Wir t a, William 0 . FIELD NOTES 
1904 
June 5 — Got under way atout 1350 today, and passed out 
of the harbor at 1350. Weather clear, calm and warm. 
Watch conducted today from 1^00 till dark. 
Birds quite common this afternoon. Several feeding 
flocks have Been sighted. They've usually "been Sooty 
Terns, common noddies, with a few wedgetails, Bulwer 1 s 
or Newell's present. One flock had two Red-footed 
Boobies. One Fairy tern seen and a few Red-tailed 
Tropicbirds. Noted one Bulwer*s carrying something shiney 
in it's beak--probably a fish. Three or four black-footed 
albatross following the ship ever since we left the harbor 
The wind is so slight they are sitting on the water a lot. 
Noted one sitting on the water, sticking it's head under 
water and shaking it vigorously, splashing water around. 
Reason?? I was surprized at how close to Oahu we found 
wedgetails and Bulwer ! s probably within a mile of land. 
Tie ship appears to be well-suited to our purpose. 
The quarters are fine, especially when compared with 
tales from sone of the other ships u ed this year. 
We have a suite of three rooms and a bath on the 02 
deck over the fantail. There is one four-man room 
and two two-man rooms. There is ample drawer and 
closet space, and a desk in each room. In addition 
to the central exhaust system, each room has a large 
reversible fan in a port hole. Our whole living area 
looks new. The furniture certainly is, the area is 
recently repainted, and even much of the hardware is 
new, medicine chest, ports, doors. 
The labs are mounted forward of the main structure 
on the main deck. The shelving side should have 
drawers or doors for the next trip, but besides this 
the lab is fine. We've added a towel rack, soap dish, 
trays to hold skinning equipment, etc. and taped the 
balance to the work surface. There is ample storage 
for our gear. We also have a large store room directly 
beneath the lab, with a work bench, outletss and lights, 
and one wall of shelves.’ This will probably only be 
needed for dead storage. We have a large freezer at 
this level also. 
