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along. Thats good news but, my God, the skipper must be a cautious 
fellow! Some drizzle & a bit of wind today but if the small Fulanya canoe 
could sail [[underline]] against [[/underline]] it I should think the big one 
could slip over from Mothe! I guess they wanted Sunday at home! 
Can you hear the musical clang of the yangona stone? [[underline]] 
That's [[/underline]] the way I like to have it made -- damn these silent & 
unsanitary tree logs! 
Today finishes my first 2 weeks & in that time I've worked on 4 islands -- 
Lakimba, Mothe, Karoni & Namuka. I hope I'll be able to keep moving! 
the next two weeks should bring Yangosa', 
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Kambara, Wangava & Marambo. Read on & see if I'm right! I expect to 
make my sops on these all-limestone islands as short as possible. I'm 
anxious to tackle Oniata & Naian when I shall be able to make geologic 
maps & get good fossils. Still have hopes of getting you a coral fauna 
on Lakimba -- 1 haven't finished there yet. 
I've just returned from a visit to the Mbubi cockroach-infested privy. Its a 
charming little mbure -- one of these where you have to stand up on the 
seat & the wind blows the door open! Also there are clothes wires strung 
up between the house & the privy, they are designed to catch you 
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Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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