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but enclosed by the same irregular barrier. Karomi is much dissected & 
as it lies so close to a volcanic mass there [[underlined]] may 
[[/underlined]] be good fossils. Anyway, I've made the skipper promise 
me 1/2 hour ashore on our way out. 
Canoe arrangements are all made satisfactorily. Am getting only one 
canoe but it's the big 8-fathom baby that the Tutings used. It's now in 
Kambara but due back on Saturday. It will sail to Namuka and meet me 
there. Am chartering it with 2 men for an indefinite period at 30s per 
week. That damned cheap! Two men @ 1/6 per day = 21s & even a 
[[underlined]] small [[/underlined]] canoe costs Is per day = 28s per 
week. I'm getting the best canoe in Lan for only 2s more per week! 
Your Willy is an angel from 
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heaven! Southern Lan is quite different place when one doesn't need to 
worry about petty details & when one has [[underlined]] Lemkana! 
[[/underlined]] Had a swell chicken dinner tonight with Bob Evam who 
runs the store here (he is Arthur's son). After dinner we had our [[?]] & 
now, of course, I'm full of yangona! Willy has just delivered a long 
lecture on "one-shelled animals" holding everyone's attention & bringing 
forth murmurs of astonishment. 
The Tutings have left an unenviable reputation for stinginess among the 
natives - both here and in Lakemba. Of course one doesn't know how 
much to believe - such stories grow like snowballs.. 
This town is filled with children & slant-eyed women. If I weren't 
Harry Ladd - Diary and field notes, 1934 - Vol. 1 
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