Lehner, P. 1904 127 Nov. 11 - continued 9 all the foods, except the fresh bananas and pickles tasted like paste; by taking a bite of pickle with a bite of something else I was able to override the taste and then wash it down with either coconut milk or the bitter coffee; sitting beside me, Smitty voiced my own feeling by saying, "I don't think I could of made it without the pickles;" after the meal, they gave us each a neck and a head lei; four of the Women's Club members played ukuleles and sang us four songs and the school children sang us four more, one of which was "On Top of Old Smoky" in English; we reciprocated by having Jim sing two Hawaiian songs accompanied by Figueroa and Ben Brown; we the adjourned outside; several of the crew remained on the island to show the two movies that were taken over; seven of us returned to the ship - I was too exhausted to stay. The crew will reminis about today for a long while - for them it was the most enjoyable day, so far, of the trip; for me, it was not only the most enjoyable but also the most interesting; had we been able to collect the unusual birds species we saw it would have been complete; we did not find any quantity of birds but we made a good survey of what was here. (over)