From Hobart to South Victoria Land. 73 
mt tea to catch alive.- The bird, however, got 
frightened, and instead of waddling about in an 
upright position, when it moves rather awkwardly 
forward, it suddenly laid.down upon its stomach and 
propelled itself forward, as they generally do when 
they want to move quickly. The excited hunter 
caught the rifle by the barrel and struck out after 
the unhappy penguin, who, however, just escaped, 
as he struck a block of ice instead, and the gun 
broke at the stock. When the pieces were brought 
со me, | found that a serious accident had been 
avoided more through luck than management. A 
PENGUINS IN THE PACK. 
bullet cartridge was in the rifle, and the hammer was 
at full cock. 
On the 21st January we secured a big penguin 
