DOG FINDS AMBERGRIS.
GIFT MADE TO BISHOP.
iOn his return from a visit* to the Chatham Islands, Bishop Bennett stated that he had been presented by 5 one-of-tho native women with a piece of ambergris. From her he . learned the interesting >fact that one of tho islanders.had trained his dog to find ambergris for him in the seaweed. Tho piecß in the possession of Bishop Bennett, which was valued at £lO, was found by the dog, which had so far recovered about £SO worth for his master.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20519, 21 March 1930, Page 14
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87DOG FINDS AMBERGRIS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20519, 21 March 1930, Page 14
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