October 1ft — Ten Frigates were banded. Also one Turnstone. 
October SO - -Four frigates , one Red -footed Booby, forty plus noddles baifled 
October 21— Five frigates, one Red-footed Booby (immature) banded, plus 
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30* noddies* * 
October 22 — Left Sand Island 10:15 p.m. Departed Johnston Island via 
-MATS C-H8 for Honolulu 11:30 p.m. Arrived at Hiekara AFB 2: JO a.m. 
Went to Waikiki International Hotel again. 
October 23— Called Maryanna 10 a.m. in Washington to find out about Bill's 
request for house on Kure. They had not received message. Matter still 
pending. 
Searched out Fleet and Gould, met Warren King. In the afternoon 
Fleet, ^ing, .and lucent, out to Mokolii island (Chinaman's, Hat), far a 
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preliminary survey. We waded a distance of 0.3 miles in water averaging 
about 4 feet deep, from Kualoa Point. 
The island is about 0.10 by 0.13 miles. A large, sheer mass cf 
rock in the form of a butte, probably a former volcano core, rises to a 
height of 206 feet in the center of the island. This structure gives 
the island the appearance from which it derives (fews name. The lower 
slopes rise to a height of about 50 feet and are covered with thick. 
vegetation. 
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The vegetation includes large masses of Scaevola on the landward 
aide, mixed With a flowering weed called lei tana (?). On the seaward 
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side this same weed is mixed with tall grasses and shrubs. There are 
also a few cocoanut palms, some prickly-pear cactus, and other types. 
