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they call it) lies all over the Body of thofe Whales. Thefe 
have divers Teeth., which may be about as big as a Mans wrift 5 
and I hope by the next opportunity to fend you one of them. 
I have been at the Bahama-Minds > and there have been found 
of this fame fort of Whales dead on the Shore, with Sferma 
«11 over their Bodies. . Myfelf with about 20 more have agreed 
to try, whether we can mafter and kill them , for I could never 
hear of any of that fort, that were kili'd by any man fuch is 
their fiercenefs and fwiftnefs. One fuch Whale would be worth 
Hiany hundred pounds. They are very ftrong, and inlay'd with 
finews all over their Body, which may be drawn out thirty fathom 
long. 
There is anlfland among the Bahamas, which fome of our 
People are fetled upon ; and more are going thither. Tis cal- 
led New- Tr 'evidence 5 where many rare things might be difco- 
ver J d 5 if the People were but encouraged : And I am of opini- 
on., there is not a more healthfbl place in the World. 'Tis fto- 
red with variety of Fi(h and Fowl, and with divers forts of Trees 
and other Plants, whofe qualities are not yet known. 
* As to the Age of our Inhabitants here, fome do live to aa 
hundred years and fomething upwards $ many live till they are 
nigh a hundred ; but few above : And when they dye, 'tis age and 
weaknefs, that is the caufe. and not any difeafe that attends 
them. The general diftemper that is yearly amongft us, is a 
Cold\ and that is moft gotten in the hotteft weather. 1 he 
Air here is very fweet and pieafant. Our Diet is but ordinary, 
and the People generally poor $ and I obferve., that poor Peo- 
ple are moft healthful. 
You fhall receive of Captain Thomas Morlj^ the Commander 
of our Magazeen-Ship r tech things, as I couW at prefent pro- 
cure. * Among which you (hall find of 
* But tin*, particulars could t h e Leaves and Berries of that Weed 
not 'be found in the Snip. . . r . . . ,. 
you inquire after, whicn we call Poy- 
fon-rveed, growing like your Ivy, I have leen a Man, who was 
fo poyfon'd with it, that the skin peel'd off his Face, and yet the 
Man never touch'd it, onely look'd on it as he pafs'd by ? but I 
have chaVd it in my mouth, and it did me no harm. It is not 
Juirtful to jStip, 
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