P. DeBenedictis 1964 31 17 Jan on board "Golden Bear" en route to Galapagos. mess they must research chart: "Sir", Peim and pissy pollywog (last name) who is lower than whale's feces, which is the lowest thing in the virgin deep, dutifully request permission to sit and eat at your royal table. "That god-awful garbage dis- posals unit (which clumsily manages to spit the garbage on one's arms) has been shut down and all the garbage is being put in a large can. Don't think I should have volunteered to be initiated when we cross the equator. In the P.H. saw Toole Murphy's film of the Galapagos but I suspect it showed only the best parts - this is what Biller and Carpenter indicate. About 5 saw a group of about 30-50 porpoise, while spot on the dorsal fin, white below with a diffuse black line along the white area: color not sharp, set off. raised about noon, then cleared up a little toward sunset. 18 Jan. rough, warm during the night. high over east are sea; showers during the A.M. sea remarkably calm, visibility fairly good. Watched from 6:30-7:05 but saw only 1 dark phase "wedge-tails" which flew along the boat for 10 mins to 6:30-6:40, a ? clark's town petrel also seen. Ate at 7 and got back from 7:15 to 8:00. Saw 7 white rumped storm petrels, 2 of which flew like the "Oceanites" of yesterday. About 8 saw 2 very close. They have a steep, slow wing-