The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ey were published. All this is now different, and * As tlie Dwina lies to the south of Vardoehus, these remarks probablyrelate to an earlier part of the voyage than that which is referred to inthe narrative. - Writings on these voyages are exceedingly numerous. An account ofthem was published for the first time in Hakluyt, The prineiixtel Nmnga-tions, Voiacjes, and Discoveries of the English Nation, &c., London, 1589 ;Ordinances, King Edwards Pass, c&c, p. 259 ;
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . ey were published. All this is now different, and * As tlie Dwina lies to the south of Vardoehus, these remarks probablyrelate to an earlier part of the voyage than that which is referred to inthe narrative. - Writings on these voyages are exceedingly numerous. An account ofthem was published for the first time in Hakluyt, The prineiixtel Nmnga-tions, Voiacjes, and Discoveries of the English Nation, &c., London, 1589 ;Ordinances, King Edwards Pass, c&c, p. 259 ; Copy of Sir Hugh Wil-loughbt/s Journal, with a List of all the Memhers of the Expedition, p. 265 ;Clement Adams Account of Chancelors Voyage, p. 270, &c. The samedocuments were afterwards printed in Purchas Pilgrimage, iii. p. those who wish to study the literature of this subject further, I mayrefer to Fr. von Adelung, Kritisch-literdrische Ubersicht der Reisenden inRussland, St. Petersburg and Leipzig, 1846, p. 200 ; and I. Hamel, Trades-cant der Acltere 161S in Russland, St. Petersburg and Leipzig, CHAP. II.] DEPARTURE FROM MAOSOE. 57 yet men are not satisfied. The interests of commerce and thefisheries require railway communication with the rest of will certainly come in a few years, nor will it be longbefore the telegraph has spun its net, and regular steamcommunication has commenced along the coast of the ArcticOcean far beyond the sea which was opened by Chancelor tothe commerce of the world. CHAPTER II. Departure from Maosoe—Gooseland—State of the Ice—The Vessels ofthe Expedition assemble at Chabarova—The Samoyed town there—The Church—Russians and Samoyeds—Visit to Chabarova in 1875—Purchase of Samoyed Idols—Dress and Dwellings of the Samoyeds—Comparison of the Polar Races—Sacrificial Places and SamoyedGrave on Vaygats Island visited—Former accounts of the Samoyedi?—Their place in Ethnography. The Vega was detained at
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