Lehner J. 1964 71 Oct. 21 up at 7:30; natives still on the island; rain came down constantly and appeared to have set in for the whole day; we remained on the ship taking care of "odds and ends" in hopes at a break in the weather; we stuffed rats that had been collected; at 3:30 P.M. the natives left Taka and sailed toward the passageway far astern of our ship; we thought they would continue on to the passageway, but they suddenly tacked back and approached the ship; there were four of them, and as they approached one hollered "Hello!" giving us hope that one spoke English; one spoke fair English: Andy Moor, Majuro Atoll, Utirik Village, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islands. they traded with the crew, mostly for cartons of cigarettes, then stayed and watched the movies; the other three were Andy's relatives: father, uncle and cousin; his father apparently owns half of Taka Island; Binion, Roger and Ken saw an orange-tagged juvenile Brown Booby fly past the ship about 10 P.M.; the natives sailed back to Taka about 11 P.M.; it was also interesting to observe, but difficult to interpret, the natives reactions to buckets of garbage being thrown over the sides - they were not aghast - perhaps pollution is second nature to them.