coconut grove with a called Pandanus. Sections are covered by Cassytha and a bean-like vine, forming dense tangles. After another quick survey we moved again, this time three miles across the Lagoon to Wetherby Island. At supper aboard and went ashore immediately after, again setting traps and collecting. On board for the night again. Between 7:30 & 8:00 p.m. a swarm of baby green turtles went past the ship heading east. We hauled in about 20, putting some in salt water, some in fresh. So many unanswerable questions - had they just hatched that night? Were they headed for the sea, as it seemed from their uniform direction of travel and great speed? If so, why travel all the way across the lagoon and into the seaward surf? Do they direct themselves according to current or wind direction? How many hatched and how many made it as far as the ship? What happens if they come onto another island in their path? If indeed they did come from one across the lagoon? Do those deposited on the seaward side of an island on the seaward reef go right into the ocean, travelling in the opposite direction.