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river, that she may so free them from the Land they 

 are fast upon. Also she accompanies them long, when 



they are grown up ; but they quickly grow up, and 

 increase ten years." 



According to Olaus Magnus, there be many kinds 

 of whales: "Some are hairy, and of four Acres in 

 bigness; the Acre is 240 foot long and 120 broad; 

 some are smooth skinned, and those are smaller, and 

 are taken in the West and Northern Sea ; some have 

 their Jaws long and full of teeth; namely, 12 or 14 

 foot long, and the Teeth are 6, 8, or 12 foot long. But 

 their two Dog teeth, or Tushes, are longer than the rest, 

 underneath, like a Horn, like the teeth of Bores, or 

 Elephants. This kind of whale hath a fit mouth to eat, 

 and his eyes are so large, that fifteen men may sit in 

 the room of each of them, and sometimes twenty, or 

 more, as the beast is in quantity. 



" His horns are 6 or 7 foot long, and he hath 250 

 upon each eye, as hard as horn, that he can stir stiff 

 or gentle, either before or behind. These grow together, 

 to defend his eyes in tempestuous weather, or when any 



