can penetrate it. In theſe ſmall Boats they go to Sea, managing them with one Oar of a Fathom in Length, broad at both Ends, with which they paddle ſometimes on one Side, and ſometimes on the other, with ſo much Swiftneſs, that they are ſaid to row 10 or 12 Norway Miles in a Day. They chiefly make Uſe of them in catching of Seals and Sea Fowls, which they can approach on a ſudden and unawares; whereas we in our large Boats can very ſeldom come ſo near as to touch them. They do not fear venturing out to Sea in them. in the greateſt Storms, becauſe they ſwim as light upon the largeſt Waves as a Bird can fly; and when the Waves come upon them with all their Fury, they only turn the Side of the Boat towards them, to let them paſs, without the leaſt Danger of being ſunk; though they may happen to be overſet, yet they eaſily raiſe themſelves again with their Paddle; but if they are overſet unawares (as it often happens) and the Boat be not cloſe and tight about their Waſte, they are inevitably drowned.
