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the opening of any other; but if you see cause to 

 make a reservation of the entrals of every whale 

 that you shall perceive to be cause of the least 

 suspect to have any of the said Ambergreese, being 

 a matter, as you know, of good worth, and there- 

 fore not slightly to be regarded. The teeth likewise 

 of this sort of whale we would have you cause to 

 be reserved for a triall; as also any other matter 

 extraordinarie that you shall observe in the same. 

 This whale is said to yeelde in oyle fortie hogs- 

 heads, besides the spermaceti." This is the Sperm 

 Whale which was occasionally encountered even 

 in fairly high latitudes on the way to and from 

 Spitsbergen. 



" The fourth sort of whale is called Otta Sotta, 

 and is of the same colour as the Trumpa, having 

 finnes in his mouth all white, but not above halfe a 

 yard long, being thicker than the Trumpa, but not 

 so long ; he yeelds the best oyle, but not above thirty 

 hogsheads. 



" The fift sort of whale is called Gibarta, 1 of 

 colour blacke like the two first, saving that it hath 

 standing upon the top of his backe, a finne half a 

 yard long. This whale is as big as the first; his fins 

 little or nothing worth, being not above halfe a yard 

 long; and he yeeldeth about twelve hogsheads of 

 oyle, all of which his backe yeelds ; as for his bellie 

 it yeelds nothing at all. 



" The sixt sort is called Sedeva, being of a whitly 



1 A Finner, see Browne, Goode, The Fishery Industries of 

 the United States, Sec. I., pp. 29-30 



