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Lehner, P.
1964
Nov. 18 - continued 2
we had four natives with us, who were going
out to the ship - they were quite disappointed
when the gun did not fire; we landed and met Binion
and Larry - they went to the point near the
sandbar and collected 2 Black-named Terns, but
could not get any of the Crested Terns we had
scared up; they had collected: 1 Common Noddy,
2 Hawaiian Noddies, and 4 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers;
we started back to the ship at 1:15 and arrived
there at 1:35; the natives were grins all the
way with the way the raft rode over the waves,
bending to the contour of the swells; Binion
and Larry went ashore during the afternoon,
chasing birds and talking to officials; the
collected birds were weighed, labeled and
frozen before supper; at 6:45 P.M. Dave and I
took a raft ashore - not being able to find the
passage we rode the surf over the reef in fine
style, arriving ashore just as Binion and Larry
were leaving; we met many of the crew members
and wandered about talking to the natives and
sitting around batting the breeze waiting for a
dance to start; Tom Jones and I went over to the
schoolteacher's hut and were invited inside for
tea and tuna; here we met his wife (who quickly
pulled a towel up to cover her breasts), his
two children and his neighbor and his neighbor's
daughter - this girl had stood out in the crowd
before and she had a name I could not forget,
both she and the name being very pretty - her
name was Terienga; we talked for about half
an hour and then left to find the rest of the
crew and see what they had found; as we walked
down the path we could see lights and hear
music coming from the courthouse (a large hut
with a concrete floor, the center floor sunken
and the edges elevated to provide seats; there
was a table at one end); when [illegible] we
(over)