Amerman, Kenneth 1963 October 19--Ten Frigates were banded. Also one Turnstone. October 20--Four frigates, one Red-footed Booby, forty plus noddies banded. October 21--Five frigates, one Red-footed Booby (immature) banded, plus 30+ noddies. October 22--Left Sand Island 10:15 p.m. Departed Johnston Island via -MATS C-118 for Honolulu 11:30 p.m. Arrived at Hickam AFB 2:30 a.m. Went to Waikiki International Hotel again. October 23--Called Maryanna 10 a.m. in Washington to find out about Bill's request for house on Kure. They had not received message. Matter still pending. Searched out Fleet and Gould, met Warren King. In the afternoon Fleet, King, and I went out to Mokolii Island (Chinaman's Hat), for a preliminary survey. We waded a distance of 0.3 miles in water averaging about 4 feet deep, from Kualoa Point. The island is about 0.10 by 0.15 miles. A large, sheer mass of rock in the form of a butte, probably a former volcano core, rises to a height of 206 feet in the center of the island. This structure gives the island the appearance from which it derives [illegible] name. The lower slopes rise to a height of about 50 feet and are covered with thick vegetation. The vegetation includes large masses of Scaevola on the landward side, mixed with a flowering weed called leitana (?). On the seaward side this same weed is mixed with tall grasses and shrubs. There are also a few coconut palms, some prickly-pear cactus, and other types.