aot bead ay a bee aap a oe eS ¥ <b PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED in the past, I have to give him due praise. The dispensary was clean, he ‘swept it every morning, he was there on time, he had clean water, soap anc towels ready; his whole attitude seemed different and it mace the work a pleasure. ke were never finished before noon and I sqw up to 17 patients in one morning. We had our share of impetigo and otitis media, but also some problematic cases. There was another case of incomplete abortion I wanted her 60 come to Majuro for a D&C but for some reason she was not on the boat when we left. I hope she comes on the next field trip. | husband) had dyspeptic complaints and epigastric pain. I found a tumor in the epigastrium and took him along to be examined in Majuro. He may be too old for an operation, even if they find a ca. nentr. but I did not want him to be deprived of the option. In the afternoon we worked on the trailers. I shall write in more detail to Bill Streenan about this and mail a copy to you. Liv scrubbed the mess, galley and X-ray in operation~room fashion, it was quite a job. We had started on the examination trailers when we hac to leave. In the evenings I took a crew out for fishing and we fed the whole village for a week. One night we brought in maybe 400 lbs, probably much more, We hac 25 fish, the largest maybe 50 - 60 lbs and none smaller than 15. Altogether we brought in 1000 lbs er more during the week. I wish I could name them all. Some of the names are easy, but the most plentiful fish is a whitemeat tuna which they call "jilu" and which I have no name for, Bryan in his book places it among the leather Jacks and calls it Scomberoides Sancti-Patri, whatever that ia. The largest specimen we landed I estimated at 100 lbs. There is another big game which they call a barracuda, but it is not. It has a dorsal fin like a marlin but lacks the beak. We pulled in one that was 7 feet long. We also caught a specimen of the real “great barracuda" but it waan't too long. maybe 4-5 feet. I probably gained pore popularity on the boat than on ny sick calls. It ended on a slightly sour note. When got sick I wouldn't let Jobwe or me leave the village. I don't know if we could really have done anything for her had it come to the worst, but I would at least not be caught away from the village when something happened, and I know I would have tried something if the situation were desperate enough. So I yielded to the pleas from Nick, Nelson, Tarikijet anc Emos to take the boat. They came home with a goad catch, 15 fish or so, an¢ had lost 3 of my lures; which was too bad, but what can you do. But later I learned that Tarikijet had taken all the fish home and salted it instedd of giving it out. That made me lose my cool for a minute. I! don't mind losing $ 30 of equipment and 10 gallons of hard-to-get gas for the welfare of Rongelap but I refused to Finance Tarikijet in making salt fish for selling at the ship. I put it to Nelson to straighten it out, he is the magistrate and Tarikijet's brother. He promised to do something but I fear in the end the philadelfic instincts were stronger then the magistrals I guess I have to write it off on education. I also learned anew that you have to supervise every step of your prepar: tion personally. This time Global had put my boxes on a pallet without strap ving them, on Militobi it was placed in the hold on top of the coprabags and I had to pick them up from all over the hold when offIoading at Rongelap. 9052035