Among the Penguins. 203 
each other, the fore parts of their bodies covered 
with blood. 
On the 11th November, while travelling in the 
evening, my sledge broke through the ice, and it was 
with great difficulty that Must and myself managed to 
save the team and gear. The sledge went straight 
through, but one runner hung on to the edge O the 
ice. We took the twelve dogs from the other sledge 
as quickly as possible, hooked them on to the half- 
submerged sledge, and by dint of hard pulling we 
brought it on to the ice again ; but it was evident that 
ice travelling by this time had become very risky. 
The pack seemed to be clearing away towards the east. 
COLLECTING EGGS IN THE SPRING. 
Projecting ice blocks were seen moving with the 
current towards the horizon. With short interruptions 
we had continually experienced heavy gales, some of 
