"That sea beast
Leviathan, which God of all his works
Created hugest that swim the ocean stream."
Paradise Lost.
———— "There Leviathan,
Hugest of living creatures, in the deep
Stretched like a promontory sleeps or swims,
And seems a moving land; and at his gills
Draws in, and at his breath spouts out a sea."
Ibid.
"The mighty whales which swim in a sea of water, and have a sea of oil swimming in them." Fuller's Profane and Holy State.
"So close behind some promontory lie
The huge Leviathans to attend their prey,
And give no chace, but swallow in the fry,
Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way."
Dryden's Annus Mirabilis.
"While the whale is floating at the stern of the ship, they cut off his head, and tow it with a boat as near the shore as it will come; but it will be aground in twelve or thirteen feet water." Thomas Edge's Ten Voyages to Spitzbergen, in Purchass.
"In their way they saw many whales sporting in the ocean,
and in wantonness fuzzing up the water through their pipes and
vents, which nature has placed on their shoulders."
Sir T. Herbert's Voyages into Asia and Africa.
Harris Coll.
"Here they saw such huge troops of whales, that they were forced to proceed with a great deal of caution for fear they should run their ship upon them." Schouten's Sixth Circumnavigation.
