As there were only two or three fishermen in the entire village beside themselves, there were plenty of vacant houses in which to put the new pets, but Paul put them into a room in which he had previously placed a young condor.

When the lashings where taken off the ninas, they waddled to a corner and sat there.
The children of the sea are a species of penguin.

Their bodies are furnished with a downy covering which is neither hair nor feather.
They stand about two feet eight inches high and have very short, but very strong legs terminating in web feet.

They are of a grey color with white breast.

Their necks are short surmounted by a bird shaped head with a powerful but stumpy bill, the lower part is V shaped into which the upper snugly fits.