Darnell cook produced a fine meal actually but I was not in a festive mood & just regarded it as a good meal. Came up the notion of killing a seal & will do it tomorrow morning. Saw the show this evening, "Jumping Hell" or some such nonsense. I must stop going to there ! Nov.25 Cape Nallett, Antarctica: I wook up about 8:30 or so. Colin + I get ready & drove out to the seal sem resting on the snow near one of the bergs off shore. Then Colin who has killed many of them at Scott Base when they use them for dog food, volunteered to kill a seal for me, & had been persuaded to make it a cour + prep. We circled the groups of bergs and parked by the big berg with the ample seal had turned out to be a cow and pup. We walked over to them, 100 yds from the wreck. Colin put the point of an ice axe through the shell of the & which shuddled + died instantly. She bled profusely from the mouth & nose as she did so. The bleeding was copious + prolonged indicating that the heart was still & beating the the animal was in all probability completely