An account of several late voyages and discoveries

146 The fourth Part of t1Je Poy~ge threc times as big as thofc of the Whale. Thc Eyes of the Whale are placed very low, almoft at the end ofthe upper Lip. Some bring along with themfrom Spitzhergm fome Bones, which they pretend to be the Ears of the W hale ; but I can fay nothing to this, becaufe I never faw any; but thus much Ido remember, that I have heard them fay that they Jye very dcep. The Whale doth not hear wben he fpouts th • Water, wherefore he is eafiefi to be ftruck a that time. His BelJy and Back are quite red and underneath the Belly th.ey are commonl white, yet fome of them are Coal black; mo of them that I faw wcre white. Th1.:y loo very beautiful when the Sun fhines upon the the fmaU cleal· Waves of the Sea that are ov bim glifien like Silver. Sorne of them ar marbled on their Back and Tail. Where hath been wounded there remaineth always whitc Scar. 1 underfto,d of one of our Ha pooniers that he once caught a U?hale at -Spit 6ergen that was white all over. Half white bave fcen fome, but oneabovethe reft, whi was a Fema le, was a beautiful one ; lhe was over marbled black and yellow: --Thofe thata black are not all of the fame .colour, for fo of them are as black as V el ver, others ofa C black, others of the colour of a Ten,h. Wh they are weU they are as flippery as an E but one ma y fiand upon them, becau fe they a fo foft, that the Fleíh thereof giveth way too '-Veight: And the outward Skin is thin, li Parchment, and is eafily pulled off with o Han