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practically a married man ! 
Cheerio! I'm deserting you for more yangona! Love to Ruth - 
Harry. 
On board LEI 
June 29th 
Dear Ed - 
Had my half hour on Karoni this morning & collected 2 sacks of 
[[underlined]] beautiful [[/underlined]] orbitoids - a real foram Is in places 
- smaller foram as molds but larger ones perfectly preserved. Corals 
rare & poorly preserved. Nine-tenths of the Is. is porous & pitted & there 
is lots of secondary stuff. Never-the-less I shall stop off at Karam again if 
possible - while sailing from Namuka to Oneata. Shall try a map as the 
outline of the island interests me. 
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We discharged passengers at noon on Komo and now (4 [[superscript]] 
30 [[/superscript]] PM) are nearing Lakemba. Its a beautiful day with a 
gentle SE wind. I've been basking in the sun (sans shirt) & feeling simply 
swell. Willy is deep in [[underlined]] Golden Horn, [[/underlined]] Yeats 
Brown's remarkable war book. I suppose you are leaning over the rail of 
the [[underlined]] Aorangi [[/underlined]] & calling "Sa mothe!" to your 
friends. 
Bon voyage, Edward! 
Harry. 
P.S. - Add this to "Spice of Life in The South Seas" - When I awoke 
Tuesday morning in Loma loma it was blowing like hell & Stockwell & I 
agreed that the [[underlined]] Adimoce [[/underlined]] surely would not 
start as planned. 
Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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