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Lehner, P.
1964
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Nov. 13 - continued 4
raft for the crew to repair and sat down
for some supper; it was after supper that
I learned that the ships radio had been
hooked up to their hand phone instead of
their speaker - when I called in our radio
check in the late afternoon, it just happened
that they tried to call us at the same time
and consequently our set was on and we
made contact - our communications almost
became another Friday 13th fiasco; after chow,
Binion, Ken and Roger worked on the birds and
the crew continued to work on the raft; at
8:30 I was ready and the raft was ready, so
Ben Brown and I each took a raft ashore
to provide ample transportation back for the
many crew members who were already ashore;
we had a hard time finding the spot along
shore where we were to land until a native
blinked us in with a flash light; the native
led us to the large meeting hall where the
reception party was already well underway; we
could hear the music from quite a distance,
we entered through the crowd that was
gathered outside, ducked under the overhanging
roof and walked to where the crew was,
sitting ourselves down on the mat with them;
George and Larry left to take the birds they
had collected back to the ship: 1 Godwit, 2
Golden Plovers, 1 Sandpiper; I then surveyed
my surroundings and illustrate them as follows:
(over)