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Rh the Mouth ome Matter of a weet Scent, which perfumes the whole Sea; and by this Means it allures and draws all Sorts of Fihes and Animals, even the Whales to it, who in whole Droves flock thither, and run into the wide opened Swallow of this hideous Monter, as into a till its Belly be well Fihes and Animals, and then it huts the Swallow, and has for the whole Year enough to diget and live upon; for it is aid to make but one large Meal a Year. This, though a very illy and aburd Tale, is nevertheles matched by another Story, every whit as ridiculous, told by my own Countrymen, Fihermen in the Northern Part of Norway. They tell you, that a great gaftly now and then appears in the Main Sea, which they called Kracken, and is no doubt the ame that the Inlanders call Hafgufa, of which we have poken above. They ay, that its Body reaches everal Miles in Length; and that it is mot een in a Calm; when it comes out of the Water, it eems to cover the whole Surface of the Sea, having many Heads and a Number of Claws, with which it eizes all that comes in its Way, as Fihing Boats with Men and all, Fihes and Animals, and lets nothing ecape; all which it draws down to the Bottom of the Sea. Moreover they tell you that all Sorts of Fihes flock together upon it, as upon a Bank of the Sea, and that many Fihing Boats come thither to ketch Fih, not upecting that they lie upon uch a upon the Surface of the Water in the Year 1734, off our New Colony in 64 Degrees. This Monter was of o huge a Size, that Rh