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Lehner P.
1969
126
Nov. 11 - continued &
asked Lanny if he would take us over after
we had unloaded our gear onto the ship; he
said he would - and did; Dave and I went-
Roger remained on the ship to finish cataloging
the collected birds;
We had arrived at the ship at 5:25 and
were headed for Jabor Is. at 5:45; Lanny showed
us where the festivities were taking place (they were
to have begun at 5:00); he then departed and we
joined the rest of the crew - eighteen, including
the captain had made it; a game of soccer (the
style where the ball is kept in motion within a
circle and hands are clapped after each kick)
was underway; the photographers in the crew were
swapping pictures and Jim was sampling fermented
coconut juice - I tasted it and found it just about
like regular coconut milk - after about 3 days
fermenting, it kicks like a mule; I introduced
myself to Father Donahoe, the missionary on the island,
and found him an easy going, likeable man; he
ushered us toward the school house which contained
tables of set places, dishes of all kinds of exotic
food and the local Women's Club swishing
palm fronds to keep the flies away - the Jabor
Women's Club uniform is a large red and white
square pattern; we were seated, the Father
said a prayer and we began; we had taro, boiled
bananas, chicken, pork, steak, pickles, fresh baked bread,
butter, fresh bananas, coffee and coconut milk;
(over)