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Back to schooner at 10:30 A.M. and immediately started for Enderbury I.
Took following pictures along S. side of Canton:-
Roll 17:1 S.W. point and W. rim of Canton, looking N. from rigging of "France."
Roll 17:2 Looking NNE at about middle of lagoon, with the Tournefortia patches on the opposite side of the lagoon in distance.
Roll 17:3 Looking N.N.E. opposite Scaevola thicket.
Roll 17:4 Activities of deck of schooner, foreward, taken from main mast rigging.
Roll 17:5 Looking N.N.W. across lagoon from oppoiste S.W. point.
Roll 17:6 Capt. Stenbeck, taken on his 59th birthday.
Tuesday, March 18, 1924. Steering S.E. during the night with the current and set carrying us directly toward Birnie's I. Went over on other tack at midnight, starting the engine. No sign of land at 6 A.M. Position at 7:35 Lat. about 3° 12', Long. 171° 16'. 14 miles S.W. by W. of Enderbury.
Noon position Lat. S. 3° 12'. Long. 171° 02' W. - current = 171° 08'.
Enderbury sighted at 10:30. Ashore at 3 P.M., landing without mishap on W. coast opposite a large mound (probably of guano).
Pictures:-
Roll 18:1 Coconut palms at S. end of island looking E. from rigging.
Roll 18:2 Tournefortia patch and central part of Island looking N.E. from rigging.
Roll 18:3 View across north end of island, looking N.E. from ridge near landing place.
Roll 18:4 Correia holding shearwater at mouth of its hole, N. side of ridge.
Roll 18:5 Water hole (quite brackish) and group of palms directly east of landing place.
Vegetation:
1. Coconut palms, about 60, clump near N. point, one near south point and one E. of landing.
2. Kou trees, several clumps near S. coconut patch, one about hill of guano and a few isolated trees.