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Oar Whale-men have given this Fifti the Name of Kil- 
lers. Thefe Killers are from twenty to thirty Feet long, 
and have Teeth in both Jaws that lock one within ano- 
ther. He has a Fin, near the Middle of his Back, four 
or five Foot long. They go in Company by Dozen?, 
and fet upon a young Whale, and will bait him like fo 
many Bull-dogs ; fome will lay hold of his Tail to keep 
him from threlhing, while others lay hold of his Head, 
and bite and threfh him, till the poor Creature, being 
thus heated, lolls out his Tongue, and then fome of the 
Killers catch hold of his Lips, and if poflible of his 
Tongue ; and after they have killed him, they .chiefly 
deed upon the Tongue and Head, but when he begins to 
putrify, they leave him. This Killer is without doubt 
the Orca, that Dr. Frangius defcribes in hisTrcatife of 
Animals. His Words are thefe, Quandt) Orca infe- 
quitur Balanam,ipfa Balana horibilem edit Mugitum, 
non dliter quam cum Taurus mordetur a Cane. Thefe 
Killers are of fuch invincible Strength, that when fe- 
veral Boats together have been towing a dead Whale, one 
of them has come and faldened his Teeth in her, and 
carried her away down to the Battomin anlnftant. And 
fometimes again, they have bit out a Piece of Blubber 
of about two Foot fquare, which is of that Toughnefs, 
that an Iron, with little Beards being ffruck into it, will 
hold it till it draws the Boat under Water. The Killers 
are fometimes taken, and make good Oil, but have no 
Whale-bone. The Carcafes, or Bodies of dead Whales 
in the Sea, ferve for Food for Gulh, and other Sea- 
Fowl, as well as Sharks, for they are not very 
nice. 
* I come now to what I firTt and principally propofed, 
in this ElTay on the Natural Hiftory of Whales, to give 
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