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was flavored strongly with guano but would serve for consumption in a pinch. 
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Several snail pools were noted in the valley and one trickle of a few drops was located 
in a snail cave high above. 
Gray-backed Terns were nesting abundantly over the slopes with many Noddies and 
Sooty Terns. Red-footed Boobies were common, with occasional groups of Frigate- 
birds. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters and Bulwer's Petrels Were scattered everywhere. 
With an occasional Blue-faced or Common Booby these made up the bird life of the 
island. I collected a small series of finches a few Miller-birds and some 
other things. 
In the old village site in the eastern valley I picked up a fine stone calabash entire 
and part of another. 
Insects are abundant, among them blowflies which do not occasion much trouble. 
June 12--This morning we worked along the ledges to the sand beach in the eastern bay 
where I collected a number of Necker Island terns. This sand beach is about a hundred 
yards long and slopes gradually. Waves dash on it heavily so that it makes a bad 
landing while with heavy surf it is swift almost to the base of the rock. Some logs 
of driftwood have been cast on the beach and there is a cave into which 
waves enter at the outer end. 
...The western face breaks sheer in the huge puli examined from the ship... Opposite 
our camp is a small cave merely large enough for shelter for one man that has been 
occupied by a Japanese within 18 months. Two old wooden buckets, remains of a 
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bed of grass, the inevitable bit of bamboo, and a bottle or two containing soya sauce 
were evidences of the nationality of the occupant. Above were remains of birds 
used as food. 
June 13 —...and climbed to the summit of the central valley. From here I worked along 
the edge of the pecipice to the eastern valley, descended through the ancient 
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village and then returned to camp at noon...The huge black wall descends sheer 
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