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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.