, Apr. 18, cont. 
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On one side of road dobie huts thatched roofs, on other one dugout 
next other a la S. Ainer. with roofs too of palm leaves each with its 
day '•stove'* platform and fire and pot and wheel of wood burning at the 
hub, looked as good and stead if not as efficient but surely much 
cheaper than gas or electricity. In these long narrow dugjjuts whole 
families (or more) live, eat, sleep, and spend their lives. Living in 
close proximity is one thing but wedged in a boat is another. EJverything : ' 
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looked ^disorderly (^d filthy^, but after all I doubt it. The women certainly 
knew what they were about, knew where to reach for what, and briskly 
prepared m.eals for large families; the children were busy, men young 
and old for most part engaged in some fom of work, only the teenage 
girls were going around in groups, giggling passing comm.ents and posing 
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like so many junior highschooLif and highschoolers, dressed as or more 
gaudily and a little more "rakishly", I want to say, than their mothers. 
The men were at many tasks, most important were the repair cf the 
fishing weir, putting out new braces, and props and liana guys. One 
