Crossin, Richard S., 1965-1966, 1968
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R.D.Brown 1468 2705/1820 Turn ad 8° beams + a Soddy Ten drive an audubon for 11 seconds - unsuccessful. 1824 Thru ad 8° beams, drain an audubon, for ~16 seconds, successful. 1827 3 ad 8° frigate, accompanies by 3 C. noddis drive a W. dyed tid for some 8 seconds - success- ful, but I could not determine whether a frigate or a noddis got the soothe. 1824 4 ad 8° beams, drive an audubon, for some 15 seconds, send it splashing into the water & then they rose, about then a noddis chased the audubon for some 15-20 yds when it rose from the water. 1827 4 ad 8° beams driving in, mixed combination, 2 audubons - finally one got away - other shared squid it damaged - two C. noddis got in the fray about and way and leaped in to get the dropped food, but then the frigates beat them to it - both noddis were chasing the 2nd audubon as actively as the frigates. 1829 2 frigate and a noddis drives an audubon, at dragging, and one of the frigates drops to eat it, other frigate rises. C. noddis still continues to drive audubon for about 30 yds. 1831 1 frigate and 3 noddis, driving an audubon and it ended in a mad thrashing on the surface, Didn't know what happened. 1833 I weary of this game and yet no getting too deck to see clearly. In all the above chases, concerning tennes, one thing strikes clear in that at ten, either noddis or soddy, was ever noted to initiate a chase. Only after one or more frigates had started the chase would one or more tennes join in, but the noddis regularly chased the prey hard after the frigates had quit.