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C.R. Long 
1964 
Hull Island 
July 8, 1964 - He sight Hull Island about 11 an. Two boats leave 
the ship one at 12:30 and the other at 12:50. The others go ashore • 
and set up camp on the last northeast islet. The ship then moves to 
the west end of the island where another boat is put ashore - we arrive 
about 3:20 pm. I spend about two hours collecting in the environs of 
the west village then head northeast collecting along the way. I continue 
northeast fording sixteen channels between the islets and on the lagoon 
side. The natural vegetation of the islets is a Messerschmidtia - 
Scaevola shrub with Boerhaavia growing on the bare coral gravel. On the 
islets one finds planted Terminalia , Cordia and Horinda along Tilth Cocos 
seedlings. Also present are Coccoloba (planted), Sida and Portulaca. 
Suriana is common on the west island - at the northeast end and on the 
south side. There were numerous dog tracks along the lagoon side of 
the north islets. The Suria na observed here had white flowers. Many 
birds were seen : lesser frigates, sooty terns, wandering tattlers, 
gray—backed terns and redtailed tropicbirds. 
July 9, 1964 - He boated across the lagoon to the south side. Again 
the natural vegetation is made up of Messerschmidtia and Scaevola Tilth 
Boerhaavia and Portulaca in the sandy and gravel areas. There are clearings 
on the first large islet which were to have been planted in Cocos . On the 
extreme south end of the west island is an area of low, partially suo— 
merged land about which grows Suriana - in some places to a height of 
twenty feet. Hear the village one finds planted ornamentals and weedy 
species. 
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