274 OBSERVATIONS ON DIVE NUMBER THIRTY 



Feet Stop Start Observations by Beebe 



Time a.m. 



out, their position obliquely 

 upward. 



1 1. 1 8 Window getting pretty hot 



from the big light, am wor- 

 ried about it, as the sphere 

 and glass are icy cold. Barton 

 running motion picture cam- 

 era. Plate holders jam several 

 times. 

 Beam out. 



11.22 Shift generators back to little 



one. 

 Beam on. 



11.24 Biggest squid yet, 2 feet across, 



like dead ones we have found 

 on surface, brick brown color 

 and one tentacle knotted up 

 as though it had something 

 in it. 

 11.24.30 Taking pictures again. 



11.25 Switch generators back to big 



one again. 



Beam out. 

 11.27 Counted 4^ sparks in 10 sec- 



onds, 10 of these are large, 

 most of them pale yellow, and 

 a few bluish. 

 11.29 Beam on again. 



Barometer reading y^V^, oxygen 

 6<)0 pounds, humidity 68%, 

 temperature 71°. 



Barton says only 2 inches of 

 telephone hose has slipped in. 



More large fish than ever before, 

 flesh-colored one back again 

 but can't see outline. 



