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rats from the traps m& wltli tlmm^ the monkeys, and the birde^ I 

 Imd a fiill day* 



Friday, May ZZ, ^ 



It Ime h@an ralaing by S|,)0ll8 practically all day» I had a 

 ooixple of birds and saTOateen rate and wtmn thay iftre finiehed^ I 

 want on a here and shot Bom swifts* 



t# intended to set sail for oanga Lakl to^^^night.^ bmt it got 

 blsal: and is m^m blovtii:^ a gale & raiiiiBg# . 



Satiir day , ^ May 24, ly 13 • 



?iilo ilimra u?ua# (S^iurig*^ to ICiibtm Si Ii#oag# ) 



fhis ffiormiBg we poled along th# edga, hardly shore, of the 

 ielaad for abomt two or three milts to the ol earing of Si Laong* 



fht wind was bo that oomld not sail* I hunted about the 

 clearing which is a0mpoe#d of all tht good'lmd that there ie, s 

 atrip '£mm two to thraa hmitrtd mettr^n width and mora than a siila 

 in laiig:th* It reaohse ' f roii the mtsr^a adge to the sdga of the 

 rook of whioh th# islaad le formtd. ^ha soil ia nixed sand and 

 lilaok earth. Si Laorig has planted about f iTO or six thomssM 

 ooconmt troee, most of which are about a year old and healthy in 

 appearance* There is also aorix, taboo t kaladi, ubi blahant gadiang 

 eiiabby aM buah labu* 



fhere are three or foiar faailias of Baxijer people and a ooupla 

 of Bajan families* fha -^anJereBe are workii^ for Si Leong and tha 

 Bajans working one end of tie olesrinp* for themselToe* I boiight 

 Bom Tegetable-s from Bajana and lattr ths Banjer i^ople oamo 

 to the praha aM bogged for mlt, imtoh^s and tobax^oo in exaimnga 

 for Tsgo tables*. ■ 



