An account of several late voyages and discoveries

88 Tht FoHrth Part ef ,be 'JloJ,1ge jagcr ( in Englip, ·D"ng-h1mtcr) who leavc hi 11 not till he Dungs, whk h the Stnmt-j.,g 11 cats. This I could hardly believe at firít, unri! l terwards I faw it my felf ,•ery of'tln: Tb: wbich I drew was catched by our S\- !'(·\ wich a Hook, in the Souih I-í,zvcn. · J ch\ f,: 1• Jiirly obÍ(rve in this ll!rd, tlut ic uk~: :0 ,··i upon the Water, and ho\d its Heali l'¡l ,?g .::.' the Wind, if it was never fo great a Storn1 i. ~r fo we found whole flo(ks of them [wimupv the Water together. This is not only to be underfwod of t" BirJ, bnt alío of all the reft, for they lo.ok gainft the Wind that their Feathers m1y not blown afonder and opened; for if they fhou fü or fwim ·with the Wind, their f eath wouJd be blown afunder by the cold Wic and fo the Col<l would get in between thcm their Skin, which perhaps might prejudice tb-' Healrh, for Birds are covered wich thdr f¡ thers as Men are with their Clorhes. And fo, when rhey fly up, they prt fs again the Wind with their Bodies, and explnd the Wings, ami fo fly away vcry fwift ly; alfo th' Feathers would be entangled , fo tha t 1h could not ha\·c a fure and fteddy 11ighr, faulter in their flyin~, Jike Birds rhat 1~arn ílr. There is but little Meat upan them, 1 eat bue the Legs and che Breafr, for che Wir. are nothing but Skin and Bone. We b.1re Proverb, and fa y, Tho" art a1 light as ,z Me11• Thi!J we may very well fay of thefe ,\Je¡¡i J h11