Among the Penguins. 2021 
over. So I, at least, сате to look upon their arrival 
as the sign of an approaching gale. These large 
birds, which in their flight much resemble the alba- 
tross, vary somewhat in colour—perhaps as much 
as the lestris—from dark brown to light-faded brown, 
and albinos are occasionally seen. I secured one of 
these latter, and Captain Jensen secured another. 
We had both of us great difficulty in obtaining a 
specimen ; a noble, rare bird as he is, he seemed to 
soar about higher and more lonely than the rest, 
and remarkable was it that an albino—although of 
exactly the same species as the dark one—was seldom 
or never seen in its company. Whether this is 
because the others combine against him and hunt 
FROM SHALLOW WATER. 
him because of his whiteness, or because he, in 
modest ignorance of his value, seeks his own sphere 
I do not know, but certain is it that he, willingly or 
