Cy eae : THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST. 
Of the cihullen whale-like Siinials the most abundant 
is the common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis). aS 
The greatest of the large whales in our water's is the 
Blue Whale, which has been captured up to 98 feet in 
Jength. Rete 
PRODUCT S OF WHALING. 
The most important products of whaling-may be 
“summed up as under :— : 
(a) Whale-oil. 
(b) Spermaceti. 
(c) Ambergris. 
(d) Bateen# or Whalebone. 
(e) Whale-meat Meal. 
(f) Whale Guano, 5 
(g) Bone Meal. 
(h) Bone and Ivory. 
WHaALe-or, is obtained, in the case of the Whalebone 
or Baleen Whales, first, from the blubber, and, secondly, 
the fiesh and bones of the carcase; of the latter the oil ~ 
coming from the tongue and kidney fat, and from the bones 
of the skull, being of superior quality. In the case of 
Sperm Whales, there is the fine blubber oil pe oil), 
_and the head, or “‘case,’’ oil. 
xe SpERMAcEri is white and semi- -transparent, and of a 
_ slightly fatty taste and odor. A fracture of a cake reveals 
_ broadly foliated crystallised pieces, suggestive of quartz. 
_ Ampberoris.—This curious, comparatively rare, and 
immensely valuable substance, is obtained usually out of 
the rectum of the Cachalot, or Sperm Whale. Not infre- 
é quently it has been found floating at sea, or else cast up on 
_ the shores of lands bordering on the haunts of this great 
cetacean. Usually obtained in small fragments, some very 
large pieces have been found. One of the largest of these 
_was taken during the year 1913 by the Whalers connected 
with the Loch Tay’’ from the rectum of a large Cachalot 
_ in New Zealand waters. This was a somewhat pear-shaped 
piece, which weighed no less than 160 kilogrammes 
mee CoDot Dasa nis was sold in London for about £12,000 
: "sterling. = 
It is usually: considered that the presence of Amber- 
gris is a sign of sickness in the Whale, and that its secretion 
is caused possibly DY. a biliary annitation: 
