"Harden, C.D. 1965 Journal March 16 Palmyra Island Sighted Palmyra around midday and cast the whaleboat in with the crew around 1400. That night I went to see the ship's corpsman about my coal infections and he immediately placed me on restriction for the duration. So now in addition to a daily shot of penicillin I have to soak the infections on both legs in hot water both morning and evening. Each bath is followed by a slightly painful session during which the infection has to be scraped out of the wound by means of an Q-tip or through the use of some sort of abrasive object. This creates a bit because the central portions of the infections are extremely tender. Between treatments I am free to do as I wish as my stay on the ship will be devoted to landing records, final packing and complete final trip inventories. March 17 Palmyra Island Spent the entire day carrying gear from the lab down into the afterhold. Four hours were spent in rummaging through all trunks and containers in the afterhold in order to inventory and repair them. A complete bond inventory was made. A note from Mr. Ingersoll said that between 500,000 to 1,000,000 Sooty Terns were coming to roosting on Cayo Island from one end to the other. This I'd like very much to have seen. Couldn't sleep so got up and read a book until 4.2 a.m. March 18 Palmyra Island Unloaded all bulk of the gear from the lab, inventoried and then stacked it away in several trunks and a number