Among the Penguins. 229 
thing was that they always insisted upon taking 
their own time at the edge of the bath before 
plunging in, and we could not even drive them 
De would rather run back on the ice, or 
on to the shore, but if left alone they congregated 
in à thick cluster near the brink, discussed matters 
animatedly between themselves, whereupon one 
MR. FOUGNER WITH JELLY-FISH WEIGHING 90 LBS. 
pioneer penguin, with a short “ Quack-quack," dived 
in, which served as a signal for the rest to follow 
suit; and one by one they dived in at exactly the 
same spot in one continual stream, as if poured out 
of a bottle. | 
The penguins which build their nests in the 
steep rocks of Cape Adare, up to 1,000 f, must 
indeed work hard to keep their families in such 
elevated positions, where they had to carry food up 
