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Wetmore—Journal 
July 10—[Johnston Island]The soil inland, where it was grown with grass, was 
badly cut by Shearwqter holes so that I located camp in the highest part of the _ 
only available stretch of beach, which was on the southern side, just east of 
the exgreme western point. By placing the tents back against the grass we were 
able to put them four feet above ordinary high tide. 
A lagoon island (or 2 islets), 3 l/2 x 3 l/k miles, possibly 100 feet high; 
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bare, and has (or had) guano; said to belong to Pacific (later American)Guano 
Co.; of San Francisco. 
"Sea" birds probably nest there, or did so formerly. 
Party on Johnston Is.; A. Wetmore in charge, E. SclemmerJ. assistant; 
C. H. Edmondson, biologist; E. H. Bryan, entomologist; J. B. Pollock, botanist; 
C. Grant, assistant; W. G. Anderson, assistant; 0. Cheatham, assistant; George 
Higgs, cook. 
July ll--Schlemmer walked around the beach collecting a tropicbird, a tattler, and 
some young petrels. Also Frigatebirds. 
July 12 —The sand in early morning is dotted with myriad pointed dots and impressed 
lines, tracks of the multitudinous crabs that emerge from holes blown smoothly over 
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during the day time, and wander over the entire beach covering it systematically in 
their search for refuse. 
...Blue-faced Boobies and Red-footed Boobies roosting... 
The light revealed thousands of scavenger beach crabs that watched 
intently or scurried away as we approached. These vafied from white to deep 
ruddy in color. Larger water crabs scuttled out over the rocks into the water. 
It was interesting to throw the light into the cavities and cracks of the higher 
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rock ledges where large cockroaches were brought out in sharp relief or 
Bulwer's Petrels old and young were brought into view. 
Johnston Is. is approximately a mile long by one-fourth oof a mile wide with 
