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deck, or we would find ourselves in its way, which 
would have been worse, so it was condemned to death. 
It took four hours to kill it, 'and it wasn't dead then/ 
as some one remarked. It had holes driven through 
its skull, it was beaten with clubs, and it would not die. 
Then out of pity the doctor was called to put it out of 
pain. He sat on its back with confidence and worked 
at its brain, till it lay on the deck apparently lifeless. 
When we saw it two hours afterwards, it was waddling 
about with its head in the air as if it had neuralgia. 
An Emperor Penguin Chase. 
If they take such a very long time to die, they surely 
must have a very long time to live. They certainly 
look with their calm air of all-knowingness as if they 
were born long ages before man ever drew breath. We 
tried to eat these large penguins, but their flesh, even 
when cooked with strong curry, had a very unpleasant 
taste, rather like seal's flesh, both in taste and colour, but 
