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moved his flippers backwards and forwards he 
produced a hoarse, suffocating sound. The female 
listened attentively to this Antarctic love-song. 
FAMILY TROUBLES. 
It was curious to see how some lazy penguins 
picked those pebbles which, through the care and 
work of years, had been successfully accumulated by 
one when this one happened to turn his back ; and 
the evident unconcern and innocent behaviour of 
these thieves when caught in the act was a source 
of great amusement. The rightful proprietor of the 
pebbles would pursue the culprit most energetically, 
running after it and hitting it with its flippers until 
both were quite exhausted and covered with blood. 
During this fight they generally seemed to remember 
the cause of the quarrel, but I noticed that, as a 
rule, the one who first gave in walked off with the 
