Gill, Douglas 1964 9 equipment, and stowed our gear. Larry Huber and I are in the crew's quarters, Pete and Doug Hackman are in the Chief's quaters, and Fred and Bob Long, the botanist are in the officers quarters, We waited around for the ship to leave at 1800 hours. Wives and girl friends were visiting on board before the men folk left for this 60 day cruise. Finally we left, saying good bye to Dr. Ely, Hawaiian coordinator. Getting the boat out of its mooring was quite a project, involving at least one tug. We were on our way, finally. WE looked for birds on our way out of the harbor and out into the sea. We saw Black-necked Stilts, Noddy Terns, Sooty Terns, and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. It was a beautiful evening and a very calm sea with a minimum of rolling. The captain came up to talk to us a bit about the boat and the trip. Bob became woozy and went below but the rest of us were in fine shape. After everyone else left I had a long talk about the trip and my past birding and banding experiences with Doug Hackman. He is a real neat fellow, for whom I haven't found good adjectives. For. Finally I hit the sack and had a relatively restless night's sleep. June 2--I have to conserve paper since I don't have that much left. Reveille woke us up at 7 o'clock. I dressed and joined the others in the wardroom for breakfast. The wardroom is a small room with a cloth tableclothed table in the center with six chairs around. Only officers eat here and it feels real exclusive. We broke our fast with the captain this morning, for example. After that we went up to the flying bridge, which is the highest deck above the ship for at sea observation. Again it's an extremely calm day and the magnitude of lurching is maximal. Sooty Terns and Wedge-tail Shearwaters were flying by. Finally a