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tyros. Gran fairly paddled in Mootl, and 1 Icar I was 
little better. We took all tlie meat we eould carry and 
Dcbculiam had about 40 lbs. of bhd^ber. 
By this time about a do/en skuas liad assend)Ied. 
We did not fri^^diten tluin, for we vvislied to attract as 
many as possil)le and later abslract iJieir ej^i^s. I wrote : 
' About six pairs arc breeding along tlie beach liere, so we 
ought to get a do/AMi new laid," and save them a world 
of trouble by killing tJiem also.' (I'n) afraid we were not 
very altruistic !) 
Now we set to work at our sl(Mie kitchen. All the 
way from Cape .I'lvans we iiad dragged a l)lul)bcr stove 
strongly made in sliect iron by Bernard ] )ay. T\\v 
granite hereabouts weathered in long joints ;nul we 
found a natural hollow about a yard wide and three yards 
long. The lower walls of the hut were therefore of solid 
granite about fifteen feet tliick — which sJiouId ensure 
freedom from draughts. We broke out blocks from tlie 
floor and (Iran smashed off a troublesome jirojeclion hy 
repeatedly dropping a boulder weighing a liundredweight 
upon it until it d(x:ided to cave in. 
At 10 P.M. I made a great discovery. I saw something 
black floating in a little pool, and closer ins]H'ction revealetl 
a cluster of minute insects. 'J'he others Jiad almost 
dropped to sleep and I was much chagrined at the luke- 
warm reception of my news. ' They'll keej^ till to-morrow, 
won't they ? ' was the tenor of their remarks. 
Hitherto only a few odd legs and tails in some moss 
had been recorded ff)r the Insecta frc)m 77'' South. T.ater 
Debenham found there were lots under many of the 
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