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have killed him; but whether this is done by the Fish above 

 mentioned, or by others of the same voracious Nature, I will 

 not take upon me to determine, but leave it to the determina- 

 tion of every judicious Reader. 



There is another sort of these V^liales, or great Fishes, 

 though not commonly found on these Coasts, and are con- 

 trary to all the others in shape, that were ever found in these 

 Parts, being about Sixty Feet in length, and not above four 

 Feet and a half Diameter; I never saw but one of them. 

 It is reported that some Indians in America will go out to 

 Sea and get on the Whales Back, and peg, and plug up his 

 Spouts, and so kill him, which I can scarce believe, except 

 they have some secret Spell to make them stupid, to treat 

 them after that manner. It is very strange to see how they 

 will throw up the Water w4th their Spouts, by which means 

 they are seen or discovered at great distances. They cannot 

 abide long under Water for want of Air, which is common to 

 most large Fishes; so that they are frequently seen to rise 

 with their Heads and Backs above the surface of the Water, 

 and spouting it in the Air, after which it is said, they draw- 

 in a sufficient quantity of Air necessary for their supporting 

 of Life. 



The Crampois, is another large Fish, about twenty five or 

 thirty Feet long, and is accounted by many to be a young 

 Whale, by reason it has Spouts as the Whale has and pro- 

 duces as good Oil as the former. 



The Bottle-Noses, are another Species of large Fishes, be- 

 tween the Crampois and the Porpoise. They are to be met 

 with for the most part near the Soundings, and are never ob- 

 served to Swim leisurely, as sometimes other Fishes do, but 

 are continually in pursuit of their Prey, in great Shoals, like 



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