Location: Eniwetok Date: and Engebi Islands. Personnel: August 12, Weather: Same. 1964--Wed. Hot--few showers. Water conditions--Smooth. Radiation level(s): McClin--Maximum average radiation level (B+Y - ground level) was 0.22 mr/hr, maximum radiation measured 1.0 mr/hr. These readings are +0.05 mr/hr. Fish samples were obtained from the shell craters north of the island. Tide was dropping and poison was slow to react so after 2 plus hours of collecting the fish were still dying. Many species of fish were collected. Plankton tows were made in the lagoon by towing the 1/2 meter nets from the "M" boat. 16 tows of 15" each pooled for sample. Soils. A pit was opened in the center of Engebi Island for soils samples. A well point was driven to six feet deep at the same site, but no fresh water was obtained. Seepage areas were noticed on the north side of the island in the vicinity of the fish collecting area; water was only slightly salty to taste. Wood sections and litter samples also collected. Lowman: "The sandburr from Engebi Island. morning glory, (Cenchrus echinatus) has disappeared The principal ground cover includes sedge, and seda. The Scaevola and Messerschmidia have grown high and replaced most of the grasslands. in the Guettarda and Messerschmidia. Terns were nesting Birds present in large