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many ſmaller Fiſhes and Sea Animals to feed upon;Their Food. but on the contrary, his Food is nothing but a Sort of Blubber, called Pulmo marinus, or Whale Food, which is of Shape and Bigneſs, as repreſented in the Cuts; it is of a dark brown-Colour, with two Brims of Flaps, with ſuch Slowneſs, that one may eaſily lay hold on it, and get it out of the Water. In which the Sea abounds every where.It is like a Jelly, ſoft and ſlippery; ſo that if you cruſh it between your Fingers, you find it fat and greſy like Train-Oil. The Greenland Seas abound in it, which allures and draws this kind of Whales thither, in Search of it; for as their Swallow or Throat is very narrow, (being but four Inches in Diameter) and the ſmaller Whale-Bones reaching down his Throat, they cannot ſwallow any hard or large Piece of other Food, having no Teeth to chew it with; ſo that this ſort of Nouriſhment fits them beſt, their Mouth being large and wide for to receive a great Quantity, by opening it and ſhutting it again, that Nature has provided them with the Barders
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