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R. Clapp 
1964 ^ ? - ~ • ,. , 
Cct* - Jemo Is la n d J pmo A toll 
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ * ly I might 'note, for those who 
find my journal too telegraphic, we landed on the 
afternoon of the 23 apd donarte^ on the morning.of 
the 24th.) § , 'V*. 
At the crest of the aforementioned hill were 
several decrepit frame buildings, none of which 
arpeared to be clean enough or safe enough to 
use as a camp* Instead, we snr^ ad a tarpaulin 
over the remanants of a shed and used this for 
shelter* 
At the base of the n hill n before the soil became 
mosit and thick the ,area was oui te sandy. Here 
there were many turtle diggings several r ,of which 
anueared ouite fresh, , Later that evening, after 
dark, as w4 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 bores 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 tyres of shells were utilized by 
Hermit crabs on this island* I only noted about 
5 species of shell in use* By f n r the most 
frequently used shell, (unlike other atolls visited) 
was some species of Tur bo , 
I saw several Hawaiian Noddy nests but their 
contents were not noted due to their excessive height* 
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