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dark we were out of sight of land, and as there was practically no wind, we rolled the sail & took down the mast, trusting the current to carry us near one of the islands by morning.
I have gotten poisoned from something similar to ivy and the combined itching of it and the mites and a cold in my head makes me fel very miserable.

Friday, May 30, 1913.
Pulo Bilang Bilangan.
I was awakened about three or four o'clock this morning as the sail was hoisted. The last quarter of the moon gave a little light and with the glasses I could see two islands which proved to be Mataha and Bilang Bilangan.
We reached Bilang Bilangan just at sunrise and anchored on the southeast side of the island within thirty yards of shore so that the prahn had to be propped up at low tide.
This island is very valuable as more turtle eggs are gathered here than on any other two islands along the coast. I learned from natives that formerly all the islands belonged to the Bajans and now have been taken over by the Dutch Government. A Chinaman at Derawan rents the islands from the government and relets them to the natives, Bajans & Soloks; for this island the Chinaman gets from 8 to 15 guilders a night, depending upon the season.
During the north monsoon there are fewer turtles lay their eggs here but during the south monsoon there are from sixty to one hundred a night and each turtle lays from 100 to 175 eggs.
The natives always come three at a time & have the island for 10 or 15 nights. At present three Soloks have the island and have had fairly good luck. This morning they collected nearly four