Lehner, P. 1964 153 Nov. 15 We were aroused from beneath our sheets at 7:00 A.M.; we all poked our heads out to see Joe and his wife with coffee for us; drinking the coffee, we talked with Joe who told us much about the war years on the island; George and I kept an eye on the lagoon for the raft that was to come in at 7:30; Joe told us that his wife had fish cooking if we could stay for breakfast, but we informed them that we had to meet the boat and regretfully could not; we shook hands expressed our thanks and then George and I headed back for the pier, leaving Jim and Dave behind and still talking; we said our good mornings to natives we met along the way and picked up our usual band of 15-20 children before we reached the pier; the mat salesman came along and inquired as to our day's work and offered to go with us on our journey to the mud flats, south of the village of Botaritani; the raft was sighted shortly after we reached the pier, and since it was low tide we went to the end of the pier to await their arrival; they arrived at the pier at 7:45, Al Lopalme and Vic MacAllister went ashore and George, the native, and myself climbed in; we headed for the mud flats by swinging way out into the (over)