OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 419 



1664. Zesen, Filips von — Continued. 



zugetrasen vor augeu gestellet werden. Zn Amsterdam, Gcdrukt und verlcgt 

 durch Joacliim Nosclien. Im Jahr 1G64. 4°." 



"Zio aldaar: Fischmiirkte, bl. 226, 227-231, benevens eenigo bijzonderhedcn omtrent doa 

 verkoop van viscb. Griibnlandischo Geselscbaft, was vor frciheit sie babo, bl. 359. Griibn- 

 landiscbe Pakbeuser, bl. 358. "Walfiscbe, wie sie gefangen und der txahn daraus gcsotten 

 wird, bl. 359. Harings-Pakkerei und Pakker-tum, bl. 76, 10."!, 172. 



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



1665. Anon. Of the New American Whale-fishing about the Bermudas. <^I'liilos. 



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



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



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

 des Places & des Raritez les plus considerables, | qui y sont d6crites. | Avecun 

 Vocabulaire Caraibe. [ Seconde edition. | Reveue & augment^e de plusieurs 

 Descriptions, & de quelques | ^clalrcissemens, qu'on desiroit en la precedents. 

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

 I — I M. DCC. LXV. sm. 4°. 18 11. (incl. eng. title and plain title), pp. 

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



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

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

 Baleines & autres Monstres de Mer, p. 195. 



Cbap. xviii. Description particuliere d'une Licome de Mer, qui s'echoua k, la rade de I'lle 

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

 agreable, toucbant plusieurs belles & rares comes qu'on a apport6es depuis pen du detroit de 

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

 p. 204.. 



Cbap. XX. De I'Ambre gris; De son Origine & dea marques de celuy qui est bon, & sans 

 m61ange, pp. 236-241. 



Tbe 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 tbe animal, including its reproduction, and the use of it§ 

 flesh as food by tbe 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. Tbe account of 

 the Licome de Mer (pp. 200-202), said to have been stranded "au rivage de I'lle de la Tortue, 

 voisine de File Hispaniola, ou Saint Domingae," is given in the words of M. du Montel, who 

 sawit. Itwasabout 18 feet long, its bodyofthesizeofabarrel. It had 6 large fins — 2placed "au 

 defftut 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. Tbe horn 

 projecting from tbe 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 Trau carts, Gentilbomme de Saintonge," but, alas, tbe vessel was wrecked 

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

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

 laquelle s'ecbolia en I'He de la Tortue, & d'une do ceUes du Nord," to show how great is the 

 difierence between the two species. 



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

 and tbe various theories respecting its origin, the author observes : ' ' Mais c'est plus vi-ai-sem- 

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

 his view of bow 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 EocHEFORT, at 1G58. There is also a later ("dcr- 

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

 Col. Tall., p. 241). An English translation was published in Loudon in 1066 (not seen by 

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



1666. Axon. A Further Relation of the TVJialc-fishing about the Bermudas, and on the 



Coast of Nciv-Englcnd and New -Nethei-land. <^Philos. Tians. Bond., i, no. 8 

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



1667. "Merrett, C. Pinax | Rerum Natural iuiu | Britannicarum, | continens | Vege- 



tabilia, Animalia, | et | Fossilia, | In liac Insula reperta iuchoatus. | — | 

 Authore | Christophoro Merrett, | Mediciua^ Doctore utriusqnc Societatis | 

 RegiiT? Socio jn-imoquB jNIusaM Har- | veani Custode. | — | M// -u /i6}'t.) /n'lvvou 

 aXXu I ipyu ihl vofii^eadat Tovg UjTpovg. Hipp. | — j Loudini, | — | TypisT. Roy- 



