. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 104 We had lunch at two and collecting began immediately after. I set up six tents in a rowâfive for sleeping quarters and one as a store tent. In addition, I put up another tent with the fly in front of it to serve as a work room and storage for my material. A heavy shower came before we had the first tent up but did no damage. In the afternoon King and I with Dr. Millard, Anderson and Schlemmer rowed across the lagoon to the third island where there was an old Japanese camp and investigated it. I collec
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 104 We had lunch at two and collecting began immediately after. I set up six tents in a rowâfive for sleeping quarters and one as a store tent. In addition, I put up another tent with the fly in front of it to serve as a work room and storage for my material. A heavy shower came before we had the first tent up but did no damage. In the afternoon King and I with Dr. Millard, Anderson and Schlemmer rowed across the lagoon to the third island where there was an old Japanese camp and investigated it. I collected a rat or two here. Thaanum and Grant reported a land rail seen on the large island this evening. â t ^W. Figure 34. Left to right, Palmer, Bryan, Schlemmer, Anderson, Pollock. Wake Island. August 3, 1923. July 28, Saturday Commander King informed me this morning that the TANAGER could find no anchorage as, except at the actual edge of the reef, the water was 100 fathoms or more deep. It will be necessary for her to lie off the island during the period of our work. He thought that with care they might be able to allow us ten days here, a course to be determined by actual trial. I went out as early as possible to secure some rail {"Hypotaenidia wakensis" added later in a different ink. Wetmore was unaware of this species at the time.]. Schlemmer, Carroll and I waded the channel to the large island and entered the brush on the opposite bank. We walked slowly and cautiously through small openings that led between dense thickets. There was much dead stuff banked up on all sides, some of the gnarled logs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural Histo
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