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Ambergris

           Ihaveforgottentosaythattherewerefoundinthisambergris,certainhard,round,bonyplates,whichatfirstStubbthoughtmightbesailors’trowsersbuttons;butitafterwardsturnedoutthattheywerenothing,morethanpiecesofsmallsquidbonesembalmedinthatmanner.

           Nowthattheincorruptionofthismostfragrantambergrisshouldbefoundintheheartofsuchdecay;isthisnothing?BethinktheeofthatsayingofSt.PaulinCorinthians,aboutcorruptionandincorruption;howthatwearesownindishonor,butraisedinglory.AndlikewisecalltomindthatsayingofParacelsusaboutwhatitisthatmakeththebestmusk.Alsoforgetnotthestrangefactthatofallthingsofill-savor,Cologne-water,initsrudimentalmanufacturingstages,istheworst.

           Ishouldliketoconcludethechapterwiththeaboveappeal,butcannot,owingtomyanxietytorepelachargeoftenmadeagainstwhalemen,andwhich,intheestimationofsomealreadybiasedminds,mightbeconsideredasindirectlysubstantiatedbywhathasbeensaidoftheFrenchman’stwowhales.Elsewhereinthisvolumetheslanderousaspersionhasbeendisproved,thatthevocationofwhalingisthroughoutaslatternly,untidybusiness.Butthereisanotherthingtorebut.Theyhintthatallwhalesalwayssmellbad.Nowhowdidthisodiousstigmaoriginate?

           Iopine,thatitisplainlytraceabletothefirstarrivaloftheGreenlandwhalingshipsinLondon,morethantwocenturiesago.

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