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a line and lowered down as bait for some three grampuses, which were quite close to 

 it ; the}', however, did not take the bait, but we succeeded in getting a good view of 

 them, and the opportunity was taken by the artist to get their form and colour. 

 Cuthbertson shot two terns. Two or three species were among the host of Ei<i>li>insia 

 in the seal's stomach. The seal had a recent scar between the angle of the mouth 

 and the angle of the lower jaw, about 4 inches long, which was beginning to heal up. 

 Underneath the scar on the outer surface of the lower jaw there was an area of acute 

 periostitis, part of the bone being separated as a sequestrum. Several of the teeth were 

 decayed, and all the teeth showed that the animal was old. The coat was entirely new, 

 with the exception of two bands on either side of the middle line of the abdomen where 

 the old yellowish coat was seen. This new coat was of a paler grey than those other 

 Lobodons we have previously captured and seen, and the markings were not so distinct. 

 The eyes appeared to be more prominent, and the forehead broader and flatter. The 

 toe-nails of all the Lobodons are complete, five on each Hipper. A siphonophore tentacle 

 was caught on the sounding wire. 



Mxrck 4th, G8 22' S. 32 35' W. Snowy .petrels very numerous. Terns and 

 antarctic petrels not so plentiful as yesterday. Saw two seals swimming and some 

 grampuses. The two seals seemed to be Lolodnn. from the appearance of their 

 heads. 



March 5th, 68 11' S. 34 17' W. Snowy petrels and terns in great numbers and 

 a few antarctic petrels. A few grampuses were seen, one of them had its dorsal fin 

 broken. The Monagasque trawl was lowered in 1280 fathoms. The dynomometer 

 registered a maximum strain of 1|- tons. This was a purely experimental lowering 

 not intended to reach the bottom. Three or four species of animals were secured includ- 

 ing S<(</i/t<t. Doliolum, a medusoid and another coelenterate. Sea slightly phosphorescent 

 at 9.45 P.M. 



Man-It C>tJi, G7 39' S. 36 10' W. Snowy petrels, and a good many terns, one 

 nelly and a few antarctic petrels. Captain saw a school of grampuses. Over 100 

 penguins were seen during the day; some of them were black-throated, the others 

 could not be made out. The trawl was lowered away with 1850 fathoms of wire, rope, 

 but owing to an accident it had to be hauled up again before reaching bottom (2500 

 fathoms). Maximum pressure 2 tons 8 cwts. Nevertheless several animals were 

 secured, two species of nemerteans, specimens of Sni/iff/i. two pterpods, a large ostracod, 

 besides some unknown species. 



March 7th, 67' 33' S. 3G 35' W. Snowy petrels still numerous; terns, one nelly 

 and black-throated penguins make up the list of birds seen to-day. Lowered away 

 trawl to 2500 fathoms bottom and dragged for three-quarters of an hour, securing one 

 fish,' one gasteropod, three lamelliliranchs, two fragments of small crustaceans, four or 

 five species of holothurians, a fiat sea-urchin, two spines of a sea-urchin, stalked 

 crinoids, brittle stars, and two species of alcyonaria, a sponge and main' spimles, two or 



1 Neobylhites Brucei, sp. nov. 



