FIELD NOTES 
Hoeman, Vincent D. 

January 29 
Flew over the moonlit, cloud-decked Pacific by jet from Los 
Angeles this evening, finding the distance impressive and fully comparable 
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to our spanning the North American continent earlier today. As we approached 
the islands the lights on Oahu were visible through breaks in the clouds, 
but Molokai, as we passed over, seemed as dark and barren as when the 
1 ava pushed out of the sea. The lights of Honolulu, a city of over 
300,000 are spread far up and down the coast from Pearl Harbor to 
Diamond Head. Here is a chain of Islands with almost exactly the same 
land area as the Aleutian chain 2000 miles to the north but so different 
in the terrestrial life it supports. 
Touch down at 2137 hours (HST) and leave the plane into air that 
seems liquid at 73°F. The "tropical smell" is the same as Central 
America - perhaps the flowers. 
We are met by J. P. Ludwig and Roger Clapp who take us to the Hawaiian 
King Hotel in Waikiki. There we all ten get together in one of the 
rooms to exchange information and celebrate the coming work. There is 
much to be done, but, after the "celebration" and a shower, my body said 
no to he typewriter. Everyone was in agreement though that this day, 
in which we'd gained five hours was finished. 
January 30 - 
All night the gentle tradewind blew, and the steady stream of my 
thoughst kept sleep from reaching me. At 05^0 hours the predawn cries 
of the Indian Myna, Acr&dot li cres trlstls , got me up and about O'oOO in 
the nearby Internet! onal Market I could see those noisy birds beginning 
