Hachmann, C. D. 1965 Journal 46 February 11 Brinnie Island The surf has been ideal since our arrival at this island. Hopefully, we won't encounter any more bad surf conditions on the remainder of this trip. We've already had more rough landings than on the three previous trips combined. I know I've had more than enough pounding around and being slammed. It has been extremely hot on the last several islands. During the day there is hardly a breath of air stirring and the air just hangs. The sun is really hot - Terry + Max both have badly sunburned lips that have cracked and bleeding a great deal of the time. Max is also peeling and blistering constantly - he's now down to the 2nd layer in some places. There have been about 10 or 15 rays working off of the edge of the surf for the past day or so. Can't tell exactly what they're doing but there is a lot of splashing going on. February 12 Erderlung Island We departed from Brinnie at 0900 and had no difficulty with the surf. (the first island this trip at which there wasn't at least one complete impact during a landing or departure) Sighted Erderlung at 11 a.m. and landed the two shore parties at 1 p.m. Camp was quickly established and a survey of the south end started. Ended up the survey by landing Red-footed Booby's.