ON ENDERBY ISLAND

Otago Witness, Issue 3430, 9 December 1919, Page 70

ON ENDERBY ISLAND

" . CATOHIJNU SiiALS. (Fhou Ooa Uwn Cop.besfondent.) WMLJLINGTON, December 2. Mr F„ W. Jiriaybittle, of Wellington, who laas just returned troni a cruise in tne Hinemoa, Has given the .tost.some details of a visit to Jinderby island, 'ihe party walked across eounxry to a seal colony,, and it was, ne says, "a tough, proposition, and once "we tiiought we had. -oat one ot the ladies. We found her, however, waist deep in an oozing, swainp,. bedraggled and wet. but still lull oi iiie and entnusiasin. At last we came upon the seals, and what a feast for our cameras! lhere- must have been anything - from 180 to 200 of them, including great bulls, on guard, cows innumerable and yearlings. It was a great and thrilling spectacle. Occasionally a fercoious-lookmg bull wou-d resent she too near attention of a stereoscopic lens enthusiast and charge, with the result that, camera in one Hand, our photographic-friend would be doing a sprint worthy of that Marathon hero Dorando. In the meantime the crew was busy lassoomg two youngsters, to be carried to our haven —a great and almost superhuman task, lor they weighed about a hundredweight each. Two good specimens were secured, placed in sacks, and we started the arduous return journey. Ihose with only cameras to carry felt as if they were beasts of burden; what, then, could have been the experience of the third officer and his boys who tackled the job. Visitors to the zoo who will watch the antics of the survivor (for one died on the trip to Bluff) will never appreciate the difficulties overcome ere she was eventually landed amongst the collection of zoo.ogical attractions at Newtown Park."