deus _ . OU 7 ; * lajou: ; : gu-!s 7/PET.10/40 Eoziish Page 2 . food and an excellent harbour:for ships when trading and leading exports. An atoll generally consists of many islands that can be used for various purposes. Finally, . medical patients are afforded a safe evacuation in the sheltered waters of the iagoon. - Killi is a single island surrounded by treacherous waves. This accounts for very poor fishing and hazardous treding situations much of the year. The canoes of these people are in a constant battle with the ocean, and occasionally the ocean wins. (A few wonths ago when the sea.vas "calm", one Lisherwan tried his luck « the outcome was a broken canoe end no fish. attempts During the months Lecember to March no one canoe fishing; one look at the oceau and the reason is clear. During these months the people must buy their food from the ficld trip ships. Tne frequency and efficiency of the field trip ships secns incredibly bud to those of us who have come from a country with ae highly organized transportation systen, However, I will discuss them here only as they relate to the Killi situation. Generally, these ships come every 3 or h wonths. The last ship stayed 16 hours, but because of the waves it was unable to do any trading. It departed with the promise that it would return when finished with its other stops. return, but it was now very poorly supplied. vores supplies that were needed. The ship did ‘The people could not buy all the One rajor item, kerosene was unavailable; and this was the second ship which had come to Killi‘with no kerosene. been able to buy kerosene for more than 6 months. Thus these people had not However, most important the food supplies were inadequate; thus, during the most difficuit months for fishing, the supply of canned food was inadequate. A lagoon is surrounded by many islands; Bikini is en atoll surrounding a Iagoon. The Marshallese generelly use their land area on an atoll in this way; one or more of the largex islands are used for living area, others are used to provide coconuts, as sanctuaries for birds and turtles, and as natural "pens" for livestock, mainly pigs and chickens. Killi as a single island offers no such resources. Turtles generally avoid inhadited islands, and the Killi men only .rarely are able to catch any. On Killi, the pigs live right in the village with the people, as do the chickens. I think you can easily see the superiority of an atoll to sn island as whe Bag tg suited to the }Marshallese way of life. What advantages does Killi provide? It is described as a "lush" southern island, and there is no question that Killi gets a good deal more rain than Bikini does. The major Xi1)4 handicraft product 46 a straw a J... 3 eemedesimer entisecAn rier a eReiio ee -