Notes taken by S. Ball on Lisianski Island, May 1923 
(extracted from field note-book in the manuscipt files of the Bishop Museum) 
May 15 -- Landed in boat (motor-sailor) at 2:30 on west side. Island sand 
except 200 yards of coarse grass at north end and a weed at intervals. 
Turtles numerous. Pitched camp Wetmore, Ball, Thaanum, Grant, Schlemmer 
and Higgs (cook). Rained, Wetmore shot 1 $ seal. 
May 16 (^ed ) Baker netted large moi, mullet (amaama, wowo) manini, aholehole, 
wake, nenui and oio (10 pounder). Grant picked up on beach a dried trunk fish 
and a fresh flying fish at booby colony. Ball helped Baker and collected marine 
algae. Seed of Ipomea inland, ungerminated. Rained hard in forenoon and early 
P.M. Hundreds of turtles (Chelone midas) on shore and In surrounding waters'. 
Schlemmer shot young seal in evening. Saw large one in water. Grant took 
young trunk fishes from terns stomach. 
May 17 (Thurs ) - J. Baker and Ball took 2 blue parrot fishes and 3 red oues, 
2 meke (goatfishes), 3 AbudefdUf sordidus and one female Whitefinned shark. 
Grant and Thaanum took 3 blennies and several rock crabs (Paica) 1 hoiothurian 
light green. Grant found a dried Tetrodon on beach. Thaanum took a polychaete 
worm 
