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luck will get me off before many days & I will have to catch up by dawn- 
to-twilight work days. 
You must now be nearing Frisco and as the [[underline]] Aorangi 
[[/underline]] reached Vancouver today Jane will soon have my Tuvutha' 
book -- 1 wonder if she will realize how history is repeating itself? -- no 
infected leg here anyway -- but I do have some fleas. They don't bother 
me much & looking for them gives me something to do! 
Now arrives dinner. Come, trade places with me for a day or two, Ed, 
and you can have [[underline]] all the eggs! [[/underline]] yes and 
[[underline]] half [[/underline]] the jam! 
Harry 
Namuka, July 14th 
Dear Ed -- 
An overcast day with showers 
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at intervals. Light & fair wind from Mothe but no canoe came over. 
Tomorrow is Sunday so I see little chance of getting away for Yangasa' 
before Tuesday. However, we shall see. 
I've just been checking up. July is 14 days old and its rained all but 3 of 
those days — nice? 
Office work of various kinds today. Nothing of any great interest -- but I 
did a land office business in 57 varieties of land shells! All the kids in the 
village want work! 
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Even the Mbuli collector! 
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They bring in the bottles so full that each makes two by the time they 
are drowned. Am down to my last layer of bottles. I figure Cooke would 
rather have an island well covered than little collection from various 
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Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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