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Part I. 
(a) Mufe- 
um. 
(b) Hift. 
Cent. 4. 
Of F foes'. 
The PISLE of a WHALE. In length, above a yard. 
Near the Root * a foot round about, notwithstanding its 
being now dry and much fhrunk. From thence it tapers 
to the very end, which is fcarce one inch about. Tis now 
as hard as a Horn. 
Part of the EAR-BONE of a WHALE. Tis as hard, 
and heavy for its bulk, as any Bone whatfoever. As big 
as a labouring mans Fill:: The fame Bone which in an Ox, 
is little bigger than a Nutmeg. 
Part of a BONE faid to be taken out of the Brain of a 
Whale, taken near the Bermudas. Given by Dr. John Wil¬ 
kins, the late Bifbop of Chejler, to whom it was fent from 
thence. It feems to be part of the Brain-Pan, that was 
broken off' and ltruck into the Brain, when the Whale was 
taken. 
A ROUND BONE of a WHALE. Given by Dr. Walter 
Pope. Tis almoft a foot Diametre, and in the middle 
about five inches thick. Tis rounded on the Edges, and 
thinner than at the middle, refembling a thick Holland 
Cheefe. 
Three more Round BONES of a WHALE 5 all of 
them leffer, and one ratably thicker than the former 5 
the other thinner, like a white penny Loaf. The third die 
thinneft, almolf like a Tanfey. 
Wormius (a) makes mention of a Matmfcript, entituled, 
Speculum Regale: but written in the ancient Datiijh- 
Tongue, as he faith is fuppofed, by King Suerron 5 in 
which are reckon'd up two and twenty kinds of Whales: 
of all which he gives a brief account in his Mujasinn. Of 
which, the laif five one, is faid to be fometimes almolf an 
hundred and thirty Elns long. The laid of all, liker a little 
Ifland, than an Animal. 
Rartholine (b) al& reckons up the fame number; but 
with fome different Names, and a different Account; 
which he gives from a Manufcript Hiftory of the Fifhes of 
Iceland : which, faith he, a curious and obferving Shep¬ 
herd of Iceland fent to Wormius fome years before his death, 
with all their Figures. But how thefe two accounts agree, 
I fee not. I would not think. That Wormius did here put 
in the King, and leave out the Shepherd, to make the ftory 
better. 
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