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April 16, Tuesday” « 1941 » I 41d Ilk® th® spirit of the men. wivo had 
mad® tSo© hike of Sciday aad retiim Mcaday . li^orybody ms trilliiig, bu|j with- 
out occap&ss it was a futil® prooeoding# 
/^yaay, this four of thm went ial®.ud with ms o’trer aew trail 
WB out inlaasd froja head of lagooa wJiioh Ri/fdor found opeaod up a pretty 
op®a country Collins# Hr* 0, Snell# R* G* Cook# 3, E, Sidsr)* W© 
got quite a ways inland and roturnad at 11 a*ja* to ship for lunoh in beginning 
of 'rain wMch started is in earnest at noon# W® dis0O‘?'®r@d ms ©xteasivo 
frssh water pools beyond salt lagoons quit© palatable water of which I drsodc 
iialf a glass of it frcsi eanteen full I brought back to ship* 
It rained off aad on# brisk slioowrs all afternooat every pot and 
pan aboard colleoted water# and everybody took persoml bath out in rain and 
washed olottes* 0*F*0* Toung estimated Wiat at least ZOO gals* rain water 
was collected by little awfeing bet* 12*^50 and 6 p*m*. (Awning is perhaps 
40 feet long by 9 wide at one end# 12 at other.) 
At 4i20 put out a oraofcer tin took in 7 a*m. on loth but laost of 
rain had fallen in previous aftemoOT* Got 1 Ineh in bottoa* Rained from 
1 p.n. till after 10 p.s. (5-3/4” inside dla* “Oven fresh sal tines by 
Kseblsr”* !let wt* 16 os* Eeebler Ifeyl Baking Co,# ?Mla,# Ra.) 
This a»s* we walked inland for about 3 iirs# including trail biasing, 
got back in SO minutes 
Crew got herriag-like fish# Opisthon^aus with gig at eleotrio light* 
Ashore got a blue crab# soft, in lagoon. Tried for pelican pioture. 
Wind! S. 1-2# H,W, 2, E. 2* S.S. 2 Rost of tlia®. 
?®3peraturei (a) 78-91 (b) 75-85 
Weather : BG. G C C G BG C <CP (19 & 20 p,m») * OH (21-24) 
0735 party ashore. 
