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A52618	An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the south and north towards the Streights of Magellan, the South Seas, the vast tracts of land beyond Hollandia Nova &c. : also towards Nova Zembla, Greenland or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engrondland, &c. / by Sir John Narborough, Captain Jasmen Tasman, Captain John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh ; to which are annexed a large introduction and supplement, giving an account of other navigations to those regions of the globe, the whole illustrated with charts and figures.	Narbrough, John, Sir, 1640-1688.; Tasman, Abel Janszoon, 1603?-1659.; Wood, John, Captain.; Martens, Friedrich, 1635-1699.; Robinson, Tancred, Sir, d. 1748.	1694 (1694)	Wing N154; ESTC R18669	230,732	472

Flawes Commander being bound upon the Discovery with us At Eight at Night the Naz● Land boar West North about six Leagues we steered away North-east and North-north-east Monday May 29. The Wind at South-west and West-south-west a fresh Gale with Showers of Rain Course per Compass between the North-east and the North distance sailed by the Log 73 Miles true Course Protracted since last Night Eight a Clock to this Day Noon is North 28 d. East difference of Lat. 68 Miles and departure East from the Naze Land 36 Miles Lat. by Judgment as in the Margent Thick cloudy Weather Tuesday May 30. From yesterday Noon to this Day Noon the Wind variable from South-west to the South-east thick cloudy Weather and a fresh Gale Course per Compass North-north-west and North-west by North distance sailed by the Log 95 Miles true Course is North 28 d. West distance of Lat. 83 Miles departure West 45 Miles Lat. per Judgment Meridian distance West nine Miles Wednesday May 31. From yesterday Noon to this Day Noon the Winds variable with Calms and Rains Courses per Traverse true Course Protracted with all impediments allowed is North 43 d. West 60 Miles difference of Lat. 42. Miles departure West 40 Miles Lat. per Judgment 54 d. 13 m. Lat. by a good Observation at Noon 55 d. 30 m. at which time the Land between New-Castle and Berwick bore West about 8 or 9 Leagues Meridian distance Current from the bearing of the Land and the Lat. is 88 Miles 50 Fathom Water saw two Ships standing to the Southward but would not show their Colours Thursday June 1. From yesterday Noon to this Day Noon a fresh Gale from the West by South to the South-west Course per Compass between the North and the North-west distance sailed by the Log 76 Miles true Course Protracted is North 16 d. West Lat. by a good Observation 56 d. 41 m. departure West 21 Miles At nine in the Morning we gave Chase to a Scotch Fisherman and at Noon came up with her and bought some Fish of him at Noon a hard Gale steered away North being about seven or eight Leagues from the Land between Montross and Edenburgh we steered along the Course North by East till eight a Clock Friday June 2. From yesterday Noon to this Day Noon the Winds variable with fair Weather Course per Compass North distance sailed by the Log 117 Miles but by a good Observation 120 Miles Lat. 58 d. 41 m. Winds from the West-south-west to the South-west At two a Clock a great gust of Wind at North-west with Rain we hand our Top-sails and at three it blew a Storm of Wind we lay a Try under a Main-sail till ten a Clock then sent our Fore-sail Saturday June 3. From yesterday Noon to this day Noon true Course Protracted Leeward way and all impediments allowed is North East 42 Miles Lat. by a good Observation is 59 d. 23 m. Meridian distance from the Naze Land is 100 Miles at Noon saw a small Island called Foril lying to the South of Shetland bearing West-north-west about four Leagues in the Afternoon little Wind. Note that we found the Ship more to the Westward than expected being caused by a variation of 6 or 7 d. East Sunday June 4. This Forenoon little Wind with Calms till about 12 at Noon at which time sprung up a Gale West-north-west blowing very hard we ply to windward and turned into Brace-Sound and anchored in nine Fathom Water right against the Town called Lerwick here is the remains of a Fort that was built in the time of War with Holland but upon the Peace with the Hollanders it was demolished for fear any other Nation might come and take it and so keep it Saturday June 10. Rid still till Saturday seven a Clock at which time Weighed the Wind at South-west we took in a Pilot and sailed out through the North end of Brace Sound having three Fathom Water over the shallowest place Sunday June 11. At four in the Morning Scau bore West by North about six Leagues a fresh Gale at south-South-west hasey Weather From four in the Morning till twelve at Night Course North-north-east distance sailed by the Log 35 Miles true Course allowed from the bearing of the Land is North-east 41 Miles difference of Lat. 30 Miles Lat. by Judgment 61 d. 26 m. Meridian distance from Shetland 30 Miles East From yesterday Noon to this Day Noon a strong Gale at South-west West-south-west West and West-north-west Course per Compass North-north-east distance sailed by the Log 147 Miles difference of Lat. 135 Miles departure East 56 Miles Lat. by Judgment 63 d. 42 m. Meridian distance East 86 Miles thick cloudy Weather at Noon little Wind. Tuesday June 13. From yesterday Noon to this Day little Wind and variable with Calms from the North-west to North-north-east we ply to windward True Course Protracted all impediments allowed is North-north-east 23 Miles difference of Lat. 21 Miles North departure East 8 Miles Lat. by Judgment 64 d. 03 m. Meridian distance 94 Miles Lat. by a good Observation 64 d. 03 m. Wednesday June 14. From the 13. Noon to this Day Noon the Winds variable with fresh Gales Rains and little Winds Course per Traverse between the North-east and the North distance sailed by the Log 92 Miles true Course Protracted all impediments allowed is North 18 d. difference of Lat. 81 Miles departure East 30 Miles Meridian distance 124 Miles Thursday June 15. From the 14. Noon to this Day Noon the Winds variable with Calms from the West to the South-west Course per Compass North-north-east distance sailed by the Log 67 Miles true Course Protracted with allowance is North 22 ½ d. East difference of Lat. 62 Miles departure East 26 Miles Lat. per Judgment 66 d. 26 m. Meridian distance 150 Miles East At Noon broke our Main Topsail-Yard being rotten in the Slings thick hasey Weather Friday June 16. From the 15. Noon to this Day Noon a fresh Gale at West-north-west and West-south-west with Rains and thick Weather Course per Compass North-north-east and North-east by North distance sailed per Log 126 Miles true Course Protracted is North 30 d. East difference of Lat. 108 Miles departure East 63 Miles Lat per Judgment 68 d. 14 m. Meridian distance 223 Miles Saturday June 17. From the 16. Noon to this Day Noon a fresh Gale at West-north-west and West with Rain and cloudy Weather Course per Compass North-east distance sailed by the Log 127 Miles difference of Lat. 90 Miles departure East 90 Miles Lat per Judgment 69 d. 48 m. Meridian distance 303 Miles but by a good Observation at Noon Lat. 69 d. 53 m. difference of Lat. between the Dead Reckoning and Observation is 9 Miles which imputed to a westerly variation which is found by an Azimuth 7 d. Meridian distance Corrected is 300 Miles fair Weather Sunday June 18. From the 17. Noon to this day Noon the Wind from West-north-west to the

of North Lat. In the building of Houses Tents and Cabins upon these melancholy occasions 't was found expedient to make them under ground and to line them with the skins of Beasts thereby to keep out the sharp impressions of the air Authors are a little confus'd in the History of Whales some reckon up 10 Species but Wormius and Bartholine make them up 22. giving them various Names from their difference in Colours in Fins in Teeth in Whalebone in Spouts in Oyl in Sperma Ceti c. Rondeletius Gesner Bellonius Schonveld Faber Clusius and Tulpius seem indeed to describe 6 or 7 distinct sorts of Whales as the Balaena Vulgaris the Balaena Vera the Orca or Balaena dentata perhaps our Grampus the Physeter or Whirle-Pool the Cete or Pot-Walfish the Monoceros or Unicorn Whale The Trumpa Whale or Spouter may perhaps be the Physeter and the Sperma Ceti Whale the Pot-Walfish thothe Spout and Sperma Ceti may be common to many of them We find in the Philosophical Transactions Numb 205. An Account of Whales by Sir Thomas Sybbalds who has had opportunities of viewing them on the Coasts of Scotland and therefore seems to be more exact than other Writers but we having never read this Book must be content to refer the Reader to it expecting in the mean time more clear distinctions of them from the Excellent Mr. Ray in his intended Synopsis of Fishes and Birds Anno Dom. 1653. The King of Denmark resolv'd to advance the Northern Trade and Discoveries and therefore equipp'd and set out three Ships with Orders to take the most exact Account of all the Coasts and Places they came at and to Report them at their return with all possible Curiosity that thereby the Voyage might be every way beneficial They passed the Weygat Streights and found some Inhabitants of Nova Zembla in their Canoes or little Fishing-Boats These people were very nimble on Foot and were cloath'd with Vestments of the Skins of great Birds like Penguins and Pelicans with the Feathers upon them Their Boots were made of the Hides of Morses or great Seals they had Quivers at their backs full of Arrowes with a Hatchet of Fish-Bones their Temper untractable and indocil abhorring our Beer Spirits and Meats Leaving Nova Zembla they streer'd to Greenland These Countries afford no Trees or Shrubs except a little Juniper and a few dwarf Firs abundance of Moss Heath a sort of Cabbage Lettice Scurvygrass Sorrel Snake-weed Harts-tongue a kind of Strawberry divers species of Ranunculus and Houseleek In the Holes and Rocks infinite quantity of Fowls Nests whose dung with the Moss washed down makes a mould in the Valleys or Clefts which produce the aforementioned Plants otherwise the Country is generally made up of vast heaps of Rocks broken Stones and Ice heaped up from many Generations Of Water-Fowb there is incredible variety and in so great abundance that with their flight they darken the Sun and cover the Sea There are also great quantities of Dog-Fishes Lobsters Gernels Star-Fish Mackrel Dolphins c. a sort of Sea-Spider found in Whales Stomachs For all which see the French Relations of the Danish Voyages Printed at Paris both by M. Peyrere and Martiniere Anno Dom. 1630. Captain Luke Fox was sent out in His Majesties Pinnace the Charles Victualed for 18 Months young Sir John Wolstenhome being Treasurer to search out a North-West Passage He traced Frobisher Hudson Davis Baffin and Button meeting with Whales much Ice and Fowls He built a Pinnace in River Nelson where he found several remains left there by Sir Thomas Button he observed abundance of small spruce Fir-Trees on both sides that River almost covered with moss and other sorts of Trees but small the Valleys had good grass Black-Berries Strawberries Vetches Venison c. but no Natives or Inhabitants to be met with in this place tho in other parts of these Seas he saw several Savages Captain James departing from England soon after Captain Fox upon the same design they both met and caress'd each other near Port Nelson in the month of August Fox got home before winter but the other was forced to stay till the next Summer Of which more in the following Paragraph and in our Supplement at the end Anno 1631. The most ingenious Captain Thomas James was employ'd by the inquisitive Merchants of Bristol to attempt and discover a north-North-West Passage into the South-Sea and was designed for so difficult a work by King Charles the First who was pleased to command him to publish his Voyage in the year 1633. wherein he gives a very accurate and judicious Account of the hardships both in going wintering returning as also of the Streights Capes Bays Tydes Soundings Variations of the Compass and of the Natural Rarities both Philosophical and Mathematical together with a Plat or Card and divers Tables Out of this Journal Mr. Boyle confesses that he took many Passages and Phaenomena related in his History of Cold. This excellent Navigator seems to be of opinion that there is no passing by the North-West to China Japan c. His Reasons may be read at large in his Journal printed at London in Quarto 1633. Yet in the year 1667. this design was renewed and undertaken by several of the Nobility of England and Merchants of London who equipp'd and sent out Zachariah Gillam Commander in the Nonsuch Ketch he passed through Hudson's Streights then into Baffins Bay to the Latitude of 75. from thence Southerly to the Lat. of 51. or thereabruts in a River now called Prince Ruperts River he found here a Friendly Correspondence with the Natives built a Fort called Charles Fort returned with good success and laid the Foundation of an advantageous Trade in those parts But in the year 1687. this place was seized upon by the French See more of Captain James's Voyage and Discoveries in our Supplement at the end Anno 1671. Frederick Martens an Hamburger undertook the Greenland Voyage upon a desire as may be suppos'd in great part to satisfie the Curiosity and Enquiries of the Royal Society which be performed in his admirable Diary printed in High Dutch in Quarto being assisted therein by the famous Fogelius Anno 1676. The industrious and most ingenious Captain Wood was again sent out by his Majesty King Charles the Second to make a more perfect Discovery of the North-East Parts for a passage to the East-Indies He went no further than the 76 Degree of North Lat. where he lost his Ship on the Coast of Nova Zembla His opinion is there is no sailing this North-East Way to China Japan c. The like opinion Captain James hath given of the North-West Passage being both perswaded thereunto by the stretching of the Land by the distraction and reversion of half Tides by the motion of the Ice c. besides the Fogs Snow Frosts vast Islands of Ice and the Weather are insuperable Mr. Witsen in his Letter to the Royal Society Anno 1691. writes

735 Leagues 1 mile 5 tenths Variation of the Compass Easterly 18 Degrees I concluded we had shot past Port Desier Harbour in the Fog for the Islands and Rocks which we saw were Penguin and other Isles lying about it which lies to the Southward of the Harbour of Port Desier Many Seals Penguins pied Porpoises and several Sea Fowls c. seen to day Thursday Febr. 24. Hasey Weather Wind at West-north-west a fresh gale I sent Men up to the Top-mast-head to look abroad this Morning no sight of the Pink I judge she must be in Port Desier I weighed about 8 a Clock this Morning and stood to the Northward with my Ship I went in my Pinnace along the shore to the Northward whilst the Ship sail'd in the Offing about two Leagues from the shore the Shore-side is in Beaches and scatter'd Rocks in many places the Tide of Flood was with us at the North-end of Seals Bay lies a small rocky Island copling up like a Haycock It is cover'd with grey-colour'd Fowls Dung a very strong Tide runs here between the Island and the Main 't is a little more than a Cables length from the Point of the Main there 's a great many broken Rocks about it by the Sea-side here the main Land is low and sandy up the Country in large Downs and Hills without Wood or fresh Water any where On this Island are abundance of Seals and Sea Fowls we gave it the name of Tomahauke Island from an Indian Club lost here called by the Caribbe-Indians at Surinam a Temahauke 't is all a craggy Rock a little bigger than Seal-Island and is eight Leagues to the North-north-east distant from it to the Northwest of this Island is a deep rounding Bay called in the Charts Spiring's Bay wherein lie three small Islands of an indifferent height the Land in the Country over this Bay is large high Hills Rocks lie in the North part of the Bay I cross'd it in the Pinnace amd sounded as I went over and had 21 Fathom rough ground in the mid-way 't is seven Miles broad and near 3 Leagues deep it rounds with a turning up to the North-northwest ward behind a Point farther than I saw upon which rounding Point stand black Rocks which make like a ragged Building and a Tower in it at my coming in with the Land I sail'd close under this shoar with my Boat the shore is steep black Rocks and low Bays with Pebble-stones and sandy Beaches green Grass on the Hills no Wood nor fresh Water to be seen at the North-east Point of this Spiring's-Bay the Land makes out full like a foreland a fair high Land in large plain Hills with sandy small Bays at the face of this Foreland lie six rocky Islands one is a Musket-shot off the Main the rest farther off the outwardmost is the biggest a Mile from the Point of the Main and is called Penguin-Island it is indifferent high at the ends and low in the middle 't is near three quarters of a Mile long North-north-east and south-south-South-south-west and near half a Mile broad East and West it is all craggy Rocks except in the lowest part of the middle which is gravelly and in the Summer time had a little green Grass the great black Gannets lay their Eggs here and the Penguins all over the Island upon and under the Rocks in Holes Seals lie all about the sides on the tops of the highest Rocks and in the middle of it the number of Seals Penguins and Sea-Fowl upon these Islands is alsmost incredible to them that never saw them for the multitude of each Creature that 's there daily is numberless the Six Islands are full of Seals but the Penguins frequent the biggest most I put a-shore at one of them and took into my Boat three hundred Penguins in less than half an hour and could have taken three thousand in the time if my Boat would have carried 'em for 't is but driving 'em in flocks to the shore by the Boats side where two or three Men knock them on the head with short Truncheons and the rest heave them into the Boat the Seals will run over a Man if he does not avoid 'em mean time the Ship was standing to the Northward about 2 Leagues off many broken Rocks and foul ground lie among these Islands and without the Point of the outermost it makes a great ripling which is the strength of the Tide reversed from the Islands aginst the other Tide to the Northward of these Islands is a Bay four Leagues long and a League and half deep in the Northwest thereof lies the Harbour of Port Desier which we could see from Penguin Island 's bearing North-north-west from Penguin Island distant about 3 Leagues about the middle of this Bay are steep white Cliffs near two miles long the upper part of the Cliff has black streaks down a fourth part caused by the Water draining down on it the Land is plain on the top of these Cliffs but further into the Country high rounding Hills and Downs and toward the Water-side low on the South part of the Bay are craggy Rocks on the Main like great Walls near the Sea there 's a sandy Cove to hale a Boat up in foul Weather the Cove is just under these wall-like Rocks Saturday Feb. 26. Fair Weather the Wind at West a stiff gale I kept a Light out all Night that the Pink might see if she came along the first part of the Night a great Fire was made on the shore for the same purpose Cold weather this Morning at 7 a Clock I manned both my Boats and into the Herbour the Ship rode moored at the Harbour-mouth within the Muscle-bank in six Fathom at low Water I sent my Men upon the Hills on the North shore to look abroad for the Pink and make a Fire in the dry Grass that she might see the smoak if she were thereabouts but they could not see her I sounded the Harbour in many places to day at low Water and found it a very good one for great Ships to ride in provided they have good Cables and Anchros I searched the shore but found no Wood and very little fresh Water on the hilly and large Downs very few Bushes but dry long Grass growing in tufts and knots the Soil is gravelly and dry in some Valleys well mixt with black mould no People fire or smoak but our own to be seen I saw several places where they had lain behind Bushes upon Grass which they had plucked up and that they had made small sires and roasted Lumpets and Muscles there lay Wooll Feathers bones of Beasts and shivers of Flints I went to a Flag which I left on a Hill yesterday with Beads at it but finding no body had been at it let it stand no Beasts seen any where except two Hares running over the Hills this day we were taken up with viewing the Harbour so that we did not advance above a mile and

out of a Lake of fresh Water in a Valley amongst the Hills we made the Boat fast and marched all into the Land five or six Miles being stop'd from going further by Hills rising very steep and Mountains and impenetrable Woods we made several Fires but could not see any sign of them so far in the Land No Beast or other Creature to be seen many small streams of fresh Water come running from the snowy Mountains with great Falls from the steep Rocks we looked in many places of the Earth and in the streams of Water for Gold c. but found none nor any other Metal of Mineral Here grow on the Bushes many small red Berries much like Hurts very good to eat the Grass-Land is very loose and Boggy the Rocks are a kind of white Marble the Trees like those at Port Famen here are small Pepper-trees To Night I got on Board Calm Weather I rode fast with the Ship Here ends Sir John Narbrough's Manuscript Journal which we shall continue home to England from the MS Diary taken by Sir John's ingenious Lieutenant Nathaniel Pecket Wednesday January 11. Fair Weather Wind variable from South-east to South-west This Morning we made the best of our way to get into Port Famen Here we had Fishes from the Shore to Fish our Main-mast At twelve a Clock we Anchored in nine Fathom Waaer This place afforded what we wanted as very good large Trees for Fishes good Water good wild Fowl good fish like Mullets and large Smelts here we fitted our Ships Masts and Rigging as well as we could Careen'd her and filled our Casks with good fresh Water and took as much Wood aboard as we thought fit January 16. Fair Weather and little Wind Westerly This Morning the Lieutenant was ordered to go up with the Boat in Segars River as high as he could with convenience and to see for Indians He went up about nine Miles but could nor get higher with the Boat by reason of the Trunk-timber and shoaliness in the Water So I landed and went up two Miles by Land to see for Indians but I could not see any not any thing worth the Observation How far the River runs up I know not for I saw not the end of it so I returned a-board again January 29. Fair Weather and little Wind at south-South-west This Morning the Captain went over with the Pinnace to the South-shore to see for Indians and if there were and Harbour for Shipping short of Port Famen This day came an Indian to the Point of Port Famen and made a Fire and I went a-shore to see what he had but he had neither Bow nor Arrow nor any thing else to the value of the Farthing I would have had him come a-board with me but he would not as far as I understood by the Signs he made to me he had been a slave to some other Indians and had run away from them and was travelling home Tuesday January 31. Fair Weather Wind variable This Evening the Captain came a-board again having been over on the South-shore to see for an Harbour but could find none nor see any Indians Saturday February 4. Fair Weather Wind at West by North. This Morning at four a Clock we set Sail for Port Famen and at eleven a Clock we were short of Fresh-water Bay and at six a Clock in the Evening we Anchored in twelve Fathom Water in a fine sandy Bay about four Leagues to the Northward of Freshwater Bay February 5. Fair Weather but very much Wind at South-west and West-south-west This Morning the Captain sent me to Freshwater Bay to see for Indians but I saw none there so I returned again aboard February 7. Fair Weather Wind Northerly This Morning the Captain ordered me to take the Pinnace and to go along the North-shore and between Elizabeth's Island and the Shore to see for Indians In the Afternoon it blew hard Northerly that we could not row a head so I put back into a sandy Bay and went a-shore and stayed there all Night and in this Bay we haled the same and got a great many good and large Smelts Smelts of twenty Inches long and eight Inches about Wednesday February 8. Fair Weather Wind West-south-west This Morning at four a Clock I run down the Streights with the Pinnace keeping the Norht-shore a-board and run berwixt it and Elizabeth's Island but saw no Indians yet saw several places where they had been very lately and where they had built their Canowes From Cape Desiade to Elizabeths Island there is Wood and fresh Water plenty but from Elizabeths Island to Cape Virgin-Mary Wood and fresh Water is very scarce to come by This Afternoon at three a Clock I got a-board again and at four a Clock we came to an Anchor in eight Fathom Water black Sand we rid within a Mile of the North-shore St. Georges and St. Bartholomew's Island were both shut in one and they bore South-south-east of me and Elizabeths Island bore South and by East And here we rid with the Ship all Night February 9. Fair Weather Wind Westerly This Morning the Captain sent me to see for Indians but I could see none yet I fell with a good Harbour for small Vessels on the North-side and at the South-end of a great deep Bay thwart of Elizabeths Island the entrance of this Harbour is not a Bow-shot from side to side I sounded it and there was twelve foot Water at a low Water but within there was three Fathom Water at low Water from the entrance of this Harbour to the upper end of it is about seven Miles Here is in this Harbour great stone of Geese and Ducks and a-shore there is great store of Heath-berries and Hicts and small Black-berries good and well-tasted but I saw no Indians so I returned a-board again the Captain went into another Harbour a Mile to the Southward of the second Narrow on the North-shore and sounded and had four Fathom Water in it it is very broad within and there is great store of Sea-Crabs Saturday February 11. Fair Weather Wind variable This day the Captain ordered me to go with the Pinnace and discover the North-shore and if I could with convenience discover some part of the South and to go to the first Narrow and there to stay for the Ship so I went through the second and landed on the South-side in a fine sandy Bay or Cove expecting to fall with Indians for I saw a many Fires up in the Land I went up about five or six Miles but could see no Indians Then the Night coming on I returned again to the Boat and there we pitched a Tent to lie in and lay all Night and at High-water we set the same thwart a Pond of Water and there it stood until Low-water then we halled the Pond all over and haled a-shore about 700 good and large Fish like Mullets This Land is very dry barren Land and nothing to be seen in it worth the Observation

call the Chopping-Knife and if the Ice-field be hollow or spungy or full of holes in the middle so that the Whale can fetch breath underneath it and the Rope is not long enough to follow him and if the Ice be several miles long they draw the Rope in as much as possibly they can until it be streight and then he chops it off loosing the piece of the Rope whereon the Harpoon is fastened that sticketh in the Body of the Whale yet not without great loss for oftentimes they run away with the Lines that belong to five and more Sloops It happens very often that they run to the Ice with the Long-boats so that they dash against it as if they would break it into pieces which also very often happens But when the Whale rises again they oftentimes fling one or two more Harpoons into him according as they find he is tired more or less then he dives under Water again Some swim or run even all along on the Water and they play with their Tail and Finns so that we must have great care that we may not come too near them When the Whales fling their Tails about after this manner they wind the Line about their Tail so that we need not to fear the Harpoon tearing out for then they are ty'd strong and firm enough with the Rope After they are wounded they spout with all their might and main so that you may hear them as far off as you may a Cannon but when they are quite tired it cometh out only by drops for he hath not strength enough to force the Water up and therefore it sounds as if you held an empty Mug or Bottle under Water and the Water runs into it And this sound is a certain sign of his feebleness and that he is going to expire Some Whales blow Blood to the very last after they have been wounded and these dash the Men in the Long-boats most filthily and dye the Sloops as red as if they were painted with a red colour nay the very Sea is tinged red all along where they swim Those Whales that are mortally wounded heat themselves that they reek while they are alive and the Birds sit on them and eat on them while they are still alive When the Whales blow up the Water they fling out with it some fattish substance that floats upon the Sea like Sperm and this Fat the Mallemucks devour greedily of which several thousands attend him so that a Whale often hath more Attendants than a King hath Servants as you may see by T in the Tab. A. Sometimes also the Harpoons break out then often Long-boats of other Ships attend and as soon as they see that the Harpoon is come out they ●●ing their own into him and the Whale is theirs although the first Harpoon hath almost killed the whale yet if he doth get loose the second Party claims him and the first must look for another Sometimes at the same time two Harpoons belonging to two several Ships are struck into the Whale such ones are divided equally and each one hath half as you may see at MM in the Tab. A the other two or three or more Sloops as many as there is of them wait for the Whale's coming up again and when they see that he is tired they kill him outright with Launces In doing this is the greatest danger for the first that do ●●ing the Harpoon into him are drawn along by the Whale and are at a good distance from him but those that kill him with Launces are as well upon his Body as at his Sides according as the Whale turns and winds himself and they receive many severe Blows Here the Steersman must take care to observe how the Whale runs and turns himself about that the Harpoonier may reach him with his Launces all the other Men in the Sloops row diligently sometimes forwards and sometimes backwards which they call rowing on and striking and when the Whale lifts up himself out of the Water he commonly doth strike about with his Tail and Finns that the Water dasheth up like Dust A Long-boat he values no more than Dust for he can beat it all into shatters at a blow but a great Ship is too hard for him and if he strikes against it with his Tail he feels it more that the Ship for he doth so paint the Ship with his own Blood that it maketh him very feeble A good Steerman is next unto the Harpoonier most useful in the Sloop he steers with one Oar and doth look out before the other four Men turn their Back to the Head and look towards the Stern therefore doth the Steerman and Harpoonier always cry Row on or strike that is to say row near to the Whale or else keep farther off The Launces have a Wooden Stick or Handle above two fathoms long or somewhat shorter than a Pikestaff as in the Tab. Q. you may see at g the Iron thereof is commonly a fathom long and pointed before like unto a Pike it is made of Steel or tough Iron that it may bend without breaking for after you have made a deep hole in his Body with your Launces you poke into it with them one way and the other way as they do when they poke for Eels as you may see at Z in the Tab. A but if he doth get one or more out of your Hands you take another for every Sloop hath at least five six or seven and yet sometimes he has them all out of three four or more Boats sticking in his Body CHAP. IX What they do with the dead Whale AFter the Whale is killed they cut off his Tail some keep the Tail and Finns and hang them up at the outside of their Ship for that defends them from the Ice when it presseth upon the Ship The Tail hinders the Boat in its course because it doth lye cross and that is the reason why they cut it off Before the Tail they fasten to a piece of a Rope and at the other end at the Stern of the last Sloop as you may see in the Tab. A marked with W. There is in all four or five Sloops fastened to one another behind and so they row one behind the other to the great Ship When they have brought the Whale to the Ship they tye it with Ropes fast to the Ship that part where the Tail is cut off they fasten the fore-part of the Ship and the Head towards the Stern about the middle near the great Shrowds of the Mainmast on the Larboard of the Ship it is seldom that a Whale doth reach farther than from the Poop to the middle of the Ship except the Vessels are very small as you may see at X in the Tab. A. By the Larboard is to be understood that side of the Ship that is at your Right Hand as you go from before towards the Stern but that side of the Ship that is on your Right Hand as