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were added to the ship's steadily increasing lists of the fauna and flora of the straits.

In the captain's private log there is a reference to the activities of the scientific staff, in connection with notes on very stormy weather at one of our anchorages, where it was too rough to send boats ashore:

It was fortunate for the naturalists, for it gave them a chance for a much needed rest—they ceased work in the laboratory at 11:30 and were off at 4  the following morning!

But the latter hour did not mean starting before daylight, at that