240 British Antarctic Expedition. 
On December 21st the Finn Savio conceived rather 
a good idea of amusing himself; he caught a penguin, 
made a string fast to its legs, took it on board 
BORCHGREVINK IN KAYAK. 
his “kayak, and used it as «motor power 1 
penguin dived and pulled Per and the kayak about 
at a great pace, and had he also invented a way 
of guiding the penguin, penguins for draught purposes 
would probably have fetched a high price on the 
Antarctic market. However, for me, his invention 
became of some importance, as it unquestionably 
supported my theory about the motion of the 
penguin in the water; its legs being arrested it 
evidently applied its weight for the motion, as the 
flippers (or rudimentary wings) are only used for 
balance, and would in any case not have sufficed 
to obtain such a great speed on the kayak. 
Fougner to-day brought a very rich catch in his 
shallow-water net, amongst which was a medusa, very 
much the shape and colour of a lemon. 
Christmas Eve was celebrated by speeches, 
