( 16? ) 
The bed and mod exad Account of Ambergris, 
that! have been able ro procure (and I may truly fay, 
I have taken a great deal of Pains for it) I very lately re- 
ceived from one Mr. Atkins, now an Inhabitant at 
Rofion in New England , who ufed the Whale Fifhery, 
for ten or twelve Years together, and was one of thefirft 
that went out a fi filing for the Sperma Ceti Whales, 
about the Year 1720, and then began to difcover the 
Ambergris •, and being a fober ingenious Man, what 
he fays may fafely be depended on:, tho’, for Subdance, 
I have had it from feveral of the Whale-men. 
His Relation, which was taken a few Days fincefrom 
his own Mouth, is as follows : 
The Ambergris is found only in the Sperma Cetz 
“ Whales, and confids of Balls or globular Bodies, ofva- 
“ rious Sizes, from about three Inches to twelve Inches 
“ Diameter, and will weigh from a Pound and an Half 
“ to twenty two Pounds, lying loofe in a large oval 
“ Bag or Bladder of three or four Foot long, and two 
“ or three Foot deep and wide, a I mod in the Form of 
« an Ox's Bladder, only the Ends more acute, or like 
« a Blackfmith’s long Bellows, with a Spout running 
“ tapering into and thro’ the Length of the Penis, and 
“ a Duel, or Canal, opening into the other End of the 
« Bag, and coming from towards the Kidneys 5, this Bag 
<• lies jud over the Tedicles, which are above a Foot 
“ long, and is placed lengthways at the Root of the 
“ ‘Penis, about four or five Foot below the Navel, and 
<c three or four above the Amts . This Bag or Bladder 
“ isalmod full of a deep Orange colour’d Liquor, not 
“ quite fo thick as Oil, and fmelling drong, or rather 
u dronger of the fame Scent with the Balls of Amber- 
“ gris, which float and fwim loofe in it ; the Inflde of 
« the Bag is very deeply tinged with the fame Colour 
“ as the Liquor, which may alfo be found in the Canal 
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