Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 17 - continued 1 but could see no birds; at 12:00 noon Binion and I went on watch; earlier there had been many Shearwaters and a Gull seen so both guns were taken onto the bow; at 1:20 Kuria Atoll was sighted dead ahead; about four miles from the atoll 12 to 15 porpoises came along side the ship, breaking water and diving for about 200 yards and then disappeared; at 3:00 we dropped anchor about a mile off the tide flooded area which separates the two islands; immediately several outriggers came around the ship, but none came alongside and boarded; seeing that no officials were coming to us, we decided to go to them and lowered a raft; at 3:50 (during high tide) we went ashore, arriving at the main village at 4:05; we were greeted here by throngs of natives who immediately poked at the inflated rubber raft, as much in awe as the other natives we had seen; one young girl appeared to be almost pure Caucasian but spoke very little English; Binion talked to the wireless operator and explained what we had hoped to accomplish; with the schoolteacher and several other dignitaries all listening intently, the purpose was outlined and we were free to pursue our task; Roger, Ken and Larry went off collecting, Dave went to set up nets, Binion went off in conference and George and I pumped the natives for information and laughs; Chris and Ray also came ashore and wandered about surveying the women; a small girl played with a balloon made by blowing up a pig's lung; I talked with an elderly English speaking man who consented to show around the village; fresh water wells showed a water table of 10 feet as on Maiana Atoll; they have a male and female prison here with a log drum outside which signals the prisoners to work - according to the (over)