A JOURNEY TO THE 
ing to Whale Cove. In July one thoufand feven 
hundred and fixty-feven, when on my voyage ta 
the North of Churchill River, in paffing Sea- | 
Horfe Ifland, we faw fuch numbers of thofe ani- — 
mals lying on the fhore, that when fome fwivel — 
guns loaded with ball were fired among them, the 
whole beach feemed to be in motion. The great- 
eft part of them pluagedinto the water, and many 
of them fwam round the veffel within mufket- 
fhot. Every one on board exerted their fkill in 
killing them, but it was attended with fo little 
fuccefs, that the few which were killed funk to 
the bottom, and thofe which were mortally. 
wounded, made off out of our reach. 
With what propriety thofe animals are called: 
Horfes, I cannot fee; for there is not the leaft 
refemblance in any one part. ‘Their bodies, fins, 
&yc. are exactly like thofe of an enormous Seal, 
and the head is not very unlike that animal, ex. 
cept that the nofe ismuch broader, to give room | 
for the two large tufks that proje@& from the up-. | 
per jaw. Thofe tufks, and their red fparkling 
eyes, make them have.a very fierce and formida- | 
ble appearance. | 
They, are generally found in confiderablenum- | 
bers, which indicate their love of fociety; and; | 
their affection for each other is very apparent, as. | 
they always flock round thofe that are wounded, | 
and when they fink, accompany them to-the bot- 
tom, but foon rife to the furface, and make a 
hideous roaring, and of ajl amphibious animals, 
they 
