. Round about the North pole . g caps of colouredcloth lined with fur ; for the most part short of stature,with broad flat faces, small eyes, and bow legs; theirhair worn long, plaited, and hanging down their were evidently suspicious of the Dutchmen,who did their best to be friendly. The chief hadplaced sentinels all round to see what the new-comerswere about and note everything that was bought andsold. One of the sentinels was offered a biscuit, which he with great thanks took and ate, and while he ateit he still looked diligently about him on all sides,watching what was done. The
. Round about the North pole . g caps of colouredcloth lined with fur ; for the most part short of stature,with broad flat faces, small eyes, and bow legs; theirhair worn long, plaited, and hanging down their were evidently suspicious of the Dutchmen,who did their best to be friendly. The chief hadplaced sentinels all round to see what the new-comerswere about and note everything that was bought andsold. One of the sentinels was offered a biscuit, which he with great thanks took and ate, and while he ateit he still looked diligently about him on all sides,watching what was done. Their reindeer sledges werekept ready— that run so swiftly with one or twomen in them that our horses were not able to followthem. They were unacquainted with firearms, and,when a musket was fired to impress them, ran andleapt like madmen, but calmed down as soon as theysaw there was no malicious intention, to wonder muchmore, however, when the man with the gun aimed at aflat stone he placed as a mark, and, fortunately, hit and. SAMOYEDS AND THEIR DWELLINGS Xqijice page 10 THE DUTCHMEN AND THE SAMOYEDS 11broke it. The meeting ended satisfactorily; after thatwe took our leaves one of the other with great friend-ship on both sides, and when we were in our pinnacewe all put off our hats and bowed to them, soundingour trumpet; they in their manner saluting us also,and then went to their sledges again. Barents was by no means convinced that the straitwas impassable, and held out against the opinion ofthe others for some days, but with the firm icestretching round in all directions he had to give in,and on the 15th of September the fleet began thevoyage home. Much had been expected, and the re-sult was so conspicuous a failure that the StatesGeneral abandoned any further attempt at a north-east passage on their own account, but decided tooffer a reward to any private expedition that provedsuccessful. Whereupon the authorities and merchantsof Amsterdam fitted out two vessels for a thir
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