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Earth samplos wore colloctod as follows:
&t cach island visitcd several samples were dug and put into the sas
oneegallon “Locecrcam carton". Each samplo (i.0¢ cach digging) approximated onc
square foot te a depth of onc inch. The number and locations ef tho samples wr:
seloctod to represent, as wll as sould bo judged, an average of the arcas uscd
by tho inhabitants, aftor tho sampics wore mixed in the carton. ircas that wers
unusually shaded or unshadod by treos wore avoided.
The largo "pebbles" in thc
composité roprosont coral gravel from "main stroot"® through tho villags.
Wator samplos wore sclectod according to the principal sources in curront us:.
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