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crustaceans. Tin- trap had seven ti-li ; t\\.. lij-r females wrijjliiui; '! H>-. 1" 



3 \\t. 7 ozs. reaped i\ el \ . aii.l hill uf almost mature ova. and live small male*. Total 



weight of tic WTBO ti-li was l-J ll. 8 ozs., average I Hi. 12J ozs. Tin- ciisl,j.>i 



ii fur twelve limn-- and thawed ou1 was again dead; AS in yesterdax '- s| K ., -mien- 

 tin- tiil>c feet urn- tiillv e\|mnded. and tin- tip of one arm was turned lm-k. 



Sim\\\ p.'tivk paddies, and a Mack-hacked gull were seen alnmt tlie ship ami 

 The Ileach, while in .lessie Bay two Cape pigeons and a nelly were seen. Snowy 

 jM'trels were parti, ularly almmlant at one cliff, and there wore probably about 

 100 there with t\\<> Ca|M- pigeons among them. The "galley" paddy again came 

 aboard as well as another mie. Along Pirie Peninsula. Pirie and I saw two Weddell 

 seals lying mi the ire. They were lean good-natured and easy-going than the average 

 Weddell. and resented .mi playing with them. Weddell seals were also seen in Scotia 

 Bay by Mr Uru 



\>t/,. The dredge contained a small siher and orange-coloured Mi. tunieates, 

 . < ushion-stare and other star-fish, pycnogons, including a big scarlet one, 

 a large polychaete and the usual bryozoa, etc. The trap contained eight fish, weight 

 8 Ibs ; the biggest weighed 1 Ib. 11 ozs., measured 14'8 ins. in length, and was a 

 female. Of the remaining seven two were males, four females and one, which was 

 frozen alive, was not determined. There was also one buckie in the trap these, which 

 were at first so commonly caught in the trap, are now becoming extremely rare. 



In addition to the paddies and snowy petrels, a black-backed gull was seen by 

 Ramsay. The " galley " paddy again came on board. The fish put out to freeze 

 yesterday is only partly frozen as the temperature was not low enough to complete 

 the process, but it was dead. Another was put out to freeze to-day, but the temperature 

 was too high. 



May Wth. The dredge was not lowered nor the trap examined to-day. Paddies 

 and .snowy j>etrels were seen by Mr Bruce. I saw a bird which was either a black- 

 backed gull or a nelly ; it was too dark to distinguish which. 



May \\tli. On account of the .south-east gale with driving snow, no dredge was 

 taken or trap examined. Paddies were the only birds seen. 



May 12th. No dredge was taken. The trap was raised in the afternoon and 

 contained 48 fish of total weight 66 Ibs. The smallest was 9 ozs., and the three 

 largest 3 Ibs. 4 ozs., 2 Ibs. 14 ozs., and 2 Ibs. G ozs., and measured respectively 17 ins., 

 1U ins., and 16 ins. Of the remaining 45, the males numbered 15, the females 29, and 

 one, which seemed to be at least a distinct variety, was not determined. On the whole 

 it was impossible to distinguish any definite external characters peculiar to either 

 sex. The only birds seen were paddies and some snowy petrels. 



The fo'c'sle paddy now lives quite contentedly in the fo'c'sle all day, often perched 

 on a projecting board under the skylight. 



May 13th. Two hauls of the dredge was taken and contained only two small 

 pycnogons, a Urge nemerteau, a star-fish, a sea-urchin and a tunicate. Paddies and 



