K. Amerman 1964 Mariana Atoll, Gilbert Islands and she kept them filled in on the conversation. The building we were in is called a manabe. The supporting pillars, of pandanus(?), must be replaced once a year due to rotting and termites, while the thatching is good for 3-4 years. There were only 9 houses in the village, arranged in a rectangle around a central square in which the manabe stood. At one end of this building was a picture of the Royal Family, and the head-Seon name Tientanubu (pronounced sensarubu) which was the name of their particular manabe. The village name I don't recall but it was different. Most of the houses were thatched but without raised platform floors. I was served the standard drink and presented with several items, each with an explanation: dried octopus, which could be stored indefinitely, then eaten as is or boiled for about an hour; dried clam; a live crab and two live marine worms from the exposed tide flats, both of which she had people detch when she found out I was interested in all the local criminal life; a papaya and a beautiful triton which