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work all finished except for plotting in some additional dope on the map. 
We climbed hills and took pictures and collected some additional 
pounds of good fossils today. A strong southeast wind all day & if it 
keeps up tomorrow we stay here - just a bracing wind for an ocean liner 
but something quite different for a canoe! Heavy showers this afternoon 
but I found shelter in a tiny yam-storage house in the hills. 
I offered 10/0 to the one who could find my lens (a double affair costing 
$7) & this morning the [[underline]] entire village [[/underline]] - more 
than [underline]] 50 [[/underline]] people - turned out! Ten shillings 
sounded like first prize in the Irish Sweepstake to them! When we came 
thru Mdakuiloa (the other village) at noon the news 
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of the finding of the lens had already arrived! Am certainly glad to have it 
back as my extra is a low power affair. 
Found another small igneous area today & sampled the waters of the 
western lake. It is [[underline]] fresh [[/underline]] - at least drinkable & 
yet it is supposed to have a shell fauna like Wangava's lake, [[left 
margin, insertion]] [[arrow]] Later - it doesn't have such. H. [[/left margin]] 
The kids are making a collection for me but haven't returned yet. 
It grows dark - time for supper. Come along! - it's a delicious Rox pie! 
Oh yes, - another important news item! a black hen laid a nice egg in 
our house - next to my bed! She walked out announcing the event to the 
entire world - but I'm keeping the egg just the same! Harry. 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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