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very few of the old penguins managed to keep both 
of their young ones alive, one generally succumbing 
to the benefit of the stronger. It was also curious to 
see how all the young ones flocked together in big 
patches as 
‘soon as the 
old ones 
began to go 
iR» sed. and 
equally 
strange was 
it to see how 
these parents 
of the young 
penguins, who 
in paternal 
affection still 
visited their 
young ones 
a few times 
before they 
nally leit 
them, found 
their own off- 
spring among 
so many 
thousands. 
The worst 
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enemy of the penguin is the skuagull (Lestris), 
which constantly soared over their nests, watching 
for an opportunity when they might steal an egg or 
catch a young one. 
As I already observed in 1895, 
I now also often saw two of these birds attack a 
