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68 pungious Matter. The Whale has a Bunch Spouts or Pipes, parallel one to the other, and omewhat bent, like the Holes upon a Fiddle. Through thee he receives the Air, and pouts out the Water, which he takes in at his Mouth, and is forced upwards through thee Holes in very large Quantities, and with uch Violence and Noie, that it is heard at a great Ditance, by which, in hazy Weather, he is known to be near; epecially when he finds himelf wounded, for then he rages mot furiouly, and the Noie of his pouting is o loud, that ome have reembled it to the roaring of the Sea in a Storm, or the firing of great Guns. His Eyes are placed between the Bunch and the Side Fins; they are not larger than thoe of an Ox, and are armed with Eyebrows.

The Penis of a Whale is a trong Sinew, even or eight, and ometimes 14 Foot long, in Proportion to his Bulk; it is covered with a Sheath, in which it lies hid- 1