Pun Б to South Victoria Land. бо 
Mr. Hanson did some valuable work with the 
plankton bag, and brought in, amongst other things, a 
great many shrimps. While he was occupied with this 
a fish some six inches long was seen repeatedly swim- 
ming about, but we were unable to catch it. 
On the rath January, 1899, when approximately 
im lat Gs 42 S. and long. 163° E, 1 entered the 
crow's nest at midnight and discovered high snow- 
SEAL SHOOTING. 
covered land to the south. The land stood out 
sharply in a haze of crimson and gold which grew 
more briliant as the sun rose, until the contours 
of peaks and crevasses suddenly caught the beauty 
of the young day, and reflected it all over the 
immense ice-pack, where the dark water - pools 
between the floes changed suddenly from deepest 
azure to blood-red, while the young snow on the ice 
blushed in delicate crimson, and the snow crystals 
