An account of several late voyages and discoveries

164 ;J7>r fo11rth Part ~f tbe Voy:zge rife ·and fwim aga in, fome ofthem are aftoniíli'd, others·wild or fl:ark mad: To thofe that are wild we come foftly or gently from behindt as·we do when wc are going ro trapan them ; for whcn theWind is down, the \V cather calm, and Ai.r fercne, fo that thc Sea dotl1 not foam or roar, thc U 7 h.iles hcar immediatcly the Hrik. ing of the Oars. If many fmall Ice-fhccts lye near to one anothcr, fo that wc cannoc fo!low the H' hale wich our Sloops or Long-boats, wc fetch in our Line with ali might ancl íln:ngth, aml ií with onc or more pulh wc can fetch out thc Harpoon it is well, if not, wc chop off the Rope or Linc. Thc "frVhale is bcíl: and furelt ftruck with a Harpoon whc¡¡ he fpouts Wa. ter, as is already faid above, far wc do oh. fe1·vc, that when thcy Jye füll and vcry quier, that thcy theri lificn, anc1 are fometimes un– dcr~ and fomct imes above \Vatcr, fo that their Back doth not quite dry, ancl befo!'e we are awa rc of it he Aings up his Tail behind om o thc Sea, and fo hids us good-by; as you ma fee at ,, ·in che Tab. A. The IYhales may cafil he caught ,whcn the Air is vcry ferene an clear, and the Sea quier, and wherc therc íloa ncither g1·eat nor fmall Ice.fheets, fo that w may go in becween them with our Boats o Sloops, to follow them; for at the Ice-tield :.he H'hnles do commonly lyc and rub thcm folvcs at them, perhaps by rcafon of the Lic tlia t bite them. Bcfirles, again rt rhc Ice- lh.:et th~ Sea bcats, dafilcs, and foams, witb fm2 ,. cur11r-.