Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
Page 138
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Lehner, P. 1964 88 137 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)