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1 Aug over the side' presumably ready for use in collecting. The bridge hfs 
orders to slow bs soon as we begin firing at birds. When a bird is 
downed a sailor stationed on each side of the bridge is to throw a 
flare into the water near the bird to aid the whaleboat crew in picking: it 
up. The crew was practicing launching the boat this morning before we 
got underway. 
Therr is a very different atmosphere around this shit compared with 
our experiences on thp Moctobi . W© have little contact with the shir's 
officers and virtually no contact with the crew. We eat in the wardroom, 
which incidentally is p rather fancy paneled room, but et a separate 
table. Th ship is so large that we are not near the officers on duty. 
Our quarter® are all on the 01 deck level with the quarters of four 
of the shlp*s officers. Bushman and I have single rooms* Fleet and Gould, 
and Marshall end Trevor share two other rooms. My room has a closet. desk, 
chest, two "beds, sln^, chair and medicine chest. The closet has a 
hasp end lock so that I can keep the guns and some ammo ready at hand. 
We have one of our padlocks on the door. 
Our l^b is located under the forward deck. It has a double slnk f 
stainless steel work surfaces and shelves, chairs, and a Urge upright freezer. 
Most of our equipment and the rest of our ammo is stored in here and I 
was given the key to this room. The rest of our equipment has been 
stowed in an expanded metal room close by with one of our padlocks on 
the door. An living and work spaces ere air-conditioned# 
In summary I would say that we have been provided with ell the 
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conveniences that the ship can provide, the lab space is most adequate, 
the st terooms are spacious nd comfortable and the air-conditioning 
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