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PROF. EVEN THO HE HAS DONE ABOUT 1000 PRINTS. DOES FOR COMPLETE
RELAXATION AFTER DUTY. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY HE TOOK SUN-
SET IN BLACK & WHITE. N.S. WALES HAS SOME BEAUTY SPOTS
IN ITS HILLS AND RIVERS.
AT 5:15 P.M. MR. SPEIGHT + I ON DECK - 5 TERN(S) (Sty.) TO NNE
AT 5:30 P.M. 1 S. TERN NNE
5:45 - 3 TERN, 3 FRIGATE BIRDS TOGETHER (NNE)
6:00 - 10 TERN (NNE)
6:15 - 1 GANNET: HEAD + UPPER NAPE BROWN, FACE
STIN BLUISH - BILL "LIGHT", PART OF BACK
BETWEEN WINGS WITH WEDGE SHAPE - WHITE,
NECK + UNDERPTS. WHITE, WINGS COMPLETELY
DARK; EXCEPT SOME OF VENTRAL COVERTS;
FEET "DARK", SOME VERT. WHITE STREAMING
ON HEAD BEHIND EYES
6:30 - 5 TERN
6:45 - 1 GANNET: HEAD, NECK, UNDERPTS - WHITE, BROWN
CHEVRONS CUTTING INTO WH. UNDERPTS. WINGS
DARK (DOR. & VENT.), FACE BLUISH.
- FLEW AROUND SHIP SEVERAL TIMES AT CLOSE
RANGE
ALL TROPIC BIRDS HAVE THEIR RED TAIL FEATHERS INTACT.
SAW T.B. STEER WITH FOOT.
H.G. HAS BOOK "STORM" FOR ME TO READ - ALSO GLEN CANNON STORIES.
GEOFF IN BRIDGE TOURNEY TODAY - SURVIVED FOR NEXT ROUND.
DR. KILLEY HAS MET NURSE KENNEY - (QUEENSLAND "BUSH") - SHE
DOES THE TALKING - TERMINATES INTERVIEWS ABRUPTLY. IS EVIDENTLY
PERSONA NON GRATA IN AUSTRALIA NOW. MAKES GREAT SECRET OUT
OF METHOD. NOT A MICROSCOPIST - DAS. CAN DEMONSTRATE LESIONS
BUT SHE IS SCEPTIC. DAS. CANNOT STUDY CASES IN DETAIL; THEREFORE,
HER WORK CAN NOT BE PROPERLY EVALUATED. POLIO CLINIC IN SYDNEY-
OF LAST 1000 CASES (E.G.) ONLY 20 CHOSE KENNEY TREATMENT -
FREE CHOICE.
FILET OF SOLE, VA. HAM - ORANGE SAUCE, GREEN BEANS, ICED TEA,
+ ICE CREAM FOR DINNER. 92° IN DINING ROOM TODAY
NO MORE MOTION ON SHIP THAN FERRY TO N.Y.C.
MET MEMBER OF CREW TODAY MR. PARKS, BERKELEY, CALIF. WHOSE
HOBBY IS AVIARY - BRINGS BIRDS BACK FROM ALL OCEAN TAPS (OFTEN ILLEGALLY). ONCE
FED GROUP OF MYNAS ALL ACROSS PACIFIC - WHEN SHIP WENT UNDER G. GATE BRIDGE
ALL FLEW UP TO IT. BIRDS IN FIJI WELL PROTECTED!