102 CALL AT BERKELEY SOUND. 



in pistol shot of a public road ; at first I ^hoiig-ht 

 the}^ were domesticated^ and refrained from firing". 

 The log"g"erhead is a larg-e and heavy bird for a 

 duck : one which I shot weig'hed eighteen pounds, 

 and it has been recorded as sometimes weig-hing- as 

 much as twenty-nine pounds. From the disprojwr- 

 tionate smallness of its wing's it is incapable of 

 flig-ht, but employs these members as paddles in hur- 

 rying- along- the surface of the water when alarmed, 

 using- its feet at the same time with much splashing- 

 and apparent awkwardness, leaving- a broad wake 

 behind it on the water — hence the not inappropriate 

 name of steamer which is sometimes applied to it. 

 Not being- fit to eat, and moreover from its streng-th 

 and the closeness of its plumag-e difficult to kill, it 

 is not much molested by sportsmen. Another bird 

 ver}'- likely to attract attention is the kelp g-oose 

 (Bcrnicla antarctica), g-enerally seen in pairs along- 

 the rock}^ coasts : the plumag-e of the male is of a 

 beautiful white, that of the female is dark and 

 glossy, variously speckled and barred. 



Juhj 24:th. — We sailed from Port Stanley yester- 

 day at daylig-ht, and after entering- Berkeley Sound 

 beat up as far as Hog- Island, off" which we 

 anchored at sunset, at a distance from the old 

 settlement of Port Louis of about two miles and a 

 half As the sole object in coming- here was to 

 obtain magnetic observations at the spot used for 

 that purpose in 184:2 by the Antarctic Expedition 

 under Sir James Ross, for which one day would 



