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April 9, Wednesday. South Seyraour, forenoon. Ashore with Capt. 
Fioking to plant signal on highest point of bluff to south of lowland run- 
ning hack from Aeolian Bay. Discovered lakes and took picture of laother 
pintail and S young. Saw lot of yellow legai very restive, flew &¥#ey at 
slightest provocatioai no clwkaoe to get picture. 
Afternoon,, aboard looking after olothas, letters, aiid epesineas. 
Windt SE 2-S-2, Afternoon 
Teeip.i (a) 82-88 (b) 70 (?) - 84 (a) 
Weathers BC 
0803 party left ship, 
April 10, Tljureeiay. Ashore at 7s 30 (up at 6:50, breakfast at 
7t00). (Other days, before ashore at 9 or 9:30.) Hiked iidead to duck ponds 
in a.m, witls Barron and Frcdciie by keeping to right fraa landing beach kept 
in fairly flat grass country and missed jaost of rook rivers j besides 
mother and eight young of yesterday, saw a sal© and fesaal© whic, however, 
I did not photo, did lanke sose iguana shots and several of a Tropidurus. 
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Clear, hot, and sunny (yesterday up here in slrnde =87 ). Oot back to 
ship at noon. 
After lunch it clouded up and began to rain, Brig sled off and on 
all afternoon and until 6tS3 mpper, late part of rain very heavy. When 
I came out in a, a, H told i» of ducks nest hc*d clasost stooped aat 
in when h® was out. After lunch he showed a® place but duck hopped off nest 
find remained off whole time we were In violrdty; in rain snapped few pictures 
of ncscti right in gras®, lined dry crass* bits of fsatber, very 
exposed yet difficult to sec, eg.gs were cresaa color. Souse looked a little 
mottled with greenish or bluish - 8 eg:;;® in nest, one out in water before 
nest, l?h?it could have happened? Bo Ho. of eggs seme as number of young with 
mother. Lakes as big and as extensive as tiiosa seen yesterday and in a.m. 
