Lehner, P. 1904 122 Nov. 11 - continued 4 push lead in its direction it rose and disappeared; an attempt at another across the pond all failed; we returned to the main village and the dispensary, met Dave, took some pictures and awaited food; throughout the day, from our first gift of fans and couriers, we felt the need to reciprocate but had come unprepared for such an occasion; thus when the women all in green dresses arrived with armfuls of food we made our only attempt at reciprocity by handing out our crushed chicken salad sandwiches; this was the tension peak of the day as we did not no whether we were pleasing or insulting them; however, the sandwiches disappeared and the people gathered - I think only the sick and crippled pregnant stayed away - there were over 100 people; one woman was wheeled in on a cart but no pregnant women appeared; as soon as the food arrived, a table and three chairs was set up; on the table was put 3 boiled chickens, sliced breadfruit, coconuts with milk and a bowl of "hush puppies"; we were gestured to sit down and [illegible] in while four women waved palm fronds past us, keeping the flies off the food and the air in circulation; it was a picture of South Seas Paradise, except the multifold eyes and grins seemed like an audience at the Saturday night fights; to say the food was (over)