An account of several late voyages and discoveries

to Spitzbe¡gcn; 1-65 curling Waves, fo that rhc 11 7 hales do not ob.. ferve nor mind the firiking of the Oars, ancl fo thcy are ca fil y ftruck with che Harpoon.. lt is very d::i.ngerous to ki11 a Fl.!male, chicfly \Y'hcn íbe is big wirh young, for they defor.d·them– felves very long, and are hardcr to be~ kiJl'd than a Male one. Ofremimes the Long· hoats wait fix or feven Hours, nay, a whole da:·, fer a l·Vhale, befare they ke 011e. . · W here. great quantity 9f iinall Ice is Ci'owdc{l togethcr, there it is alfo vcry dangcrcus, .. r.d bard to come to thc 1-Vha!(, (or iic is fo cu:1- ning, that ,,,ben he pcrcciv~~ wher:! th,! Ice i$ J1c retires thither immcdiateiy. Tl~c HHpoo– nier ftands at thc Head of rhe Lcng-1~oar, and doth draw on the Rope, as you ro~v iec rit l', in the Tab. .A, to try whethc~· it i:;· hca i. y or light; if it feds hca vy, fo that w~ u1 e :1fraid that it wiH puli the Hoat tmder ,,;.,7,~~~r! i:h::n we give him mere Ropc, if he rn:;:; Hi'ait out bcfore, he drr.weth the Sloops afrer hini. Jf he doth run underncarh a. great Ire fo..!d, rhe Ha rpoonit r ta kcth :t Kni!e in l,is H.1 n:\ "1; 1·0· 1 may ice at H. ,a .thc L~)... .,J, •.d:i( h ': .,. · . ~ 1 tl 11• ( ' I•, n··11"· V 1:l.. · · 1 :.· r' .- l · .. ·' ', ... .... -, ~ r • . -. .... ~ . # • l '.s . ..,, • 1 l1oll<~w ü ; ',. ·...... · · , ··l,1; ,· i f--, 1 .- · . ,· .. : ... , .. " , • .- • - •• - ~ - . ... 1 • .. , • 1 •... .. " ¡d'(.', li_, -:-:,--r ,;. H· ·, ._- -~J'.1 i\.'~,.:, h -·~r~ . . , ,,. nL;lfh Ít. °J.P : • ..; :,... ,~f• ..." ;', 1}l •·,:'{ ,¡ o! ,w !!.=1~. · .... ~;1:~ -~(-l: !-=-· ·,. - . . ., ·,1 ! ... . . : ¡- i.~ . ·• ._. ''! . ·• 11 ~ • ' .• • • ' 1 f f . ... - . ,. r. . ) ._ ... .