era leg, go over to Baker tomorrow end stay there two days, then on 
to Canton and hack to Pearl. 
22 March 1963 
We arose early again this morning to take advantage of few 
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coller hours collected plant specimens to he taken hack, picked up the 
Sherman Traps and hegain packing our gear, to get aboard the ship 
about 1100. We had another baroldling experience go3ng out in the 
surf, the tide w?s low, we hed to drag loaded boat out to the edge 
of the rock ledge in order to get the moror down, there was about 
2 foot surf. And when we got to the 'end edge of the ledge the under 
toe started dragging us out , as the boat went off the ledge it got 
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caught in the back wssh and though we paddled madly to keep the 
bow into the waves. The next wave hit us and turae the boat sidewass 
tilted! it end,sent in toward the beach, catching Bob between the 
boat and the edge of the ledge. The rock we3 very slippery and it was 
impossible to maintain a footing in the under toe. The boat was 
swep back end then we had to turn it around and get it headed out 
again, this time we got it off the ledge and were able to paddle 
long enough to get it out over the next wave to a point were we could 
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the motor down . The ship left Howland about eleven thirty, we arrived 
at Baker about 1615 but the ship took a very long time dealding where 
they were going to stop, and it was late before we got into the 
island. The only landing is on the left north west sand beech and is 
indicated on the charts-on the as poor, which it certainly is. We 
had a heavy surf of five or six feet today and decided to make to tripe. 
Bob and I going first with the sailor. We had a very rough and wet 
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