An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzbergen. 1 5 ~ be of a Flefb colour; they wcrc futl of Wind, and the Dung that was within thcm was yel– low. The Food of thc JiVhAle, as it is belicved, are the fmaJI Sea-foails, the Draught whercof you may fee ate, in thc Tab. R., whercof I havc made mention in anothcr place, which fome take for Spiders; w hether thcfe aíFord fuch great ·Nourifhment, I cannot exaé.tly tell. Sorne fay, thatthey live only by the \Vind, but theu methinks tbey mufi have nothing in thcm bue Wind, which I found othcrwife. l was infor.. med by others, that about Hitland a f matl 1,flhale was caught, had about a Barrel of 1-lerrin¡~.s in . bis BeUy. The are fmaller 'J,Vhales than thofe we catch at Spitzbergen, but there is more dán– ger in catching of them, they bcing lefs and nimbler than thc great ones, to whom thc Water doth not fo eafily give way as to thefo. for they jump .md play in the \Vater, and kcep their Tail commonly above Water, fo that one dare not come near to them to launce them. Concerning the l'Jlhate>s Valour, we do 6nd that he is not very couragious, according to .his ftrengtb and bignefs, for if he (ces a Man or a Long-boat, he gocth under Water, ami runs away. I did never foe nor hcar, that out of his own Malice he endcavour,d to hurt any Man, but when he is in danger; what thcn he doth is of neceffity, and thcn he doth not va– luc a Man no more tban a Sand, nor ~ l.ong– boat, for he doth beat them aU inro SpHmcr~. H15