N. E. Side and circled and cane in from the S.W. side. The ship 
anchored about half vay between La Perouse Pinnacle and East Island. 
9 a.m. we were anchored. The skipper had his men prepare to take us 
-ashore. All of our gear and ourselves rode in the whaleboat with the 
rubber craft leading the way through the reef. By 10:50 we were ashore 
on the N. E. tip of East Island. We found one of the old quonset huts 
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which had a good floor although'^ irty. We got busy (while the sailors 
brough our gear) and cleaned the place out. By noon we had bath tents 
up (one inside on the floor) and were ready to eat. The radio was 
not working so the crew took it back to the ship to see what was wrong. 
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East Island is about 700 yards long by 90 yards wide and rains in 
an east-west direction. There axe six old quonset huts in bad condition 
toward the weyt end of the island. The island is covered in low 
vegetation mainly puncture plant. One large is growing on the east 
point. The island is not over 10 - 15 feet high. Sooty Terns axe 
nesting almost over the entire island. Ccmon Noddies (approx. ) 
are nesting in the vegetation (low) on the west point and a few are 
located on the old quonset huts, old boards, drums etc. (Fred 
counted sixty nests). Laysan Albatross also nested here and the chicks 
axe almost ready to fly ( a little bit of down left)— -2^3 chicks were 
banded. Black- footed Albatross also nested and are mainly on the eastern 
central portion. Frigate birds are around but don’t appear to have nests 
Six Ruddy Turnstones, one golden Plover and a Wandering Tattler were 
seen on the beach. Approximately ten seals were seen on the beaches. 
Turtles are very (25 ±) numerous and appear to be laying eggs. 
