Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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In afternoon walked N.E. past the beacon to a "grave" or house site, about 6' x 8' built up 1' foot with sandstone slabs. Took pictures of it. Roll 30:3 House site or "gravo" about 3/4 mile N.E. of camp under a large Buka tree. It is about 100-120 yards from the beach. First found by Mrs. Shafer about a year previous. This part of the island has the most kinds and numbers of insects yet seen on the island. Numerous butterflies and moths; the Pua leaves badly rolled by a semi-transparent yellow-green caterpillar (of the green moth). Also caught a gray Rhyncophora beetle on Pua and more grasshoppers with spring forelegs. Toward evening the Sida bushes on the edge of the dry forest were covered with the larvae of the blue and white butterfly:- about 2" long, blackish-gray, with red-brown spines. The natives entertained us with another Siva in the evening. Friday, March 28, 1924. Spent morning and part of afternoon excavating "grave" to a depth of about 4', but found no bones - (probably a house site?) found a few fossil landshells and took a sample of the white underlying sand. Roll 30:4 The landing, flagpole and schooner, looking west. Roll 30:5 The "site" from the E. side before starting to excavate. Roll 30:6 The entire native population of Hull. (Taken by request). Roll 31:1 The natives doing a Siva. Roll 31:2 The two men who helped me excavate in the afternoon. From them I learned the following Tokelau names:- Sida = akata Portulaca = katuli Boerhaavia = nuna Bunch grass = mutia Tournefortia = tausunu Bean = natae Buka = Puka vae Scaevola = gnasu On board schooner at about 4 P.M. Roll 31:3 Landing place and coconut grove from schooner.