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of the P enis ; the Balls feem to be pretty hard while 
tc the Whale is alive, inafmuch as there are many Times 
found, upon opening the Bag, large concave Shelves, 
of the fame Subfiance and Confidence, that have fcaled 
off from them, and the Balls themfelves leem to be 
compofed of feveral didind Coats inclofing one ano- 
“ ther, fomething like the Coats of an Onion. 
As ro the IN umber of Balls, Mr. Atkins never found 
above four Balls in a Bag, and in the Big where he 
found one that weighed twenty one Pounds, which was 
the larged he ever faw, there was no other in the Bag 
but that. 6 
He further fays, “ That to one Spernta Ceti Whale 
“ that has any ofthefe Bills, there are two, that have 
“ nothing but the deep Orange-colour’d Liquor afore* 
tc faid in their Bags.” This Remark confirms what a- 
nother Whale-man told me, “ that the Ambergris was 
« found only in fuch Sferma Ceti Whales as are old and 
« well grown.” It is the general Opinion of the Whale- 
men, that the Ambergris is produced only by the Male 
or the Bull Sperma Ceti Whale. As to this Particular, 
Mr. Atkins fays, “ He never faw, nor certainly heard 
“ of a Sferma Ceti Female taken in his Life, the Cows 
“ of that Species of Whales being much more timorous 
cc than the Males, and almod lmpofiibleto be come at, 
6C unlefs when haply found afleep on the Water, or de- 
“ tained by their Calves.” This is certain, the Boats 
can never come near them, when they are awake, they 
are fo very fhy and fearful. 
Mr. Atkins's Method of getting the Ambergris out of 
the Whale was thus • after the Fifh is killed, he turns 
the Belly upwards, and fixes a Tackle to the 'Penis , 
then cuts a Hole round the Root of the Penis , through 
the Rim of the Belly, till he comes to the Entrails, and 
then fearching for the Dud or Canal at the further End 
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