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...Falling asleep again... 
Thus, we get $316 Australian cash, after Paul's two long radio con- 
ferences with me from Honiara, where he tracked down the treasury official 
who had to authorize this for us, by radio approval to D.O. Francis. 
Alpha Helix in Graciosa Bay, Nande (Santa Cruz) October 19, 1972 
... 1 p . ^ ... 
The captain has approved our revised and elaborate itinerary, including 
the extensive double shuttle to Santa Cruz from Anuta. We leave Jean 
Guiart on Tikopia tomorrow — trying to bleed one village there — and pass 
on tomorrow night to Anuta. Thus he is escaping from the embarrassing 
meeting with Rick Felnberg whom he is afraid of intimidating by appearing. 
Dr. Richard Lee has joined us and left his wife at home since Captain 
Siinney would not — and could not — approve of the two small children of 
one and four years coming with us. He has been of enormous help to us 
all thru our sojourn here. With Lee and John Sheridan on board our 
scientific party is up to ten (including Walter)^ and of these, seven 
are doctors! How strong a team we would be if Joe and Nancy were here 
and Paul had remained. 
I I continue to worry most about a possible breakdown of the Revco 
freezer which stays flatly at -38 C all the while. I am also worried 
about how I am going to get enough dry ice at Honiara to ship off the 
clots to Bob Kirk in Canberra. If they thaw or rise much in temperature 
i they are no longer good for some red cell enzyme studies. The 1500 
clots we already have are blocking space for further specimens in our 
t Revco . 
i I'Jhen I returned to the ship this morning, having slept at the Lee's 
last night, I found many canoes alongside and over a dozen villagers 
from nearby coastal villages on board. They came out to try to sell 
j carvings (bowls, paddles, nose pieces) and asked $30 for a very poor 
custom feather money belt in contrast to the beautiful new one owned 
: by Dr. Lee. I asked for one of better quality and such was brought 
promptly and $60 was asked for it! Unlike the Banks and Torres 
I transactions where the price was dropped, this did not occur here. 
I only succeeded in bargaining down the price of the custom feather 
money belt to $55 Australian. It is very traditional, in fair shape 
i and very tightly packed to be stored over house fires. It has with 
ii it a notched board record of transactions made with this feather money. 
I 
This afternoon in clear horizons we can see the recently active 
; volcano of Tinakula. The Reef Islanders on the Polynesian outlier of 
Niupani have canoed over to Tinakula, an hour's canoe trip, and back for 
j many years and regularly attend to their gardens. However, fresh volcanic 
activity this year has made it necessary to abandon both their home • 
island and their gardens on Tinakula. They are now on Santa Cru^ fed 
and housed by the government, and restless to return. Two geologists 
tried to land last year at Tinakula and their boat overturned and one. 
Dr. Ken Barnes, was drowned. 
