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The blood samples were finished about noon, and the ship got under 
way for Bsker-Howland about 1300. 
Mr. Bushman and I met with the captain just before dinner to plan 
our operational schedule for the rest of the trip. Baker has railitery 
surplus left on it from World War II, including gasoline and TUT, whose 
containers are deteriorating, and vehicles, planes, and buildings. It 
was decided to concentrate our efforts, about 6 days on Howland, end spend 
one afternoon, night end the following day on Baker before going on the 
Canton. We will stop over night before heading back to Pearl, ad~on 1 
ETA there is now 5 April. 
The party spent most of this rest of the afternoon sleeping. Lite 
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this afternoon we started shooting black-footed albatross off the stern 
in hopes of seeing how long it took for a new one to move in. Five 
were shot, but 8 ot 9 were following at this ti^e end our results 
were not conclusive. 
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Bob and I spent most of the day cm the fant ail while Binion main¬ 
tained watch on the flying bridge. Up to four albatross were following 
the ship at sometine during the day. They were not approaching very closely, 
and we had a badtime killing them, getting only two the whole day. At 
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1730 there were still two black-foots far astern. We observed Laysans 
about the ship at four different times today, up to 1730. Three times 
today we noted shearwaters or petrels, but they never came close enough 
for indentification. One of these birds had a grayish back, paler under- 
parts, and has dark bands underneath the wings. About 1600 two sooty 
terns passed the ship heeded north. Shortly after 1700 I noted an 
immature red-footed booby approach the ship from the south pass it, 
