Extracts from Diary of Nicola I Hanson. 103 



July 2t^fh. — Ole killed an uncommonly handsome Lohodon yesterday. 

 He was as white as an Ermine. 



August 3rd. — The three Englishmen went out to look for Seal to-day. 

 They found none, but they observed a quite fresh track of a Penguin, 

 which Evans followed till it grew dark, when he had to leave it. He 

 took it to be that of a small Penguin. The open sea can certainly not be 

 far away when the Penguins are so near the land. 



August Qth. — While walking on the ice, the Doctor found a dead 

 Emperor Penguin, probably killed by the dogs. 



August 10th. — By the iceberg they found two dead Emperor Penguins, 

 killed by the dogs. Last night Evans and Colbeck killed a large male 

 Weddell's Seal. He was very fat, with a layer of blubber six inches 

 thick. 



August 20th. — It is strange that no Seal has been seen, neither in the 



HERALDS OP SPRING-TIME. 

 (By 2Krmission nf Sir George Newnes, Bart.) 



open sea nor on the ice. Perhaps they travel to other parts to breed. It 

 would be a great disappointment to me if this were the case, and leave a 

 great vacancy in my collection, not only of specimens, but also of notes. 



August 2\st. — Colbeck and Savio killed a large Weddell's Seal, female, 

 without an embryo. There was no milk in the breasts, so it was probably 

 sterile. 



August 25/7*. — The Doctor and Colbeck returned to-day, without having 

 found the other party. They had seen eight Seals, and of these three were 

 females, to all appearance without embryo. This is strange. Where are 

 the young 1 The Seals should have bred by now. They were all Weddell's 

 Seal. It is a pity I camiot get out and look for the Seal's breeding-place, 

 as it would be of gi-eat interest to know where it is. 



August 27//«.— Last night Bernacchi and Kolbein returned from Duke of 



