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as there are no plantations here. The other views are taken except 
gathering & cutting nuts - 1 get these later - and Sukuna if I can ever 
catch him! 
Have finished plotting. It certainly is fun to watch the map grow. 
Today I accidentally lumped into a public whipping scene - just at the 
finish. A young fellow holding his grown (14 yrs?) sister and breaking a 
paper-mulberry stick across her legs - while half the village watched 
without comment. The poor girl was almost hysterical & had I arrived a 
bit sooner I think I would have tried to stop it. I questioned him about it 
this afternoon. He said she was always fighting & that was his reason for 
whipping her - apologized for my seeing it - didn't know I was around, 
etc. My God, if I'd been in Mothe I'd have heard her! Anyway he has 
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a mean face & the more I see of it the less it appeals to me. He wants 
me to take him to Lekemba when we sail - fat chance! 
Last night after our sevu-sevu the Acting Mbuli sent word of our arrival 
to the other village & tonight arrived 3 [[underlined]] tremendous 
[[/underlined]] baskets & a pot of hot food! The Turanga-ni-koro & the 
chief brought them over. The usual delightful ceremony & when the 
giver apologized A [[insertion]] with gesture [[/insertion]] for the small size 
of the present & Willy shouted "Levu! levu!" I again had to stifle a 
McGusty-Sorke grin - [[underlined]] with difficulty! [[/underlined]] 
In some house Willy has found a student lamp with a green shade - it 
surely is a help with the plotting! We put on style in Oneata! 
I am now properly saturated with yangona & its time to go to bed. I 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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