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Namuka 
Sunday July 8th 
Dear Ed -- 
No rain today (for once!) but a high irregular wind. Too windy for the 
Fulanga canoe to continue to Mothe 
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- then am out to get a lot of food & stuff for planting, [[end insertion] 
& so, of course, our canoe didn't come from Mothe. I corrupted the 
churchy morals of Willy's cousin ("Willy No. 2") A [[(with a bonus!)]] and 
spent the morning in the field. 
During the afternoon I loafed deliciously -- reading & sleeping -- ending 
up with a swim in the lagoon and a hot bath at the Chow's. 
My reading matter is now exhausted (Nat. Geog, Reader's Digest & 2 
books). This afternoon I read the Fiji Times Herald for Dec. [[underline]] 
1933! [[/underline]] -- the newspaper I brought for wrapping specimens! 
Played a game 
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with myself-- trying to remember what I was doing last Dec. when these 
various things were happening in Fiji! I'll be talking to myself before 
long! Willy is deep in a Lowell Thomas book that I borrowed from 
Eason. The only words that he has gotten stuck on so far are "Senorita" 
and "Mon Dieu"! 
I'm just now having my second cup of tea. Willy and the Mbuli's family 
are eating a loud & hearty meal on the mats. Two chickens today -- one 
for lunch & one for dinner! I try Worchestershire sauce & tomato catsup 
on them -- anything to change the taste. Willy had an onion cooked with 
the evening's bird -- that helped but I wouldn't recommend it to Ruth for 
a constant practice! 
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Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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