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on the floor with the Mbuli. See you later. 
Harry 
Later - 
Dinner is now a thing of the past - I'm sipping my tea along with a 
[[underline]] Craven A [[/underline]]. What did we have tonight? Well, 
Ed, I'll tell you! First Willy brought in a couple of Martini cocktails - ice 
cold! On a silver tray next to the cocktails were thin slices of brown toast 
with a thick spread of Russian caviar - but I can't go on, Ed! This is 
Tuvutha' torture! 
And now I'll tell you about the weather prospects for tomorrow - they are 
LOUSY! 
I am surrounded by hundreds 
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of land shells - all busily drowning themselves for science! 
By the time you have probably concluded that I have a bad case of ants 
- and you are [[underline]] quite right! [[/underline]] Damn the inaction! 
I'm so hard up for something to do that even the "Pooh-Bah" is going to 
receive a nice letter! 
Why in hell did I forget to get that other deck of cards from you? (Mothe 
seems to have kept mine). Solitaire might help a bit - 1 might even find 
out about the canoe! 
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We have been having a great session on the floor tonight. The house is 
half full of yangona drinkers. But the evening now 
Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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