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close along the land. Cape Bird is a very rounded 
promontory with many headlands ; it is not easy to say 
which of these is the Cape. 
The same grim unattainable ice-clad coast line extends 
continuously from the Cape Crozier Rookery to Cape Bird. 
West of C. Bird there is a very extensive expanse of land, 
and on it one larger and several small penguin rookeries. 
On the uniform dark reddish brown of the land can 
be seen numerous grey spots; these are erratic boulders 
of granite. Through glasses one could be seen perched 
on a peak at least 1,300 feet above the sea. 
Another group of killer whales were idly diving off the 
penguin rookery ; an old one with a very high straight 
dorsal fin and several youngsters. We watched a small 
party of penguins leaping through the water towards their 
enemies. It seemed impossible that they should have 
failed to see the sinister fins during their frequent jumps 
into the air, yet they seemed to take no notice whatever — 
stranger still, the penguins must have actually crossed 
the whales, yet there was no commotion whatever, and 
presently the small birds could be seen leaping away on 
the other side. One can only suppose the whales are 
satiated. 
As we rounded Cape Bird we came in sight of the 
old well-remembered landmarks — Mount Discovery and 
the Western Mountains — seen dimly through a hazy 
atmosphere. It was good to sec them again, and perhaps 
after all we are better this side of the Island. It gives 
one a homely feeling to see such a familiar scene. 
4. a.m. — The steep exposed hillsides on the west side 
