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March 10 - Depart V/Ashington 
March 27 - Arrive HONOLULU • 
four trips of a month each — one to Johnston and three to the-^est islands 
Commander King - Captain of the minesweeper - Tamyjcir 
MARCH 28 - planning - odds and ends - supplies 
MARCH 29 - comments on introduction of birds 
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March 30 - meeting of 18 people involved tn the scientific work 
March 31 - Dicky arrives 
April 1 - accounts 
April 2 — 11 In the evening Hen$ und ^ called on Max Schlemmer who resided on 
Laysan from 1894 until about 1907 or 1910. Be was engaged there aw foreman ' 
of the crew who gathered guano. Be told me that he kept a diary and that the hooks 
were on file with the guano 6o. at their offices. 
" The guano deposits were finally exhausted and the island was abandoned. 
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He described the guano as from one to three feet thick and as containing 
eggs, ,of which he had two Sula eggs and many bones, 
,f He said that in digging in the island he had encountered old deposits 
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of bones at a depth of three feet. On one occassion h e ( a 
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well 1 18 feet deep and found bones at that depth. 
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" A few of the albatross arrive about October 25 each year. Others 
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assemble a few at a time during the succeeding days until by the middle of 
November all are present. By June the young are mature and all forsake the 
island save a few cripples that soon die. 
" During his early years from 50-60 Laysan Teal were found on the f 
lagoons. He never molested them. 
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" Other ducks among them 'Canvasback' and 'little black divers' came 
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