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Later - 
Just a postscript to let you know that it is raining like hell -- God damn it! 
H. 
Namuka 
July 6th 
Dear Ed -- 
Climbed over the limestone today for a total of over 1 2,000 paces -- and 
a lot of it short shots. I've just finished plotting & the map is beginning to 
look like something. Am afraid, however, that I shall [[underline]] not 
[[/underline]] be able to map a boundary between the basal, bedded 
form Is. & the reef Is. above -- exposures over most the interior are not 
satisfactory. But we shall see. If I am held up long enough here I'll have 
every [[underline]] outcrop [[/underline]] 
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mapped! 
Made an interesting find today -- an old [[underline]] cannon 
[[/underline]] lying on the reef flat close to shore. I wonder what sailing 
ship or old man-o-war it came from? It is almost 3 1/2' long with a bore 
of about 5" -- now much encrusted naturally. I think I shall report it to 
the Fiji Museum as they may have a chance to bring it in one day. -- 
Willy has just interviewed the old natives. One has heard the yarn that a 
two-master was wrecked there long ago -- before his time. 
Rain again this afternoon & too windy to comply our bottom-sampling 
operations. Also -- no canoe yet! A canoe arrived from Ongeo -- bound 
for Mothe. 
We have a fair-sized yanjona 
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Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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