Plate 206. 



CUTTING TACKLE USED IX CUTTING IN A WHALE. 

 (Vol. II, pp. 277-281.) 



Fig. 1. Lower block .strapped with rope (a a a), and lilnlilier liook (</). .shackled into the gnunniet (rf). Thi' rope 

 heckets (cct) are used for convenience in handling the block, and the back lashing (A) by the oflicer in directing the 

 point of the liook into a hole in the blubber. 



Fig. y. U|)per bloek.s (b h), guy block (c), ))eudaut shackles (a a), and links. 



Fl(i. :!. Lower block (b) strapped with chain (rf) ami sister liooks^c) into which the tail maybe c(in)ded by 

 niean.s of th<^ link {<■). 



Fig. -1. rc'rspective view of cutting-tackle, showing the position it a.ssnmes when suspended from the mast-head. 

 It shoiiUl be guyed out by means of the giiy-lilock anil robe (c). and tin; end of thi' cutting- falls (t) shonld lead to the 

 windlass. 



Fig. 5. An implemcut called the suuill lilubber hook, nsed to maniimlalc blubber on the vessel. 



