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seeing these birds so far at sea. At Lifu where meterolo-
gical records are kept at the wireless station and radioed
in each day to Noumea, I was able to get weater data as
follows.
WEI
LIFU 11/11/37 Fine, clear, sunny, light S.W. to S.
airs visibility extremely good. Calm
sea. Rain 40.
12/11/37 Very fine, clear and sunny, light S.W.
to S. airs, visibility extremely good.
Calm sea.
13/11/37 Fine, calm, sunny, close still weather.
Visibility extremely good. Oily calm
sea.
14/11/37 Fine, sunny, light southerly airs.
Visibility excellent. Calm sea.
15/11/37 Fine, sunny, light S.E. winds. Visi-
bility excellent. Calm seas, slight
southeast swell.
16/11/37 Fine, sunny, light S. to S.W. airs.
Visibility excellent. Calm sea,
slight S.E. swell
17/11/37 Fine, clear sunny, light S.E. breeze
Visibility very good. Slight sea, S.E.
18/11/37 Strengthening S.E. to strong Easterly
squalls, rain, rough sea, S.E. to
E.S.E. Visibility fair.
(These tally closely with my own records of weather on Mare
Is. 30 miles away from Lifu, except that I kept no visibility
records regularly nor barometer and therometer records which
were available but not taken. The native captain's remembrance
of the weather at the time tallied also.)