Lehner, P. 1964 158 Nov. 16 - continued 1 were some distance behind us, but also looking for the village; we finally found one family who gestured the way and then followed a path to a small village; here we met some natives who could speak some English; they answered some our questions about the birds and indicated that the main village was on the southeast side of the atoll; we delved into our man and ascertained where the village must be and then came to the conclusion that it would be easier if the ship was moved to the southern passage and we went in from there; I called the ship on the radio, told them of our plan and indicated that we would return to the ship as soon as we could round everybody up; right then Dave and Jim came up the path; feeling that we did not have the situation very well at hand, Dave decided to meet the natives on there own terms and use some of the Gilbertese words he had learned on Makin; he stepped forward and addressed one man, "Which way to Wukiungung?"; the native in perfect English replied, "What does that mean?"; this of course, left Dave feeling knee high to a grasshopper and the rest of us in fits of laughter; he thought he was asking the native which way to the village, but learned later that Wukiungung did not mean village, but is the name of a village on Makin Atoll; we had sent Larry up the beach so that we could explain to the natives what we were doing before birds were shot from in front of them - this, however, did not seem to register with Larry - we heard him shooting just on the other side of the village as we were on our way through; once again diplomacy appeared in the form of a slap in the face; with quick explan- ations we cleared up the situation, took a few pictures and started up the beach toward the raft; Binion and Larry headed on up the beach (over)