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to ugh eft Wood that can be found, into which the Ends 
of the Cedar Clap- boards are nailed, cut off fmooth 
above the Cuddee, without fo much as Shattering the 
Boat, or drawing the Nails of the Clap-boards. An Oar 
has been cut off with a Stroke upwards, and yet not fo 
much as lifted up out of the Thole-Pin. One Perfon 
had an Oar cut off, while in his Hand, and yet never 
felt any Jarring. 
A few Years fince, one of the Finback Whales came 
into an Harbour near Cafe-Cod , and tow’d away a Sloop 
of near forty Tun, out oftheHarbour into the Sea. This 
Accident happened thus : It is thought the Whale was 
rubbing herfelf upon the Fluke of the Anchor, or going 
near the Bottom, got the Fluke into her Nifket, or the 
Orihce of the Uterus, and, finding herfelf caught, tore* 
.away with fuch Violence, and tow’d the Sloop out of 
the Harbour, as faft as if Ihe had been under Sail with 
a good Gale of Wind, to the Aftonilhmentof the People 
on Shore, for there was nobody on board. When the 
Whale came into deep Water, Ihe went under, and. had 
like to have carried the Sloop with her, but the Cable 
gave Way, and fo the Boats that were out after her, re- 
cover’d it. This Whale was found dead fome Days 
after on that Shore* with the Anchor ftickin^ in her 
Belly. ' 
After a Whale is dead, it has been obferved, that the 
fame way the Head lies, fo the Head will lie if not for- 
cibly turned, and let the Wind blow which Way it 
will, that Way they will fcull a Head, tho* right in the 
Eye cf the Wind, and they are much eafier tow’d to 
the Shore, if they die that Way with their Head, than 
any other. 
9. The Enemies of the Whale, or the Filli that prey 
upon the Whales, and often kill the young ones, for 
they won’t venture upon an old one,unlefs much wounded. 
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