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a species of medusoid 1 and 7V///W/W were captured. Fish, Cy< !//>/><. amphipods and 

 Doliolum were also scoured. Four specimens of $apa were also obtained inside three 

 petrels which were shot. Large phosphorescent flashes similar to those of an electric 

 arc lamp were seen at night. A turtle was seen this morning. 



Dec. -J'J/7', 35 28' 8. 50 34' W. Martin saw Hying-fisli at 2 A.M. from the fo'c'sle 

 head skimming along the water. A thresher and a firmer were seen this morning unite 

 close to each other; the thresher was observed to jump out of the water. Another 

 variety of priori petrel observed during the afternoon by Mr Bruce and others, almost 

 entirely white on the under surface, white throat probably up to beak, white breu.-t 

 and belly, white also under tail except probably at the tip, and white under the win^s : 

 the rest very like the prion shot yesterday. Prion petrels and a small petrel verv 

 like Wilson's observed. Crustaceans almost absent in tow-net which contained a number 

 of examples of Saljxt. 



Dec. 30th, 35 23' S. 49 53' W. Wilson's petrel and several petrels of the twg 

 prion kinds and two albatroses hovered about the ship for the greater part of the day. 

 The last named birds seen for the first time. 



Dec. 3lst, 36 39' S. 52 10' W. Same birds observed as yesterday, tialpa very 

 abundant in tow-net. 



Jan. 1st 1903, 39 01' S. 53 40' W. Wilson's petrels, two kinds of prion petrels, 

 albatroses and a bosun bird were observed to-day. Sun-fish 2 were also seen : at 2.30 P.M. 

 a boat was lowered to get one. After several ineffective attempts at harpooning we 

 managed to stun one with shot. Davidson after a while drove the harpoon into the gills, 

 and we then made fast to one of its fins and towed it to the ship. Three or four sucker 

 fish accompanied it to the boat, and on cutting the sun-fish up, one was discovered in 

 the gills. A parasitic copepod (Argutus) was found externally, as well as a polyclad. 

 There was also a parasitic copepod on the gills and a barnacle on the lip. In the 

 intestines numerous tape-worms were found and another leech-like parasite. There 

 was in all probably about 10 Ibs. weight of tape-worms in the gut. Its weight by the 

 dynomorneter was half a ton. Several others were seen twice as large. Brown saw a 

 globe-fish with a small fish attendant on it. X<tlj>it were seen frequently floating past. 

 Specimens of Salpa, still in tow-net. -Telly fish the same as secured in the 

 Trichodesmiuem band were observed Moating past. Liver and heart of the sun-fish 

 preserved as well as the skin. 



J'in.. 3rd, 45 29' S. 5G J 03' W. At 6 A.M. Mr Bruce observed a whale and a bird 

 like a gull, but too distant to identify. The other birds seen were the same as 

 yesterday. This afternoon whilst sounding, a bird like a Cape pigeon was observed by 

 Mr Bruce though it \vas darker and fatter ; it was probably the same as that seen in 

 distance this morning. Whales seen at 10 A.M. by the captain. Davidson caught a 

 moth during tea-time, whilst setting the mix/sen. Barnacles were found by Brown on 

 a piece of seaweed. 3 Pink copepods fcf. Calanus) in 9 A.M. tow-net. 

 1 Phacellophora ornata. 2 Orthagorisciis mold. ! Probably the southern kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. 



