more willing to tary and shewed me as much as he knew for
our purpose; he also gave me 17 wild geese.... This man's
name was Loshak. Wednesday, as we plied to Eastwards, we
espied another saile, which was one of this Loshak's
company, and we bare roome and spake with him, who in like
sort tolde us of the Ob, as the other had done.... Friday
(the 10th Aug./31st July) the gale of winde began to
increase, and came Westerly withall, so that by a
Northwest sunne we were at an anker among the Islands of
Waigats, where we saw two small lodias; the one of them
came aboord of us and presented me with a great loafe of
bread; and they told me they were all of Colmogro, except
one man that dwelt at Pechora, who seemed to be the
chiefest among them in killing of the Morse.[115] There
were some of their company on shoare which did chase a
white beare ouer the high clifs into the water, which
beare the lodia that was aboord of us killed in our sight.
This day there was a great gale of wind at North, and we
saw so much ice driving a seaboord that it was then no
going to sea."

During the first days of August the vessel lay for the most part in
company with or in the neighbourhood of Loshak, who gave them
information about the Samoyeds, after which Burrough visited their
sacrificial places.[116]

"Tuesday (the 14/4th) August we turned for the harborough
where Loshak's barke lay,[117] where, as before, we road
vnder an Island. And there he came aboord of vs and said
unto me: if God send wind and weather to serve, I will go
to the Ob with you, because the Morses were scant at these
Islands of Vaigats; but if he could not get to the riuer
of Ob, then he sayd hee would goe to the riuer of
Narainzay,[118] where the people were not altogether so
savage as the Samoyds of the Ob are: hee shewed me that
they will shoot at all men to the vttermost of their
power, that cannot speake their speech."

On the 15/5th of August much ice was seen to drift towards the haven
where the vessel lay, wherefore Burrough removed back to the place
where he had lain a few days before, and whose latitude he now found
to be 70 deg. 25'. Loshak left him unexpectedly the following day,
while Burrough was taking solar altitudes, and on the 19/9th
Burrough too weighed anchor to sail south along the coast of
Vaygats. After sailing about in the