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sewing machines and locks on chests and here he has rebuilt the steps 
to the house he sleeps in! He said he was going to "write a yarn to the 
Doctor tonight" but I guess he is too busy carpentering. 
The yangona crowd headed by the Captain is going strong here. Jesi is 
grog-mixer tonight. My host has given me a specially small bowl out of 
which to drink my strong grog - it's just the right size. 
Two more "hospital cases". Willy noticed Laisa limping and inquired the 
cause. It seems that in Yangasa' she cut her leg the first day with a bush 
knife but told only her father, [[underlined]] He [[/underlined]] said 
nothing to me though I was bandaging his toe daily! Now Laisa has a 
wide-open infected gash over an inch 
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long. It looks bad but I'm dressing it twice daily a la Vuniwai treatment. 
Darn it, Ed, when I see how much I've been able to do here in just 4 1/2 
days I sort of regret those [[underlined]] weeks [[/underlined]] on the all- 
limestone islands! Anyway, Fulanga, Ongea and Namuka are 
[[underlined]] well covered [[/underlined]] and several others well enough 
to suit me. Now to bed with a prayer for good weather - 
Harry 
3. Aug 1934 
After breakfast early this morning we went out with Dr. Ladd to try and 
pace the other mad Lake so they called (Drano [[leere?]]) I went up with 
Dr. to one of the Hills near the tracks to take a snap on the both lakes 
after we have finished. We came down to (Ukouko) and meet our guide 
there, so we started straight off for 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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