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share the attention both Don and I lavish on him. He courted and won us 
both and seeing that Don was devoted to him, I withdrew and solicited his 
often preferred help and attention less than I did those of the other 
kids, for although I found George Immensely attractive and interesting, 
and an unusually devoted and helpful boy, I did not want to compete with 
Don for his attentions. Don visited his family and got to know them 
well, and managed to obtain from them several fine artifacts of the sort 
that the Tikopians rarely nj^rt with, that is, the hair rings from deceased 
husbands or fathers which the older women often wear, and the family 
coconut-grating stool. With our whole party avidly collecting artifacts 
during our Tikopian visit, I withdrew here also. Leonard , the 
dispensary medical assistant, had assumed the task of repairing the out- 
rigger of my Futuna canoe. On our first visit to Tikopia we had off- 
loaded it and on my return I found that the old man had completed the 
construction of a new outrigger, using the old one and replacing the 
attachments. This they have done well, but it was not quite the polished 
work of the Futunans. Thus, the sail pegs at the end of the three arms 
that hold the outrigger to the canoe have not been made, for they had 
no drill, they said. The small sticks used to attach the outrigger to the 
three arms are less neatly cut and regular than those from Futuna, but 
they seem to be nearly like those the Futuna people made. The rotted 
cordage and "corking" of the canoe at both ends has been replaced neatly, 
and the canoe looks fine. I was asked for cigarettes and tinned fish in 
payment, rather than money. I could supply neither. Instead, this 
evening I have just given Leonard’s father some fifteen dollars worth 
of stick- twist tobacco, a well made French bush knife and four tins of 
Chinese tinned duck. As a final parting gift, his father gave me a 
fine old dance paddle, far better than several I had been offered for 
purchase today and had rejected because of the crudeness of the work on 
them. This was the only real gift I received on Tikopia, with the ex- 
ception of a fine shell from one of the boys. 
George’s family had expected Don and me to a meal at their home 
tomorrow, and had prepared to give us gifts of mats, Don tells me, but 
we have not stayed for this. Tomorrow, there is an island feast of All 
Saints Day at Botisakaf Ika, and I debated much whether to delay our 
departure to see it or not. I finally decided to do so and to take 
intensive cinema of the dancing, but on returning to the northwestern 
side of the island, I found our ship ready for departure. The Captain 
was ready with his sailing plans and the anchor was being raised. It 
was too late to inflict on him my proposed change of itinerary and 
Judy and the others were not so keen about prolonging our Tikopian stay. 
Since any prolongation would cut into -our Vanikoro or Rennell and 
Bellona time, I was ambivalent and we missed the dancing and the 
ceremonies on Tikopia today. 
Dick developed all ninety-odd Tikopian x-rays *today, and the forty- 
two from Anuta were developed yesterday. Thus, we had some success with 
the x-rays; only one of the chest films shows dramatic, probably tubercular, 
pathology. This is in a forty year old Tikopian man whom we had not 
spotted as being ill. 
