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drawing it out, the edge was much blunt- 
ed. Having cut into the intestine canal, he 
perceived that the lance had struck against two 
large pieces of Ambergris. There is every rea- 
' son to suppose, that this substance sometimes 
stops up the passage of the abdomen, and ul- 
timately occasions the death of the animal. 
Many other instances have been recorded 
of Ambergris having been found in the Sperm-. 
whale, and also on the coast, after a diseased. 
fish has been seen near the shore. 
