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F,'}>. -29th, G8 08' 8. L>7 Hi' W. Snowy ami antan-tir ji.-tivls. terns ami two nellies 

 were seen. Also many grampuses ami a Mast of another whale. The captain saw 

 a penguin ami heard others. A vertical net. eight feet in diameter, was lowered to a 

 depth of 10(1(1 fathoms. Contents were one fish. .]/<//, <//<<>/>( r/n. a pteropnd and three 

 specimens of Sagitta, two jelly-fish, rather damaged, and a bright red crustacean. besides 

 five other crustaceans, and what we suppose is Sn/jm or I )<>ln>l n m. 



Phosphorescence not marked to-night, only occasional Hashe-. 



MKI-I-/I l.s-/. (is 43' S. :24 15' W. Snowy and antarctic petrels, a Wilson's petrel. 

 two nellies, some terns, and also some grampuses were seen during the day. 



^[<(^l] l l l t<L 71 01' S. _':: 10' W. -A nelly, antarctic, snowy and Line petrels, and 

 black-headed terns were seen. Also grampuses. 



Mn,;-l, :;/</. 7i' IS' S. 17 .V.t' W. Nellies, veiy many antarctic ami snowy petrels. 

 ami two or three terns were seen, as well as three emperor penguins, which we secured. 

 Five snowy petrels, two antarctic petrels and one tern were shot. .Many Ijoliodon*. 

 grampuses and whales were seen. Bird life has become much more abundant to-dav. -o 

 that it was hardly a surprise when land was discovered to the south. 



March 4t/i, 7'2 '2'2' S. 18 13' W. A great many antarctic petrels were Hying about 

 the ship especially in the evening. Snowy petrels were also plentiful. In addition, a 

 Wilson's petrel and a tern were seen by Mr Bruce. 



A great many seals were seen after dinner, swimming towards the north-west they 

 appeared to be Lobodou*. Some whales were seen in the evening; their bla-t. accord- 

 ing to the captain, differs from a tinner's blast and resembles that of the northern 

 bow-head whale. A few grampuses were sighted. 



M<(ir/i 3f/i. 7'2 31' S. 1!) 00' W. A big Hock of terns was -ven in the evening. 

 Snowies were plentiful, and one nelly ami some antarctic petrels were noticed. A 

 good many seals (Loliodon) were amongst the ice-Hoe-. 



A vertical net was lowered down to a hundred fathoms before and after dinner. 

 The contents of the two hauls were two species of pteropods, amphipods and other 

 crustaceans, one ctenophore. a //<////// or S>///t. chaetopods. and three or four long 

 nemertean worms or tentacles of jelly-fish. 1 (Jrampuses and whales. 



Mnr<-l/ (>f/i, 73 30' S. i' 1 -js' W. Terns, snowies and emperor penguins were 

 abundant. The emperor penguins were all in the water, except one. which was found 

 on a piece of ice and captured. A few adelias and about six nellies were also >een. A 

 great many Lobodons were amongst the pack and swimming in the water. 



M>t,-<-/i 7//i,Oft' Cnntx Land, 74 01' S. -2'2 no' W. A gale and snowstorm ra-m- 

 all day. Several Lobodons were seen in the morning and -ome emperors in the evening. 



Murr/i xf/i. Off i_'<itft Luinl. Gale and snowstorm not abated. Onesnowyand 

 about ten emperors were -ecu in the evening. Three emperors were caught. Some 

 seals were also seen. 



have since been iilriititii-d us tin- tniturle.- uf :i Siphonophore. See .1. Ki nine, Proc. Roy. Phys. 

 Soc., Edin., XVI., p. 25 (1904). 



