Lehner, P. 1964 154 Nov. 15 - continued | lagoon and then heading straight toward shore - this was the only possible maneuver at low tide, but Larry insisted we could of approached on a straight course and cursed the native's lack of intellect - it was a series of completely undiplomatic, even unmannered happenings such as this occurring throughout the trip that made me often ill at ease; in about 15 minutes after leaving the pier we had tied the raft to an old rusted buoy and waded up onto the flats; Dunion, George, Ken and the native went in one group, Larry, Roger and myself in another; we wandered about the flats until 10:30 when we had collected: 2 Bristle-thighed Curlews and 4 Godwits (species unknown); In our meanderings I collected about 25 money Cowries; with higher water, we headed almost straight for the Botaritari pier and arrived there at 11:00; Dave, Jim, Al and Vic were there waiting amongst the usual horde of natives; after much, handshaking and many "Tiahabo's" (pronounced Sacabo) we headed for the ship; we reached the ship slightly before noon - by 12:10 the raft had been taken aboard, the anchor pulled and we were underway for Mariana Atoll; at 1:00 George and Ken started (over)