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BALLOON" RECORDS 
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He has been getting remarkable results himself and has 
discovered a host of new parasites in the seals ; he has 
been trying to correlate these with like discoveries in the 
fishes, in hope of working out complete life histories in 
both primary and secondary hosts. 
But the joint hosts of the fishes may be the mollusca 
or other creatures on which they feed, and hence the new 
fields for Atkinson in Nelson's catches. There is a rela- 
tive simplicity in the round of life in its higher forms in 
these regions that would seem especially hopeful for the 
parasitologist. 
My afternoon walk has become a great pleasure ; every- 
thing is beautiful in this half light and the northern sky 
grows redder as the light wanes. 
Tuesday, August 15. — The instrument recovered from 
the balloon shows an ascent of 2i miles, and the tempera- 
ture at that height only 5 0 or 6° C. below that at the surface. 
If, as one must suppose, this layer extends over the 
Barrier, it would there be at a considerably higher tem- 
perature than the surface. Simpson has imagined a very 
cold surface layer on the Barrier. 
The acetylene has suddenly failed, and I find myself 
at this moment writing by daylight for the first time. 
The first addition to our colony came last night, when 
* Lassie ' produced six or seven puppies — we are keeping the 
family very quiet and as warm as possible in the stable. 
It is very pleasant to note the excellent relations which 
our young Russians have established with other folk ; 
they both work very hard, Anton having most to do. 
Demetri is the more intelligent and begins to talk English 
