7 
Friday 3~30“23 (cont.) 
boat passed within a mile of us about 10:30 P.M. bound for the coast. 
Saturday 3“31-23 Rain 1.45 inches- Temperature 70° to 77°- wind: Fresh S.E. 
velocity 28 m. 
Honolulu, Oahu Id., Hawaiian Ids., 
Lat. 21° 
N. 
Cfr/ O 
Lon.157 
W. 
I have grown suddenly old in many spots of the world under many aus¬ 
pices, but never with less melancholy than this morning when I jumped forward 
zo 3o years. Sven the intermittent tropic down pour failed to dampen my 
interest in Koko Point and Diamond Head seen through cloud rifts as shower 
followed quick on the heels of shower, broke on the ship and passed as 
suddenly 3 'the while we glided toward our berths. The crater rim of 
Diamond Head, mounting the heaviest of our Pacific land batteries particular¬ 
ly interested me. Next came the Elks' Club and the Moana Hotel by the shore 
of Waikiki Beach, with the new Dillingham place on higher ground and back 
of it all the misty broken lava range which Nuuanu Pali, of ancient 
battle fame, is the lowest accessible saddle in the cliffs. 
One adult (white-rumped) Diomedia nigripes followed us clear into the 
break in the barrier reef within a mile of our berth. A glimpse of a Booby 
(Sula eyanops ) at a distance and. of a couple of dark shearwaters, (doubtless 
?. nativitatus ) completed the bird picture in which one from other shores 
is struck by the absence of welcoming harbor gulls. As we lay waiting for 
the U.S.Q.S. boat to come along side, 2 six-foot gentle .greenish sharks 
appeared and nosed over the refuse from the shin's breakfa^o 
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sistant, a chap named Reno, met us at the 
nd gave me the welcome news that we do not sail till Wednesday next 
ax noon. 
