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P.Clarm - 1964 
JL J. 
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Nov. 11 - Jaluit Atoll 
Upon our return to ' the center of the village 
we were greeted by the Womans Club ( a local 
version of the PTA ? ) and made honorary members 
( somewhat informally) Leis were garlanded around 
our necks and both Phil and, I were given a fan 
and an excellent specimen- of what I beli eve 
is a man cowry. We were invited to lunch 
and afoer waiting some twenty minutes , the women's 
club arrived wearing bright green dresses which 
I believe are an emblem of the club. They had 
breadfruit, three boiled chickens, some sort 
of dumpling thing and coconut milk. (I hope to 
never drink another, droo of coconut milk, 
sociality or no sociality). After finishing 
our simple repast, we were garlanded again and 
each women of the club contributed one or several 
ls-i*ge tiger cowries, (and another X do not know) 
to our store of goods. We some 15 in all 
and I must admit it- felt a bit like Halloween in 
reverse. Finally after, Phil and Dave, had 
exnausced their touristy imnu j ses (Lehner now 
has the world's largest collection of color 
of Marshallese with some idiot with 
flowers in his hair among them) we left the 
island for Elizabeth. (Our guide was to return 
for the stack of green oananas we had been given. 
Parenthetically ion 'chose who may be interested 
in animal behaviour, individual distances 
decrase in Marshallese social life with outlanders 
like us in the following scale (from closest 
to furtnest.) Adult males. Adult -married females 
with children, small children, adolescent males, 
and nubile maidens. Oh well. ) 
finally got o±i 'cue island at two and reached 
Elizabeth at tnree. The central lagoon proved 
“O be a small stagnant area with much heavy 
leaved growth around the southern end and 
oordering right on the village. The.f- headman 
of the village stated that four ducks had been 
snot recently and there on the lagoon was another. 
From here on the tale becomes tragic. Phil, 
who was shotgun today, crept along the bayou 
until he was close to the bird, and began to 
quack quietly to it. It apparently worked 
better than squaeking for shortly he commented 
