THE HEAET OF THE ANTARCTIC 



outward bound from the open sea towards the shores of 

 Ross Island. Some of the roads were twelve miles or 

 more from the open sea. There were no return tracks. 



We expected to find that they had gone in to seek 

 sheltered moulting-places, but on a motor trip to the 

 Turk's Head we skirted a long stretch of the coast, and 

 found no Emperors. 



On journeys they often travel many miles walking 

 erect, when they get along at a very slow shuffle, making 

 only a few inches at each step. In walking thus they 

 keep their balance by the assistance of the tail, which 

 forms a tripod with the legs. When on a suitable snow 

 surface they progress rapidly by tobogganing, a very 

 graceful motion, when they make sledges of their breasts 

 and propel themselves by the powerful legs, balancing 

 and perhaps improving their speed by means of the wings. 



Eight of them visited the motor-car one day, near 

 Tent Island, sledging swiftly towards us. Two of them 

 were very determined fighters and refused to be driven 

 away. One obstinate phlegmatic old fellow, who wasn't 

 going to be hurried by anybody, did learn to hustle as the 

 car bore down upon him. 



The Adelie 



The Adelie is always comical. He pops out of the 

 water with startling suddenness, like a jack-in-the-box, 

 alights on his feet, gives his tail a shake, and toddles off 

 about his business. He always knows where he wants to 

 go, and what he wants to do, and isn't easily turned aside 

 from his purpose. 



In the water the Adelie penguins move rapidly and 

 circle in the same way as a porpoise or dolphin, for which 

 they are easily mistaken at a httle distance. On level ice 



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