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26-27-28 B. catches kingfisher n but. net. Bill lets it go next morning. Also lose lory "Awkins" - mandoer gets it back. 10¢ [[cent symbol]] Maleo come in - 1.25 each - market price cut ours - won't eat. Collect up stream. Walk along new road. Int. swamp. Small girls w. beetles - boys w. sea shells - old people w. millipedes - Lories - cuscus - maleo. Controller v v 2. ant controller at night w. three - white, brown, spotted brown - yellow ears & feet, red around eyes like mercurochrome - white - pink ears & feet - beautiful fur - Babies scratch & bite. Snakes tied to poles. Big snake near camp - all go look for it. Miltiades, Henry - 'Awkins camp pets - Carpenters in frenzy Pigeon for 2 g. then 1 - offer 25[[cent symbol]] "Lift nest-not a single guest". Polyrachus - new types, new nests, new habits. {Hairy ant Echinopla}. Frog on floor. Pot under Henry.
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White orchids. casual as dog wood.1st discovered in Ambon by Rumphias. Pha[[insertion]] a [[/insertion]]elon[[insetion]] ae [[/insertion]]opsis amabile. Anggrek boelan (moon) [[strikethrough]] Fifi [[/strikethrough]] Vlindertjes (butterfly)
[[circled]] 29 - [[/circled]] Maleos still won't eat. Men from Laaewen (10 km) bring cuscus, big snakes, orchids. Good natured. Bare from waist up to knees down. Moonlight at night - beautiful behind palms. Bright at 3 A.M. Wind over bay - waves boom - praus rock. Woman goes by balancing 2 petrol tins, holding green leaf under chin.
White cockatoos, fruit pigeons, green lories, pig traps (arrows). Sago filter - baskets of flour go to market.
Dampness & mildew.
chlidren's gamePan - bamboo flute every evening -
Got Jacob (wh. cockatoo) tame.
Offered prawns. Psychid caterpillars in 6" case of grass.
Roast pork day. 1 day a week kill a pig 1 orders are given for Cx We get heart & liver for Maleo