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CONTENTS 



LIST OF PERSONNEL 

 PREFACE 

 DRRIGENDA . 



page vu 



IX 



xiu 



FATION LIST 1925-1927 (published 6th February, 1929) 



Introduction 



R.R.S. 'Discovery', Stations 1-299 



R.S.S. 'William Scoresby', Stations WS 1-136 .... 

 Marine Biological Station, South Georgia, Stations MS 1-82 



Summarised List of Stations 



Plates I-VI 



OBJECTS, EQUIPMENT & METHODS (pubHshed loth July, 1929) 

 By S. Kemp, Sc.D., A. C. Hardy, M.A. and N. A. Mackintosh, A.R.C.S., M.Sc. 



Part I . The Objects of the Investigations 



Part II. The Ships, their Equipment and the Methods used in Research 



Part III. The Marine Biological Station 



Index 



Plates VII-XVIII 



92 

 132 



138 

 following page 140 



• page 143 

 ■ 151 



• 223 



• 231 

 following page 232 



THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT SEAL WITH NOTES ON 

 OTHER SEALS FOUND AT SOUTH GEORGIA (published 31st July, 1929) 

 By L. Harrison Matthews, M.A. 



The Natural History of the Elephant Seal page 235 



Bibliography of the Elephant Seal 



Notes on Other Seals Found at South Georgia 



Plates XIX-XXIV 



SOUTHERN BLUE AND FIN WHALES (publis 

 By N. A. Mackintosh, A.R.C.S., M.Sc. & J. F. G. Wheeler, M.Sc. 



Introduction 



External Characters .... 



• 249 



• 252 

 follozving page 255 



shed 1 2th December, 1929) 



Food, Blubber and External Parasites 

 The Reproductive Organs 

 Breeding and Growth . 

 The Stock of Whales 



Summary 



List of Literature Cited 



Appendices 



Index 



Plates XXV-XLIV . 



page 259 

 271 

 360 



379 

 412 



453 

 467 



470 



472 



537 

 following page 540 



