Wetmore - Journal 
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"carcasses of animals that had died before our arrival, The food supply 
here I take it is practically at a minimum for them. Th e Sflsnvjnffl in damp 
localities near the lagoon ficS.8 can spread its root system and produce a 
few leaves in spite of the attacks of the mammals while the numbers of the 
latter is hald down by the food that the plant can supply. All rabbits 
seen wear adult but Heno found embryos in several females. Their number 
is without question fixed by the rate of growth of the plant. ?\ 
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" I w^s greatly pleased to find eievin Laysan Teal$8 here numbers of 
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finches, Laysan AlbatrossS, Blackfooted albatross, Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
and a few Blue-faced Boobies were scattered over the flats. Sooty 
gray-backed terns were colonizing and frigate-birds soared overhead. 
flocks of turnstones fed at the edge of the lagoon and I noted many 
Bristle-thighed Curlew and a few golden plover. 
ii x killed four Laysan albatross.T-r-r..” 
fullaway and Caum staying on ship 
Ball out to do dredging 
Dicky out for medical treatment. 
Thaanum on shore 
April 10 - refering to early morning " A few Bulwers petrela 
are about at this time of day but soon disappear." 
along north end of island " Terns were preparing to nest along here 
and in instances gray backs and love birds had eggs. Turnstones 
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and curlew ran along the beaches Turning inland along the sand we 
came down toward the lagoon. A patch of green proved to be a tract grown 
to tobacco, an area a hundred by two hundred feet where the scattered stalks 
apparently proof against attack by rabbits grew two or three feet high. 
Scattered little plants w of the same species were noted elsewhere, frigate 
birds and boobies nested in the tobacco. '' 
