possible advantages. He does not seem to have an infection, and we had 
best sit tight on the leg, hoping that he does get good primary union. 
I have given Don Intensive instruction on use of the Nagra, and he is 
now tape recording a group of Tlkopian boys and girls singing on the sands. 
The first song they sang turned out to be a farewell for Raymond Firth, 
when he finally left here after his last visit three years ago. We spent 
a half-hour trying to work out "M" and "S" settings on the microphone, 
to be sure which is the unidirectional and which is multidirectional, 
and we are not yet absolutely sure. 
We are finding the rather aggressive self-confidence and near 
brazen behavior of the Tikopian boys, girls and youths a bit hard to 
take. It is a self-confidence amounting almost to rudeness, based on a 
feeling of cultural superiority and self-certainty, which is surely admirabJe, 
though in the long run does not speak well for complex or individualistic 
personalities such as I am accustomed to in Melanesia. In 
general, almost all the youths fall into a very similar style of 
aggressive flaunting and self-certainty, assertive of their superiority 
and beauty and expectant that it will be honored and reciprocated as they 
determine. There is less cultural self-assurance among the Melanesians, 
and more individuality of style and approach, even less constancy 
of method or manner of establishing and maintaining relationships in most 
New dilneans and Melanesian Islanders, than among these culturally rich 
and self-assured Polynesians. I enjoy this 'high culture* greatly, but 
would not exchange it for my Melanesian adventures, either. 
We have a full program here but cannot give the time necessary to 
carry it out thoroughly. The eight days we spent on Anuta have left 
but three more for Tikopia. A total of four days, with two additional 
days of work by Jean Guiart, gives us a very cursory picture of this 
great island with its over one thousand inhabitants, as opposed to the 
one hundred fifty on Anuta. However, we shall get a good genetic sampling 
and a good microbial survey, if all goes well. 
In making up the solutions for the stool ova and parasite specimens, 
we discovered that the solution B, a Lugol's solution, should have been 5% 
iodine containing and colorless, as we had used it on the islands to date. 
Paul failed to note this and Raymond, who prepared it, forget to add 
iodine. Thus, the stool specimens have all been incorrectly preserved. 
We hope that the f ormaldehyde-merthlolate fixation will be adequate and 
that the Lugol's can be added for a second time, belatedly — but this is 
unlikely. We have radioed Paul about the matter and hope that he learns 
that the late addition of Lugol's is still possible. If he fails to return 
our radio message soon, we shall add the Logoi *s solution late anyway, trusting 
to luck, since we do not know the dynamics of the fixation and staining at 
all. And if we do collect stool specimens here, we shall surely use the 
Lugol's correctly. 
Only Don and I are on shore tonight; all the others are back on the 
Alpha Helix , anchored just off the Tikopian reef. We went back on ship 
for supper, the first such meal on board that I have had in a week or more, 
and then rushed back to shore for our evening of work here. 
