5 APRIL 1913, Page 19

THE WHALE'S BELLOW.

[To THE EDITOR Or TIER "SPECTATOR...3 SIR,—Mr. Frank Bullen is an authority whose veto one hesitates to contradict, but will you permit me to say in answer to his comment on my note regarding the whale's bellow, that I personally, in common with many other inhabitants of this fishing village, heard the creature make this strange noise P I should not have made the assertion on hearsay. It was by no means a death-groan, as the whale kept up the fight for three hours later, and by that time was too far out in the bay for any sound to be heard on shore. Perhaps Mr. Bullen could tell us if the fact of its being a cow. whale with a calf (which escaped) could throw any light on the matter. Has the mother any means of calling to her