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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

swim with the Wind their Feathers would be blown asunder by the cold Wind and so the Cold would get in between them to their Skin which perhaps might prejudice their Health for Birds are covered with their Feathers as Men are with their Clothes And so when they fly up they press against the Wind with their Bodies and expand their Wings and so fly away very swiftly also their Feathers would be entangled so that they could not have a sure and steddy flight but faulter in their flying like Birds that learn to fly There is but little Meat upon them we eat but the Legs and the Breast for the Wings are nothing but Skin and Bone We have a Proverb and say Thou art as light as a Mew This we may very well say of these Mews I have seen them since in the Spanish Sea and also in the North Sea but yet they differ from these and so do the Beasts of all Countries See Tab. N. it is marked with a. V. Of the Burgermeister The Burgermeister in English Major is the biggest of all the Birds of Spitsbergen wherefore this Name is given him as being the Chief of them His Bill is crooked of a yellow colour narrow and thick his Under-bill is somewhat rising or knobby at the point orend a great deal more than the Kutge-gebefs which looketh very pretty as if he had a Cherry in his Mouth he hath longish Nostrils and a red Ring about his Eyes as I mentioned when I spoke of the Kutge-gehef he hath but three Claws of a grey colour his Legs are grey and not quite so long as those of a Stork yet he is almost equally big with him His Tail is broad like a Fan and white which is chiefly to be understood of these Birds when they fly his Wings are of a pale colour and so is all the Back but the Wings are white at the tip and so is the whole Body He Builds his Nest very high in the Clifts of the Rocks where you can neither shoot nor catch them any other way which was the reason I could not see their Nests I have seen sometimes two three and four of their young ones together we shoot most of them when we draw a dead Whale behind our Ship where they flock in great numbers and bite off great pieces of the fat of the Whale at other times we must shoot at them a great distance as at other wild Birds such as Ravens Herns and the like His Cry is like the Cry of some Ravens that I have sometimes heard he flyeth in the Air like a Stork he preys upon young Lumbs as the Hawk doth upon all sorts of Birds he feeds also upon the fat of the Whale whereof he doth swallow down peices as big as ones Hand whole The Mallemucks are mightily afraid of him they will lye down before him when they are upon the Carcass of a dead Whale then he bites them about the Neck which I believe doth not hurt them much because they have a very thick Skin for else they would oppose and resist him or fly away but they do not matter it neither will they leave their Meal for his biting I have seen him also about the Sea-Horses whose Dung he eats He flyeth commonly single except when they meet at their Prey He loves to rest on the water but doth not care much for diving we shot one before the Weibegat on the 10th day of July You see him at c in the Tab. L. VI. Of the Rotges This Bird is a Diver and might be rather called the Diving Rotge His Bill is crooked but short somewhat thick of a black colour his Feet have but three Claws with as many black Nails and are joyned by a black Skin his Legs are short and black he is almost all over black except his Belly which is white Some of this kind have their Wings spotted with white and black like the diving Pigeon no Water sticketh to their Feathers no more than to a Swans they are most of them like Hair on a very thick Skin Their Tail is short They are very much like a Swallow in their shape I took them at first to be Swallows for they fly like them they are in great flocks together as the Swallows are when they are about to hide themselves against the Winter They go wabbling from side to side as the Divers do they cry very loud Rottet tet tet tet tet at first high and so by degrees lower and lower and this their calling or crying is the occasion of their Name They make more noise than any other Bird because their Voice is shriller but the Lumbs in this are not much inferior to them although they cry lower the Burgermeister Rathsher and the whole crew of Birds of Spitzbergen strike in with them so that one can hardly hear another's words The calling or crying of the Rotages amongst one another sounds almost at a distance as if you hear a great many Women scolding together They are somewhat bigger than a Starling They build their Nests in the Clifts of the Rocks yet not all of them for some make their Nests upon the Hills or Mountains of Moss where we found them and we killed abundance of their young ones with Sticks They feed upon the grey Worms that are like Craw-fish which are delineated hereafter They also eat the red Shrimps or Prawns We got the first of them on the Ice on the 29th day of May and afterwards more of them by Spitzbergen They are very good Food and the best next the Strandrunner are fleshy and fattish we boyl and then roast them In Tab. M they are mark'd with b. VII Of the Struntjager or Dung-hunter This Bird hath a Bill somewhat blunt before and crooked and is thick if I remember it is black He hath but three Claws which are joyned together with a black Skin his Legs are not very long his Tayl which is like unto a Fan hath this mark that one Feather thereof stands out before all the rest He is black on the top of his Head His Eyes are black about his Neck he hath a dark yellowish Ring or Cricle his Wings as well as his Back are brown underneatsh his Belly he is white he is somewhat bigger than the Mew called Kutge-gehef he hunts and flies in the Air after the Mew Kutge-gehef so long torments her until she avoideth her Dung on which this Bird feeds which he catches dexterously before it falls down into the Water and this is the reason why they call him Strunt-jager in English the Dung-hunter He flyeth with the Mews called Kutge gehef which do not fear him in the least and they are both equally swift in their flying but when he intends to make them dung he hunts them and makes them cry out very loud but he himself seldom cries He generally keepeth but to one Mew but if two or three of the Mews be togher and one makes her escape

from him then he hunts the other two and flyeth sometimes above and sometimes underneath them I could never see him hunt after any other Birds but once I saw him fly after a Mallemunck but I saw him soon leave her perhaps because her Dung did not please him I am of opinion that this Dung because it is thin serves him instead of Drink for else he eats the Fat of the Whale for his Food He builds his Nest not very high He goes upright upon his Legs like the Burgemeister Rhatsher or Kutge-gehef It is a rare Bird and I saw but very few of them He flies commonly alone I saw very seldom two or three of them together he flies like the Rhatsher or like a Crow but his Wings are somewhat more pointed at the ends He hath a loud Voice when he cries it sounds as if he did say 1 Ja. To some it seemeth if it be at a distance as if he cried Jo han His Flesh is not better than that of the other Birds of Prey I got him on the 11th of July near to the Dear-haven or Dear-bay in Spitzburgen afterwards I saw this Birds behind Scotland hunt after the new Kutge-gehef In the Tab. L it is marked with d. VIII Of the Diving Parret This is commonly called the Parret Amongst all the web-footed Birds that have three Claws this hath a peculiar Bill and because it seem'd to those that gave him this Name to be like that of a Parret therefore they called him also a Parret but in truth his Bill is not at all like that of a Parret its Bell is broad and full of slender strokes of several colours viz. red white and the broad part thereof is black the uppermost as well as the undremost are both pointed the uppermost arch is red and his upper Bill hath a thin bended Hook the undermost hath a yellowish arch and is towards the end downwards cut off somewhat sloaping The upper part of its Bill as well as the lower part is about three fingers broad and about the same length if you measure the upper and undremost together He hath of the upper Bill four arched or bended oblong pitted holes and on the lower he hath as many although the furthermost is not altogether so plain These holes or pits of the upper and lower Bill make together a Half-moon and the parts that are elevated make in the same manner as well as the pitted or hollow ones a Half-moon By these holes are as many raised or elevated parts the uppermost of them is as broad as the three furthermost ones together and hath underneath on each side a longish hole which without doubt are his Nostrils but the undermost on the under Bill is about a Straws breadth broader the upper broad part is blackish and sometimes blew On this broad part of the upper Bill that is thus elevated above the rest is towards the Eye a long whitish piece of Cartilage that is full of holes whereon you see towards the inner part of the Mouth something like a Nerve which also reacheth towards the under part and there endeth itself whereby the Bill is opened and shut His Feet have also but three Claws joyned with a red Skin between them with three short and strong Nails the Legs are but short and of a red colour he walks wabbling About his Eyes he hath a red ring and above this Ring stands upright a little Horn and underneath the Eyes lyeth another little longish black Horn cross over as you may see in the Figure His Tail is short The Head is black at the top unto the Horn but his Cheeks are white about his Neck he hath a black Ring all his Back and Wings also at the top or the outside are black but underneath the Belly is white They fly either singly or by pairs and have sharp pointed Wings like the Lumbs He will keep a great while under Water He eats like the rest red Shrimps or Prawns and Star-fish for I found something in his Stomach that looketh like pieces thereof but they were almost digested He hath more Flesh upon him than the diving Pigieon and is very good to eat I never saw him among the Ice This whereof I shew you the draught was shot at Schmerenberg in Spitzbergen on the 20th day of June but aftrerwards we got several more In the Tab. K see d. IX of the Mountain-Duck Hitherto we have described the web-footed Birds that have three Claws that are not divided that I saw and got about Spitzbergen I must now describe those that have undivided Feet with four Claws whereof I found three sorts viz. the Mountain-Duck kirmew and Mallemucke The Mountain-Duck is a kind of our wild Duck or rather wild Goose for she is of the bigness of a middling Goose and is more like a Goose about the Bill It is a very handsom Bird because of its delicate spotted Feathers They dive under Water as other Ducks do The Drake hath black and white spotted Feathers and the Duck hath Feathers of the colour of a Partridge The hindmost Claw is broad and short with a short Nail the Tail is bobb'd like that of other Ducks I could find nothing in their Mews or Gizzards that could make me certain of thier Food but only Sand-stones They fly a great many of them in flocks like other wild Ducks when they do see any Men they hold up their Heads and make a very long Neck They make their Nests upon the low Islands they make them of the Feathers of their Bellies which they mix with Moss but these are not the same Feathers which are called the Edder-down We found their Nests with two three or four Eggs in them the most whereof were rotten when we came to Spitzbergen but some of them were good to eat they are of a pale green somewhat bigger than our Duck-eggs the Seamen made an hole at each end and so blew the White and the Yolk out and strung the Shells upon a Packthread I would have brought some of them to Hamburgh but they began to stink so that I was forced to fling them away although the Shells were entire These Ducks have a very good Flesh we boyl'd and rosted them as we did the other Birds but the fat of them we flung away for it tasted of Train-oyl and made us vomit The Ships that arrived at Spitzbergen before us got a great many of them These Mountain-Ducks are not at all shy or afraid of Men when we first arrive there but afterwards they grow quite wild so that you can hardly come near enough to shoot them That which I have drawn here was shot in the South Bay in Spitzbergen on the 18th of June it is marked with c in the Tab. M. X. Of the Kirmew The Kirmew hath a thin sharp-pointed Bill as red as Blood the shews very large especially when she stands upright because of her long Wings and Feathers of her Tail but when the

the foot of the Cross is in is always very visible when the Crosiers are above the Horizon as they are alway here in these Latitudes The Heavens in this South Hemisphere are as the Heavens in the North Hemisphere but no Stars within eighteen degrees of the Pole fit for Observation no Pole-star as the Star in the Tail of the little Bear is in the North the Air cold to Night but very healthy for stirring Men I have not had my Finger ached as yet a Man hath an excellent stomach here I can eat Foxes and Kites as savourily as if it were Mutton every Fox and Kite as we kill we eat which is ever now and then one killed Nothing comes amiss to our stomachs not one Man complains of cold in his Head or of Coughs Young Men well grown and of good shape are most fit for this Country it being a dry and an hungry Air and Provisions to be got with pains The Ostriches are nothing so big as the Ostriches in Barbary nor of the Colour nor Feather these are grey on the Back and shaggy Feathers of no use and the Feathers on their Bellies are whire they have long Legs and small Wings they cannot fly they have a long Neck and a small Head and beaked near like a Goose they are much like a great Turky-cock and good lean dry Meat and sweet to Night I came aboard it blew fresh at west Wednesday June 22. Wind at West-north-west a stout gale This day I went ashore on the East-side saw no People this day Mr. John Wood went ashore on the West side and three Men with him they were armed they travelled into the Land West and by North about four miles where they saw seven People of the Country on a Hill making a noise and wafting them to the Ship Our Men went up the rise of the Hill to them three of the Indian Men came to Mr. Wood with their Bows and Arrows in their Hands and a loose skin about their Bodies and a Furr-skin about their Heads and pieces of skins about their Feet and all the other parts of their bodies naked they were painted red and white on their Faces they would not come so near as to let our Men touch them but slepped back as you moved forward they continuing their noise and wafting with their Hands towards the Ship and and kept talking but no Man could understand them they repeated Ozse Ozse very often they have an harsh Speech and speak in the Throat they received any thing that you cast to them on the ground Mr. Wood gave them a Knife and a Shas●● and a Neckcloath and a bottle of Brandy they would not drink Mr. Wood could not perceive any Bracelets they had or any thing about them save their Skin they are people of a middle stature and well-shaped tawny Olive-colour'd black Hair not very long they seem to be of a rude behaviour for they returned nothing for what they received nor took no notice of any thing the rest of their Company stayed at the Hill they can endure much cold for their Legs Buttocks and lower parts are naked Mr. Wood was taller than any of them and he judged the eldest of the three to be upwards of forty years old the other thirty They seemed to be very fearful they took their own time and went away into the Land Mr. Wood returned aboard and acquainted me with what he had seen This Night we saw a Fire in the Hills It blew hard to Night at West They have small Dogs with them they would not have come near our People if they had not fallen accidentally in the Hills and Valleys with them I have thought that they have heard of the cruel dealings of the Spaniards and dare not trust us Saturday July 2. Wind at West a fine gale I went a-shore on the East-side we killed a great Guianacoe with the Greyhound I looked in his Paunch for the Bezoar-stone but found nothing I travelled to and fro but saw no people I saw where People had made earthen Pots and had glased them for there lay some of their stuff run together at Night I went aboard Sunday July 3. Wind at South close Weather The Guianacoe weighed cleaved in his Quarters two hundred and fifty pounds neat He served all the Company for a days Flesh and is good Meat Tuesday July 12. Close Weather and little Wind at North and by West I went up to the head of the Harbour but saw no People There is in the Fullers-Earth Cliffs at the head of the Harbour a Vein made like rotten Ising-glass I took some out but cannot find it good for any thing I digged in the Cliff but saw nothing to be taken notice of I saw in two places pieces of floor Timbers of a Ship they have laid a long time rotting We saw that the biggest of these Bushes here have been cut down by some Christian People I saw wooden Plates and a piece of Cork and a piece of an old Oar some Christian Ship had been here formerly I lay ashore to Night Sunday July 31. Fair Weather Wind at South-west a stiff gale The Weather as cold as it is in England in the height of Winter and the Air rather sharper and dryer I have now twelve Men lame with the cold and their Legs and Thighs are turned as black as a black Hat in spots the cold having chilled the Blood yet they use bathing and stuping those places and all that they can to prevent it but it rather encreaseth on them than otherwise These are such people as I could not make stir by an meyans they that stir are as well as any Men in the World can be Tuesday August 2. Close Weather Wind at South-west a gale and cold Air. We fall on fitting of our Rigging and getting the Ship fit Here are hundreds of Guianacoes in companies near the Water-side my Greyhound is lame so that I cannot make her run also here are many Ostriches together with many green plovers at the Watercr-side and some Swans but not full so large as ours They are white save a black Head and half the Neck and Legs black Here are some white Geese as European geese the brant-Geese are some whith some black and grey The Mallards and Ducks are grey and the Teals are grey Tuesday August 16. Close Weather Wind at West and at North-west a fine gale I sent the Boat for Water to a Swash on the East-side two of my Men saw two of the People of the Country on the East-side behind a Bush my Men went toward them they went away and left a bundle of Skins under the Bush my Men made signs to speak with them but they would not stay m● Men did not go after them but sat down the● would not stay they were but of a middle st●ture my Men brought the Bundle aboard to shew it to me and two mungrel Dogs which were coupled together I opened the Bundle and it