 they claimed that the best ambergris is the ashgrey amber then the blue then the yellow and the lowest of them except for [here is a complete page from the original with thirty lines the reading of which was disrupted due to the holes in its writing and the amber taking over its letters such that it was not possible to transfer it in any way and it did not remain apparent.
وزعموا أن خير العنبر الأشهب الزابحي ثم الأزرق. ثم الأصفر، وأدونه إلا . [هنا ورقة كاملة من الأصل بها ثلاثون سطرا تعطلت قراءتها لانخرام كتابتها واستيلاء الزاج على أحرفها بحيث لم يتيسر نقلها بأي وجه ولم يبق ظاهرا