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along the edge ul' the old iee, throe of which were sea-lei>p;mls, most were \Yedddls, 

 and possibly some were /,<;/*>< /<>,,*. The sea-leopards had made some holes in the ha\ 

 ice, and were constantly coming up to breathe, sometimes putting out the whole of 

 their head to have a look round, at other times just shoving their nostrils level with the 

 surface of the water. A sea-leopard was observed to catch a black-throated penguin by 

 the leg and haul him down in the water. Several photographs were taken of the seals 

 in their blow-holes. 



Aug. 22nd. One pycnogon and an isopod were found in the dredge. The trap 

 which is lowered in a hole near the ship in 13 fathoms contained two fish, Notothenia. 

 One weighed 2 Ibs. 7 ozs., and was 17'2 ins. in length, a female. The other, which was 

 preserved, weighed 10 ozs., and had a length of 10'G ins. Also tw y o yellow star-fish, 

 174 cushion-stars, one with six arms, and one with four arms, and four buckies. 



A Weddell seal thrust its head and shoulders through the trap-hole to have a look 

 round. A flock of shags flying in Jessie Bay, one black-throated penguin, several snowy 

 petrols and four black-backed gulls were reported as having been seen during the da}-. 



Aug. 24th. One red pycnogon with ova attached, a few small pycnogous, one large 

 nemertean and one small star-fish in the dredge. The trap contained five fish 

 \Notothenict) weighing 3J Ibs., three isopods, one gasteropod, one large yellow or orange 

 star-fish and about 100 cushion-stars. The three seals skeletons in a hole by the ship 

 were hauled up ; very few amphipods were found on them ; in fact, a great scarcity of 

 these beasts prevails near the ship ; two large nemerteans and an isopod were also on 

 the carcases. One nelly, a black-throated penguin, several snowy petrels and black- 

 backed gulls were seen during the day. Two of the snowy petrels were observed taking 

 a bath among the slush, one by Pirie, the other by Mossrnan. Five Lobodoiix and a 

 Weddell were seen in a group by Pirie during sounding operations. Pirie shot a 

 young male Lobodon. The Lobodoits travel faster over the snow r than the Weddells. 

 A Weddell seal put up its head in the trap-hole ; they are evidently on the eve of 

 returning to land for pupping. 



Only snowy petrels and black-backed gulls were seen yesterday. 



Aug. 25th. The dredge contained a small nudibranch, several pycnogons, two 

 yellow star-fish (orange colour in the middle), one sea-urchin and some sea-weed, 

 containing several species of gasteropoda, lamellibranchs, and entomostracans, amongst 

 the root of the weed was a small chiton, a polychaete, several large nemerteans, and two 

 other "worms" (species unknown) were found. We hauled up the trap to get some 

 skeletons 1 , and found several cushion -stars. One snowy petrel and one black-backed 

 gull were seen. 



Aug. 26th. Only one star-fish was in the dredge. The Giesbrecht net was 

 lowered away this afternoon to a depth of G feet from the surface with very poor 

 results. Pirie saw many L<>l><><lonx and \Veddells during sounding operations. Snowy 

 petrels and black-backed gulls have been seen during the day. 



1 The traps were baited with penguin and other carcases. 



