Thursday 3“29~23 (cont.) 
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surprise and vexation to me. 
The wind had dropped entirely during the night and only a gentle breeze 
from the N.W. remains. 
The immense flock of "gooneys" has left us. We have picked up occasion¬ 
al birds all day but even as their peak in mid afternoon we had only a 
dozen birds and that dozen only for an hour. They apparently came and left 
on the wings of yesterday's "storm". 
Saw our first school of flying fish about 2:00, and soon afterward a 
school of leaping fish that I took for small tuna, although they were not 
near enough to be certain. Another school of flying fish about 4-:00. 
Won the ship's pool today - my only effort of the trip - munificent 
sum of $9*00. 
Friday 3-30-23 Cloudy, dull rain at night - Noon 75 °, Water 72° 
Wind moderate S.E. Sea smooth 
Lat. 23°2b'W. 
Long. 153°28'W 
Course 24o° 
Distance 3 U -To go 280 m. 
Day 2k hrs 23' - average speed lk.1 
Our glimpse of the sun was short-lived. Today it is dull and sultry 
winn a 
calm desolate sea and what breeze there is boxing back into the S.0. 
Only an occasional straggling "gony" today. Three at one tin 
me is the 
most I have seen. I watched for an hour in the moonlight last night but 
not catch the shadow of a wing, so apparently they leave the ship at 
Wo other sign of life today. 
Drizzling rain set in in evening. 
Wind increasing. 
A Jap. T.K.K. 
