C.R. Long 1964 Hull Island July 8, 1964 - We sight Hull Island about 11 am. Two boats leave the ship one at 12:30 and the other at 12:50. The others go ashore and set up camp on the last northeast islet. The ship then moves to the west end of the island where another boat is put ashore - we arrive about 3:20 pm. I spend about two hours collecting in the environs of the west village then head northeast collecting along the way. I continue northeast fording sixteen channels between the islets and on the lagoon side. The natural vegetation of the islets is a Messerschmidtia - Scaevola shrub with Boerhaavia growing on the bare coral gravel. On the islets one finds planted Terminalia, Cordia and Morinda along with Cocos seedlings. Also present are Coccoloba (planted), Sida and Portulaca. Suriana is common on the west island - at the northeast end and on the south side. There were numerous dog tracks along the lagoon side of the north islets. The Suriana observed here had white flowers. Many birds were seen : lesser frigates, sooty terns, wandering tattlers, gray-backed terns and redtailed tropicbirds. July 9, 1964 - We boated across the lagoon to the south side. Again the natural vegetation is made up of Messerschmidtia and Scaevola with Boerhaavia and Portulaca in the sandy and gravel areas. There are clearings on the first large islet which were to have been planted in Cocos. On the extreme south end of the west island is an area of low, partially sub-merged land about which grows Suriana - in some places to a height of twenty feet. Near the village one finds planted ornamentals and weedy species.