Three emperor penguins made their appearance in a lead west of the
ship on May 3. They pushed their heads through the young ice while two
of the men were standing by the lead. The men imitated the emperor's
call and walked slowly, penguin fashion, away from the lead. The birds
in succession made a magnificent leap 3 ft. clear from the water on to
the young ice. Thence they tobogganed to the bank and followed the men
away from the lead. Their retreat was soon cut off by a line of men.

"We walk up to them, talking loudly and assuming a threatening aspect.
Notwithstanding our bad manners, the three birds turn towards us,
bowing ceremoniously. Then, after a closer inspection, they conclude
that we are undesirable acquaintances and make off across the floe. We
head them off and finally shepherd them close to the ship, where the
frenzied barking of the dogs so frightens them that they make a
determined effort to break through the line. We seize them. One bird
of philosophic mien goes quietly, led by one flipper. The others show
fight, but all are imprisoned in an igloo for the night.... In the
afternoon we see five emperors in the western lead and capture one.
Kerr and Cheetham fight a valiant action with two large birds. Kerr
rushes at one, seizes it, and is promptly knocked down by the angered
penguin, which jumps on his chest before retiring. Cheetham comes to
Kerr's assistance; and between them they seize another penguin, bind
his bill and lead him, muttering muffled protests, to the ship like an
inebriated old man between two policemen. He weighs 85 lbs., or 5 lbs.
less than the heaviest emperor captured previously. Kerr and Cheetham
insist that he is nothing to the big fellow who escaped them."

This penguin's stomach proved to be filled with freshly caught fish up
to 10 in. long. Some of the fish were of a coastal or littoral
variety. Two more emperors were captured on the following day, and,