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Nov. 1? ~ continued 3 
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children are quick to nick nr Phrases and 
rereat them in a voice immitating the sneaker 5 
which usually came out low and gruff* after 
awe ale we ceased the sinking and wandered down 
t h e 
p ao 
th 
nossiblv 
earch of the rest of the c rev; and 
done hnn the children followed 
in s 
some 
alon^ repeating our names and he names of our 
relatives: we did find some more of the crew 
and a native guitar player who sang western 
sonrrs he had learned off a record on Tarawa: 
-i- twisted with a lovely native girl named 
Demeth who immediately twisted into She back 
re oack style ; she provided a lot of fun until 
singing practice began next door and then 
almost all the females left — they are -practicing 
for Christmas festivities: while we were on 
snore 20 canoe loads of natives came out to 
une snip £ tied up their canoes to tie stern and 
came aboard for the "cinema"; while Jim and I 
were waitning for the singing practice to stop 
and me -party Id begin again* a boy came up to 
us and said that Dave and George were at a 
party a*c the other end of the village and asked 
us to come: we gathered some more of the crew 
and headed in teat direction: when we ^ot there 
George and Dave were sitting in a large meeting 
hall attempting to sing to ihe 30 to 40 natives 
who were seated across from tiem; we sat down 
and listened whx ! e the natives sang- songs that 
sounded like hymns more than the usual lively 
music we had heard before: we exchanged songs 
wi b me natives and danced a little before 
excusing ourselves and roing across the 
roadwav to another -party where the music . 
sounded lively; we learned later that what 
Dave and George had accidentally attended was 
a church meeting - this they had to live with 
Ivor some rime; across the street Jim and Ben 
were singing Hawaiian songs; when we entered 
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