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FRom Pustozera vp the Riuer Pechora, with a faire wind to the Riuer Ouse, is fourteene dayes sayling by Riuer. From Ouse to Podcamen, ten dayes. From Podcamen to Ob eight dayes by
Deere in Winter time, assoone as the Snow is fallen and frozen. From thence to Bereseua sixteene dayes;* 1.1 which is a Towne of Trade, it is from Pustozera to Vade in Ougoria, beeing on the West side of Ob, a monethes journey or trauell by Deere. This Vade is a little Towne, hauing the Houses thereof builded vnder the ground.
The Riuer of Pechora, runneth through great Permia; and the head thereof is fiue Weekes trauell from Pustozera.
From Great Permia, is nine dayes trauell by Horse and Sled to Vercho-towria. Vercho signifieth in the Russe Tongue,* 1.2 The higher: as Vercho-towria, is Towria The higher. From thence by Riuer is ten dayes journey to Tumen. From Tumen to Tobolsca, sixe dayes downe the Riuer Irtish. To∣bosca is the chiefest Citie in Sib••ria.* 1.3 From Tobolsca to Surgout, or Sergalt, is sixe Weekes jour∣ney [ 10] vp the Riuer Ob. From Surgout to the Citie Tom, seated among the Tartars, is three Weeks vp the Riuer Ob. The Russes know no farther of the Riuer Ob; nor how farre it stretcheth to the Southward: But they suppose that it runneth much farther to the South, by reason there come so many seuerall Nations downe the said Riuer to trade at Surgout,* 1.4 and Tobolsca: as name∣ly, the people of Boughar, the Tesicks or Persian Merchants, and many sorts of Tartars. Abra∣ham Michaelouich was chiefe Customer at Surgout, 1611. And hee told me, that hee receiued for the Emperours Custome for goods, bought and sold that yeere, the summe of sixteene thousand Robles, or Markes.
Moreouer, he told me, that the people of Cathay doe trade to Surgout, and people from diuers other Kingdomes,* 1.5 as from Alteen Tzar, or King Alteen, who among other things bring Plates of Siluer and sell them. Another Russe named Philat, who had trauelled farther among the Tingus∣sies, [ 20] then any other Russe, and speaketh their Language, told mee he had bought of a Tingussie, a Plate of Siluer weighing in Russe Money fortie two Alteens,* 1.6 foure Dingoes, for twentie blue Glasse Beades.
Beresoua vpon the Ob, before you come neere Tobolsca, is a Towne of Trade for Furres, but especially for Losh-hides; which are bought for tenne Alteenes a piece. I was told by a Permac, that there was a Russe which bought foure thousand Elkes, or Losh-hides, there for a fourth part of a Roble or Marke a piece.
To the Eastward of Pechora are store of Hawkes, which I hold to bee as good as the Turkie Hawkes, namely, slight Falcons, Goshawkes, and Ier-falcons, whereof some are as white as Snow, others speckled White and Red. Likewise, there are all kinds of the richest Sables [ 30] brought from Molgomsey,* 1.7 and blacke Foxes. There is also Christall of the Mountayne. If we might haue libertie to trauell those Countreyes, wee might haue these Commodities cheaper there then at Pechora. And within the Ob we might vent our Commodities at a better rate.
Bereseua.
Verchio-towria.
Tumen. Tobolsca. Surgout. Tom.
Many Nations come downe the Riuer Ob, from the South to trade at Surgout and Tobolsca.
The Country of King Alteen.
An Altine is six pence, a Din∣go is a penie.
Hawkes as white as snow.