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Lehrner, P.
1964
Nov. 19 -continued 1
Ken and Roger had remained aboard ship to
skin birds; Binion signed the register and
then we started down the path toward the denser
outskirts of the village - we were halted by
the wireless operator who said the magistrate
wished to go with us - we consented and ended
up with a following of eight men; Binion made
some good shots and thoroughly amazed the
natives at what the gun could do; we went
north to the mud flats and then circled through
the interior to the ocean side and then back to
the village about 4:30 P.M.; we put most of
our gear back in the raft, had some water from
the canteens(even though the natives had
climbed the trees earlier and provided us with
coconuts to drink out of - water still tasted
real good), then Binion decided to walk back
to the mud flats while wandered around the
village taking pictures with Dave and the
Chief of Police; the Chief took us to the
school where we were surrounded by the children
and conned into taking a group photo of about
thirty of them in front of the school - then
they waited for the finished product which
never appeared; we stopped to take a picture
of the new church under construction - as I
was focusing, children began to appear in the
picture from both sides of the frame and I
had to include them in the picture; another
older boy offered to let me tak e his picture,
but I managed to stall him and rub him off on
Dave; we finally lost most of the kids and
the Chief of Police and looked for more
interesting subjects; we saw many women on the
other islands and on this one who wore no
blouse but covered themselves when we appeared
or turned to take a picture; we were determined
that we would get a picture this time since
(over)