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a curious fact that in almost every case the schools of 
dolphins and porpoises were going, more or less, in the 
direction of the vessel, and one wonders if there were any- 
particular reason for this. Was it migration ? Were those 
we met with in October and November migrating south- 
ward at the approach of the northern winter, and those 
we saw south of the line in November and December 
moving southward with the southern summer? Similarly, 
were those seen by us in southern latitudes in March and 
April fleeing from the southern winter, and those that 
passed us in April and May going northward with the 
approach of the northern summer? 
We met with only four species of seals, all of them 
being true seals, and belonging to the genus Stenorhy fi- 
chus (Allen). The Sea Elephant seal was not seen, nor 
were any of the Otariidse. The four were — the Sea 
Leopard {Stenorhynchus leptonyx), Weddell's False Sea 
Leopard {Stenorhynchus Weddellii) y a creamy white seal 
with a darker dorsal stripe, the so-called Crab-Eating 
Seal or White Antarctic Seal {Stenorhynchus carcinopJiagd), 
and Ross's Large-Eyed Seal {Stenorhynchus Rossit). Be- 
sides these there was another, which I think was certainly 
a younger form of the Sea Leopard. 
The creamy white seals, the so-called Crab-Eating 
Seals, and the mottled grey seals (Ross's Seal), were 
in greatest abundance; these lay four, five, or even ten 
on a single piece of pack-ice ; the greatest number I 
saw on one piece of ice at a time was forty-seven. On 
one occasion we found some seals on a tilted bersr, and 
so high was the ledge above the level of the water that 
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