Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 16 Un at 7:00 and went on watch with Binion; 7:20 Maiana Atoll came in sight off the port bow; we saw very few birds during the watch, mostly Common Noddies and Fairy Terns; our course to Maiana was 180° S until directly west of Maiana and then 90 due east; we sighted a small ship leaving the vicinity of the atoll on a N.W. course and thought it to be a fish- ing vessel - we were later informed that it was the John Williams, a Trust Territory ship, on its regular tri-monthly visit; we anchored west of the north passage at 9:05 at a distance of about 1½ miles; saw one person on the beach; it was low tide and the small boat passage was obviously impassible, but it was decided to launch a raft and have a go at it anyway - at 10:00 we started in and made two approaches at the pass and then went north and left the raft in the shallows with Mr. Hart(second mate) and waded ashore; we saw an outrigger canoe in the lagoon earlier, but he did not approach the ship; the tide was coming in and came so fast that Mr. Hart had to keep walking steadily in- land to keep up with the tide - the tide level changes about four feet; Ken and Roger went south across the flats with one gun, Larry went north with the other and George, Binion and I went inland with the radio to try to find the village; the map we were using was undoubtably outdated and our estimation of where the vill- age should be was some distance off; the other group was greeted by the first natives, as we could see them far down the beach; Dave and Jim (over)