bread and pancakes, beef, mutton, bacon, eggs, butter, fishes,
swans, geese, ducks, hens, and all manner of victuals--both fish and
flesh--in the best manner that the rude people could devise; for
among them these presents are highly esteemed.

The 29th of July we departed from Colmogro, and the 14th of August
we came to Vstioug, where we remained one day, and changed our
barques, or boats.

The 27th of August we came to Vologhda, where we remained four days,
unlading the barques, and lading our chests and things in small
waggons, with one horse in a piece--which in their tongue are called
"telegos"; and these telegos, they carried our stuff from Vologhda
unto the Moscow, which is 500 verstes; and we were upon the same way
fourteen days; for we went no faster than the telegos.

There are three great towns between the Moscow and Vologhda--that is
to say, Yereslava, Rostave, and Pereslava. Upon one side of
Yereslava runneth a famous river, which is called Volga. It runneth
into the Caspian Sea, and it divideth itself, before it come into
the Mare Caspium, in fifty parts or more: and near unto the same
sea there stands a great city called Boghare; the inhabitants of the
which are called by the same name.

The people of the said city do traffic in the city of Moscow: their
commodities are spices, musk, ambergris, rhubarb, with other drugs.
They bring also many furs, which they buy in Siberia, coming towards
the Moscow. The said people are of the sect of Mahomet.

The 12th of September we came unto the city of Moscow, where we were