Kehner P. 1947 125 Nov. 11 - continued -> report and watched the Cuckoo fly away; we circled the pond 1.5 times in vain search of the Cuckoo and duck that had both vanished; returning to the village we found three chairs sitting beside our gear, so we occupied two and waited for Dave; when he joined us and sat down, we heard the singing, turned around and saw the procession of women bearing gifts come out of a hut 200 yards behind us and proceeded up the path in our direction; we were once again smothered with leis and presented with cowrie shells and coconuts; we took pictures of the natives, ourselves amongst the villagers, smiled at the adults, patted the children on the head, gathered our gear and proceeded toward the beach; henceforth, came the villagers at our heels still tying leis around our necks and nearly choking Dave as they caught him in full stride with a lei around the neck; we loaded our gear, smiled, took more pictures, shook hands with the headman, waved and headed out into the lagoon at 4:50 P.M. toward the ships we had been overwhelmed, amused and astonished at the hospitality and its form; we passed mutual feelings of pleasure at our recent experiences and then lapsed into semi-consciousness as fatigue caught up; about halfway to the ship I remembered the luau planned for us by the villagers at Jabor and (over)