﻿SOUTH 
  GEORGIA, 
  AN 
  OUTPOST 
  OF 
  THE 
  ANTARCTIC 
  

  

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  A 
  SOOTY 
  ALBATROSS 
  AND 
  HIS 
  YOUNG 
  ON 
  A 
  LEDGE 
  EAR 
  ABOVE 
  THE 
  SEA 
  

  

  The 
  father 
  albatross 
  seemed 
  to 
  try 
  to 
  calm 
  the 
  chick 
  while 
  it 
  was 
  being 
  photographed. 
  The 
  

   young 
  bird 
  resembles 
  a 
  nestling 
  vulture 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  435). 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  which 
  protects 
  itself 
  from 
  

   the 
  skua 
  by 
  concealment 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  and 
  

   constant 
  guard 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  after 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  have 
  hatched 
  is 
  the 
  Falkland 
  upland 
  

   goose 
  (Chloephaga) 
  . 
  This 
  fine 
  bird 
  is 
  

   persona 
  non 
  grata 
  with 
  sheep 
  ranchers 
  in 
  

   the 
  Falkland 
  Islands 
  simply 
  because 
  it 
  

   was 
  designed 
  by 
  nature 
  to 
  feed 
  upon 
  

   grass, 
  and 
  hence 
  is 
  considered 
  an 
  impedi- 
  

   ment 
  to 
  the 
  fattening 
  of 
  mutton; 
  so 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  outlawed 
  and 
  a 
  bounty 
  placed 
  

   upon 
  its 
  head. 
  

  

  FIVE 
  GOSLINGS 
  RETURNED 
  TO 
  THEIR 
  

   WAITING 
  PARENTS 
  

  

  Some 
  years 
  ago 
  Mr. 
  Wilson, 
  British 
  

   magistrate 
  at 
  South 
  Georgia, 
  imported 
  

   several 
  pairs 
  of 
  upland 
  geese 
  from 
  the 
  

   Falklands 
  at 
  his 
  own 
  expense, 
  and 
  freed 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  grassy 
  

   country 
  of 
  Westfjord, 
  Cumberland 
  Bay. 
  

   The 
  geese 
  have 
  since 
  increased 
  and 
  spread 
  

   encouragingly, 
  and 
  are 
  there 
  assured 
  of 
  

   a 
  sheepless 
  future 
  and 
  a 
  home 
  where 
  the 
  

   species 
  may 
  exist 
  after 
  extermination 
  in 
  

   its 
  original 
  habitat. 
  

  

  The 
  cabin 
  boy 
  of 
  the 
  Daisy 
  one 
  evening 
  

  

  came 
  aboard 
  in 
  high 
  glee, 
  bringing 
  me 
  in 
  

   his 
  pockets 
  five 
  very 
  young 
  goslings 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  captured 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Westfjord 
  

   lakes. 
  Ordinarily 
  I 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  de- 
  

   lighted 
  to 
  receive 
  specimens, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  

   instance 
  I 
  felt 
  constrained 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  

   lively 
  goslings 
  back 
  to 
  their 
  home, 
  and 
  in 
  

   case 
  the 
  parents 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  after 
  a 
  

   time, 
  to 
  attempt 
  to 
  rear 
  them 
  in 
  captivity 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  former 
  experiment 
  was 
  a 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  success. 
  

  

  Arriving 
  next 
  morning 
  at 
  the 
  lake, 
  we 
  

   saw 
  several 
  pairs 
  of 
  upland 
  geese 
  lurking 
  

   on 
  the 
  far 
  side. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  goslings 
  

   peeped, 
  and 
  immediately 
  a 
  guttural 
  cluck- 
  

   ing 
  came 
  in 
  answer 
  from 
  across 
  the 
  water, 
  

   and 
  a 
  barred 
  goose 
  began 
  to 
  swim 
  straight 
  

   toward 
  us, 
  followed 
  at 
  a 
  discreet 
  distance 
  

   by 
  the 
  snow-white 
  gander. 
  

  

  We 
  put 
  the 
  young 
  brood 
  in 
  the 
  lake, 
  

   but 
  each 
  gosling 
  attempted 
  to 
  scramble 
  

   out 
  until 
  it 
  heard 
  the 
  call 
  of 
  the 
  approach- 
  

   ing 
  mother, 
  when 
  all 
  five 
  turned 
  their 
  

   tails 
  and 
  swam 
  bravely 
  away. 
  The 
  par- 
  

   ents 
  joyfully 
  received 
  their 
  family 
  again 
  

   and 
  the 
  flotilla 
  disappeared 
  around 
  a 
  point, 
  

   with 
  the 
  youngsters 
  well 
  guarded, 
  side 
  by 
  

  

  