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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)