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six had four, one had six, and one had its first dorsal fin rays bitten, so that one could 

 not tell how many there were. Usual mixed contents of the stomach. Thousands of 

 shags were seen to-day, as well as numerous black-backed gulls, both young and adult, 

 nellies, snowy petrels, and the usual paddies about the ship. 



July 25th. One star-fish and three pyenogons in the dredge. Nellies, black-backed 

 gulls, both young and adult and snowy petrels were seen in great quantities. A gentoo 

 penguin was captured at Point Davis. "Weddell seals and a few paddies were also seen. 

 Fitchie killed a male Weddell seal with a pocket-knife ; ' it had fish and nematode worms 

 in its stomach. 



July 26th. Numerous nellies, one almost pure black, gulls, snowy petrels and five 

 or six paddies were seen. 



July 27th. Brown lifted a small trap which was lowered down in 50 fathoms, 

 muddy bottom; two fish (Notothenin] and numerous amphipods. One of the fish wag 

 dead when the trap was hauled up. To-day has been very squally with driving snow ; 

 a few nellies, gulls and sheathbills were seen. 



The captive penguin made no objection to sitting for his portrait on the cabin 

 table. 



July 28th." The dredge contained one pycnogon. The traps, between them, 

 twenty-two of the usual fish, several star-fish and many amphipods. A polychaete was 

 also got in the small trap (9j fathoms). Several specimens of a species of Enj>/i'tnsia 

 were caught on the surface of the trap-hole. Many crimson cushion-stars were taken 

 off a seal's skeleton lowered in about 10 fathoms. Nellies and black-backed gulls seen, 

 as well as snowies and paddies. Many flocks of shags were observed flying towards 

 Saddle Island, several across the bay to the eastward of Brown's Bay, where they 

 appeared to alight in a pool of open water. Three shags flew across Scotia Bay to the 

 southward. 



"Charlie"' has become quite reconciled to his new home on the monkey poop, 

 where he spends most of his time in quiet meditation or in peaceful slumber. In spite 

 of repeated persuasions, he refuses to accept a drink, and has more than once shown lii> 

 disapproval of water by overturning a basin of it offered to him. Otherwise he is most 

 sweet-tempered, and calmly allows himself to be subjected to the ordeal of tem- 

 perature taking. 



July 29th. One pycnogon was the only catch in the dredge. The traps were not 

 examined. Nellies, a black-backed gull, paddies and snowies were seen. A small trap 

 was taken out to the encampment on Delta Island for the investigation of the fauna of 

 that region by Wilton and others. "Charlie" pursues the even tenor of his wav, and 

 refuses to allow his dignified composure to be disturbed in any manner. 



1 Those seals were always killed liy st;il>)iing, as this method was least injurious to the skin. 



2 D. AV. Wilton left on a week's sledge trip to Delta Island and Mill Cove. In his absence until 

 August 5th the log was kept by the naturalists remaining on board. 



5 This was the gentoo penguin captured on July 25th. 



