Journal and notes of Guy Richards, Whitney South Sea Expedition, 1927-1928
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took out an order blank and requested us to name our heart's desire. We named some bacon sandwiches and some ice cream and some coffee. He brought them all out to us and we ate them there in the car. It was a new and plea- sant wrinkle. Panini then took us back to the Moanna Hotel where we went to bed a pair of thoroughly initiated visitors. In the morning we welcomed the arrival of the new day by taking another swim in the ocean. After breakfast Doctor Bryant of the Bishop Museum put in his appearance in the role of diplomatist. Through the courtesy of his ancient Ford coupé we visited the aquarium, the Pineapple experiment station, the Pali, the U.S. Army garrison, and finally the Bishop Museum, where we met and had a long talk with Doctor Gregory of the Whitney South Sea Expedi- tion. We inspected the collection of Hawaiian material, tapa, adzes, mats, netting, fishing implements, etc., and looked over the bird collection. The Aorangi was sched- uled to sail at noon. We hurried down to the shopping district where Hannibal bought a kimono and I laid in a stock of cigarettes and smoking tobacco. When we arrived at the pier what was our great surprise to see Doctor and Mrs. Gregory down there to see us off with leiis. A little further down was Panini with more leiis. It was altogether too teary for anything. She and Doctor Bryant stayed down on the pier until long after the boat had slipped away from her berth and we could still see them waving when we were turned around and reaching out of the bay for the hazy mysteries that lay beneath the southern