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72 or which by their Cloenes only give Paage to the Water, like a Sieve, keeping back the Aliment. Here we ought to praie the wie and kind Providence of the Almighty Creator, who has made uch mean Things uffice for the Maintenance of o vat an Animal.

Next to this there is another ort of Whales, called the from the Place of their Abode, which is about the North Cape of Norway; though they alo frequent the Coats of Iceland, Greenland, and undry other Seas, going in Search of their Prey; which is Herring and other mall Fihes, that reort in abundance to thoe Coats. It has been oberved, that ome of thee Whales have had more than a Tun of Herrings in their Belly. This kind of Whales has this common with the former called in that it is very wift and quick in its Motion, and keeps off from the Shore in the main Sea, as fearing to become a Prey to its Enemies, if it hould venture too near the