An account of several late voyages and discoveries

J S 8 T!Je f ourt!J part o( the Voyage. more pliable than the refl that are faílned to it, wherewith thc::y purfue the Wha!e. It is made of the fineft aod fotcefl: Hemp, and not daub'd with Tar, but it doth fwelJ in che Water, and fo it grows hard. The Harpoonier darts hi~ Harpoon with the Right hand at the Fiílt; as you may fee by ,nin the Tab• .A; When thc Whale is hit with che Harpoon, all the Men that are in the Long-boat turn themfelves about and look befare them, and they lay their Oars nimbly upon the fides of the Long-hoat. Thcre is a Man in the Long-boat, whofe bufinefs it is to look after the Ropt:; as you may fee at N, in the Tab. A; fot· in each oftheíe Long-boats thcre is a whole hear of Lines, bftween the rwo Seats or Benches; this Heap is divided in– to three, four or five parts, and ,;:ach of them is of cighty, ninety, to onc hundred fathoms long. The firfl: of them is ty'd to the Forc– runncr, or fmall Line; as the Whale runs under the Water, chey tic more and more Line to ir, and if in one Boat therc lhould not be enough, they make ufo of thofe that are in the orher Long-boats Thefe Ropes or Lincs are thicker and fironger than the Fore-runner, and are made of ítrong and tough Hcmp, and tarr'd over. . The Linc-furnifher, or the Man that doth J\Jok after thc Ropes, ancl alfo the other Men that are in thc Long-boar, muft havegreat care that the Ropcs or Lmes may not be en– tangled whcn thcy run out fo fwift, or that chcy may not nm towards the ftdeof thc Long~ boar,