ANTHONY JENKINSON.

1558

and placed himself in the act of prayer after his fashion. His presence held these robbers back. They said they were noblemen, banished from their land, and that they came to see if there were any Muscovites or other infidels in the bark. He answered them with very assuring gestures that no such persons were found therein, confirming this with great oaths. They then departed, and the faithfulness of this Tartar saved us and preserved all our goods. Our people returned on board, and finding the wind good, we departed on the 20th of August, covered 16 miles, our course East-South-East. On the 21st we passed a bay 6 miles wide, enclosed by a cape that appeared very sharp due to two islands it has to the South-East. We sailed past them; the coast stretching North-East makes another bay or gulf, into which the great river Jem discharges, whose source is in the land of Colmack. On the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th we remained at anchor. On the 25th the wind was favorable, and we covered 20 miles that day, seeing as we passed an island whose land was low and surrounded by many sandbanks. To the North of this island is a gulf or sea-bight, but we turned away from there to take our course to the South, and covered 10 miles, significantly hampered, in order to save ourselves from these sandbanks and reefs. We subsequently advanced 20 miles, running East-South-East, and discovered the mainland, whose coast seemed split by mountains. We ran 20 miles along this coast, and the more we approached, the higher the land appeared to us. On the 27th we sailed directly across a gulf whose coast stretches to the South and was higher than the others. We subsequently found a cape of which the lands were very high, and having passed it, a storm so violent from the East overcame us for 3 days,

How the journey is further continued.