the State of the Chinefe Empire towards the Clofe of the laft 
VoL, II. N® 134. II I Century, 
