68 About the Feathered Folk. 



"And, lo ! for lack of warning call, 

 Ships lost beneath the grim sea-wall 

 "Where now the Flamborough Pilots fall." 



Perhaps the Penguins in the far 

 south seas also give assistance to 

 mariners when there is for them no 

 light on the earth or in the sky. I 

 must ask my Glasgow captain about 

 that. At any rate, I am certain that 

 this " large population " of Antarctic 

 seas has its great use in the world. 

 It is sheer vanity in us human beings 

 always to insist that "use" must 

 have relation to human aims and 

 ends. Even if the Penguin does no 

 "piloting," we can be quite sure 

 that its daring and joyous life is 

 very far from being lived in vain 



