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-4-23 (cont.) 
Ten minutes later we could all see it plainly 
Rolled 
in early after a wonderful day. enjoyed by everyone except 
Wetmore and Ken, and some of the crew who (Co.E. the "crew") had been on 
an Okolehau jag the last night of shore leave. The long swell of the 
channel between Oahu and Kauai proved too much for them. I have draggec 
my air mattress upon "our" deck and am happy as a bug on the deck area where 
an anti-aircraft is usually mounted. Only three or four of the hardiest 
spirits, in addition to Schlemmer, who has sailed before the mast, and Ken 
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have gone below decks to sleep, for we are battened down tight and the air 
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errific down there. 
Thursday 4—p—23 Clear, calm K• n• Grade Wind 
Pacific Ocean en route to Laysan Id. 
Meridien position: Lat. 23°09 : L T -- Long- lcl 5(' W. 
Rolled out at 7:00 to find the old. "Tanager" rolling a bit in the 
full long swell of the Pacific, but she rides them like a gull and aside 
from actual discomfort of getting knocked about I imagine we'c go well 
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in almost any weather even "top side" where we are moso Oi us living. 
9:05 sighted Nihoa on our port bow. This is one of the "high" 
volcanic islands sometimes known as Bird Id- 
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11:55 Nihoa on our port beam at a distance of 13*4 miles aifording 
us a fine view of its rugged volcanic cliffs and sheer sea lac^s and 
ledges. It is no place to land a movie outfit, so I am jusu as glaa ohis 
,s a 
•port of call for a later trip. 
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^11 morning (i.e. within 40 miles of Nihoa) circs have oeen increasing 
Y-. V-. -1 rr\ n & ^ P Y )P r.c) y* , .- 
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-■nnTcriv i n snecies. Yesterday I noted only the ever- 
j-ariy 
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Albatross and a few terns in the distance near Lar.u, 
handful of rone 
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"mutton birds" which we took for P. cuneatus, but 
