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of storm. The western half which is the site of the bird colonies is from 10 
to 12 feet above the sea and has a soil of fine coral sand on which grows grass, 
Boerhaavia, Portulaca and Tribulus. 
The Sooty Tern occupy the entire eastern of the this section and the shearwater 
are found in an area of loose soil near the center. The noddies nest at the west 
and on the borders of the Sooty Tern Colony. 
Foil owing! is a list of seeds, etc., planted by Judd on this island June 2 6; 
Cocos nucifera- -coconut 5 sprouted nuts 
Hibiscus tiliaceus Hau JO slips 
Calophyllum inophyllum Hawaiian Kaniani seeds 
Thispusia populnia mile seeds • 
Casuarina equisetifolia Ironwood seeds 
Pritchardiaa oacifica Fiji Fan Palm seeds . . 
ff—I I ■Hill IWW. WB I. in r~ -rfii r II n rum.. iir mil V 
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...whih we name Disappearing Island. As it alternately appeared and dis¬ 
appeared amid aqualls of ran. It was apparently a bare sand spit 300 yards long 
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with no indication of vegetation. 
June 29 — He eke r: Judd, Cartwright, Anderson, Caum, Palmer, Bryan, Schlenmer, 
Wetmore.. .The first cave, one located by Caum during his work here, faced 
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the west and was under an overhanging ledge bn a steep rock face. For a space 
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18 x 6 feet the cave was paved with flat stones against a wall built across the 
front. The sea lay 60 feet below.---—-—---:__ 
...to the cave located by Anderson which lay on the eastern slopes 70 
feet above a broad ledge barely exposed above the sea. This cave was 40 feet 
long by 10 wide. The approach was along a series of narrow ledges with poor footing 
.. .We excavated anda sifted all the ea , in eie floor of this cave at one end 
digging down three feet while the other rock shelves up until it was exposed. 
The cave had been paved and was eviden y use as a habitation. A wall had been 
