PLATE XVI 



Fig. i. Try-works station of Porto do Castelo, Santa Maria, 23 June 

 1949. Whales are cut in on the beach at the head of the inlet 

 between the reefs. The try-house can be seen built against the foot 

 of the cliff. 



Fig. 2. Stranding slip with try-works at Lagens do Pico, 24 August 

 1949. Note the crab on the right with a stone blubber tank to the 

 left of it. 



Fig. 3. Quay for cutting in alongside at San Mateus, Pico, 24 August 

 1949. Note the samson's-posts for cutting tackles. 



Fig. 4. The modern station on the cliff at Santa Cruz das Flores, 

 i July 1949. Note the slipway between stone walls, and the level 

 flensing platform above it. 



Fig. 5. Heaving up a 53-foot (16 m.) whale at the modern station at 

 Porto Pirn, Fayal, 12 July 1949. The head has hollow-lines in 

 front of the eye (p. 329). Note also the cut-water or nib end in 

 front of the anterior margin of the palate (p. 323). 



Fig. 6. The flensing platform at Porto Pirn, 16 August 1949. 



