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myles, they come to the ryuer of Volochda, and afterwarde by that, and folowyng the course thereof, to the citie of Vstiug, so called bycause the ryuer of Iug falleth into the ryuer of Succana, where they lose theyr owne names, and make the great ryuer Duina, and by that, leauyng on the ryght hande the citie of Colmogor, they sayle vnto the North Ocean. The which way, although it bee a long tracte, as more then 800 myles, neuerthelesse he sayd that in sommer it myght commodiously be sayled. And that whereas it falleth into the sea, there are infinite woods of goodly trees, apte to make shyppes, and the place so conue- nient for this purpose that shypwryghtes and other skylfull woorkemen for all thinges heerevnto apperteynyng, may easily come out of Germanie: also, that the men which are vsed to traueyle the sea of Germanie about the coastes of Gothlande, should bee best and most apte to attempt this enterpryse, bycause they are indurate to abyde colde, hunger, and la- bour. He sayde furthermore, that in the court of his Prince, they haue much knowledge of the great Cam of Cathay, reason of the continuall warres they haue with the Tartars, of whom the greatest parte gyue obedience to the sayd great Cam, as to theyr chiefe Emperour.

Volochda.

Vstiug. Jug.

Succana.

Colmogor.

The North Ocean.

Great woods.

Gothlande.

The Moscouites haue knowledge of the great Cam of Cathay.

Permia.

Pescora.

Catena mundi.

Obdora. Vecchiadora.

Obo.

The lake Chethay.

The Tartars.

The citie of Cambalu.

He made also demonstration in the sayde carde by the North-east, that being past the prouince of Permia, and the ryuer Pescora (which falleth into the North sea), & certeine mountaines named Catena Mundi, there is thentraunce into the prouince of Obdora, whereas is Vecchiadoro, and the ryuer Obo, whiche also falleth into the sayd sea, and it is the furthest border of Thempyre of the Prince of Moscouia. The sayde ryuer hath his originall in a great lake called Chethai, which is the fyrst habitation of the Tartars, that pay tribute to the great Cane. And from this lake, for the space of two moneths vyage (as they were credybly informed by certayne Tartares taken in the warres) is the most noble citie of Cambalu, beyng one of the chiefest in the dominion of the great