Off to sea! 
ground, thrusting their wings behind 
them as balances, and poking the head 
the 
sighted attitude. 
forward into accustomed near- 
Their nearsightedness 
is probably no less real than apparent, 
because of the specialization of their 
eyes for vision through a medium of 
water. 
In crossing the stony or hummocky 
beaches that separate various arms of 
the bays, or that lead from the sea to 
the snow-water ponds in which the 
penguins delight to play, they follow 
When 
bent on a definite journey across the 
regular, well-tramped avenues. 
land they trudge along very steadily 
and unconcernedly, and for the time 
seem to take no notice of their fellows. 
When in great haste they fall upon the 
belly and run on all fours. By this 
well-known mode of progression, called 
“tobogganing,”’ they can lead a mana 
Their most curi- 
ous attitude is assumed when they walk 
very creditable chase. 
down an incline, such as a snowbank or 
a steep beach. The head is then thrust 
so far forward that the straight neck 
and the spine form a right angle; the 
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Relieved sitters setting their balancers and starting on the long walk to the water 
wings are held stiffly back as far as 
possible, and the round belly projects 
as the bird proceeds with gingerly steps. 
Their fat bodies seem to be made to 
stand hard knocks, for not only do they 
tumble over frequently wherever the 
walking is rough on shore, but they also 
suffer fearful batterings on the shingle 
when they come out of the surf, some- 
A group of Johnnies — downy young ‘‘nurses,”* 
