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assuming that the whale's belly con- 

 tained sufficient oxygen to keep a man 

 alive for three days, it is hard to believe 

 that the gastric juices would be in- 

 noxious. As it is, one can only say that 

 James Bartley had the " luck of the 

 navy " to come through his ordeal. 

 Jonah was still more fortunate, as from 

 all accounts he did not suffer from 

 premature whitening of the skin, or even 

 temporary mental derangement. 



The Killer Whale is a cosmopolitan 

 frequenting all seas, and has actually been 

 stranded as far up the Thames as Chis- 

 wick. The " Gladiator/' as the animal is 

 sometimes called, engulfs huge quan- 

 tities of herrings and fearlessly attacks 

 giant cuttlefish. In the northern part of 

 its distribution it harasses the Whalebone 

 Whale, attacking in large schools and 

 tearing strips of flesh from its victims. 

 In the Antarctic it also does great execu- 

 tion amongst the penguins. The pen- 



