An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzbergcn. . But I faw not fo many by theHavenof Mag. aalen, where I drew my Figure on the 'J 5th. of 11/y. Afrerwards I faw fome of them in the pimijb and North Sea, not far from the Heilg– d . See Tab. ltJ, at a. IV. Of the Meii, called Kutge-gehef. Thi:; is a beautiful Mew, and is called utge-gchcf, becaafe it cryerh fo: He hath Bill fr>mewhat bent, as the Burgermeifler; on e undcrmoft part of its Bill is a fmall knob ri6ng : About his black Eyes he harh a red 'rcle, as the B11rger111eifler; and he hatb but ~ce Claws, joyned together with a black m. · The Legs are alfo black, and but fhort ; the aii ís íomewhat long and broad, like a Fan. Ali the Belly is as white as Snow; the Wings nd. Back are grey, and the point of the Wings ack. H~ is :ilmofr as big asan ordinary Mew, t fomething leís than the Str,mt·jager. When e cm the f'at off from rhe Whales, we faw bundance of them fly by the Ship, .and heard em cry. When the Seamen have a mind to catch ille of them, they bait their Hooks with a iecc of lV hales Fat, and fo tye the Hooks to Linl', and fling it into the Sea, and fo they cch not only thefc, but ali thc other Birds of rey. He flieth with fmall Wings as a com– an Mew, and dives not. His Food is the at of the Whale. He is hunted by the Str1111I· G 4 jager 8.. I