for about forty mlnutesif all these birds were heeded for Lleianski 
»s is probably the case there is indeed a rest colony on this island 
as this time.The island inlend group did find this years petrel eggs 
broken about above ground in the Interior and recorded sbird egg above 
ground in broad day light. We did not notice many Fairy Terns or Gray 
backed Terns on this island but* Hawaiian noddles were again nesting 
in large numbers in end about the Cesuarims Trees. The field party 
returned to the ship about 16"0. The ship w-s forced to anchor about 
a mile a. J off the east shour Ilsisnski but, the sea was calm and the 
weather was very good certainly the best day we have had yet, and we 
were able to make the landing and return to the ship without mishap. 
After auper the ship got under way again and vre set course for Pearl 
end Hermes Beef. As soon as we came around the Beef of the island 
and headed northwest again we noticed that the wind had increased and 
the seas had increased considerably. The weather continued to de¬ 
teriorate and by 2000 hours we were experiencing the highest winds 
and the worse seas we had yet incountered. This clearly inlustrates 
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the already pointed out extreme changeable of the weather in this 
area st this time of year and the extrenen caution needed to plan 
operation. The seas Increased rapidly 20 to 25 feet and the waves 
were contlnuely breaking out over vale and water 2 feet deep poured 
down the run wasy from midships and out across the stern, thoroughly 
soaking the content of our trunk from Lays&n which wrs still lashed 
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on the quart deck. The captain advised that he expected weather 
conditions to continuse to deteiorete this night and did not expect 
to make a landing at Pearl and Bennie the next morning. 
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