HAS A HOBBY OF BOTTLE THROWING - TO HELP OUT U.S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE MAP OUT OCEANIC CURRENTS. HAS HAD 17 RECOVERIES - UP TO 3 + 4000 MILES IN LAST ? YEARS. INVITED ME TO COME TO BRIDGE ABOUT 2: P.M. TOMORROW. SAYS ALBATROSSES DO NOT REST ON SHIP. PETRELS COME ABOARD OCCASIONALLY IN RAINY, FOGGY WEATHER - ATTRACTED BY LIGHTS. GULLS WILL REST ON CARGO BOOMS WHEN STORM COMING (WHEN SHIP NEAR COAST). NO OTHER BIRD WATCHERS ON BOARD. CAPT. IS FOLLOWER OF T. ROOSEVELT. DINNER: CONSOMME, RADISHES, CELERY, TURKEY, CRAN.S., CAULI- FLOWER, SALAD, ICE CREAM, CAKE + MILK. THERE ARE NO HUNGRY PEOPLE ON BOARD THIS SHIP. FOOD IS PLAIN, BUT WELL COOKED & IN GREAT PLENTY. FISH IS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. TURNED IN IMMIGRATION PAPERS TODAY AT PURSER'S OFFICE. 5 FORMS INCLUDING DECLARATION. MR. WILMOT TELLS ME THAT HE IS BUNKING IN DORMITORY CONTAINING 80 PEOPLE. GEOFF AND I ARE LUCKY. FRIEZE STILL SICK; I HAD DOCTOR COME TO CABIN TODAY TO SEE HIM. HAS A FORM OF INTESTINAL FLU.. CONTAGIOUS? OCEAN LIKE A MILL POND TO NIGHT. SHOWERED + DRESSED FOR DINNER TONIGHT. CAPT. PROMISES US HOT WEATHER SOON. WE ARE ABOUT MID-WAY FROM CALIF. TO HAWAII. GEOFF WON OUR INDIVIDUAL MILEAGE POOL TODAY - 405 (WAS 409) - I SAID 423. SEVERAL WAR BRIDES WITH BABIES RETURNING HOME MINUS HUS- BANDS (SO MRS. ROBIN TELLS ME). OTHER COUPLE AT OUR TABLE HAS MARRIED CHILD IN SAN DIEGO - VERY HAPPY. BELIEVES MOST WAR MARRIAGES (AUST. + AMER.) WILL WORK OUT WELL. NO DECK SPORTS TO SPEAK OF EXCEPT BEAN BAGS + A DISC IN SLOT GAME. TRYING TO KEEP PASSENGERS HAPPY WITH BINGO, DANCE, + MOVIE TONIGHT. CROWD IS QUITE WELL BEHAVED. HOWEVER, WRITING ROOM IS ONLY QUIET PLACE AT NIGHT INSIDE SHIP. "MORNING NEWSPAPER" TODAY - BOTH SIDES 1 SHEET PAPER. WHERE ARE THOSE ALBATROSSES TONIGHT? WONDER IF "HORY" STILL HAS ENGLISH SETTER - HOPE NO ONE CLAIMS HIM. HE NEEDS A DOG TO LAVISH HIS NATURAL BOYISH AFFECTION ON.