Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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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)