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grows old and a boy is busy pounding up the kosa kosa. I'll help drink 
that & then to bed. 
We be discouraged? After all the canoe [[underline]] may [[/underline]] 
come tomorrow! 
Cheerio -- 
H. 
Namuk, July 12th 
Dear Ed -- 
Rain in the morning and showers off & on all afternoon. A moderate SE 
wind & fair visibility but the captain -- that chicken-hearted bastard! -- 
didn't venture out of Mothe! Anyway the skies are clearing now so I 
have hopes for tomorrow. 
I put on the old boots and sallied forth after lunch - between (& during) 
showers. Hiked across to the north coast -- cracked the limestone & 
collected landshells but 
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found nothing to write home about. 
The Chow & I become fast friends! He gave me a concert this afternoon 
-- singing as he played his "Chinese piano". Any port in a storm -- but I 
still don't call it music! He told me the name of the instrument but I have 
forgotten it. Its a queer thing shaped like this [[arrow drawn to diagram]] 
[[diagram needs inserted]] 
A total of 21 strings in groups of 3 and with 2 sets of bridges it gives 
forth quite a variety of sounds! He plays it with two flexible bamboo 
mallets -- one for each hand. 
[[arrow drawn to illustration of mallet]] 
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Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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