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The two lakes are quite different, Ed. The eastern one is just a wide 
irregular tidal basin which almost reaches the coast at two points. It lies 
entirely in the younger crystalline Is. The western lake, however, lies 
mainly in the basal Is. It touches the younger Is. at both ends but more 
than 9/1 Os of it is in a structured basin - the basal foram beds dipping 
toward the lake. It there receives most of the rainfall from the Western 
half of the island. The volcanic crowd upon the south shore in two 
places and at the basal Is. is only about 50 feet thick. The [[inferior?]] 
volcanic lie at a shallow depth below the lake bed. During the wet 
season the western lake drains into the eastern one through a channel 
in the younger 
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Is - "Ngaranikalavo" (the rat-hole). This lies at its eastern tip. 
Rain water from the extreme western tip of the island drains through the 
south - dipping basal beds & gives the village a good spring. This spring 
water runs into a really fine cement reservoir & from it is piped to several 
points in the village. 
It's still blowing hard tonight - with an occasional dash of rain. Its a cool 
wind & comes in strong puffs & gusts - like a March wind at home. Its 
blowing straight toward Aiwa and Lakemba so even if it moderates we 
can't go. We would have to drift as no outrigger canoe can sail with the 
wind, [[left margin, insertion]] (except by time-consuming tacking) 
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Damn! A bad feature is the fact that I have only enough yangosa left for 
one more evening! [[underlined]] But [[/underlined]] - wish us luck! Harry. 
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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