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/er on the "round. Tiro wooden cisterns cl small size were noted, several 
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ars, ar.a 
■ .:, liar things. A stay of several months had been mad. 
made without ’doubt. It is my belief that the camp is l4 or 15 years old. In 
other words that the work had been done at the same time as in I ysan and 
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;t is possible that one firm arranged for the taking 
of birds on all three island. 
The huts are im questionably of Japanese build as they show Japanese 
workmanship, Japanese material and many boards are marked with Japanese 
ideographs. 
mini km J —- 0 ‘~* Island nas some fine sand on the inner face at the western end bu t 
ior most its circumference the shores are of coarse broken coral worn into 
more or less rounded lumps with comparatively little fine material. The 
con.. Si. lumps 01 coral extend inland througn the trees clear across the island 
cm.*.*, in ma.xy pj_acc^ are mixed witn broxen limbs and trees. Many extremelv large 
u .ps h,^.e bin own up in the beach. Apparently this island bore the full brunt of 
ouc t/puoon Miao swept cue a^oil. marge trees were entirely destroyed only 
an occasional stump remaining, gnarled and twisted. The Tou growtn here is 
^nailer and less . -nse tnae cn the main large island across the channel. The soil 
1^ xather scant ie.ct ne,i/y blocks oi coral extend clear across to the inner 
beach. 
>,irangely enough no.ra 1 nave been found in Wilkes is. though the bir; 
as are 
comer, on Wake Is. across a narrow channel. 
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Opening at Lhe eastern c .d of the island is a curious shrine* 
that i suspect is of Japanese 
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origin 
vh and sov. ^— -i-x^e ex ocas lor a distance 01 pO feet between two lar r*e 
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l stones on edge. At the center in the west i 
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