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II. An Effay upon the Natural Hiftory of Whales , 
with a particular Account of the Ambergris found in 
the Sperma Ceti Whale . In a Letter to the Tub- 
lijher, from the Honourable Paul Dudley , Efq-, 
F. % S. 
SIR, \ , 
I A M very fenfible that the World has long fince, and 
often been entertained with various Relations of this 
wonderful Creature: But as I fhall endeavour to avoid 
any vain Repetition, fo I flatter myfelf with the Hopes 
of prefenting the Royal Society with fome Particulars 
not yetpublifhedjboth of theWhale in general, and more 
efpecially of that Species or Kind of Whale, which our 
People call the Sperma Ceti , bur, in my Opinion, much 
rather deferves the Name of the Ambergris Whale. 
But here I would have it noted, that the following Ac- 
count refpecls only fuch Whales, as are found on the 
Coaft of New England. 
And of thefe there are divers Sorts or Kinds. 
* As firft, The Riglr, or Whalebone Whale is a large 
Fifh, meafuring fixty or feventy Feet in Length, and 
very bulky, having no Scales, but a foft fine fmooth 
Skin, no Fins, but on krone o men ch ' S ide, from five to' 
eight Feet long, which they are not obferved to ule, but 
only in turning themfelves, unlefs while young, and car- 
ried by the Oam on the Flukes of theirTails when with 
thofe r ini they clafp about her Small, and fo hold them- 
* Ihe fever al Species of Whales. 
.felves 
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