310 MR. T. SOUTHWELL ON ANCIENT RECORDS OF CETACEANS. 
The fatt skinn being very like fatt Bacon in some places 
Cutting up ° J r 
2 or 3 and in some near 5 ln thiok, the workmen w th sharp 
knives outt a long peice out, & so continued the cours still keeping the Inner 
p rt of the cutt deepest, to receiv the oyle w ch one man still w tb a small ladle 
took out, & put into a Tuhb by it self, this being call d Trayne Oyle and 
reckned the best. 
Tryeing ye Oyl. 
The manner of Boyleing or Tryeing. I sent 2 large 
kettles to ye Cinder hous in Balland w ob sett upon 
Brandlis or Trevetts in the chimney kept 5 men cutting on wooden Trayes 
& bolls into small peices near an inch thick putt these into ye kettles w ch 
one man tended and as the oyle boyl’d up, straind thro’ a seive into a Tubb, 
& thence putt into ye casks. 
Produce ^ roduce Fish was a ^ )t 3 Hogsheads of Oyle £ J of Tryed 
Upon Enquiry I found that there is but 30 gallons alloud to 
a Barrell of Oyle, so 3 Hogsh ds is 6 Barrells & better. 
Charges. The Charge of Cutting & Tryeing it up &c was ti s d 
5 men 2 tides cutting it up at 2s $ man 5 men 2 men 
tryeing ... ... ... ... ... 0 „ 10 „ 00 
Besides Casks & Tooles & Firing & some diett & Drink 
I allow d the men to make amends for ill savour of 
tbeyr Worke ... ... ... 0 „ 10 „ 00 
1 „ 00 „ 00 
I do not think this fish of the same "Whale sort mencon’d 
by S 1 Hamon page y e 101 st at y e other end of this Book 
tho’ this was a male ffish and had a pizzle in ye place 
describ’d, and had a hole of ab 4 4 in. broad at ye joyneing 
on of ye head to the back w ch wee trac’d down to the Palate 
of ye mouth & by w cb I suppose it spouted water. 
The shape of ye Fish I have Describ’d on ye margin and 
after haveiDg taken off ye Fatt, I caus’d the workmen to 
open the Body where wee found very little quantity of 
Gutts not more y 11 would fill a Bushell. The Pouch or 
Stomach empty, except aid 2 q ltp of sharp clawes undigested, 
the liver fleshy & worth nothing, for upon boyleing it 
yeilded nothing but a thick bloody matter. It had a great 
Roll of dark spongy flesh the whole length of the backbone 
w ch toke more room than all the rest of the Intrayles. It 
had no teeth in either Jaw, neither had the lower Chap any 
sockett at ye closeing to ye upper, but ended like a Pike’s. 
The great Bunny or swelling out on ye head yeilded very 
little fatt, & upon opening found no skull or Braines but 
2 large sponge bones standing up answering the lower Jaws, 
& the whole space fill’d w th a very tough pale fleshy sub- 
stance much resembling (in ye cutting at least) the pax wax 
of a bullock, & held so throughout to ye palate or roof of 
the mouth. 
