Leaner** 
1964 ' 
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Nov 
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• Arc-^e at 6 = 00 A.M, to take the first 
watch* since' I had climbed into, the pitching 
an< j rolling he* 3 only k hours before I climbed 
0 - a f t struggled to pet an extra cun of coffee 
if-r) Qri tte •fiyin" br -1 d ce win, c me — t r*- f "i.n °* to 
„Krv n i.ad >' *r that is continually mo vine* in 
all thre» dimensions, while yon are else 
'’it emrtd n <? to k eon co^iee a n a not o m as 
somewhat of a task? the water was somewhat 
rougher today and the air felt a little cooler, 
even though it has' seemed cool for the last 
three days* the wells this morning rolled' 
5 n fro" the east and' found synchrony with the 
shir, rookie <n it f'^om side to side to side,.... 
at 8:10 a white rum red. storm petrel was 
collected (the first of fee trir) ? by 8:^0 the 
lars-e swells once more rolled at ns irom the 
few birds, and ^ and George 
on tieir watch could boast of li.ttle more than 
a. fish ball and frigate* only a few minutes 
after 12 : 00 noon, '-hen I releived George on 
the bow, - saw a lame school of fish -lean out 
of the water at. a arreat distance off the vorz 
bow - they leaned only once and I was not able 
to identify either predator or prey: once again 
today we experienced a great paucity of oirds 
end I slipped. back into my philosophical 
thoughts on flying fish - this time i tried 
to attach an 1*9. to their actions, but was 
slowed in my thoughts when I remembered that 
X could not .judge knowledge or recognize intel- 
ligence that 1 myself c id not experience - 
from here my thoughts skidded to the awful 
realization that there perhaps existed an 
intelligence far greater than humans possess, 
but because of our lack oi intelligence we 
cannot recognize it — &z this poxn^ ± was 
depressed and began to nut all my effort in>,o 
straining to see birds; at 1:30 both tie wind 
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