. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . ni(;n strekt, SAMOYEDES AND THEIR IIU ELLIXG. [To face p. 310. xvi] AT DUNDEE 311 from Dundee, with a send-ofF of doubtful looksand deprecatory expressions of opinion from well-meaning friends. In that voyage he demonstratedthat the Kara Sea was a mere bagatelle whencompared with Hudsons Bay. The man w^ho losthis ship in it owing to the ice would be an great deal had been heard about IVIashonaland,but mines were never seen there such as thoseto be
. The life and voyages of Joseph Wiggins; modern discoverer of the Kara Sea route to Siberia, based on his journals & letters . ni(;n strekt, SAMOYEDES AND THEIR IIU ELLIXG. [To face p. 310. xvi] AT DUNDEE 311 from Dundee, with a send-ofF of doubtful looksand deprecatory expressions of opinion from well-meaning friends. In that voyage he demonstratedthat the Kara Sea was a mere bagatelle whencompared with Hudsons Bay. The man w^ho losthis ship in it owing to the ice would be an great deal had been heard about IVIashonaland,but mines were never seen there such as thoseto be found in Siberia. Some of the merchantscharged for the transit of goods at the rate offrom £20 to £30 a ton, whereas the same goodscould be conveyed along the sea route for £5a ton. He thought that the Russian Government hadentered upon the Siberian Railway scheme morefor strategic than for commercial purposes. Whenthe Russian authorities were waking up to theimportance of the sea route, he thought it w^asabout time that British shipowners, merchants,and capitaUsts made up their minds to take ocean route ought at once to be prosecute
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