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15 Feb, 
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Observed 2 adults d9 and one yearling seal further on down this 
beach. Then saw 2 adults swimming in lagoon about $$*& noted 
yearling seal on beach ahead about 1547. It moved into the water 
before I could sex it. Then large adult moved into the water ahead 
about 1547. [Jst movedinto the water before I could] It moved 
into the water ahead of me. I noted one more bristle-thighed curlew 
on the be&eh here. “S ^ V 
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I had another opportunity to watch frigates chase a booby. The 
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bool3y VBS knocked torn ifcto the water their pecks. It then got up 
again and disappeared around a bend with one frigate still diving at it 
®K> y**rting seals note d on beach on northeast corner about 
1555. A yearling c f was noted asleep in Scaevola up over crest of dune 
about this time also. ■ 
The baach-on the northeast side is again crescentic, about 150 
yards long, and has a bard sand area about 15 yards wide and then an 
area about 10 yards filled with coral chunks before the bushes. 
Most of fcne Girds nesting along here were black-foots though I noted 
one parfi of masked boobies with eggs. A yearling seal followed me in|[ 
the water along here. There were some silvery fish a foot or so 
long in the water here, and the seal appeared to fee interested in them. 
I noted a yearling o’ on this beach about 1600. 
15 Feb. 1963 
This past night has been the worst we have had at sea. It was 
impossible to get any sort of decent sleep as it was continually 
thrown from side to side in fey bunk from the rolling of the ship, which 
at times was rolling over 40 degrees. A large cabinet of tools was 
torn off the bulkhead in our aft storage space and its contents scattered 
