74 British Antarctic Expedition. 
some five hundred yards from the vessel Mr. 
Hanson thought that day to have discovered a 
new seal, which, however, proved to be AO 
TWO CAPTIVE EMPERORS (Aptenodytes Forsterit). 
The body of this seal was not unlike that of the 
ordinary seal, but the neck was of more than ordinary 
thickness, and under the chin it extended to a great 
round muscular purse The head was short and 
broad, large protruding eyes, and a short mouth. 
The eyes were somewhat slanting, after the fashion 
of those of the Mongolian human race. It had six 
front teeth in the upper jaw, two in the under jaw, 
but no back teeth. 
In connection with the killing of the Emperor 
penguin some five hundred yards from the ship, we 
had rather a good joke. When killed by Mr. Hanson 
the bird was skinned on the spot, and as he came 
