230 British Antarctic Expedition. 
from the sea. Risky must it also be during heavy 
gales, and when stones loosen and rush down in the 
springtime. Still, the young penguins seemed to 
LEOPARD BASKING IN THE SUN. 
thrive better in the nests on the mountain side 
than on the flat below, and the  nesting-place 
for each pair did not cover more than a foot 
in diameter, with the precipitous rock on one 
side, and the perpendicular smooth rock on the 
other. They were also much more hunted by 
the skuas, who seemed to have even more pluck 
up in the heights, where the penguins were scarcer, 
than among the screeching myriads down on the 
peninsula. 
On the roth December I started on my last 
sledge journey into Robertson Bay, principally for 
the purpose of securing eggs of the different birds. 
