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hearts of sca-clcphants. They had got
some of their hunting implements on
shore, and were able to kill this animal
with ease, whenever they caught 1t, ana
its great importance to them will appear
in the course of the narrative. The
weather was so rainy and lnclenent, that,
until the end of three weeks. they were
unable to begin to erect any commodlous
shelter. At the expiration OF that tune
they collected all the timber they could
fnd. for the island did not produce IA
shrub. With part of these materials.
and so,ne stones. at the end OF Il few
weeks they completed IA house or shed.
They covered the top with sca-clcphants'
skins to keep out the rain, and weather at
the sides, bv means of turf. They made
their beds of Il soft dry grass, with which
the island aboundcd, and over this they
hal coycrlcts Of scl-ccphan's' skins, and
on the whole they made their shelter toll
cradle. Knowing that it was useless to
rcpinc. they soon organized settled
course of lie in their little community.
Their chief Occur alton consisted IN torag-
ing for the means OF subsistence within
the limits of the island. Seals and sea-
elephants were the game which they prln-
cipally depended upon, and these they
went daily in quest of. The sca-clcphant
was their grand man-stay, for it yielded
not Only some parts fit for food, but IL
largo quantity of blubbcr, which, being
mixed with dried grass, made excellent
fuel. They likewise hunted u species of
sea-rowl, which settled on the island to
burrow and lav eggs in the sand, and
which they seized without any difficulty.
In the mornings they rose about eight
o'clock, and brcak(aslcd on these birds.
after which they went out to hunt, lcav-
ING one or two behind to cook dinner
This dinner consisted generally of Il sort
Uf soup composed Of sea-clcphants' flip
pcrs, heart and tongue, chopped in pie
ces. They could find no vegetables on
the island, which produced nothing but
grass, excepting plant like a cabbage.
that was extremely bitter, and this they
made use of occasionally to flavor their
soup. Great inconvenience were at first
sustained for want of proper eating uten-
sils, as there was only the large kettle in
which their soup was made. They man
aged, however, to make some wooden
spoons for themselves. They next cut
down an old casti, and with it made Il
kind of soup turccn, out Of which they
all ate together.


70 be Continued.