On© of sub oap tains, all of whoa had boon invited, brought along a lot of 
grand apple pies, soa» of us had tro slabs (six outs, llavy regulations so 
Captain Pioklng said, to the piej. There was ioe water in Jugs and ooffe© 
too. Sat around bonfire in the dark for quite a while and enjoyed starlit 
night and sosquitoes. But it was a good, well fed, eongonlal party. I 
wouldn*t have laissed it for a verj’’ great deal. 
Wind$ 3.K. 3, H.S.H. B, d. , S. 3**“2**1* 
Tmperature (a) 80-9S (b) 75-82 (e) 
Flatter t B - BC - BG C C GF (15-16 p,a, ) G.C,C. 
' 0740 SearohiE^ party ashore* 
April 10, Jea@s Bay. ^ as usual at 6s SO, breakfast at 7, aster® 
7s SO. Cjj^ptaiR, CcCTssandor, and I went to look at an insoription sailor off 
’*44** ted found day before, four lines and arrow pointing dosm on side of about 
largest tr&e on height or level high ground to left north of lagoon beaoh. 
While they looked for lS-20 aine. I went looking for herons ^est that mm (Tol- 
aan or Coleiaas) of Davidson sub ted found on larger, north lagoon in tree over— 
hanging water, soarcely 2 feet off water, but did I have Job locating it, 
with general direotioas given ®e (sub laft at 9 a.n. and so 1 oould not hav® 
the jaaa to direct me). For a long tim© I wandered about under raangroves 
and it was raean travelling, tJ'ien I waded around in water outside of iTiangrove 
fringe and still oould not fite anything. Saw a Geosplaa nest Mgh up in 
tree with few egg sta&iiK stell fra©3®ats, apparently still moist or witli 
something edible In th«s, m they were oovered with flies, A first thought 
it was the nest, but after I photo*d heron with, plum out of back of head 
end a shorter legged, heavier billed and bodied one and had about given Sx 
be and fltished one (or the very; atooky 
heron out of a |ree with some nolae. Took m© a while ©vm then to discover 
