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wire rope were paid out. The dynomometer registered a strain of a little over two tons. 

 Very poor catch although most likely it reached bottom. The catch included four or 

 five fish, three species of decapods, several examples of Sagitta, one medusoid and four 

 different cteuophores. 



April 13th, 48 06' S. 10 05' W. One of the emperor penguins died to-day, and 

 the other appears to be dying. Blue- and yellow-billed sooty albatroses, the Burdwood 

 Bank albatros (see 1st Dec. 1903), nellies, Cape pigeons, white-bellied Wilson's petrels, 

 one or two blue petrels, grey-bodied petrels and several petrels about size and shape 

 of a silver petrel (see also the 10th inst.), of a uniform light-brownish-grey, except 

 on the breast and abdomen, where the bird is white. 1 Monagasque trawl let down in 

 1742 fathoms, rocky bottom; over 2900 fathoms of wire-rope were paid out, and the 

 dynomometer registered a strain up to five tons. A fairly good catch was secured, 

 including three species of fish, several crabs, crab ova and other crustaceans, one 

 pycnogon, one small mollusc, one worm, one holothurian (deep purple colour), several 

 umbellulids, 2 three species of asteroids and about half a hundredweight of small stones. 



April 14th, 46 35' S. 10 10' W. Blue- and yellow-billed albatroses, a few blue 

 petrels, both kinds of Wilson's petrels, grey-bodied petrels and the light-brownish- 

 grey petrels were seen during the day, also some petrels like the new petrel which Pirie 

 shot, only they appeared to be larger. The second and last emperor penguin was found 

 dead this morning; both of them were injected. Porpoises observed. Sea phosphorescent. 



April 15th, 45 54' S. 10 04' W. Sooty albatroses, Burdwood Bank albatroses, 

 Diomedea melanophrys, blue petrels, black-backed petrels with the dark ring round the 

 neck, both kinds of Wilson's petrels and the light-brOwnish-grey petrels were seen 

 to-day. 



April 16th, 45 25' S. 10 19' W. Very many birds about to-day. Both kinds of 

 sooty albatroses, Burdwood Bank albatroses, Diomedea melanophrys, and the new 

 albatroses with the black beak described on the 9th inst., many grey-bodied petrels 

 and their allies with white underneath (see also the 10th and 13th inst.), blue petrels, 

 both kinds of Wilson's petrels, nellies, the dark-backed petrels with the ring round their 

 necks, new petrels similar to the specimen Pirie shot, and a petrel like the latter, 

 except that it appeared to be darker in colour and slightly larger, and much slimmer 

 round the head. Phosphorescence observed both last night and to-night, though not so 

 brilliant as a week ago. 



April 17th, 44 30' S. 9 43' W. Same kind of birds as seen yesterday, and fairly 

 numerous. A silver petrel was hovering around the ship the greater part of the morning. 

 Several attempts have been made to hook some of these new birds, but so far no success 

 has attended us, though the birds, especially the Burdwood Bank albatros and the 

 black-beaked one, have nibbled at the bait. Phosphorescent sea. 



April 18th, 43 21' S. 8 C 30' W. Both kinds of sooty albatroses, Burdwood Bank 

 albatros, and its ally the black-beaked albatros, and other varieties of these two, nellies, 

 1 Prioflnus cinereus. * The very rare Umbdlula durissima. 



