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7 
Lehne 
# 
p. 
1964 
3 
K 
tr 
o 
& 
16 
TJp 
at 7 
: 00 
7:90 
Maiana 
Atol 
bow; 
a 
' * V* 
saw 
very 
course 
to Maiana was l 80 S until directly 
west of Maiana and then 90 due east; wo sighted 
a small shin leaving the vicinity of the atoll 
on a N*.W«. course and thought it to be a fxsa- 
ing vessel - we were later informed that it 
was the John Williams, a Trust Terrritory shin, 
on its regular tri -monthly visit: we anchored 
west of the north nassame at 9:05 at a distance 
of about VA miles? saw one nerson on the beach: 
it was low tide and the small boat nassage was 
obviously impassible, but it was decided to 
launch a a raft and have a go at it anyway - an 
”0:00 we started in and made ~wo annroaches ao 
the nass and* then went north and left the raft 
in the shallows with* Mr. Hart (second mate) and 
waded ashore? we saw an outrigger canoe in the 
lagoon earlier,, but he did nor aporoa.cn the 
ship; the tide was coming in and came so fast 
that Mr. Hart had to been walking steadily in- 
land to kfseu ut> with the ti de ~ the tide 1 eyel 
changes about four feet; Ken and Roger went 
south across the fiats with one gun. Larry went 
north with the other and George. Binion and 
I went inland with the radio to try to find the 
village': the map we were using was undoubtably 
outdated end our , estimation of where the vill- 
age should be wase some distance off; the other 
groun was greeted by the xirst natives, as we ^ 
could see them far down the beach; Dave and Jim 
