Among the Penguins. 209 
nests lying on the top of the guano deposits, and 
consisting of small pebbles. І remember I often 
wondered, after my first visit, how the penguins 
managed to get the material for their nests, and 
I presumed that they brought it from the sea-shore. 
NE Шоу сус they seldom did. The pebble 
supply generally came down to the peninsula from 
the top of the cape, driven by the furious gales, 
aude could not but recollect the old proverb 
which runs: “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody 
good ;” and the penguins usually had a very busy 
time after one of those very strong gales which we, 
however, did not appreciate. Those penguins 
EUDYPTES ADELIAE WITH THEIR YOUNG ONES. 
(Eudyptes Adeliae) which we met on the outward 
voyage have nearly all of them black throats, and 
so have the myriads on the peninsula at Cape 
Adare in the early spring. However, I was enabled 
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