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citie and Jenkinson writes: “Vologhda … is a great the river pa e th through the midst of the same. The houses are builded with wood of Firre trees, joyned one with another, and round without: the houses are foure square without any iron or stone work, covered with birch barkes, and wood over the same. Their Churches are all of wood, two for every parish, one to be heated for Winter, and the other for Summer. On the toppes of their houses they laye much earth, for feare of burning: for they are sore plagued with fire. This Vologhda is in 59 degrees, eleven minutes, and is from Colmogro 1000 (Hak. 1. 312.) versts.” ch340.xhtml w 334