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as he pointed out landmarks coming into town. "There is my old copra 
shack .... There is my house .... Those are my old votas! ...." 
He kissed his relatives & we shook hands all round. We are in his house 
now trying our best to keep warm as the wind whistles through some of 
the pane-less glass windows. Id cheerfully pay 10/0 out of my own 
pocket for 3 fingers of Scotch in a tumbler! I hope Suva is just 
[[underlined]] hotter than hell [[/underlined]]! 
We are to be off early tomorrow & shall see as much as possible before 
sailing at 230 P.M. I wish I had a week or two to spend here. Much of 
the coast is beached & Willy says the interior is wide open. It would be a 
pipe to map it! 
Good night - I'm breaking out my blankets! - Harry 
Taira, Vanua Vatu, Aug. 13th 
Dear Ed - 
A varied day! Off early - up over volcanoes to interior basin - over flat 
basin - 
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upon high point on rim, collecting non-orbitoid Iss. in many places - 
coralliferous detrital Is. found contact with vol & Is. - 1 ft. rounded 
boulders of vol. in Is. Collected thrips, land shells & a pint of horned 
crayfish, etc. There are two large vol. areas on Naian - NE & SW. 
Interior basin a beauty - flat & reed-covered except near edges ETC. 
[[margin, insertion]] [[arrow and bracket]] Took my last look at Tuvatha' 
when on that part of Naiain that we [[underlined]] sometime 
[[/underlined]] saw from Tuvatha'! [[/insertion]] 
Sailed in a heavy sea & had tough going - taing every wave broadside 
for the 27 miles. Anchored off the reef at dusk. Our stuff on deck got 
soaked as one wave flooded the stern & some of our stuff in the hold got 
wet - Willy's bedding & suit case very wet. I think I shall get him a new 
one. 
Came ashore in the dingy at 830 - six of us plus flour, rice, etc. Over the 
reef with 2 rowing & 1 skulling. Water splashing in put out the lantern, 
wet the rice & flour sacks [[underlined]] and us [[/underlined]]. Managed 
to keep my right side dry anyway. Christ [[underlined]] what 
[[/underlined]] a messy 
HARRY LADD - DIARY AND FIELD NOTES, 1934 - VOL. 2 
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