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of the Big, he ties it pretty near to the Bag, and cuts 
the Dad off beyond it, upon which he draws forth the 
Terns by the Tail, and the Ambergris Bag, entirely 
follows it, and comes clean and whole oat of the Belly. 
* A very worthy Divine, and one of my intimate Ac- 
quaintance, in a neighbouring Town, who took the pre- 
ceding Relation from Mr. Atkins , apprehends the Bag 
aforefaid to be the urinary Bladder, and the Amber- 
gris Ball to be a certain Concretion, formed out of the 
greafy odoriferous Subffance of the Liquor aforefaid 
contained within it. As for my own Part, I dare not 
pretend to give any Opinion upon the Point, but content 
myfelf with relating Matter of Fad. 
I doubt not but that, in Procefs of Time, fome far- 
ther Particulars may be procured with refped to Amber-' 
gris, and 1 fhall be proud to tranfmit them; in the mean 
Time I hope the Society will accept of this fird Effiy, 
and allow my poor Country the Honour of difcovering, 
or at lead afcertaining the Origin, and Nature of Am- 
bergris. 
1 cannot conclude this Hidory of Whales, without 
acknowledging that I have been much affided herein by 
the Reverend Mr. Greenleafe of Yarmouth , near Cape - 
Cod, and Mr. J. Coffin, i ometime of the Bland of Nan- 
tucket, both of them Places famous for the Whale. 
Fifhery. 
* Tbt Reverend Mr, Prince of Bolton. 
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