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The mocking birds were a nuisance, dropping droppings right & left on men and ponchos as they were playing around in the trees over our heads. One of the mocking birds chased a female fly catcher away.

Had some difficulty in getting fire started with the punk wood of the surrounding trees. Had not Barron built us a couple of Beeswax candle ends I doubt if we would have succeeded. Made quite a large fire after we got it underway. Was seen from deck of sub. at 8 Crawford signaled sub with Veery pistol & got an answer from Lynch. We were just up near crest of slope of 2nd (?) ridge.

But Crawford had to climb a tree near top of ridge to get enough elevation to see Eden Id. Only got up here by turning at right angles to course we had been pursing.

With sun so high in leaves especialy around noon; [[strikethrough]] there [[/strikethrough]] it is not much help in directing one course.