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Ambergris

           Becausethosewhalemendidnotthen,anddonotnow,tryouttheiroilatseaastheSouthernshipshavealwaysdone;butcuttingupthefreshblubberinsmallbits,thrustitthroughthebungholesoflargecasks,andcarryithomeinthatmanner;theshortnessoftheseasoninthoseIcySeas,andthesuddenandviolentstormstowhichtheyareexposed,forbiddinganyothercourse.Theconsequenceis,thatuponbreakingintothehold,andunloadingoneofthesewhalecemeteries,intheGreenlanddock,asavorisgivenforthsomewhatsimilartothatarisingfromexcavatinganoldcitygraveyard,forthefoundationsofaLying-inHospital.

           Ipartlysurmisealso,thatthiswickedchargeagainstwhalersmaybelikewiseimputedtotheexistenceonthecoastofGreenland,informertimes,ofaDutchvillagecalledSchmerenburghorSmeerenberg,whichlatternameistheoneusedbythelearnedFogoVonSlack,inhisgreatworkonSmells,atext-bookonthatsubject.Asitsnameimports(smeer,fat;berg,toputup),thisvillagewasfoundedinordertoaffordaplacefortheblubberoftheDutchwhalefleettobetriedout,withoutbeingtakenhometoHollandforthatpurpose.Itwasacollectionoffurnaces,fat-kettles,andoilsheds;andwhentheworkswereinfulloperationcertainlygaveforthnoverypleasantsavor

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