Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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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)