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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Creator Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985
Year 1924
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Small boy spearing fish off the beach, Mothe Island. August 15, 1924. (61:5 = 11,523). Upper portion of Mothe Island, known as Na Kotu, looking east by south, August 15, 1924. Soil of volcanic origin can be recognized by its being covered with swordgrass and other low herbs, with patches of ppen forest in valley bottoms and other moist places, and coconut palms near shore. (62:1 = 11,525)