Lehnerj P. 1964 82 132 Nov. 12 continued her offering of lasting friendship; this was also the moment chosen to call in one of the natives to identify the bird carrying the #2 band given us - still the woman held the box of gifts; by some stroke of genius the gifts were finally accepted and we all started for the raft, greatly adorned with leis; they formed us into a line and we shook each of the women's hands as we left (many of the children were also dragged into the line by mothers who wanted their children to meet the Americans); we thanked Father Donahoe again and headed for the ship; after the raft was unloaded, it was hoisted onto the ship and we pulled anchor and started out of the lagoon (10:35 A.M.); Ken and I started the at sea watch at 11:15 A.M.; we saw few birds, among them, however, were some unusual shearwaters we couldn't identify; I had the watch with Binion at 4:45 and until 6:00 when it was secured; the evening was an uneventful one of note writing and reading.