DeBeneckti 1964 March 14 on Goicid "Golden Bear" [crossed out] Los Angeles to San Diego, Calif. completely failed. Didn't get out in the evening, wrote notes, read "Inherit the Wind", went to a movie and to bed. Yesterday at noon one corbis fumigated because it was discovered that Vekerman had 4 bugs with Chuga's disease on board - the bugs were ditched. Saw about 100 ? Bottle nose Porpoise and a whale (sp.) in the A.M today, little later. Skimming should begin to ease off now March 15 Got up early and went out for a while. Quite a bit going on. Still can't go to the bow. There were large #s of Manx Shearwaters and Northern Phalaropes around, although the birds were in small groups. During the early morning birds were almost constantly in sight. The phalaropes were all in winter plumage as have been all the others I have seen so far. Most were meandering along in the direction of the ship is sailing. Saw 2x ? twins a man about 7150 phalarope and many Manx shear- waters during the first hour plus about 26 (6, a flock of 20?) Sooty Terns during its 1st 2 hours (6-7, 800-900) that I watched, nothing else. After nine got some birds out of the freezer. Glanced out a porthole and saw a heath's Petrel and a whale (? guy whale, a real st. sport.). There were two or three whales in this period before. Most of the birds were roughly clumped in a 45 minute period around 9:30. Saw very