ISLES OF FCEROE, 1750. 7 



December 19th, 56* 42' N. L. 



Our feamen gave the name of Northcaper 

 to a fort of whale which is di (covered by its 

 throwing up the water ; it is Delphinus orca y 

 or the Grampus. The Danifli mifiionary Bans 

 Egede fpeaks thus of it, in his treatife called 

 Gamle Greenland* nye pcrlujlration (or a New 

 Review of old Greenland) : " The fpecies of 

 " whales called the Northcaper derives it's 

 " name from the North Cape, in Norway, 

 " where they are numerous ; yet they are 

 " likewife found about Iceland, Greenland, 

 " and other countries ; for they look for the 

 '* places where herrings and other fmall fifh 

 " are in plenty, and often a ton of herrings 

 " have been found in the ftomach of fuch a 

 " whale. The Northcaper is very like the 

 " Balana phyfalus s or fin-fifti, which being a 

 " very nimble fifh goes into the open fea, as 

 " if it were afraid of becoming a prey to its 

 " enemies if it approached the coafts. This 

 " kind has a more folid fat, and its whalebone 

 " is not fo long and good as that of the for- 

 '•' mer, and therefore is feldom purfued." For 

 a further account, fee Klein. Hilt. Pifcium, 

 Miff. II. p. 12. Balana Borealis, Northcaper. 



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