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cleared the passage a half an hour ago. 
I shall go down & see old Stewart after breakfast & try to talk him into 
sailing tomorrow instead of Mon. or Tues. - but I doubt if I have much 
luck - 
I go now to work on oatmeal, eggs, bacon, toast, tea & marmalade - 
Mrs. G. has given me a jar of her own brand of the last named. 
Cheerio - 
Harry. 
11.8.1934. 
I was up this morning at 6.30 A.M. My head was heavy just like a big 
lump of Lead. I was drinking this mad Kava with the Native Doctor until 
10.30 P.M. last night in one of the Young Tarts [[insertion]] A House 
[[/insertion]] in the Village (Tumbou). The "Lai" due last night from 
Fulaga, so this morning we are busy on packing up to be put on 
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board ready to go to Nayas tomorrow morning. But there is one thing I 
will not forget until the day will rise again from the West (end the world) 
that day we left Oneata on that mad Canoe for Lakeba, soon we left 
Oneata passage the head wind started to spring up again. I was bailing 
all the way until we due at Aiwa I haven't struck a bad trip in any life like 
this day my mad Heart [[strikethrough]] aim [[/strikethrough]] almost 
jumping out my throat every moment the outrigger goes up then we got 
safe to Aiwa stayed there one Hour so we bound again for Lakeba but 
this was worse still took 40 to 45 minutes from reef to reef. We almost 
soaked the time we jump over the reef, so thanks God we are safe 
again the rest of our sailing to Tumbou we have to tie up our sail & drift 
with the wind to 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1 934 - VOL. 2 
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