The lagoon party In the morning headed heck over the ridge of the 
island past the camp of the napping party and down the hill toward 
the legoon, through the scaevola and grass areas in that part of 
the island. They reported constantly falling through the earth 
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into petrel burrows, rb indeed we all did the night before. And 
many of these holds drop you in above the knee. As they approach 
the lagoon many shore birds \*!ere noted as well as Laysan Teal. 
There ere thousands of Laysan Albatrosses nesting in the aree 
around the lagoon edge. Vist nets where set up running perpen— 
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dicular to the waters edge, from well up on dry land out to about 
three feet into the water. The party's fears vJere Justified vfcen 
they discovered tket the Albatrosses were unable to maneuver eround 
these mistpets , even eround the poles end ropes holding they up. 
Once the nets were set up the party atempted to drive shore birds 
into them by circling inland then walking slowly towards the nets. 
Each time the flocks would get up and circle around behind walker 
missing the nets entirely. This was tried from both directions and 
no 
knW shore birds were taken, only Albatrosses. Infact five Albatrosses 
where all that were taken in the nets. And each time an Albatrosse 
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hit a net it tore down the hedrd business. One aluminium pole being 
bent so that it no longer celapses and the party had to set up the 
nets again and start all over. While moving the mist nets to another 
free the party was able to capture one female Laysan Teal from which 
Bin!on was able to collect some fe*-the^pites before It was released. 
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The party then set up there nets In another area around the lagoon, 
but unable to net any more Albatosees. The party then turns toward 
the southwest shore of the island, pfst the twelve palm trees which 
