56 Aboiit the Feathered Folk. 



flocks in the wide wastes of the 

 trackless sea. They live literally 

 in the ocean, spending their lives 

 for months at a time hundreds of 

 miles from land, and only resorting 

 to some island or desolate shore 

 when the breeding season is ap- 

 proaching, and feather-moulting 

 time is at hand. 



The captain of a Glasgow ship 

 trading to Australia and Tasmania, 

 gave me a wonderful account of 

 Penguins. He cares greatly for 

 beasts and for birds, and is a pretty 

 close observer of their ways ; and I 

 know I can trust his eyes just as I 

 should trust my own. And as 

 I have only myself seen that poor 

 little Zoological Garden Penguin, I 

 am glad to avail myself of his 

 experience. 



They dive and swim, these fish- 

 like birds, in the most amazing 

 way, skipping continually in and 

 out of the water, breasting the most 



