In a sperm whale caught near Durban, it 19 reported, a large quantity of ambergTis, worth £l-4 or an ounce, has been found. It is rumoured that the find weighs over lOOOlbs; in that case it will probably be valued at £240,(i00. Samples of the an-.ber-gris have been, sent to London to have it tested. The Bay of Bengal is the largest in the world. Measuring in a straight line from the enclosing peninsulas, it extends about i2U,OJO square milea.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19069, 15 January 1924, Page 4
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