den, so that you see but little of it: the Nature of the Female is like that of the Four-footed Animals; she has two Breasts with Teats like a Cow's; some white, others stain'd with black or blue Spots. In their Spawning-time their Breasts are larger than usual; and when they couple together, they reach their Head above Water, for to fetch Breath, and to cool the Heat contracted by that Action. 'Tis said, that they never bring forth more than two young

Has but two Spawns at a Time.

ones at a Spawning, which they suck with their Teats. The Spawn of the Whale, while it is fresh, is clammy, and gluish, so that it may be drawn out in Threads like Wax or Pitch: it has no Relation to that which we call Sperma Ceti; for it is soon corrupted, and by no Art can be preserved,

Their Size and Bigness.

These Sea-Animals, or rather Monsters, are of different Sizes and Bulks; some yield a 100, and some 200 or 300 Tuns of Fat or Blubber. The Fat lies between the Skin and the Flesh, fix or eight Inches thick, especially upon the Back and under theBelly.