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were some distance behind; us « but also looking 
for the villager we finally found one family 
who vestured 1 the way and then followed^ a path 
to a small village;- here we met some natives 
v;ho could sneak some English; they answered; 
some our questions about the birds and in exeat ed 
that the main village wqs on tne southeast 
side of the a toil; we delved into our man and 
ascertained where the village must oe and then 
came to the conclusion that it would oe easier 
if the shin was moved to the southern nassage 
and we went in from there: I called the shin 
on the radio, told them of our nland and indicated 
that we would return to the shin as soon as we 
could round everybody un; right then Dave and 
Jim came up the rath: feeling that we did not 
have the situation very well at; hand, • " vc 
decided to meet the natives on there own terms 
and use some of the Gilbertese words he had 
learned on Makin; he stepped forward and addressed 
one man, " Which way to Wukiungung?" : the native 
in nerfect English replied, "What does that 
mean?": this of course, left Dave xeeling knee 
high to a grasshopper a.nd the rest of us in 
fits of laughter; he thought he was asking the 
native which way to the villa.ge, ouc *oai a6d 
.ter that Wukiungung did not mean village-, but 
;he name of a village on Makin Atoll; we 
h sent Larry ur the beach so that we could 
esrnlain to the natives what we were doing 
before birds were shot from in front of them - • 
this, however, did' not seem to' register with 
La rrv — vie heard 5 him shooting .just on tne other 
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side of the village as we were on our way 
through:- once again diplomacy appeared xn the 
form of a slap in the face: with quick explan- 
ations we cleared up the situation, took a few 
pictures and started up the beach toward the 
raft: Binion and Larry headeee on up the beach 
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