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. ^ ie Scrag Whale is near a.kin to the Fin-back, bur 
mitead of a tin upon his Back, the Ridge of the After- 
part of his Back is icragged with half a Dozen Knobs or 
Js a codes } he is neareft the right Whale in Figure and 
for Quantity of Oil j his Bone is white, but won’t 
fplit. _ . 5 
W1 ^ le finback Whale is diftinguifhed from the rHht 
Whale by having a great Fin on his Back from two 
feet and an Half, to four Feet long, which gives him 
tnc Name j he has alfotwo fide Fins, as the Whale-bone 
_ hale, but much longer, meafuring fix or feven Feet. 
1 his lift is fomewhat longer than the other, but not fo 
bulky, much fwifter, and very furious when flruck 
and very difficultly held , their Oil is not near fo much, 
as that of the right Whale, and the Bone of little Profit, 
being ftort and knobby. The Belly of this Whale is 
white. 
The Bunch or humpback Whale, isdiftinguifhed from 
the right Whale, by having a Bunch handing in the 
Place where the Fin does in the Finback. This Bunch 
is as big as a Man’s Head, and a Foot high, fhaped like 
a Plug pointing backwards. The Bone of this Whale is 
not worth much, tho’ fomewhat better than the Finback’s. 
His Fins are fometimes eighteen Feet long, and very 
white • his Oil much as that of the Finback. Both -the Fin- 
backs and Humpbacks are fhaped in Reeves longitudinal 
from Head to Tail on their Bellies and their Sides, as 
far as their Fins, which are about half way up their 
Sides. 
1 * The Sperm a. Qeti Whale. This Fifh is much of 
the fame Dimenfion with the other, but of a greyilh 
Colour, whereas the others are black ^ he has a Bunch 
on his Back like the Humpback, but then he is diftin- 
* The Sperma Ceti Whale, 
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guilhed 
