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species, the number of the fins were fyve, two on 

 every side, and ane small one on the back, they 

 had teeth both in the upper and neather jawes, on 

 the tope of the head there was about ten inches 

 of pure fatt, and in the eye holl there was about a 

 foott and ane halfe of fatt, even to the very tongue 

 roots, the teeth wer of a like bignesse, none of 

 them had balen, both of them had a like teeth : he 

 can give noe accompt of the spermaceti, onely the 

 head was full of brains, part thereof being bronish 

 colored and not fatt, they were, the one was three 

 fathoms and some more, the other two fathoms 

 ten foot, the collor of the fishes were like to a 

 speckled horse smoth without scales, the leane ot 

 the fish was like to leane beaffe, the shape of his 

 bodie was like to an other whale, the head was 

 great at the craige, and drew narrow at the mouth, 

 somewhat long jawes, haveing in the upper jaw 

 Uiirtie teeth, and betwixt every one of these there 

 was a voyde to receive the tooth in the neather 

 jaw, his eyes were directly like ane cow's eye, 

 placed in the upper part of his head, his lenth was 

 eight ells, he had a great fine on his back about 

 ane ell and more of lenth even up from his back, 

 with a fine in every side of his bellie : his bellie 

 was white as snow, the rest of his bodie was 

 blackish colored, with a large white spot OD each 

 shoulder, his virga was as bige as ane mutchen 

 stoope, and neer ane ell of lenth, not soe white as 



