high into the air its whale went down dragging the heavy line behind it, & in an other instant a muffled roar was heard in the water then the line being straight hauled from the vessel - The tender had expended & the whale was dead with hardly a fight for life. Then began the slow towing process by the steam winch dripping the whale to the surface - when it appeared at the steamers side a chain was made fast to its flukes by the whale breast & tail foremost nip on vessels side. Tunnels then with long handled whale spades set to work to cut off the flukes, for as they yield little oil & are an awkward thing to handle they are seldom lost in to the factory. Frontone fluke was severed & thrown into the air dropped off into the water as fast for the sharks; also by two men's sides were at work with the harp but soon died was long sharp pointed & whale camy in the tube was guided well down into the bladder, gave the signal to turn on the air was given & the whale was slowly filled with air - a spear pointed shaft with a flag at that end was then pushed into the animals side, the air lets go & the carcass gradually