... was worth an ounce, it was as much centre of thieving, intrigues, and plans as diamonds. hundreds of cases sailors in the Caribbean Sea and in Bahama waters became involved in serious trouble through attempts to steal lumps of ambergris. In the old time ...

... easily accounted for when consider the difference in Isryirf- the constant resolutions, and the had repntatioa which the Caribbean has got for yellow ferer. In 1898, when some question regarding this Republic was under discussion in the United States Congress ...