DISCOVERY IN WHALE.
AMBERGRIS WORTH £6OO. A lump of ambergris worth £6OO has been found In a Miff sperm whale caught In Cape waters. It is the largest piece of ambergris to be found in those waters for more than ten years, according to the statements In Capet own. The catch was made by the whaler Tvgerberg. Her Norwegian master. Captain Pilil, stated that lie had never before seen such a big piece of the precious ambergris. The whale was sighted 70 miles out from Galdanba Bay. The whalers gave chase and shot two harpoon 3 Into It, and then hove It to, dead. They towed It to Donkerget, tho whaling station, where they cut It up and found Inside tho ambergris, weighing 351 b.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 12
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125DISCOVERY IN WHALE. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 12
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