Virtz, W« March 
1963 ATF 101 
larger tonight, and we did not notice any more "birds on the ground about 
the island than I saw earlier today. We saw 3 more cats which we were 
unable to collect. 
24 March 1963 
We arose about 0630 this morning and immediately began breaking 
camp and packing gear to go back to the ship. We d&cided to take every¬ 
thing back in one load. After partially loading the boat we dragged it 
part way into the surf end then 2 men held ite>bow into the waves while the 
other 3 rushed to put in the rest of the gear. The waves were already 
breaking over the bow, end I wr s holding it, trying to keep it up in the 
air so that we wouldn f t ship too much water* It wrs difficult to stand on 
the slippery rocks, and each wave would slide us in end out a bit , v e got 
it loaded and walked it out till the motor could be put down* Then Matt 
jumped in and got it ruming and as soon as we broke through the next 
wave we all jumped in* And away we went, climbing up each wave and 
falling down Its back everyone getting thoroughly soaked before we got 
back to the ship* 
We unpacked and stowed all our gear. By this time the ship 
had gotten under way again, the h-tch was closed* and it was very hot and 
smelly in our hold. Before I was able to get to the shower I got sick 
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again, and spent much of the rest of today in ff^pyemk. 
The ship is chesded right into the wind and seas now and is 
pitching considerably as the seas break over her bow* All the hatches and 
ports on the first 2 decks are closed and it is very hot and stuffy in here. 
We expect to arrive at Canton about 1500 Monday, and will le?ve there about 
1200 on Tuesday. 
