Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 16 - continued 4 wanted to know how many shillings they cost on he ship - our conversation, including my explanation that they were not sold on the ship was conducted with him speaking only two words of English: knife and shirt; I also managed to tell him that I would like to see a guitar in hopes of getting some dancing started - he indicated that he would return later with one, and did; we entered the transient hut in some awe, greatly impressed with the fine workman- ship that had gone into building the hut; it was about 20'x40' and seperated into two square rooms; the perimeter was enclosed by a low fence about three feet from he hut, forming a walkway completely around it; to one side was a wash house, and setting in back was you up smaller hut, completely enclosed and with a hondo door- it looked to me like the honeymoon suite; we were told that the building of this transient hut was a cooperative village project and took only two days; there was one table and chair in each room; we were brought finer mats than were already on the floor, to sit and sleep on; later in the evening they brought in seven chairs; the crowd slowly began to grow larger outside the hut as we sat and talked with the Magistrate, police chief and other dignitaries including the wireless operator(who is usually the best English speaking person on each island); the native brought the guitar(a six string guitar with five strings) - it was tuned different than"normal" so I had trouble with even five strings; I handed the guitar back and asked if someone would play for us; the Magistrate told us that they were not informed of our coming or they would have had a party planned, however, they would try to entertain us some; the guitar began and the singing joined in, and the night was begun, we were brought coconuts from which to drink; sitting back, we experienced a very (over)