Lehner, P». 
1964 
19 - continued 3 
ems ; 
c heck with the shin about SrOO P.M. a r d tol* 
then we wer*A ‘ r *G r id' ,ir to r^tw'n to "che s h x n ano. 
ho ad ^or Honolulu? hsnrs we're shaken - fcnanks 
we're friven^ rioturas taken and Tiakabo ! s 
srsoken as we f inn 1 ly launched the rr.ft at 
,o q headed, for tie s>>in on a high tide; 
v;e went through a fee-in^ flock of Crested Terns 
and one Sootv Tern and collected - Cres:°o 
1 ar re f lyir g fish were of so leaving the water 
ansi de the lagoon — tne xact cnau they came 
inside the lagoon surprised re? at 6:? O we 
returned to tie ship and I finally committed 
the act I had' so often come close to before -• 
a swell caught the raft as we were approaching 
the shin and pushed ns aft under the generator 
discharge t soaking most of us with water ~ 
with most of the weight forward in tie raft 
the rronellor would not dig into the water 
on tie turn and X did not think fast enough 
force 'it under - the last trio of the last 
atoll I had finally done it I at 6r?0 we had 
nulled anchor and were underway for Honolulu; 
p err eat relief crou'’ d • he felt amon n ' tne crew - 
that we were final.lv homebound* we all settled 
down for our ten davs iourney beck. - I ^ad 
l RiJiinfl back, on my -pillow to read some w^en 
tre li erhts went out around 7:00 P.M* - I 
fi mired this was noincr to be the unexpected 
d’elav when on they came, only to mo out affair 
tvri.ee’ more- they wer finally put in ord«r and 
the movie could be' heard amain above the rumble 
of the engines! the total birds colledlted -"or 
the da.v is as follows? 3 Crested Terns. 6 Fairy 
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eras 
1 Black-nared Tern.- 7 Common Noddies, 
1 TTawsti ian Noddy. P Pacific Piffeons , i. bristle— 
thisrhed Curlew,- 4 Pussy Turnstones, 3 Golden 
Plover, and 3 Godwits,- \ 
