Lehner, P. 1964 20 Oct. 10 continued they returned without finding anchorage and without getting through the passageway which was by now carrying a great current of water; from the ship we could see ‘tons’ of the white phase Reef Herons; we now sat on the ship and waited until 5:00 before making an attempt at the passageway (the crew managed to get through about three o'clock); we had our “last supper” and started out at 5:00 o'clock; the going was easy until we began through the passageway which curves noticeably towards the left (north) as it enters the lagoon; we hit high waves (~3 ft.) which tossed us up and down causing the motor to come out of the water on several occasions; at one instance I glanced back and saw the underside of the raft following us, now hanging about 3 ft. above our stern; Mr. Ashton and Larry pushed it back before anything (like our prop. chipping up there bow) could take place; needless to say we made it; we landed on Taongi at 5:40 P.M.; we finished setting up camp at 7:10 P.M. and set out in two groups to band Boobies; Binion, Ken, Chris and myself in one group; Roger, George and Larry in the other; banding total for the evening -: 13 Fairy Terns; 23 Brown Boobies; 64 Masked Boobies; 316 Red-Footed Boobies - all the Boobies were (over)