Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East．Suddenly the lookout found a huge whale．The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spra it blew into the air．They （41） ______ （lower） their small boats．James Bartley was in the first longboat．The man rowed（42） ______ they were close to the whale．A harpoon（鱼叉） was thrown and it found its mark．It sank into the whale's flesh．The maddened beast jumped out of water and broke the boat into（43） ______ （piece）．When the survivors were picked up，James Bartley was （44） ______ （miss）．
Shortly before sunset，the whale was （45） ______ （final） caught．The sailors tied the whale's carcass （46） ______ the side of the ship．
Because of the hot weather it was important （47） ______ they cut up the whale right away．Otherwise，the meat（48） ______ begin to rot and the oil to spoil．When they got to the stomach，they felt something（49） ______ （move） about wildly．They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside．But hen they opened the stomach they found James Bartley．After this trip，（50） ______ （settle） in Gloucester，England，Bartley never returned to sea．