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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. 



