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I wandered about the kampong talking to Bajans, Soloks, & Chinese. Late in the afternoon, Baliona came up & said that he and Nia could not agree so I had to hunt for another man & got a relation of Nia, named Ampong. Return to the prau at dusk. 

Thursday, May 8, 1913. 
  Derawan to Moeara Tua.

      We were anchored to the east of Derawan and left there about seven o'clock this morning. It had rained nearly all night and had not yet stopped. The wind was southwest but we tried to reach Sanga Laki, but the wind shifted to the southward and we came here to Moeara Tua. 
     Off the southeast corner of the island we anchored for a couple of hours to await the tide and to cook; one of the men got a couple of "Kima", a very large millusk with a scalloped shell. When the tide rose, we crossed the reef and came into the cove. 
     Moeara Tua is an island shaped something like a hook and composed of limestone rock which is evidently very old as the stone everywhere is full of holes like a sponge and there is no earth on the surface, but there are many trees; (in fact, the island is well forested) their roots wending their way among the rock in a most curious fashion. For the most part, the rock is bare or covered with a thin coating of moss, and of course in some crevices there are massed leaves, sticks, etc. in process of decay. The rock is everywhere sharp and almost impossible for the natives to walk on as it cuts & sticks into their feet. Even with my heavy shoes I had great difficulty, and two or three times cut my hand, when, stepping on an unsafe rock, I tried to balance myself with my hand. After dark we sailed to the head of the cove.