An account of several late voyages and discoveries

;,,,, Spicibergea ,,,¿. Orccnland. , dlirdFifh; he was kill'd at night when the. Sun ftood weftward: this Filh was killed by one Man, who ftung the ffarpoon into him ; ancl till'd him alío, while tbe other Boats were bu~ fiein purfuiog or hunting after another Wh11/e. Tbis Fiíb run to thct Ice, and before he died. bcat about him with bis tail ; t·he Ice fetled a- bout him fo that the other Boats could not come tothis Boat to afiift bim_ till the Ice feparated again, that they might row, when they tied ooe boat behind the other, and fo towed tho Jfb,J, to the great Ship, where tbey cut him up into the Vefi'eJs, aod filled with hirn 4.5 aarrcis. 'flwoight thc Sun Cbincd very brightly. Oo the 29th we had fair weather, Sun~fhine ~!ld calm. 0n the fame day we failed before the wide Harbour or Bay, where we found a great qu~tity of the fat of a Whale, three Vef– íels foll, tog.ether witll the lmage of St. Nic/Jo– /6, which fiood behind a Ship that was lott. ·driving in th~ Sea. There was alfQ here and Jherc mu much Ice. · On tlle I fi' of 'JNIJ about noon, t wo W halc1 µmenear to o~r Ship; we faw that they ha<l .~miqd tQ couple together; we fet our Boae for.rhem, and the Harponier bit th~ Female, wh1ch when the other ta.und, he did not fiay ~t ~11, but m~de away. The Female run all along above the Wat~r, firaigbt forward, beating ,bout with ber\tail and fins, fo that we durft ~ot ~ame near to lance h(r, yet one of oqr Har– pamers was fo fooJ.harJ y ro venture too neer tQ '~e Fi{b, which fal~tcd him w~th a ftrokehof · . er ., .