Note 51 — PETROLEUM.
William Withering translation
Dr. Swediar lately preſented a paper to the Royal Society, from which it appears highly probable that Ambergriſe is nothing but the indurated fæces of the Sperma Ceti whale, who feeds upon the cuttle fiſh. He has found the beaks of that fiſh intermixed with the ambergriſe, in the form of black ſpots. W.