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were also bound to the northwards, a fishing for Morse and 
Salmon, and gave me liberally of their white and wheaten bread. 
'' As we roade in this riuer, wee saw dayly comming downe 
the riuer many of their Lodias, and they that had least, had 
foure and twentie men in them, and at the last they grew to 
thirtie saile of them; and amongst the rest, there was one of 
them whose name was Gabriel, who shewed me very much 
friendshippe, and he declared vnto mee that all they were 
bound to Pechora, a fishing for salmons, and morses: insomuch 
that hee shewed mee by demonstrations, that with a faire winde 
we had seuen or eight dayes sailing to the riuer Pechora, so 
that I was glad of their company. This Gabriel promised to 
giue mee warning of shoales, as he did indeede. . . . Sunday 
being the one and twentieth day [of June, 1st July new style], 
Gabriel gaue mee a barrell of Meade, and one of his speciall 
friends gaue me a barrell of beere, which was caryed upon 
mens backs at least 2 miles. 
Munday we departed from the riuer Cola, with all the rest 
of the said Lodias, but sailing before the wind they were all 
too good for vs : ^ but according to promise, this Gabriel and his 
friend did often strike their sayles, and taryed for us forsaking 
their owne company. Tuesday at an Eastnortheast sunne we 
were thwart of Cape St. John.^ It is to be vnderstood, that 
from the Cape S. John vnto the riuer or bay that goeth to 
Mezen, it is all sunke land, and full of shoales and dangers, 
you shall haue scant two fadome water and see no land. And 
this present day wxe came to an anker thwart of a creeke, 
which is 4 or 5 leagues to the northwards of the sayd Cape, 
1 This statement is very remarkable. For it shows that the vessels, 
that were then used by the Russians and Fins, were not very inferior as 
compared with those of the West-Europeans, which is confirmed by the 
fact, among others, that, nowhere in accounts of the voyages of the 
English or Dutch in former times to Novaya Zemlya, do we find it stated 
that in respect to navigation they were very superior to the Kola men. 
As the Russian-Finnish lodjas of the time were probably beyond the 
influence of the shipbuilding art of Western Europe, it is of importance to 
collect all that is knowm about the way in which these vessels were built. 
Several drawings of them occur in the accounts of the Dutch voyages, but 
it is uncertain how far they are accurate. According to these the lodja 
was klinker-built, wdth boards not riveted together but bound fast with 
willows, as is still occasionally practised in these regions. The form of 
the craft besides reminds us of that of the present walrus-hunting sloop. 
^ Cape Woronov, on the west side of the mouth of the river Mesen. 
