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back on board - but nobody any harder or longer than Jesi himself! 
Jesi came along to take Willy's place in working the canoe back to 
Oneata. 
We also brought the carpenter with us. Willy reckons its the worst bit of 
open sea canoeing he has yet done & aims to write you about it. 
Jesi accompanied me to the P.O. as soon as we landed & then I found a 
[[underlined]] fat [[/underlined]] mail of letters & 12 copies of my Viktem 
report - at last! Simply grand letters from Jane, Mother, Father, Alice, 
Dotty, Marcus, etc. etc. - and 
[[left margin, insertion]] [[arrow]] even a long & delightful letter from my 
brother Tad! [[/left margin]] - and 
your own farewell letter from Suva. 
I did some reading [[underlined]] right on the spot [[/underlined]]! 
Jesi helped me carry my stuff up to Eason's here on the hill. Here we 
found a great ceremony going on in the school grounds. All the Mbulis of 
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southern Lau (back from the Mbosa) & Mr. & Mrs. Green, Eason & the 
Stewarts - all having a "Mbuli" time! 
Dirty & disreputable as I was I joined them at Eason's for afternoon tea. 
[[margin note]] [[arrow]] Adimoce, widow of the dead Roko, also joined 
us. It is after her that the ketch is named, [[/margin note]] Then a real 
shower, clean whites, a glass of home brew before dinner & an evening 
of reading & yangona drinking with Eason, Ratu Jopi & the jolly 
Turanga-ni-koro. Life is sweet, indeed! To bed at 1:30 A.M. but I couldn't 
sleep after 6:00 & any minute now Willy is due up & we start out to look 
for the coral fauna of Southern Lau. See you later - 
Harry. 
Lakemba, Aug. 9th 
Dear Ed. - 
Yesterday was a [[underline]] long [[/underline]] day 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1 934 - VOL. 2 
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