[Cape York Expedition journal] January 30 to December 3, 1948
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(FOR THE DAY): FAIRY TERN - 50 TERN - ALL DARK, WITH WHITE CAP - 5 PETREL - MEDIUM SIZE - 35 (ALL DARK) TROPIC BIRDS - WHITE TAILS, DARK STRIPE ON WINGS, COULD NOT SEE BILL COLOR - 25 FRIGATE BIRD - 5 PICKED UP SOME SUN BURN TODAY - NOT BAD. TOOK NAP FOR 3 HRS. ALL TOGETHER AGAIN AT DINNER. ANOTHER BIRTH- DAY AT OUR TABLE - CATE. CATHERINE WOULD HAVE LOVED THE SWIMMING; MOTHER, THE SHOPPING; AND "DORY", THE BEACHCOMBING ON SAMOA. WE CROSS THE DATE LINE TONIGHT - TOMORROW WILL BE THURSDAY. I AM ANXIOUS TO SEE SUVA IN FINI - WE ARRIVE ON FRIDAY. IN THE TIDE POOLS THERE WERE MINNOWS WITH BRILLIANT BLUE BACKS, SAND COLORED FISH WITH VERTICAL BLACK STRIPES. WHAT A FIELD DAY WE COULD HAVE WITH AN INVERTEBRATE LAD HERE.