236 The Under-Water World 



confirmed not only by Sir Francis Fox, 

 but by a committee of French scientists, 

 one of whom was the late M. de Parville, 

 the scientific editor of the Journal des 

 Debuts, of Paris. According to Sir Francis 

 Fox's account, in the February of 1891, 

 the whaling ship Star of the East opera- 

 ting near the Falkland Islands, launched 

 two boats to deal with a big bull cachalot. 

 One of these was upset by a blow from 

 the whale's tale, and a member of the 

 crew, one Bartley, disappeared. The 

 whale was subsequently killed and the 

 work of dismembering commenced. The 

 crew were busy with axes and spades 

 removing the blubber and worked all day 

 and part of the following night. Next 

 morning they attached some tackle to 

 various parts including the stomach, 

 which was hoisted on deck. The stomach 

 attracted special attention by its strange 

 internal contortions. On opening it there 

 was revealed James Bartley, A.B., alive 



