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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.