Friday - ££ July 1958 
n 18 to £0 knot breeze moderated the warm weather as 
the £ resident ial Detachment, comprising the flagship 'ouston 
and Escort Ship —cDougul, continued their £5 knot jaunt toward 
the Galapagos Islands d ring this day. 
Ah. 
leisurely rising, a late breakfast, followedttoroughout 
the day by light reading, restful siestas, etc. occupied the 
members of the Presidential Tarty, according to ite individual 
tastes, in the late afternoon certain members of the party 
tossed a medicine ball about to sharpen appetites for the 
forth-coming dinner or to assist in reducing the waistline 
s the domain of T-eptunus Rex is approached it s remarkable 
to note the increasing tension pervading the ship. The oily- 
wogs" skulk in corners, and hie themselves with celerity from 
the immediate vicinity of scowling shellbacks, hectic prepara- 
tions for the fitting and proper reception of his Royal 
T'ajesty are the order of the day. Various hairy-chested and 
hardened Shellbacks are busily engaged in erecting platforms, 
testing electric chairs, sharpening surgical and barber’s 
