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- strong SE [southeast] wind blowing
steadily + producing a heavy
surf that surges over the reef.
The coral is fascinating. I seem
to find 4 distinct species of coral
in the remains on the beach.
After breakfast we patrolled the
N [north] beach as far as the causeway to
Peale Island [illegible word] + saw perhaps
2 dozen frigates, in flight + 6
golden plover. All the frigates are
white breasted. Apparently all the
birds but these have moved
south for the winter. I gather
that the occassional [occasional] albatross
visits the island but there are
no nesting birds.
Mr [space left blank] Pendleton saw to our
needs, he took his first 2 years
at U.B.C. [University of British Columbia] + grew up at Nanoose Bay.
Mr [space left blank] Bartlett is P.A.A. [Pan American Airlines] manager.
After lunch a Mr Smith drove
us around the island in a jeep
+ we had a chance to see some
of the U.S. [United States] bunkers + many
of the Japanese installations
including a large gun brought
from Singapore. There were
large areas of the island burrowed
into + covered over. The Japs [Japanese] brought
a couple of shiploads of earth
over here + had small garden
areas. Cotton is growing densely
in one area still but this may
have come as a weed.
There are many interesting
shells along the beach and
two species of sea cucumber.
One brown one with a leathery
back and another black one
that covers itself with pale
sand + exudes a red color when
disturbed.
Saw many reef fishes + one
small very fast moving species
that skips over the rocks when
disturbed. A striped very fast
moving shore crab + many
hermit crabs inhabit the
coral boulder areas along the
beach. I not [note] holes in the sand
probably dug by a fiddler
crab.
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