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There are also Spiders, Flies, Humble-Bees and Wasps. They know nothing of any venomous Animals, as Serpents and the like; nor have they any Snakes, Toads, Frogs, Beetles, Ants, or Bees; neither are they plagued with Rats, Mice, or any such Vermine.


CHAP. VI.

Of the Greenland Sea Animals, and Sea Fowl and Fiſhes.


There are ſeveral Kinds of Whales.The Greenland Sea, abounds in different Sorts of Animals, Fowls and Fiſhes, of which the Whale bears the Sway, and is of divers Kinds, Shapes and Sizes. Some are called the Finned Whales,The Finned Whale. from the Fins they have upon their Back near the Tail; but theſe are not much valued, yielding but little Fat or Blubber, and that of the meaner ſort; they conſiſt of nothing but lean Fleſh, Sinews and Bones. They are of a long, round and ſlender

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