January 8, l86l: ...Colecord finished laying the track to the beach. Allen filled 
part of the bags with guano. The carpenters have got up the frame of the house. 
...The captain notified me of the readiness of the ship to receive cargo of guano. ... 
One of the squatters called upon us and asked for some reading matter which I furnished 
to him. 
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January 9* l86l: ...I requested Captain Philips to wait the ten days specified in his 
charter party before having the right to receive guano. 
January 10, l86l: Thursday: This morning the surf was too high to load guano so Colcord 
built a loose stage and commenced to switch tracks so we can apparently in back load two 
cars. Then the rest of the natives with Allen, built a stone wall for a native house to 
be covered with a sail roof. He and I sheared four sheep. [?] About half past five 
the sun was eclipsed. ' The moon covered the entire center of the sun. Dunn finished the 
[?] boats. Drew has been working on the house. ... 
January 11, l86l: Friday: The surf has subsided considerably so we launched three boats 
before breakfast and shipped guano until it was low tide. We used 
