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Field Notes on Islands, continued 
Losolava village = Namosarl village. Nurse: Hilda Leo 
at nearby Bale de Ver ("sting ray") 
School: Anglican at Tarasay (walk there from Losolava) 
Children: +40, classes 1-4 (boarding) 
Head teacher: Norah Rorona (from Mota Lava) 
Merlg Children not boarding but living nearby at Laemonman 
village 
Second teacher : Nicholas Brown 
Languages: 4 languages spoken and Merlg-Meralava language at 
Lemonmon 
Anglican Priest: Fr. James Mwera (fr, Aoba) In nurse's village at 
Namasarl 
Anchorages: Losolova Bay best (Ver Bay alternative) 
Genetics: Walllslan at Namosarl village: Steven 
Lobot (Levot): George Kwasvarong born In Australia to 
Australian mother. 
VANUA LAVA, Bale de Foreas (Vureas) 
5 villages , no people living now on N or W of Island : 
1. Vetuboso village, Hh200 
2. Vatrata village, +100 
3. Wasaga village, +70-80 
4. Kerepetal, 30-40 
5. Muslna village, +30 
Also, Sola Plantation destroyed by 1972 cyclones South End 
Van Nurum, the Belgian dentist, has bought 
this plantation. 
Dispensary: none, French school headmaster's wife Is a nurse 
Languages: 3 spoken 
Schools: French School at Arep, Port Paterson 
jtl50 students. Classes 1-5 (from everywhere) 
Head teacher: Paul Vidal (his wife a nurse) 
School & Dispensary 
1 hour walk away 
South coast 
