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Oneata 
Aug. 6th 
Dear Ed - 
Awoke to another bad day & except for a little office work the day has 
been a complete loss. Shortly after noon the wind shifted to East - died 
down a bit & light rain arrived. That looked very encouraging so I 
ordered the canoe up to the village anchorage. But the skies cleared & 
the wind began to whip up more whitecaps on the lagoon. Now, at 
sunset, the wind has died to a whisper. The surf roars on the reef but I 
think that tomorrow night I shall write you from some other place. Time 
is slipping away. I am again [[underlined]] completely [[/underlined]] out 
of reading matter and am resuming my study of Fijian - my only ace-in- 
the-hole! Willy is preparing curried beef & rice 
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& I am starting on my last batch of yangona. [[underlined]] Seven 
[[/underlined]] weeks ago today I received my last letters (remember?) - 
maybe there will be letters for me in Lakemba tomorrow or next day but I 
have little confidence in the Suva P.O. & am not counting too strongly on 
it! Cheeri-ho - 
Harry 
P.S. - 
No sign of the [[underlined]] Ademoci [[/underlined]] or the [[underlined]] 
Tui Na Vititem [[/underlined]] both of which are due here. Willy figures 
the heavy weather has held up cutters as well as canoes. I am secretly 
hoping that neither cutter arrives before I leave. I want to finish my 
voyage in the old [[underlined]] Choir Practice [[/underlined]] yet duty & 
common sense would urge me to take a cutter if one dropped in! Shan't 
cross that bridge till I come to it! 
This morning while strolling out to 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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