to return to Pearl Harbor nor how long it will take to make the 
repairs. Field party is feeling somewhat better this morning, though 
only two are much better. We are agreed that the diesel fumes have 
played an important part in our sickness and that we will have to 
conduct our bird watches from the flying bridge which does not get 
so- much of the fumes and try and collect birds from the bow so that 
they can be netted as they pass down the sides of the ship. It is 
rather difficult for the ship to back to pick up the birds and 15 
or 20 minutes was needed to pick up each of the birds we collected 
yesterday. We find that it is virtually impossible to do any work 
in the aft hold while the ship is underway. The sea is presently 
so rough that the hatch must be kept closed and the temperature 
in there at present approaches 100°. The fumes from the engine 
rake it almost impossible for one to keep anything in one's stomach 
while working in there and the rolling and pitching of the ship 
makes it impossible to keep any work on the tables or to use the 
microscope. 4 of the field party members maintained the bird watch 
this date until the MOCTOBI reached Pearl Harbor about 2000 hours. 
6 February 1963 
The ship was tied up at Pearl all day, the two bird skins were 
prepared and bird-watch data from the previous two days was tallied. 
No other project business. 
7 February 1965 
Most of this date the ship remained in Pearl Harbor while work 
was coupleted on the installation of the new main bearing. Ship finally 
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