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the living penguins, and when one of the latter dies the 
nellie swallows it, and the relations of the deceased do 
not seem to mind. Two penguins that were shot the 
other day were gobbled up before there was time to row 
the boat round a piece of ice to pick them up. 
Friday, yd February. — Light wind S.S.E. Barometer 
as usual, between 28 and 29 inches. Danger Islands again 
in sight. We have been swinging about in much the same 
fairly open water for the last three days. The loose ice 
seems to be filling up Bransfield Straits with this S. and 
S.E. gale. To the north and east it also seems to be 
collecting, and it looks as if we are going to be beset 
than which nothing could be less wished for. A winter 
in this country is what only a few of us would like to 
experience. 
Monday, 6th February. — In the afternoon we steamed 
