An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitibergen. 9 7 .d and {hort, with a füort Nail ; the Tail bb'd, like ,h·•t of orher Ducks. 1 could d nothinF, in their Maws or Gizzards rh1t Id make rae certain of thtir Foo<l, but only d-íl:oncs. They tly a great many of them ffnct{s 1ik<:: other wild Duc,ks; when they do any Mtn, they bold up rheir HcaJs and makc ry long Neck. They make their Nefis upon Jow Hlands ; they make them of the Fea• s of their Bellies, which they mix with Mofs; thefc are not the fame Feathers which are led the Edder-down. We found their Nefts witli two., three~ or r Eggs in them, the mofr whereof were rot– when we carne to Spitzbergen, but fome of m were good to Eat , they are of a pale n, fomewhat bi~ger than our Duck· Egg!I:; Seamen made an hale at each end, and fo w rhe White and the Yolk out, and ftrung Shells upon a Pack-thread. I would have ught fome of them to Hamb;Jrgh; but they an to ftink, fo that I was forced to fling away, although the Shells were entire. efe Ducks havea very good Fletb, we boyl'd roaíted them as we did the other Birds, but , fat of them we tlung a way, for it tafted of in-oyl, and made us vomit. he Shipsthat arrived atSpitzbergen beforeus agreat many of them. Thefe ,\t1011ntain-D11cf<! are not at ali (by, or id of Meo, whcn we firll arrive there, but rwards thcy grow quite wild, fo tbat you hardly come ncar enoogh to fboot them. H That