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April 14th, Monday. The mosquitoes were pretty bad all night but 
’’dope" did help; tied pants down about tops to keep pests out of bottom end. 
Put a raincoat over bare skin above, because shirts were wet and even wet 
undershirt was too hot and steamy to tolerate under raincoat which I had to 
button to neck to keep mosquitoes out. My white hat was soaking wet, too, 
so to protect head, put my piece of towelling over it, tucking it well around 
head and over ears so that I could barely see under part of edge, and just tip 
of nose stuck out. Over bare hands folded across chest I laid my khaki shirt 
to keep mosquitoes off them; top edge of shirt was pulled over chin and nicked 
about neck to meet towel. Even so, the mosquitoes were troublesome, as it 
seemed at least, I woke up about every 15 minutes to put more dope on edges of 
rag (towel and shirt), on tipe of nose and chin, cheeks, and hands. Cheeks 
must have been a bit sunburned, because dope stung a bit; and once I got some 
in eye. Also put some on so that mosquitoes would be deterred in biting 
through shirt and ditto on exposed tops of socks between shoe tops and tied 
down paitits bottoms. I got pretty stiff and cramped not moving so far as I 
could make out. Guess I was afraid to turn much for fear of exposing some part 
of me to mosquito attack. As I learned later, some one or other of party was 
up all night tending fire because couldn*t sleep. After supper I fell so 
sound asleep that I did not witness pistol signalling, woke up just about time 
it was all over. Crawford had signaled ship with his flay light. These 
are heavy to carry, but great for signalling great distances if you know the 
Morse code. 
No one craved any solid food, just liquid, liquid, liquid—anything 
with liquid. Canned tomatoes were very welcome, but w eight was against 
them, yet the fact tliat it was like carry that precious commodity water com¬ 
pensated for the fact. We ate up at least one can of raisins, couple of 
hard tacks and couple of strips of bacon. Sugar and tea ivent over greao; 
