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is the year of the gremlins. 2!he cas»ra probably will not nm. If it 
runs, it will lose the loop? if it does not lose the loop it will scratch 
the film; if it does not scratch the film it will be out of focus j if none 
of these things happens, the exposure will be wrong. 
We had used up all of our MS before the report on it came in yester- 
day. It turned out to have been underexposed somewhat — but printable. 
Well, that long shot paid off. We have something lees tha.n eight rolls 
of film remaining — four ccssa^rcial for topside, and four of faster 
for ni^t work. But we may end by not using them for their intended 
purposes. A hurricane is building up to the Southeast of us (Cleo) and 
my i^y us a call within the next three days or so. This almst exactly 
coincides with our sailing date — Thursday. I shall save the film until 
the forecasters have a little more data on "the stoita. It is possible that 
it my be used to record the actions of a hurricane. 
Aside from camera bjreakdowns and malfunctions we actually have been 
using film on some of the undersea creatxures, Ifost of it has been routine. 
We backed up ar^ made close-ups of some of the small things — mntlses, 
burrowing shrimps, dromids — that we had missed when 5^3 out of com- 
mission. Our octopus remained In the shooting enclosure — I am exire 
he could have eecai)0d if he had set his jslnd to it — and we made him a 
final offer of the very big crab with which he bad battled on a previous 
occasion. This ticffi he must have been very hungry, for the crab fell 
at the first blow. I was sorry to see him go. 
