Amerman, Kenneth E., 1964, 1966
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K. Ammann 1964 Marina Hotel, Gilbert Islands since it had got quite cool in the other room just sitting with the breeze right off the ocean. At that I had to borrow under the mat during the night. Roger's lack of social amenity was only partly excused by his toothache. We kept looking for a trap door to drop him through. Enjoyed the authentic folk music more than the taint on Nov 17. Up very early, as it seemed, pre-dawn, and packed gear back to the raft, David our goodbyes (Tarakado, pronounced Sarkado) and back to the ship by 8 A.M. after abandoning efforts to run down to the Southern islands due to low tide. The magistrate had wanted to visit the ship, so he was up before us, taking George with him in a large outrigger which was government-owned. George later related that the craft was run by local prison inhabitants as part of their sentence. For the local equivalent of drunk and disorderly men are sentenced to 1-3 months in jail, during which they do work for the community. They are allowed to go home Saturday noon and return Sunday evening.