VI.] 
JUSCHKOV’S VOYAGE, 1757. 
explorers were exposed, difficulties owing in no small degree 
to the defective nature of the vessels, and a number of mistakes 
which were made in connection with their equipment, the choice 
of the time of sailing, &c. 
Like ail distant unknown regions, Novaya Zemlya was of old 
renowned for its richness in the noble metals. The report indeed 
has never been confirmed, and probably was occasioned only by the 
occurrence of traces of ore, and the beautifnl gold-glancing film 
of pyrites with which a number of the fossils found here are 
covered; but it has, notwithstanding, given occasion to a number 
of voyages to Novaya Zeml 3 ^a, of which the first known is that 
of the mate JuscHKOV, in 1757. As the 
mate of a hunting-vessel he had observed 
the stones glittering with gold and silver, 
and he succeeded in convincing an Arch¬ 
angel tallow-merchant that they indicated 
great riches in the interior of the earth. 
In order to get possession of these treasures 
the tallowy-merchant fitted out a vessel, 
promising Juschkov at the same time a 
reward of 250 roubles for the discovery. 
The whole undertaking, however, led to no 
result, because the discoverer of these treasures died during 
the passage to Novaya Zemlya (Llitke, p. 70). 
Three years after, in 1760,^ a hunting mate, Savva Losch- 
KIN, a native of Olonets, hit on the idea, which was certainly 
a correct one, that the east coast of Novaya Zemlya, which was 
never visited by hunters, ought to be richer in game than other 
parts of the island. Induced by this idea, and probably also by 
the wish to do something extraordinary, he undertook a hunting 
expedition thither. Of this expedition we know only that he 
actually succeeded in travelling round the whole island, thanks 
^ According to Liitke, p. 70. Hamel, Tradescant d, dltere, gives the 
date 1742-44. 
AMMONITE WITH GOLD U'JjTRE. 
From Novaya Zemlya. 
Ammonites alternans. 
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