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K. Roseman
1764.
Kurua Hollow, Gilbert Islands
in with the crew in the raft later pulse
with a gun.
From the middle of the afternoon
or canoes began streaming out to the
ship and the curious natives were taken
on tours of the vessel by various crew
members. They remained aboard in
anticipation of the movies since last
night's guests had been treated to them
all night long. Chris, the nocturnal
pack rat, finished showing the last
one about 6.30 A.M. We then woke up
half the enthusiastic audience and they
departed before breakfast, much to the
stewards relief. The climax came
around supper time when a larger
boat came alongside bearing 23 natives
including one white girl who spoke
no English. Canoes continued to arrive
after dark and at last count there
were an even 20 in a neat flotilla
off the stern.
Also about supper time another
ship arrived, carrying The 7th Day
Adventist missionaries. We still wonder
if their arrival was occasioned by
our presence. Apparently as a result,
however, Dave and George stumbled into