the whole island and know complete beach count w s made of seals. We 
obsever over 70 on the east beach as we were leaving the island today. 
The weather today has been clear with a very hot sun but with strong 
winds most of the day. The sea is quite rough eround the island but, 
away from the islsnd has few whits caps but large swells. 
14 February 1963 
We arrive at Lisianski at 0930 and 1030 ell members of the 
field erne Cramer, the executive officer and two member of the crue 
had gone ashore. The field party split into two groups Wirtz, Sibley, 
and Blagden set out in a clockwise direct around the beech and Mcffrlene 
and Am®eraon headed into the interior of the island. Our plan was 
to cover the beech end then criscross the island in an etempt to der- 
t crime whet species of birds where present and In what psrt of this 
cycle each species was a the present here. The party moving around the 
beach moved up into scaevola of the interior at numerous points to sur¬ 
vey the bird populations in these areas while the other group wondered 
back and forth in the interior of the island. The beech party was 
Jointed by the inland party at the small boat landing on the west 
side about 1400 and from there as a group around the northern 
shore of the island. The party was able to tag 34 seals today and would 
have been able to do many more if we had not run out of tags. We have 
improved technique oonslderlbly and were able to do several big adults. 
It appears that our work can be very nicely worked in all around the 
clock on these islands, taking time out to eat and sleep at various 
intervals in the work. It is of course easist to observe the bird 
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