8                  Travels over Land
: ^y       % Man defires to Marry, he is obliged to buy the Brj4e
ether Father. They have very few Marriage Ceremonies befides in-
viting and treating the neareft Relations: after which the Bridegroom
foes to Bed to the Bride without any Ceremony.   They have no
riefts, nor do they Marry any nearer than the fourth degree of Con-
ifygtiinity.   Amongft other Difcourfe I admonifhed them, that it was
time to acknowledge^ Chrift the Saviour of the whole World,  and
turn to him | which would fecure their not only Temporal, but E-
ternal welfare.   To this they anfwered j as for what concerns Tem-
porals, we daily fee vaft niimbers of Poor wretched Ruffians*   that
can hardly get a piece of dry Bread,  and yet nevert|ielef$ fome of
th?m believe in Chrift ; and as for the Eternal things they would ac-
commodate themfelves $ then they farther declared that they would
live and die in the Opinion of their Forefathers*  whether right or
wrong.   The Habits of Men and Women as well as theirs  and
their ChUdrerts fliape are exprefled   by the annexed Cut, which
jQiews that they are indeed neither extravagant nor ridiculous.
- Their Dwellings are quadrangular, wooden Rooms, likethofe of the
Ruffian Peafants; onlji inftetd of Ovens they ufe Hearths, on which
they burn Wood, and drels their Victuals.   The Smoak-hole which is
in the Roof, is covered with Ice* as foon as the Wood is burnt to a
Goalt which keeps the warmth in the Room,  and the light ftrikes
through the bright and clear Ice.   They have no Chairs,but inftead of
tlbfll t btmd Bench round the Room, about an Ell high, and two Ells
broad, on which they fit like the Per/tans^ with their Leggs acrofs un-
der them, and fleep on them at Night   They live upon what thtir
Bow aiid Arrows furniflhes them with.   Their chiefeft Game is that of
Mk   whole Herds of which sre found herej, thefe they cut in pieces,
 «|§|g the Air rauacf tlieir Houfes to dry % if it happen to rain
 fp^i, and tEey begin t;o ftink abominably, they dry them again,
^ltbcffl as t Delicacy, They eat neither Cocksf Hens, nor Hoggs.
1?Iiey of?e ipleifiint way of catching Wild Beafts, for they place a fort
<if great Bows in the Wools,  faftoing a firing to 'em, to which they
fix fome Corn, or other Bait, leaving only a place for the Game to
enter, fb that the Elk% or any other Bcaft that comes in there, can-
not pals by without touching this Snare j and when the Bow lets fly,the
^Arrows enter the fore part of the Body, and he prefently falls down.
They alfo dig great Pits in the Woods, which they cover with Reeds
.and Grafs, fo that if any Beaft comes thither he is fure to fall ki and
is taken.   Thefe Tartars live in their Villages all along the River
luzawaia to the CafUe of Utka$ arid are under the Prote&ion of his
Czarijh