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Before breakfast this morning Dr. Ladd & his guide went around the 
Eastern Coast and I stay home as a Chief Cook, getting ready some 
things to chew on their way back. After breakfast we went up to one of 
the biggest Caves on the Island (Namukas). I took the sound also. I 
dive down with one of the bottles to get the Water samples. This spot 
wasn't so deep about 10 ft in depths. I took my first dive down right to 
the bottom with my finger on the bottle so to keep it close until I reach 
bottom. I open my eyes where I was under I hardly see any it was a 
pitch [[insertion]] A dark [[/insertion]] so I left the bottle underwater and 
went up for breath before I got to surface I got my blinking' head bump 
on one those mad rocks so I nearly yell I thought it was a big shark 
chewed my hair off so I went down again 
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for the bottle I lost the spot where this mad bottle was so I [[insertion]] A 
start [[/insertion]] to fill around for about three minutes and I find the 
bottle but before reaching the [[strikethrough]] supp [[/strikethrough]] 
surface I drank about 5 to 10 gallons of this mad brackish water, 
because I was breathless, but the smell of this brackish water under 
water exactly the smell on the southern point at Juonca' village. But the 
funny part of it I did not tell or [[strikethrough]] let [[/strikethrough]] let Dr. 
Ladd know. 
Wm. M. [[underlined]] Wainifelo [[/underlined]] 
Namuka 
July 5th 
Dear Ed - 
Above is a contribution from Willy, written just before we turned in last 
night. (I'll get him to sign the next one!) 
Light showers Today off & 
Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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