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the croc was allowed to catch up with t^ne chicken# He graboed it 
so suddenly that Bill hissed photographing the actual snatch, hut 
got the croc with his jaws full of feathers* . Then a bottle of 
cane juice was produced (we had brought it with us) and a little^ 
was poured into the mouth of the reptile* who thereupon raised him- 
self on all four legs and trotted contentedly back into ^ the sea# 
He emerged a few moments later to chase a puppy dog, which scampered 
off in great fright# 
Our boatmen hoisted a sail coming back, and ^ there were 
stretches where we made pretty good time* he ladies all gou off 
and walked again along the beach coming back, but the men went 
with the boat across the bar* The way these big boats ** they re 
about like life boats - manoever their way through rolling breakers 
without getting the passengers soaked, never ceases to ornate m.e* 
In the evening Mr* Paul and Mr* Fuchs came to dinner, which 
consisted of tinned corned beef and cabbage, avocadoes, and brandied 
dates from California# The two German ^doctors came over later on 
to drink beer with us till nearly midnigh" * 
May 10 - 
We walked over to the Mission this morning, to talk with 
Miss McKenzie about plans for our forthcoming bush trip. While there 
we listened to a brief broadcast from London, and 'learned of German 
bombing flights over Prance, and of Germany ’ s invasion of Holland 
and Belgium# Our neighbors are flying a big Nazi flag this morning* 
<£ £§ 
Miss True came for lunch, which was one of Bill's stew 
concoctions and very good# 
In the evening Mrs* Bodewes and Mr* Loefler called, and stayed 
quite late because of the violent thunderstorm* She had not been told 
of the German invasion of Holland, so for the last time probably In 
many years we entertained x Dutch and German guests at the same time* 
i 
May 11 - Mrs# Bodewes, who by now knows the worst, came for lunch, and 
wept over her country's plight#' 
In the afternoon the German doctors. Miss True and I went 
to the nearby *-own of Toso, where there were supposed to be special 
festivities accompanying the end of the woman’s bush « n ’oco Is a 
pleasant little town’ near the sea, with big trees around It, but the 
dances, if any, did not begin until too late for us to see them • We 
went over In a surf boat, and wanted to get back before dark* We did 
see 'three devil dancers in a new kind of costume, consisting of long 
black hair instead of the customary palm fiber, and wearing carved 
black masks* The women came through town in a sort of snake dance, 
with the ‘ new initiates walking between two files of women, so that 
they could not be seen plainly* One gruesome feature of the afternoon 
was that several ±xXxm&x lepers from the nearby island colony had ^ come 
over to watch proceedings, although they are supposed to be kept in 
complete isolation. Dr. Koch showed us one small boy who had been 
cured of leprosy by the Mission station here* 
May 12 - In the morning we called on the Huygens and Mrs. Bodewes 
and listened to the decreasing war news over the radio* 
