S«!*» Diary 
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10/4/35 - CellottUl v ft . yggins gpaeiseas# 
10/5/35 • "Light shower in »id-iacnmii*§ * Believe# he lug collected fg 
of serin* eheils* 
10/7/35 * -mtmi) that the ©ocanu* sprout enfeebled by rats gnawing the first 
leaves ha# not died but has .inly one slight of green on the 
stalk* One of Harris*n is is the mm condition, t\m other ten at 
Ses-Cirt are doing wall* Wlal shifted to north for the first bf## 
sines our arrival* *® further eal 1 ghteaed on the propeasities 
i> ‘- frigates in witey# A frigate ws# forced down. by others for tar 
five or six minutes periods mi after floating gltfy each period 
flew oat with sc difficulty* h score of sice #faa» mm out in the ™ 
evening to gather cnw£>s*.*l ms commencing to recognise certain mice* 
»««; l f *ews® hi eh 4# certainly t ve 1 notes loag exclusive 
of tail.*, mm * frequently spotted with white. One has a(st>lotgfc 
of whit©} Tutnim the ©yes ..*« * 
10/3/35 •• '*Vagatstian is sgtremsly scrofulous, targe patch*# here »d there.. 
iO/10/35* 
mm * ,, »»*W«e eat pig-weed but hows not seen a rat do so* 1 
rt X have teen i. ing tins ot br-ckiah water be m the toot. $ m*m 
milj jh the night go drink and fight noisily* Sitting on m eot 
ton! *h* I s mi immr, «* ' " " . 
10/11/35 - Light shower in, morning* 
10/12/35 - Brisk 
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shower before sunrise* across little sooty-black Mrd ■ 
sfetgg crest* s. could get within a few feet of it but 
it* so thought to stun It with shot* but ml sea leu la tad air 
X had put la gun and bird was killed swell to say regret*** 
was about the sirs of a soull doves* The flesh had not the *» 
tomma. to ass birds. ..** (iiawsl Im Noddy record It?) 
10/13/35 - **Ev@ry day when the tide is out a large conclave of cos»?a boobies 
,asters on the. small reef formation jutting out near the stone 
sir* 
10/14/35 
4s Bigg St 
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ad the rain m»se 
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over, 
s far 
10/15/33 
10/21/35 
A short hgsyy ah 
tt»K the frigates. vmm our ot tne west in a slowly mm lag l__ 
as the eye c nld roach* There must ter® Im twenty thousands*** 
a, *i 1 1 showers today#* Vegetafcioa sstcsit shingly green and fresh**®' 
m 
camp fcasUty this afternoon, the first t 
(««a «HS mm in weeks. *"?ters hm teen a period of Iwsiivlt 
nm terns. A few- hover over camp late in the day* and at night their 
swltory, so that the island is unusually peaceful** 1 
-** * «***• blowing, a tails or so, (off the island).*Captured 
ttencn^hly venomous looking scorpion la the water c 
see>od I have -sees an the It land* 11 
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