Sand Island, Johnston Atoll (Notes) Bratley, D.A. 1965 Feb. 22 (cont.) This time also included getting all the p2 equipped up to the original portion from the pump-house + unpacking the gear. Much of the trouble was untangling the net as it cated in Tribulus. Once it was dark the canons themselves were put in place + all charges hooked up to the detonator. This took another hour as the ground was soft as it this gave us trouble positioning, the canons not properly. The bared ends of the wire connections also had to be covered with plastic bags to keep everything dry during the light intermittent rains. We then waited 2 hours for sooties to settle into the plotted area, but very few of them ever did. I believe this may have been due to the very high winds we were experiencing. With the charges set we had to fire the canons anyway, so at 10:30 PM the canons were detonated. One end of the net caught the sharp spliced ends of a ground wire running from the Sonar antenna, making a 2 foot rip in the net + the net failed to twist more than ten feet at this point. The other two canons took the net its full 30 ft length + 21 sooties were captured. Not many for the effort involved. 15 of the birds were landed +