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will lie upon an Englijh Shilling. I meddle not here 
with the precious Ambergris found in this Whale, 
becaufe 1 deiign to clofe the Whole with that Difco- 
very. 
I go on therefore, in the fecond Place, to give an Ac- 
count of the Manner of the Propagation ‘of Whales. 
They generate much like to our neat Cattle, and there- 
fore they are termed Bull, Cow, and Calf. The Latins 
called the Whale Bcllua jldamna. I hey bring forth 
but one at a Time, and but every other Year. When 
the Cow takes Bull, (lie throws herfelf upon her Back, 
finking her 1 ail, and fo the Bull Hides up, and, when 
tne bull is Hid up, fhe clafps him with her Fins. A 
Whale s 1 lllei is fix feet long, and at the Root is feven 
or eight Inches Diameter, and tapers away till it comes 
to about an Inch Diameter: his Stones would fill halfa 
Barrel, but his Genitals are not open or vifible like 
thole of the true Bull. I he Calf, or young Whale, 
has been found perfectly form’d in the Cow, when not * 
above feventeen inches long, and white • yet, when 
brought forth, is ufually twenty Feet, but of a black 
Colour ; it is fuppofed they go with their loung about 
nine or ten Months, and are very fat in that I ime, cHpe* 
dally when they bring forth. When the Female fuckles 
her Young, fhe turns herfelf almoft upon her Back, upon 
the Rim of the Water, fhe has two Teats of fix or eight 
Inches long, and ten or twelve Inches round. The 
Milk is white, like that of a Cow ; and upon opening a 
young fucking Whale, the Milk was found curdledm 
his Bag, juft like that of a Calf. 
* 3* I heCare of their Young is very remarkable, they 
not only carrying them ontheirTails,andfuckling them, 
but often riling with them for the Benefit of the Air ; 
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