122 Southern Cross. 



p. 198). In November Mr. Bernacchi writes (p. 222) :— " Flocks of 

 thousands of Penguins now toddled to and fro between the shore and 

 the water, those arriving grimy and sordid in appearance, and those 

 returning neat, clean, and glossy. Thousands were standing along 

 the edge of the ice, ready to take their plunge into the brine, but 

 hesitating like children. As soon as one plunged in, all followed in 

 rapid succession. Others, again, were sporting about in the water, 

 enjoying themselves immensely — racing along and leaping out like 

 Dolphins ; by the uninitiated they might have been easily mistaken for 



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ARRIVAL OF THE ADELIA PENGUINS IN THE SPRING. 

 {By permission nf Sir George Neiunes, Bart.') 



such. As soon as they tired of their frolics, they all leapt up again on to 

 the ice, and then no amount of persuasion would induce them to enter 

 again. In this respect, as indeed in all, they were most obstinate." 



Mr. Bull in the ' Antarctic ' landed on the Possession Islands on the 

 19th of January, 1895 (see ' Cruise of the "Antarctic," ' p. 172). He 

 writes : — " Thousands of Penguins could be seen from the deck to 

 occupy nearly the whole extent of one of the islands. We found the 

 colony as it no doubt appeared in 1840 to Sir James Pioss and his party, 

 the foundation consisting of an extensive heap of guano mixed with 

 pebbles and bones of Penguins, carried off by a natural or a violent 

 death, chiefly the latter, as the numerous predatory Skua-Gulls look 



