THE 
NARRATIVE, &c. 
F^^^N the year 174?, one Jeremiah 
^ I ^ Okladmkof, a Merchant of 
k,2F j£j&£ Mefen, a town in the province 
of Jugovia and in the government of 
Archan?eL fitted out a veffel, carrying 
fourteen men; fhe was deftined for Spitz- 
berrcn, to be employed in the whalc-or 
fcal-iiiliery (#). For eight fucceffive days 
after they had failed, the wind was fair; 
but on the ninth it changed, fo that inllead 
of 
(<v) Seals arc by the Ruffians called Margin a 
rommodity in which they carry on a very ccn- 
fivierablc :rade. 
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