Ambergris. 45 
ounces of ambergris, which the faid captain took out of the 
body of a female fpermaceti whale on the Coaft of Guinea. 
MelT. Champion and Coffin attending, were then called 
in, and the following queftions were put to Mr. 
Coffin, viz. 
Q. Have any of the whales, taken before by (hips failing from 
Great-Britain, to your knowledge, contained any ambergris ? 
A. None, that ever I heard of. The American fhips have, 
at times, found fome. 
Q. Was the ambergris, found by you, in a bull or cow 
filh? 
A. It was found in a cow fiflh. 
Q. Is it ulual to look for ambergris in whales that are 
killed ? 
A. It has not hitherto been much the practice to do fo. 
Q. How happened it that you difcovered this ? 
A. We faw it come out of the fundament of the whale; 
as we were cutting the blubber, a piece of it fwam upon the 
lurface of the fea. 
Q. In what part of the whale did you find the remainder ? 
A. Some more was in the fame paffage, and the reft was 
contained in a bag a little below the paffage, and communi- 
cating with it. 
Q. Did the whale appear to be in health ? 
A. No ; Ihe did not. ''he feemed fickly, had no flefti upoa 
her bones, and was very old, as appears by the teeth, two of 
which I have. Though (he was about thirty-five feet long, 
fhe did not produce above one ton and a half of oil. A fifh of 
the fame fize, in good health, would have produced two tons 
and a half. 
