Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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lehner, p. 1964 82 Oct. 23 - continued Binion and I took the first at sea watch at 10:00 - they were to last until 4:00 ; at 10:35 we sighted another ship on the port horizon headed north ; worked on notes during the afternoon ; at 2:45 Jemo was sighted ; the island is small with high vegetation (Coconut palms and Pisonia trees) ; the surf is intense on all sides of the island except on the western side at the center of the island ; during high surf , the waves from the NW and SW pinch in here and counteract each others force but tend to set up tricky currents and wave channels ; we left the ship at 5:10 and landed on the west shore at 5:20 ; there is no anchorage for the ship ; we had very little trouble with the surf going in ; we found the house Fosbury had described sitting about 150 yards inland from the center of the west shore ; (the location of buildings is shown on the map) ; we put the tent-fly over the open shed for a camp ; all the buildings are in very ill repair ; the house is musty , dirty and damp ; we found a few old medical books , medicines , records , etc. - all of which had obviously been abandoned years ago ; (over)