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[[vertical line in margin]] visiting. 
Early this morning I started to pace round the island but had to give up - 
as bad as the bad part of Namuka. It would take me 5 or 6 tides to 
encircle the island & I would have to have that dry canoe of ours 
accompany me. A mere outline map isn't worth it. [[/vertical line in 
margin]] 
At noon the wind began to blow up strongly & a drizzle set in. We moved 
from the cave to a point across the bay where the captain had 
discovered an ancient leaf shelter. That now shelters our gear & the 
boys have built a new one for sleeping. Willy reckons we may be here a 
week but I, of course, am more optimistic! 
The captain caught a 6 lb. rock 
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cod this morning & his daughter & Willy & I collected chitons (shelled & 
soft), Turbos, Trochids, & Tridacnas - a royal feed! The daughter 
(believe it or not!) cleaned & washed the intestines of the cod & these 
were baked in the lovo as a special dish! I tried some. Not bad but along 
with turtle eggs I recommend them highly only to ship-wrecked & 
starving sailors! 
I examined the SW bay while the boys did the house-building. One day 
& I've seen all I care to on [[underlined]] this [[/underlined]] island. In fact 
I'm pretty well fed up on all all-limestone islands! - Back to the volcanoes 
where a man can [[underlined]] raise [[/underlined]] some fossils! 
No soil here at all, Ed! - just a mere pinch in a rock pocket here & there. 
Yet other evidence indicates 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
Transcribed and Reviewed by Digital Volunteers 
Extracted Oct-11-2015 06:35:03 
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