Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Smithsonian Institution Archives.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Lehner, P.
1964
56
Oct. 17 - continued
this moray had concealed himself under a ledge
so well all afternoon - I had swum around
in front of that ledge for a long time earlier
and then came over the same ledge
unexpectedly later on and caught the moray
unaware - a sixth sense made me turn
around - when I saw him only two feet behind
my heels I made straight for camp - I wish
I had had my camera with me at that
moment; tonight we broke out spaghetti and
pork and beans - with the sterno stove we had
ourselves our first hot meal on the islands;
at 7:30 we all set out to band Boobies and
Frigates on Aromeni Island; a club of about
100 Masked Boobies was seen earlier on the
northeast end of the island - tonight there
were 50 to 75 - we caught only about 10; we
found that the most effective way to band
the Boobies on the islands is as follows: 2
banders, 2 people with poles to knock the
boobies to the ground as they fly out and
2 people with nets to capture the low
fliers and those that get up and start
off again - another person working 30 yards
back in the interior with a long pole prodding
them out is also very effective; we encountered
(over)