ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 419 



1664. ZESEN, FILIPS VON Continued. 



zugetragen vor augen gestellet werden. Zu Amsterdam, Gedrukt und verlcgt 

 durch Joacliini Noschen. Im Jahr 1664. 4." 



"Zie aldaar: Fischmarkte, bl. 226, 227-231, benevens eenige bijzonderheden omtrent den 

 verkoop van visch. Grtihnlandische Geselschaft, was vor freiheit sie habe, bl. 359. Griihn- 

 landische Pakheuser, bl. 358. "Walfische, wie sie gefangen und der trahn daraus gesotten 

 wird, bl. 359. Hiirings-Pakkerei und Pakker-turn, bl. 76, 103, 172. 



Not seen ; title and references from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 253, no. 3613. [88.] 



1665. ANON. Of the New American Whale-fishing about the Bermudas. <^Philo8. 



Trans. Lond., i, no. 1 [1665], pp. 11-13. [89.] 



1665. [ROCHEFORT, C. DE.] Histoire | naturelle et morale | des ] lies Antilles | de 



PAmerique. | Enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles Figures en taille douce, | 



des Places & des Raritez lesplus considerables, | qui y sont d6crites. | Avecirn 



Vocabulaire Cara'ibe. | Seconde edition. | Reveue & augmente'e de plusieurs 



Descriptions, & de quelques | e"claircissemens, qu'on desiroit en la precedento. 



| [Par C6sar de Rochefort.] [Dessin.] | A Roterdam, | Chez Arnout Leers, 



| | M. DCC. LXV. sm. 4. 18 11. (iucl. eng. title and plain title), pp. 



1-583, 11. 6| (contents), 3 fold, pll., and numerous cuts of plants and animals. 



Chapitre xvii. Des Monstres Marine qui se trouvent en ces quartiers, pp. 190-200. [Con- 

 tenant entre autres], Des Marsoiiins, p. 191; Du Lamantin, pp. 194, 195, fig., p. 199; Des 

 Baleines & autres Monstres de Mer, p. 195. 



Chap, xviii. Description particuliere d'une Licorne de Mer, qui s'echoua a la rade de 1'Ile 

 de la Tortue en 1'an 1644. Avec un recit curieus, par forme de comparaison & de digression 

 agreable, touchant plusieurs belles & rares cornes qu'on a apportees depuis peu dn detroit de 

 Davis ; & de la quality de la terre, & des meurs des Peuples qui y habitent, pp. 200-220, 2 figs., 

 p. 204.. 



Cbap. xx. De 1' Ambre gris ; De son Origine & des marques de celuy qui est bon, & sans 

 melange, pp. 236-241. 



The remarks about Marsouins and Baleines are brief and of no importance. The account 

 of the Lamantin (1 page and 3 lines in length) is explicit and interesting, describing correctly 

 the general appearance and habits of the animal, including its reproduction, and the use of its 

 flesh as food by the natives. The cut (p. 199) is a very good figure (its date, of course, con- 

 sidered) of the animal an old Lamantin folding its young one in its arms. The account of 

 the Licorne de Mer (pp. 200-202), said to have been stranded "au rivage de 1'Ile de la Tortue, 

 voisine de 1'Ile Hispaniola, ou Saint Domingue," is given in the words of M. du Montel, who 

 sawit. It was about 18 feet long, its body of the sizeof a barrel. It had 6 large fins 2placed "au 

 defaut des ouyes, " the other 4 on the sides of the belly at equal distances. The body was cov- 

 ered with large scales ; therefore, whatever it may have been, it was not a Cetacean. The horn 

 projecting from the front of the horse-like head was 9| feet long. The horn was preserved for 

 two years, and finally carefully boxed and shipped by the governor of the island, as a present, 

 to "Monsieur des Traucarts, G-entilhomme de Saintonge," but, alas, the vessel was wrecked 

 on the passage, and this precious relic was lost, as well as all the merchandise. Following 

 this relation is a short account of the Narwhal with (on page 204) "les figures de la Licorne 

 laquelle s'echoua en 1'Ile de la Tortue, & d'une de celles du Nord," to show how great is the 

 difference between the two species. 



In the chapter on Ambergris, after stating the fact that it was unknown to the ancients, 

 and the various theories respecting its origin, the author observes: " Mais c'est plus vrai-sem- 

 blablement une sorte de Bitume, qui s'engendre au fond de la mer," etc., and proceeds to give 

 his view of how it may be detached, etc. The whole account is one of special interest in 

 relation to the early history of Ambergris. 



For the original edition of this work, see ROCHEFORT, at 1658. There is also a later ("der- 

 niere") edition (Rotterdam, 1681), of which Dr. Coues has recently given the collation (Eds. 

 Col. Vail., p. 241). An English translation was published in London in 1666 (not seen by 

 me), and a Dutch in 1662, q. v. [90.] 



1666. ANON. A Further Relation of the Whale-fishing about the Bermudas, and on the 



Coast of New -England and New -Netherland. <^Philos. Tians. Lond., i, no. 8 

 [1666], pp. 132,133. [91.] 



1667. "MERRETT, C. Pinax | Rerum Naturalium | Britannicarum, | continens | Vege- 



tabilia, Animalia, | et | Fossilia, | In hac Insula repcrta iuchoatus. | | 

 Authore | Christophoro Merrett, | Medicinse Doctore utriusque Societatis | 

 RegisB Socio primoque Musaei Har- | veani Custode. | | M^ r<p /loycj /uovvov 

 | epyufietvofii&adcuTovelTjTpovc. Hipp. | I Londini, | | TypisT. Roy- 



