K. Pomeroy 1964 Kuria Atoll, Gilbert Islands myself but since we were in no hurry I made nothing of it aloud. Cataloguing and reading filled out the evening. Nov 18 After breakfast all of us went in, Brian and [illegible] Larry to the more northern and less inhabited island (Oncaka?) for collecting, the rest to Kuria. Phil & George headed north to survey while Roger & I went to the pond to check it out again. There was very little there this time so we went out to the end of the island and looked up the east shore. We could see Whanuka still in the distance, finding nothing promising we headed back along the west beach, collecting shrubids on the way. Roger handed the gun to me and I found out why after collecting 3 plovers. Those 12 [gauge] magnums really slammed my shoulder, probably due to not holding the gun right. We walked back through the village, our happy gun-coaching thing in tow. On the way we met Chris and Ray who had been treated to dance performance by the children, grew white