Lehner P. 1964 87 136 Nov. 13 - continued 3 (one white, two gray), 1 Golden plover and 11 Hawaiian Waddies; during this time at least six more natives came ashore after fish bait; at 7:00, just before complete darkness, we left the island and headed for the lighted ship - we were delayed leaving, because of downed Frigate Bird we could not find in the bush; although the lagoon was fairly rough, we had little trouble returning to the ship until we were about 1/4 mile away; at this point we heard a sickening hiss-s-s-s and watched the front end of the boat slowly sink; the other fellows hornedly threw gear aft in the boat and I reversed the motor to keep from folding the front of the raft under; Ken, Binion and Roger then grabbed the front bow line and pulled the deflated front end out of water and held it up and back while we crept toward the ship - we were lucky in two respects: 1) that the boat had both fore and aft air compartments, 2) that the fore compartment deflated; somehow the valve had come completely out; we were a real sight as we pulled alongside the ship and received a hearty round of guffaws for our condition - we looked like we were riding in a deflated wading pool; we left the (over)