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used to sing in Weller's camp -- to the tune of "Halleluyah, I'm a bum 
"Oh [[underline]] why [[/underline]] don't you work 
like the other folks do? 
- How the [[underline]] hell [[/underline]] can I work 
When there's [[underline]] no work to do! [[/underline]] 
Well, there is a bit of sleeping to be done. May I have dreams of calm 
seas, sunshine, - and Yangasa'! 
H. 
Namuka, July 1 1th 
Dear John Edward - 
We shall now all rise and sing the song beginning - 
"Just another day - y - 
- wasted away - ! 
Awoke this morning to a dead calm and ate my tin of salmon 
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while a gentle rain fell straight down. By 8 [[superscript] 30 
[[/superscript]] the rain had stopped. Willy was optimistically packing a 
box of grub, etc. for Yangasa' so I took Willy No. 2 & we headed 
westward across the point to Namlan & thence along the coast to the 
foot of the highest hill on the south side of the island (240'). 
The story is that in a cave on top of this hill lie the bones of Namuka's 
most famous warrior - along with his spear (Tavaiongea). The old man 
has become sort of god and all the present generation avoid the spot 
like the plague. I left Willy No. 2 collecting land shells near the shore & 
using a knife, struck inland. I soon came to a vertical 
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