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P3
SUN.- FEB. 1, 1948
DIST. 409 MILES
DAY 24 HRS. 30 MIN.
AVER.SPEED 16.71 KNOTS
MILES FROM S.F. 698 MI. TO PAGO PAGO 3442
COURSE 226.27
ON BOARD 5/3 MARINE PHOENIX
LAT. 29.50 N
LONG. 132.56 W
WE HAVE LOST 5° OF N. LAT. + GAINED ABOUT 6° OF WESTING.
DAY PARTLY OVERCAST. LIGHT RAIN SQUALL IN P.M. SUN OCCASIONALLY.
WE LOST OUR GULLS LAST NIGHT, BUT AT LEAST ONE OF YESTERDAY'S
ALBATROSSES IS STILL WITH US - THE ONE (AD.) WITH BROWNISH-WHITE
SPOT ON LEFT WING, DID NOT SEE IN P.M. WE HAVE ANOTHER - VERY
DARK ADULT-WITH ^ IN LATE P.M. 7 BIRDS AT 8:30 A.M., 4 AT 6:P.M.
NO OTHER BIRDS SEEN TODAY. NO STEAMERS. NO WHALES. THE PACIFIC
IS AN EMPTY OCEAN; AS S.F. IS AN EMPTY HARBOR.
CONTINUED READING DARWIN'S LETTERS TODAY; ALSO A FEW PAGES OF
TARL PEARSON'S "GRAMMAR OF SCIENCE" - THE LATTER TAKES A LOT OF
READING.
THE MAIN INTEREST OF THE DAY WAS IN MEETING NEW PEOPLE. A
CHAP WHO HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME READING IN ISOLATION TURNS OUT
TO BE A CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE TO
AUSTRALIA (MR. CHARLES WILMOT). HE IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE CONSULATE
FOR THE INTRODUCTION INTO AUSTRALIA OF ALL MANNER OF ENGLISH
CULTURAL ATTAINMENTS. MUST GO CAUTIOUSLY OR "C" WILL STICK IN
AUSTRALIAN THROATS. LATEST IMPORT "OLD VIC" COMPANY. KNOWS THE
FOUNDER OF PENGUIN BOOKS WELL. STARTED ON SHOESTRING, ORDER FROM
WOOLWORTH'S SAVED ENTERPRISE, PROFIT-SHARING, COMPANY IS PRACTICALLY
A CAUSE NOT A BUSINESS. TOLD STORY OF "NEW YORKER'S REPORT ON
HIROSHIMA BEING PUBLISHED AS A PENGUIN (500,000 COPIES). WOULD LIKE
TO SEE PENGUIN PUT OUT MORE COLOR PLATES OF ART ETC. IN FOLDERS;
ALSO RECORDINGS ON PLASTIC (E.G. FAMOUS PASSAGES FROM SHAKESPEARE).
ANOTHER, AN AUSTRALIA - MR. JOHN F. GAFFNEY - TEXTILE REPRESENTATIVE
IN AUST. FOR AN AMERICAN COMPANY. VERY PLEASANT, WELL SPOKEN, NO
PRETENSE OF KNOWING EVERYTHING. ABOUT MY AGE, OR A LITTLE YOUNGER.
HAD TO EXPLAIN DARWINIAN THEORY TO HIM. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
HAVING HAD TEACHING EXPERIENCE TO MAKE YOU THINK CLEARLY ABOUT
A SUBJECT. COULD USE A LITTLE. ASKED HOW AUST. WOULD REACT TO
HAVING THE ENGL. SEND THEM A CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE - ANSWERED
THAT IT WAS WELL TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FROM VARIED
ASPECTS OF CULTURE.
(THN)
DR. AT OUR TABLE: DR. ALAN B. LILHEY. AUSTRALIAN COUPLE =
MR. + MRS. ROBIN C. SPEIGHT, CAPT. WAS AT TABLE TONIGHT. HE