﻿SOUTH 
  GEORGIA. 
  AN 
  OUTPOST 
  OF 
  THE 
  ANTARCTIC 
  

  

  415 
  

  

  

  THE 
  AUTHORS 
  CAMP 
  AT 
  THK 
  BAY 
  OF 
  ISLES: 
  SOUTH 
  GEORGIA 
  

  

  The 
  grassy 
  islets 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  bay 
  derives 
  its 
  name 
  furnish 
  nesting 
  places 
  for 
  myriads 
  of 
  

   ocean 
  birds, 
  chief 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  the 
  wandering 
  albatrosses. 
  

  

  continued, 
  and 
  then 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  fur- 
  

   seals 
  left. 
  A 
  respite 
  of 
  several 
  decades 
  

   gave 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  animals 
  a 
  chance 
  

   partly 
  to 
  replete 
  their 
  numbers, 
  when 
  the 
  

   extermination 
  was 
  resumed 
  and 
  carried 
  

   to 
  completion. 
  In 
  1874-1875 
  about 
  200 
  

   skins 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  in 
  1892. 
  

   Between 
  300 
  and 
  400 
  fur-seals 
  were 
  slain 
  

  

  illegally 
  in 
  1907, 
  since 
  when 
  scarcely 
  an 
  

   animal 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  

   from 
  South 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  lucrative 
  fur-seals 
  

   first 
  began 
  to 
  fail, 
  the 
  other 
  amphibious 
  

   monsters 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Cook, 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   elephants, 
  were 
  forced 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  costs 
  

   of 
  the 
  ruthless 
  vovaeers. 
  The 
  sea-ele- 
  

  

  