We took up our guns to show that we were about to follow; and on this he began to jump, and frisk about, and bark, to exhibit his satisfaction, and then he stopped and went on a little, and then stopped again to see that we were following.  In great hopes that he was leading us to our friends, we went on as fast as we could walk.  Our path led us under some cliffs which were literally crowded with penguins and young albatrosses, or mollimauks.  There was a regular encampment or rookery of them, extending for five or six hundred yards in length, and from one to two dozen in breadth.  The nests of the albatrosses were nearly a foot high, and of a cup-like form.  Feathers were just beginning to spread on the backs and wings of the young birds, and to take the place of the down with which they had originally been covered.  Old Surley passed by without taking any notice of them.  When we approached the spot they set up a loud gabbling, and spouted out an oily substance at us.  The penguins were much more dignified, and looked at us with silent contempt.  The surface of the sea near at hand was covered with the parent birds, and the air was alive with them as they flew backward and forward to carry food to their young; but as, following old Surley's example, we did not attempt to molest their broods, they took no notice of us.  The penguins were the most numerous, and appeared to be the original inhabitants of the spot.  They were arranged with great regularity, those having just broken the shell being together, as were those with their feathers appearing, and also those expecting soon to fly.  Never had I seen so many birds together.  However, we were too anxious about our friends to stop, so we hurried on after old Surley. From the steady way in which he proceeded, we felt sure that he was leading us in the right direction.  Nor were we deceived.  Before long we recognised the creek where we landed, and soon we reached the boat drawn up on the shore.  We rushed towards her to discover if our friends had lately been there.  We examined her thoroughly; but after all we could not decide the point.  Thus we remained as anxious as ever. While, however, we were engaged in this manner, we had not watched old Surley, and when we looked up he was gone.  Just before we got into the boat, Jerry's cap had tumbled off, and when he wanted to put it on again, though we hunted about in every direction, it was nowhere to be found.  At first we thought of continuing our search for our friends, but we soon agreed that it would be wiser to stay where we were; that if they had escaped they would certainly return to the boat, and that if we went in search of them, the so doing would only delay our meeting. Being somewhat tired, therefore, we got into the boat, and drawing the sail over the after-part, we lay down in the stern-sheets and were soon fast asleep.  We were both awoke by old Surley's bark, and jumping up, we saw Mr Brand with his other two companions running along the beach. We jumped out of the boat and hurried to meet them.  Mr Brand had Jerry's cap in his hand, which old Surley had carried with him to show that he had found us.  We speedily narrated our adventures to each other.  They had been dreadfully alarmed on our account.  It turned out as we had supposed--Mr Kilby had reached the sea-shore by himself, thinking that we were with the other party, while they supposed we were with him.  However, they had not been very anxious about us till they saw the conflagration burst out, and guessed that we were by some means the cause of it.  They were on their way to look for us, but the flames, like some mighty torrent, rushed towards them.  They had with frantic haste to dart through the clumps of tussac and penguin grass to reach the beach.  They hurried to the boat, and had barely time to leap into her, and shove off, before the flames, fanned by the wind, came crackling and hissing up after them, and would very probably have set her on fire.  Cousin Silas was almost in despair about us, and Mr Kilby told me that he said he should never forgive himself if we came to harm. They were much interested with the account we gave them of our adventures; and as it was time for dinner, we agreed to cook and eat the trophies we had brought with us--the beef-steaks--before putting to sea. We were amused at finding that we had committed an illegal act in killing the bulls; but, as it was in self-defence, it was agreed that the act was justifiable.