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tender and so were the lymphatics below them. With this I started to have 
aches and pains and chills, and by early evening I had a temperature of 100^ 
and violent shaking chills, as violent as I have ever had from malaria. I 
took 1,200,000 units of Procaine penicillin im and oral penicillin as well 
and went to bed, only to awake at 9 p.m. freezing and in a more violent 
chill. Raymond gave me a second shot of 1,200,000 tmits of Procaine penicillin 
and my WBC was 16,000 with 16% bands and 75% polys. This morning I was still 
at 100°F , sore all over, and with 11,000 WBC at noontime, 70% polys with 10% 
bands. The tropical ulcer is not a 0.5 cm diameter, but it is deep and 
below the surface it is larger. This acute bacteremia and septicemia is 
a form of tropical ulcer onset I have often seen before but never myself had. 
For my first real tropical ulcer of the expedition it is in port, at the 
end of the trip, and violent to boot. 
The real work of this trip has been since Honiara. . .i.e. the unraveling, 
packing up and sorting out and dispatch of specimens and supplies. All before 
this has been relaxing and real fun. Thus, Paul, Judy, John Sheridan and 
Frangoise have escaped before the worst of this work was upon us. Don and 
Mbagintao, Richard and Raymond and I have had it all on our hands here. 
It is good to have Ivan with us. He is a real help. However, the $850 
I have spent on his ticket and the $50 additional costs thus far in hotel 
bills, etc, are an expensive investment for only two weeks for him here in 
Micronesia. Money is made to be spent, however, and there is no point in 
hoarding it. He has certainly already learned much. He is finding Micronesia 
badly undeveloped and not even as prosperous or well developed as most of 
New Guinea and is critical of the U.S. work here to the point of irritating 
us all. In some respects, however, he is very right. 
The islanders give all that they have and can give: trust and self- 
sacrifice, friendship and love, and the liberal use of their limited resources 
to the "occupying" big nations. In return they expect the fruits of love 
and friendship: i.e. giving on the part of the big powers of all they can 
to develop the islands, provide medical care and education and economic 
development, etc. The balance is a very one-sided on an economic level, 
for their share is negligible. However, it is impossible to set any price 
on the trust, friendship and love they have returned, and if it is coupled 
with loyalty, it behooves the wealthier to give unstintingly . This is then 
the problem. We, as Australia in Papua New Guinea, and Britain in the 
British Solomon Islands Protectorate'^ must give disproportionately and be 
prepared to continue to do so. To expect economic re turn‘d in kind is ricficulous. 
We give to fulfill our part of the love contract. If we do not, as with 
all love coptracts, it is in danger of falling into a hate relationship. 
' Captain Phinney left yesterday to move into a hotel on shore, and our 
new captain came aboard. This sojourn in Ponape has been unsatisfactory 
in that we have not had time to look about much or to spend much 
time with our friends at the Community College of Micronesia, for 
the work I have complained about above has saddled us with enormous 
responsibilities on the ship. We have rented a car, however, and that has 
made it possible to move about easily on shore. We have seen most of Kolonia, 
and have made only the long road trip to almost the end of the road at , 
