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to injure it. Tin- Imliy took tlir liint and nio\cd a way 1-1 auait tin- i.-tuin --t il- own 

 in.. tli. T. Three male seal- at l'mt Martin. 



In addition ti tin- penguin-. irulN. nellies ami -n\\ H- \\.-n- M-CII in plenty. 



' \\tli. Tin- iH-ngiiin- \M-U- \i-itcd again t.. .lay at t h.-n i.kcrie-. and -e\ eral 

 ..II.- Ill- .\llig northward \\erc -ll on tin- Hoc. At tlie lienr Jtcllgllin rookery at 



tin- 41 Malt' in. HIII " glacier \\.-ii- :il t I'Jn penguin- geiitoo- ,,|, ( | ,, ( | ( .|j a - in ii| H iiit .jlial 



niiinlx -i- \l "iir appniaeli they showed -..in.- alarm, lint when they -aw we ili.i nut 

 intenil t.i di-turh them, the addia- ie-umcd their work of ne-t building. The gentoo-, 

 win. were all n tin- lower jMirt of the rookery ami ha.l not yet begun to build, showed 

 imirh nmre fear and e K-a red .nit in a liody at first, to return a little Inter, hut with 

 evident concern for their safety, and |Mi>-il>ly -erimis doubts an to the desirability of the 

 phu-e. t'.r ne-tini;. The adelia- \\.-ie nearly all aetively .-..lleetin^ stones or resting from 

 their lalM.in-. -leepin-: near their little heap-, eitln-r upright or pnine. S>me were very 

 in-live and mi\ed over t.-n vard- at tune- in -eaivh of a ^IMN) -t<>ne tn return with; they 

 thmw the -tone- down in a heap in \m ap|mrent onler. Thie\ in-j wa- U-iiij^ ertrritnl on 

 .-i\elv Tin- inteiidiiiL: thief moved toward- a heap the owner of which was away 

 or not looking, anil if he -jiw hi- <-hain-e picked up a -tone and returned with it; but if 

 the owner turned and -jutted the thief a]|oaeliin<_'. the intending culprit walked 

 innocentlv bv a> if nothing \\a- further from his intentions than stealing a stone. If a 

 thief was caught, the owner Lit at him viciously and thus warned him off for the 

 occasion, but as -oon as an oj)jxirtnnity again presented it.self he returned once more 

 on thieving U-nt. I noticeil -everal adelias eating snow in large i|iiantities. 



In addition, -nowi.-. gulls and nellies were seen. The mate saw a paddy at 

 Ail-a Craig. 



Oct. \'2th. 1 vi-itcd the -mall ]M>nguin nxikery and watched the birds at their 

 work of -tone i ..lie. tiiiL'. which was being actively pursued. Thieving was going on 

 wholesale hut never iv-ulted in a right ; a vicious snarl was enough to frighten away 

 the thief. 



Mossman ami the captain visited the large rookery and found hundreds of birds, 

 chiefly black -throated, hut a- it wa- late in the day nearly all were roosting. 



(Jull-, nellie- and -nowie- al-o n. Young -<-al- alnio-t all taking the water. 



Oct. 13th. Snowies, black-hacked ^ull-. nellie-. ^nito.. ami adelia penguinx were 

 seen. Johnnie Smith rejort- that three ..r four jiaii-s of black-backwl gulls have started 

 m-ting ashore opposite the shij. low down on the crags. The -m.wies also seem to lie 

 iie-tinir bv the noise ami hubbub they are making, which they keep up all day and 

 ni_dit. This afternoon some of u- went out to the -mall jH-nL'uin rookery for |M-nguin>. 

 Ixith for culinarv and taxiderinic purjH -. There were only three jwiir- "I .j.-nt'"-. the 

 weight- and nica-un-im-nt- of whi<-h were duly entered in the liinl-lHMik. 'I hey -till 

 seem to IM- at the ne-tini; and -t.-alin-j -tae. They paid no heed to our -.laughter 



except t help them-.-|\.-- t.. the -tone- of the one- which \\e -lew. 



Nuim-roii- Imnd- of jM-ngiiiii- ti..m tin- i..k.'iy to the .|>eii \\ater northwanls 



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