An account of several late voyages and discoveries
to Spiczbcrgcn. 1 8 1 our A-·lay fl1e, fave only that thc Tail or Bocly i~ ~ ll a long thickcr, and only bcgins to be pointed rowarcls thc cnd. Thc Hcct'-1 is bro;?d and rnund, ij,lit in thc middlc; it hath tinall Horns ahout che brc.:idrh of a Srraw; 011 his l-k:i d br– fo··-.. it !1ath two rows of fix red litrk Knl,b~, ..¡1 '-·-' · .f thcm in cach row; \\:h1:t :1~r thcv b:.: l~y·· ·.>r no I t.:annot cxaétly tc:11. lt~ ~·1ou·, h is d1v .. ..; rl orfplit. From l!i:; f.,1 r~ uth · down í nco blslkily :¡re itsGut'>, whid1on.: may c:dily ~ce bcc:mfo of it"i t ranij,arcnc;•. It 1.;; üf a ytllow alll\ black co!üur; but t:he co]flur of thi.! whole 1-iifh is like uorn d11! \VhiH· of a!, F¿g, Ht; movcs in thc \Vater 1uil l1ke a ,\e.i- »· et:!t-. l ha ve drawn him hc,·c in his proper big::cC. I am of opinion, that thc Hird~ fi:~d upon them, be– cauÍ<; thc Lmnhs, JJ,geor.-i.i·t •~;-s, and P,1rret– divcrs, an.: plentifulJy fccn in ~ho!~ p~accs whcre thcfo Fiíl1 or Sea Iufrél:s are f..:t::1. The fame that I ha \'C ddincatcd hcrc J icund in thc Sor,th B.~, in Spit::.ber~cn, on thc 20th of J,me; in che Tab. P it is marf<cd wid1 J: II. Of the Suail Slimc- fiíl1. Thcfe are ~dfo quite tranípan:nr, likc unto thc Si·a·i'Jettlu, but thcy are fiar, aud wound about likc a S11aif 7 ami fo \\' t! find upon the Land the füdis of fuch fiat Snails. fe is V<.::-v rcmarkablc, that out of thc urmotl pare of h~:n coml! two Sralks, likc unto che llcam of a pair of Scalcs, hairy or rough en cad1 fidc, Jikc umo a Feathcr. \Vich thcfc Stalks he rno\·es himfclf up and {~OWll likc tht: Se,¡.¡uttle. Thi.:r a re of a brown N 4 C:>•
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