Male, 1960 Journal Nov. 7 things about this technique. Foremost I thumb in the necessity of having the skin & fat impregnated. They began tearing the skin a bit but only after it had become hard, whereas at first they had been damitly cleaning it up without hurting it. I dock the skin in for the night so let it soften again before putting it out. The day was mild & partly cloudy. A little breeze made it chilly towards and afternoon. Nov. 8 Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Antarctica. Rumor that a plane expected today would be the last one inspired a little writing hinge which I feel all morning. In the afternoon I repaired to the observatory & watched for 2½ hours. It was snowing lightly, in fact had been all day, but a wind sprang up about 3:00 which chilled to my ardom & that of the seaus also. I left about 4 P.M. Finished cleaning the penguin cleaned (+ torn) by the seaus; slinned a second & put it out. In half an hour they had Torn a gaping hole in it. The trouble this time I think was that I had anchored one end of its skin so that when pulling on it