Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 16 - continued 6 and then the leader would say something indicating who would start singing the next "verse", that person would begin, they would start swaying again and the clack of sticks hitting in rhythm could be heard; another dance they performed was by two couples, facing each other as if about to play cards - they then began singing and clapping hands, their own and each other's, in such a rapid sequence that it was hard to discern whose hands were slapping whose amid the blur of movement; after they had finished singing and dancing we were asked to sing for them; our attempt was no better here than on Makin, but they seemed to enjoy our poor attempt anyway - George knew the first three words of many songs and would begin them, the rest of us joining in to help him out and then he would quit leaving us to sing the rest of the song - it was great fun, but was a poor display of American talent; at 11:20 P.M. a gong sounded (an old gas cylinder) and the children left to go home - the curfew was undoubtably later tonight than usual; shortly thereafter the Magistrate made a speech saying that he was not prepared to entertain us but had done the best he could; Binion expressed our thanks and the natives left us to our slumber; all evening the cool ocean air had been blowing in on us making it slightly uncomfortable and now we were faced with sleeping in it; the room in which the party had taken place had walls only half way to the ceiling while the back room had full walls, so Binion, Ken and myself took a mat back there and joined Roger, while Dave, George and Jim remained in the front room; it did not take long before we had either rolled up in a mat or burrowed under one; the night (over)