R.Clapp 1964 Oct. 23-24 - Jemo Island. Jemo Atoll (Parenthetically I might note, for those who find my journal too telegraphic, we landed on the afternoon of the 23 and departed on the morning of the 24th.) At the crest of the aforementioned hill were several decrepit frame buildings, none of which appeared to be clean enough or safe enough to use as a camp. Instead, we spread a tarpaulin over the remnants of a shed and used this for shelter. At the base of the "hill" before the soil became mosit and thick the area was quite sandy. Here there were many turtle diggings several of which appeared quite fresh. Later that evening, after dark, as we circled the island, a single turtle was observed on the southern end of the island. Surveys were run around the island both in the afternoon and after dark, the latter in the certainly to be dashed bones of banding birds. In the afternoon saw several Fairy Tern nests. All nests that I saw contained only eggs. The southern and eastern (Windward) sides of the island were covered with a dense growth of Scaevola, easily as thick as it is on Kure. Fortunately, there was a trail cut through it. Very few types of shells were utilized by Hermit crabs on this island. I only noted about 5 species of shell in use. By far the most frequently used shell, (unlike other atolls visited) was some species of Turbo. I saw several Hawaiian Noddy nests but their contents were not noted due to their excessive height.