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Roll 28:2 Large herb carpeted meadow behind the old rest house, looking
W.S.W. from beach ridge toward lagoon. On my right and behind me
the ocean; at my left a shallow bay of the lagoon runs E. and S.E.
right up to the beach ridge, as shown in
Roll 28:3 From the same spot, looking E.S.E. sowing S.E. end of the lagoon.
One can see over the beach ridge th[e] large waves breaking on the E.
point.
Roll 28:4 Large surf piling in on the east point.
Roll 28:5 Looking S. along beach ridge, from east point; ocean on the left,
lagoon on the right; showing thinness of island rim here, and house
sites on the beach ridge and small point.
Three tumbled-down mound shaped shelters or dugouts, of sandstone slabs
in the beach ridge, and one large house site, built of blocks of sandstone
10' by 18' shown in
Roll 28:6 Looking W. across length of lagoon from beach ridge at east point,
with stone house ruins in foreground.
The E. and S.E. reefs are quite wide 150 to 200 yards, with a moderately
large suff breaking. The beach is medium high, of sand and sandstone pebbles,
with sandstone slabs in places.
A little over a mile S.E. of the east point are a pair of narrow but
deep lagoon entrances, meeting on the lagoon side, at an angle with a wedge
shaped island between. They are about 10-15 yards wide and 300 or so yards
long. At the N.E. end of the east entrance stands Mr. Shafer's new rest house,
containing a tank of water.
About 3/4 mile west by south to W.S.W. is another lagoon entrance, 20
yards wide and 150 yards long, with the one described and photographed yes-
terday (26:6 and 27:1) 1/8 mile beyond. This makes a total of four lagoon
entrances on the S. side or 21 alltogether which have water in them.
Back to Shafer's house along the lagoon beach as yesterday. Spent a
very comfortable night, enjoying their hospitality. Total distance around
lagoon about 11 or 12 miles.
Wednesday, March 26, 1924. Walked down to lagoon with Mr. Shafer who
showed me ruins of an old house site and an "artificial hill" of gravel