STUDIED DUTTON ON NAVIGATION FOR AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON. DOBIE IS STILL BETTER FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION AND SIM- PLICITY. MET A MR. SID GREY THIS AFTERNOON. TALKED FOR QUITE A WHILE AS WE WATCHED THE SUNSET DEVELOPE. BIG + QUIET, UN- SCHOODED BUT WITH A BOYISH CURIOSITY ABOUT SEEING THE INTERESTING PLACES IN THE WORLD. HAS BEEN A RETAIL FRUIT DEALER, BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE A GOLD PROSPECTOR IF IT WERE NOT SUCH A LONELY LIFE. IF GEOFF + I TAKE THE S/S WANDANA UP THE COAST TO CAIRNS + THURSDAY IS., WE WILL MEET A FRIEND OF HIS - ONE OF OFFICERS (BOBBY CHALK). MR. GREY IS FROM MT. MORGAN. MR. SPEIGHT AND I TALKED FOR AN HOUR OR SO AFTER DINNER ABOUT NATURAL HISTORY IN N.Z. + AUSTR. HE WOULD HAVE SPENT HIS LIFE IN THIS FIELD IF IT WERE NOT FOR FACT THAT HE IS COLOR-BLIND. INSTEAD HE IS SWIFT + CO. REPRESENTATIVE IN AUSTRALIA. HE WOULD MAKE A FINE FIELD COMPANION. CAPT. INSPECTED OUR CABIN THIS A.M. CHIEF STEWARD WANTED TO SEE BIRD. CAPT. ASKED HIM TO GIVE ME DDT POWDER TO SHIP BODY HOME TO MUSEUM. NO OTHER BIRDS HAVE COME ON BOARD LATELY.