AMBERGRIS FIND
\ ,' t '*'A-Ci *■' v *■. \ • t ’ *;* Z sl V{ ;. ■■'' . ,1 mi 11 ti ..Kn3toi 1 .**" ' 11 /:"/.'•./ , •. 1 rpP” ; -ri-, .-/■ qoar+eb of/a TdN./ , ; ;-'/” IN WBANoSb, WHAtfe.•'• / (J&yj TdkQmph—Ver PreiiAsiociatioo) / INVKkicARGILL/;.September 21. jo have l , found W’hat must be one ot the largest lulnpSj of ambfefgris on record was/the experience of Messrs N. Beer, J. ; Martin and'J. Pratt,. Of Riverton, who returned /, a few daiys ago, after spending a 1 week on the West Coast-between Cllaiky Inlet and Dusky Sound. On a former trip the three men sighted a whale' washed up at Cipe Prbvidfehec, and anticipating a find of ambergris inside th© whale, they resolved to return. On opening the \vhale, it is statetl a quarter of . a ton of ambergris was foqnd inside, but it was a difficult task to carry this for. three miles over rough country to where the boat was moored. l
The whale was fully. 70 r it in length, and 14ft tlirqugh, and it measured 20ft across the tail.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1931, Page 2
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164AMBERGRIS FIND Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1931, Page 2
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