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occupying - ETC - ETC! Its a mess! 
H. 
Wangava, July 21st 
Dear Ed - 
Another day - and now the Primus is roaring in this little leaf-shelter on 
the beach - hot soup soon - kidney soup! - and it will be welcome! 
We have had a pretty good day. After an early breakfast Willy & I hiked 
down the coast to Undu & thus (save for a short strip of beach to the 
north of us) completed my trip round the island. The Iss. encountered 
were not very interesting & the only fossil worth collecting was an 
imperfect echinoid. The 
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coastal cliffs, that make this stretch of Kambara's rim are steep - 55° in 
most places - in a few locally vertical. The average height is 200 feet but 
the highest are 250. Quite a few corals & some bedding in the Iss. near 
sea level. 
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Have just finished supper plus tea & a cigarette while Willy ate his. I am 
now stretched out in my blankets & swatting a few mosquitoes. These 
so-called [[underlined]] Tropics [[/underlined]]! - its really uncomfortably 
cool! Willy & I have been swapping stories of Arctic & Antarctic 
exploration! 
We sailed from Kambara about 1130 & made the near end of Wangava 
in one tack but then 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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