An account of several late voyages and discoveries

I 4 4 Tlie (ourth Part of tbe V oyage eaíily wound or hurt the under Lips. . I am " opinion that one might ufo Whalc-bone in an thing that we ufe Boat·ds for, far they make o \Vhalc-bonc, Boxcs, Knifc -hafts, Walking-ílicks and thc like. I fhould think that out of th Hair of the Fiíl1 might he made fomething, a the S¡aniards do out of the wild Semperviw .Atoes (by them callecl Savila) they prepare it like FJax or Hcmp, and fo make Packthrcads¡ Clorhs and the like Manufatlures ofit. To cut the Whatc-bones out is alfo a peéuliar Trade, and abundancc of lron-Tools bclong thereunto. 'Thc lowc:- part of the Whalc's Mouth is commonly white. The Tongue Jy. eth among the Whale·bones; it is very clofe tycd to the undermoH: Chap or Lip; it is very largc and whitc, with black fpots a t thc coges· Ir is a foft fpongy Far, which cannot eafily be cut; it makcs a great deal of work to the Cutter (for fo they can the Man that doth cut the Fat imo fmall pieces w1th a large Knife, which cannot wctl be done witi1 other Knifes, becaufo it is tough and foft) whereforc they flíng the Tangue away, elfo they might gct fivc, fix or · foven Barrt:ls of Train-oyl out of it; but, as I faid bcfore, thcy fling it away, bccaufeof its foftnefs ; and this is thc moft pleafing Foocl for the S11 •ord.fr" Jb. Upon bis Head is thc Hovcl or Bump beforc the Eyes and Finns: At the top of this Bump, on cach fide, · is a Spout-hok, 1,1¡·0 ovcr.againít on~ anothcr, which are brn– dcd on each fide like an S, or as the holc chat ís cut on a Violin, whereout he dorh blm~'- t li~ \y .1t :i·