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looked woM 



wierd- as thej swam itith great si)eed leaTing 



jlowii^ phosf or ascent trail ani then raise aboTe the surfaee 



the. wat#r ■ makiisg a splash and a stroi:^' blo^/diig- noise ♦ 



Later,^ atooiit tm o^alc^k ommm a light wind fvom the iioimtaiBs 

 aad as the water wbb far too deep to- anchor in, we ha.d to heat 

 mek and f ^th until about, tm in ths morning, then hurriadly 

 fmrling the sails, all hands t'orried in to sleep* 



17, 1914* 



iiae 



been reconstriK^ted hy 



orders of t'fm gOTernment aM the hoiiaas hmilt along the r^id. 



.ich, as the a^l is c 



thom^ jiiet hare the road d^ s not aiiotint to 



a 



cleartd. atrip of 

 sand, ia during this dry season Tary soft and 

 actually |3ai,nfiil to ^ f eet ae my aMn i 

 of my companions* 



more tlian a 

 laposed mostly of 

 eictremely hot and 

 as callona as that 



CM aooomt of no natives 



Qonm alor^ the cmst for s 



time, tha imtiTes here caiia ah<»rd early this morning, wsntii^* to 

 fha nati¥0s here maMe their omi salt hy hoiling tim saa water 



■ mixed ^th wood 



rga iron caldron and the remlti 



lalt i s 



fine and nmrlj white, though tinged ^th grey* It 



m 



to he amite 



trom as the 



