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69° 14'—shows even, if it is correct, that he went far into the 
bay at the mouth of the Kara river. Here Pet fell in with his 
comrade Jackman, from whom he had parted on the coast of 
Kola, and of whose voyage during the interval we know nothing. 
When the vessels met they were both damaged by ice. As, 
in addition, the sea to the north and east was barred by compact 
masses of ice, the captains, after deliberating with the inferior 
officers, determined to return. They had, also, during the 
return voyage, to contend with formidable ice obstacles, until, 
on the |th August, in Lat. 69° 49' north, near the south¬ 
eastern extremity of Vaygats they met with open water. They 
sailed along the east coast of Yaygats through the Kara Port, 
which was passed on the ph August. Hence the course was 
shaped for Kolgujev Island, on whose sandbanks both vessels 
ran aground, but were soon got off again without loss. The 
latitude of the sandbanks was correctly fixed at 68° 48'. 
On the 22n*d5S" William was again lost sight of.^ On the 
that he never speaks of sailing through a long and narrow sound, partly 
by the account of the many islands which he saw in his voyage, and partly 
by the statement that coming from the south he sailed round the western¬ 
most promontory of Vaygats Island. If we except small rocks near the 
shore, there are no islands off the southern part of Vaygats Island. In 
sailing east of Medinski Savorot, Pet took the land south of Yugor 
Schar for Vaygats, and the soundings on the 29th (19th) July were 
carried out undoubtedly in the mouth of some small river debouching 
there. 
^ Of Jackman Hakluyt says (2nd Edition, i. p. 453) : William with 
Charles Jackman came to a haven in Norway between Tronden and 
Kostock in October, 1580, and wintered there. Thence the following 
February he went with a vessel, belonging to the king of Denmark, to 
Iceland, and since then nothing has been heard of him.” About that time 
an English ship stranded at the Ob, and the crew were killed by the 
Samoyeds. It has been conjectured that it possibly was Jackman (compare 
Purchas, iii. p. 546 ; Hamel, p. 238). It is more probable that the 
vessel which suffered this fate was that which, two years before Pet and 
Jackman’s voyage, appears to have been sent out by the Muscovy Com¬ 
pany to penetrate eastwards from the Petchora. The members of this 
expedition were James Bassendine, James Woodcocke, and Richard 
Brown, but we know nothing concerning it except the very sensible 
