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86 SECOND VOYAGE OF THE DUTCH
fhouts of the crew, and thus efcaped, otherwife the veflel would inevitably have paffed
over it.
On the fourth of Auguft the vice-admiral, who was a little way before, ftruck on a
rock ; but the weather was fo favourable that he relieved himfelf without difficulty.
The accident of this vefiel was a warning to the others to avoid the fame rock. On the
fixth the fame veflel of the Vice-admiral and that of Barentfz ran foul of each other,
and were much damaged. On the feventh they fell in with a vefiel from Enchuilen,
coming from the White Sea.
On the fourteenth the altitude was taken, and they found themfelves in lat. 70° 47’.
On the eighteenth they obferved two iflands, to which the veffels from Enchuifen gave
the names of Prince Maurice, and Count Frederic his brother. On the fame day, at
fix in the evening, they difcovered Naflau Strait, which bore five leagues FE. N. E.
From the latitude of 70° to. the ftrait, they conftantly failed through fragments of
ice; but the channel, which is fituated exactly between the cape of Idols and the land
of the Samoiedes, was fo full that it feemed impoflible to penetrate there : they therefore
determined to enter the bay, which they named Train Bay, becaufe they there found
a great quantity of train oil. This bay is fafe; a fhip is there protected from the banks
of ice, and from almoft every wind, and it may be entered to any diftance in five, four,
and three fathoms of water, on a found bottom ; but it is deeper on the eaftern fide.
On the twenty-firft of Auguft fifty perfons landed in order to reconnoitre the country.
When they had proceeded two leagues, they found feveral fledges laden with furs, train
oil, and other fuch merchandife: they alfo found traces of men and rein-deer, and they
were of opinion that there were men dwelling at no great diltance, or at leaft that they
frequented the place ; befides, the idols which they obferved on the cape farther con-
firmed them in this idea.
Penetrating afterwards farther into the country, they were in hopes of meeting at laft
with houfes and men, who might inform them of the itate of the fea, and the navigation
in thofe parts; but notwith{tanding their pains and care they difcovered neither the one
nor the other.
In the mean time fome of them advancing to the S. E., towards the fhore, difcovered
a practicable path in the marfhes; for on entering into the water up to the middle of
the leg they found a found bottom, and in other places lefs deep, the water was only
above the fhoe.
When they had arrived at the fea fhore they began to rejoice, imagining they had
difcovered a paflage, for they faw fo little ice that they were in hopes of being able to
pierce through ; they therefore returned in the evening on board and communicated
this intelligence: the mafter had alfo fent a yacht with oars to obferve if the fea of Tar-
tary was open. ‘The veflel not being able to enter that fea on account of the ice, re-
paired to Cape Crofs, where the crew left it, and proceeded by land to. Twi/t-hock, or
Cape Difpute ; there they perceived that the ice of the fea of Tartary was in great quan-
tities along the coaft of Ruffia, and the point of Weigats.
On the twenty-third day of the fame month of Augutt they fell in with a bark from
Pitzora, con{tructed of the barks of trees fewed together, and which was difpatched to
the north to feek for the teeth of fea-cows, train-oil, and geefe, in order to lade fome
Ruflian veffels which were to come by the Weigats.
On being fpoken to, they anfwered, that thofe veffels were to come round by the fea
of Yartary, and pafs beyond the river Obi, to go to winter at Ugolita, a place in ‘Tar-
tary, as they were accuftomed to do every year: they alfo faid that the outlet from the
{trait would not be completely clofed up before two months or two months and a half;
but
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