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Lehner, P.
1964
189
Nov. 11 continued"
people they can take 500 birds (Boobies) in
4 hours; when offered sandwiches by
our party they refused and in turn roasted
a Brown Booby and offered it to our part -
the entrails had not been removed - the
reaction to eating it varied from Binion's
liking it to George's great distaste; almost
all the Boobies were juveniles, helping to
account for the large numbers we saw
at sea approaching Jaluit.
A large typhoon struck Jaluit Atoll
in 1958 leveling the main islands; the
Trust Territory people replanted coconuts and
they have only begun to bear nuts in the
last few years; they receive 6 cents/lb. for
the copra.