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Left Ngi 10.30 A.M. on Wai - ai -. [[line across page]] Reef. E. of Ngi. About [[Brd?]]. Continuous on E. NW Coast Makira no reefs ^[[(reefs very near shore)]] except on points Broad bays, no good anchorages till Nongo, Coast range well worn. central range more jagged,, but no excessively so, [[line across page]] B.S. [[line across page]] At W, point on E coast a good belt of flat land. Reef close to beach [[line across page]] [[??Marn]] soldiers [[?Millpeds]] House, Mosquitoes visitors [[end page]] [[start page]] 23 [[superscriipt]]d[[/superscript]] Marn to Maran Bay 6 hours Big seas Worshoe reef S. of Guadalcanal Big bay E. dotted with small flat islands & reef patches Burial island. Bodies in canoes. Ghost isl. [[??Malaites]] died. Patches cleared wood. [[line leading down to next paragraph]] garden. (Malopa) to wood. Larger is flat village. flag. [[continuation of previous paragraph]] village on flat part. Big flat part. Sand beach. Skull houses [[image: square on top of stilts on ground]] [[strikethrough]] Lever [[/strikethrough]] [[??Malaitre]] Co. plantations on coast to the South a point Big hills of Guad. [[line across page]] [[??Crawford]] Is. Lever place old trading plantation flat [[line across page]] Inner isl. 100 ft. height water very deep.
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both pages have hard lines drawn down/diagonally indicating they are to be crossed off/struck through in their entirety. I imagine "Worshoe" may be "Horshoe?"
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