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changed and went out just as Larry and Dayle came back. I ate at the Waikiki 
Biltmore. When I got back I found Larry in a mosquito tent. We all hit 
the sack around 1150. 
15 August 1964 ; I got up at 0815 and had breakfast. I was about to start 
a young Sooty Tern when Larry advised not to until the maid had cleaned up 
the room. We decided to go out and buy some dry ice and X wanted to buy a 
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new scalpel. I couldn’t find any at Ala Moana so gave up and we went and 
got 25 lbs of dry ice. We waited for the maid to finish when we got back 
and finally started skinning around noon. X was mostly finished with a 
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young Sooty by 1545, went down and had lunch in the coffee shop, and finished 
the bird by 1550. I started a second but realized I couldn't finish it by 
1800 so I did everything but stuff it until 1745. Then Larry and I dressed 
for dinner over at Bob Long's. Dave fortunately brought the car back at 
six and off we went. I got a curious letter, a critique sheet of ray journal, 
from Fred which I'm still trying to understand. Bob lives over on Makiki 
Street in a new apartment building. Dennis somebody, a Botanist from the 
University who just got his Masters, joined us. The conversation was en- 
joyable and the lasagne was good. We saw a few slides of the ATF trip and 
finally left around H50. Bob, Dennis, and his wife recommended that I get 
my degree first and not postpone it. When we got back (hearing the last 
movement of Sc human' s 5fd) I reread Fred's letter and hit the sack. 
14 August 1964 : We got up late around 9 : 50. After breaking our fast I 
finished up the young Sooty Tern I skinned out last night. The feathers 
kept coming out I suppose because it had waited so long to be stuffed. He 
