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in Fig. 5, and is a unique piece. It is a fragment of the 

 gigantic scaled cephalopod which Prof. Joubain, who described 

 it, named Lepidoteuthis Grimaldii. 



A healthy cachalot is valued for the spermaceti, or wax, 

 which is contained in its head, and a sick one is still more 

 valued for the ambergrise which it may contain. This curious 

 substance, which has at all times been so highly esteemed in 



. 4. Skeleton o; tint \vlrn h furnished tin- fragments ol 



gigantic Cephalop- 



pharmacy and perfumery, fnns t lie subject of a very inter. 

 "Account of Ambergrise" by Dr Sch\vrli.i\v-r. which was read 

 befoi :<>yal Society on Febru.irv i .;. 1783, an-1 published 



in the I ^lilo^ophical Transactions, vd, ixxin. p. 226. From 

 In- invc ippears th.it ambergrise is a by-product of 



.in mll.unm.itioii .f the int.^tin.il e.in.il, ni<-t pmh.iblv "t the 

 caecum, is been st tlu ' '!>. the cephalo- 



