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Muanathan ("Iron-bark tree Point!) 
Navutu lloma, Yangasa 
July 25th. 
Dear Ed - 
No rain last night. Slept soundly except for one minor disturbance - that 
was when the tide came in and wet the seaward half of Willy! 
The Ongea boys gave us some juicy oranges & these added to the 
Chow's parting gift of eggs (sent to the boat as we sailed!) gave me a 
swell breakfast. 
Had an early morning rainbow (a [[underlined]] part [[/underlined]] of 
one). Thats a bad sign in the eyes of all Fijian canoe captains so the 
Ongeans didn't stop for breakfast as planned. 
Willy & I hiked across the island, following what he called "a sort of a 
track" & reached the NW 
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coast. Limestone sampled all along proved to be simply god-awful! Gray 
porous & recrystallized at low levels - some almost black! From the west 
coast we cut a track to the highest point on the island (21 O') - up a 
nearly vertical cliff that forms the west side of the Navutu lloma. On top a 
long search brought forams (discoidal ones) & some poor - even 
questionable - orbitoids. Sections, however, may look better - the things 
are small. 
Got an excellent view from the top & some fine evidence of NW-SE 
structure lines. This "atoll [[underlined]] remnant [[/underlined]]" also 
shows a distinct tendency to develop a basin shape - yet Mr Davis did 
[[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] think this an elevated atoll, [[left margin, 
insertion]] [[image: arrow]] he thought it a remnant of an atoll, as you 
know [[/margin]] Tomorrow we aim to visit Yangasa Levu & if this too 
shows a basin shape then the Yangasa Cluster has been worth 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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