PLATE VIII 



Fig. I. Male Sperm whale, South Georgia, 1925. Drawing the sper- 

 maceti from a Sperm whale's head. The man in the middle has just 

 cut off the anterior part of the head allowing the spermaceti to gush 

 out into the boiler seen at the lower right-hand corner. 



Fig. 2. Male Sperm whale. South Georgia, 1925. The start of flensing 

 alongside a floating factory. Note lower jaw, palate and tongue: 

 notches in upper lip cut by teeth of lovifer jaw (the sockets into 

 which the teeth fit when the mouth is closed are within the lips). 



Fig. 3. Male Sperm whale, South Georgia, 1926. Flensing in progress. 

 Note white scratches made by cephalopod claws on skin nearest 

 camera. 



