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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. 
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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 
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and on the borders of the Sooty Tenn Colony. 
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Followingiis a list of seeds, etc.,planted by Judd on this island June 2 6 ; 
Cocos nucifera— coconut 5 sprouted nuts 
Hibiscus tiliaceus Hau 30 slips 
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Calophyllum inophyllum Hawaiian Kaniani seeds 
Thispusia populnia mile seeds 
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Casuarina equisetifolia Ironwood seeds 
Pritchardiaa pacifica Fiji Fan Palm seeds 
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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. 
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June 29 -- Necker: Judd, Cartwright, Anderson, Caum, Palmer, Bryan, Schlemmer, 
Wetmore... The first cave, one located by Caum during his work here, faced 
the west and was under an overhanging ledge tbn a steep rock face. For a space 
18 x 6 feet the cave was paved with flat stones against a wall built across the 
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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 earth in the 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 evidently used as a habitation. A wall had been 
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