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sunk! Three chickens today - one boiled, one baked, one fried! - plus 
fried flour cakes, 2 lots offish, & two of yams, etc! Willy is much pleased 
for he measures the warmth of our welcome by the amount of food 
presented to us - I'm in a fair way to measure it by the number of inches 
I increase in the mid-section! No wonder my belt gave up the struggle. I 
now hold up my breeches with a fish line in true half-cast fashion! 
Walked over a mile this afternoon for a real fresh-water bath and it was 
worth it! Saw a lot more agglomerate, etc., took some movies, collected 
about a hundred thrips & had the kids get two bottles of land shells. The 
thrips came from blossoms & I suspect they are all common forms but 
maybe they will be 
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more welcome than empty tubes. 
If the wind dies we sail for Oneata on the morning tide - if not I suppose 
we shall have more chickens inflicted upon us. Thank goodness we left 
Yangasa' last night for our 2 leaf shelters would have been little 
protection in todays rain. From Bob's house at breakfast time I watched 
the rain remove Yangasa' from the horizon. "I'm glad," says Willy, "that 
we got away from that mad island!" 
I expect to keep the canoe until we reach Lakemla about a week hence. 
The [[underline]] Adimoce [[/underline]] is due back from the mbosi then 
and I hope to get her to take us to Naian. Tonight ends our fifth week. 
Haven't had half a chance to get reef movies yet but have hopes for 
Oneata. I wish I could have had the movie 
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