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[[underline]] fire-flies. [[/underline]] The usual cry of the [[underline]] Toh-kay [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Gay-koh lizzards. [[/underline]] In the distance in the valley I hear the [[underline]] tom-tom [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] music [[/strikethrough]] and [[underline]] singing [[/underline]] of the [[underline]] natives [[/underline]] that sounds as [[underline]] hay-ya-a-hay---ya. [[/underline]] etc. now [[underline]] crescendo [[/underline]] then [[underline]] down [[/underline]] Keeping on [[underline]] for hours [[/underline]] and hours until I went to bed. Notice [[strikethrough]] the le [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] some lizzards here are white [[/underline]]
Had a very bad night. The careless Javanese boy had left wide [[underline]] torn openings [[/underline]] in my [[underline]] mosquito nettings [[/underline]] and they kept [[underline]] biting [[/underline]] me and I kept [[underline]] killing [[/underline]] them but new ones arrived and  had a [[underline]] miserable night [[/underline]] absolutely [[underline]] unable to close an eye. [[/underline]] Tried to cover myself entirely with my
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overcoat but it was too hot. No sheet nor blanket [[underline]] Mosquitoes [[/underline]] bit me on the [[underline]] wrists [[/underline]] exposed [[underline]] by the [[/underline]] sleeves of [[strikethrough]] Ja [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] pajamas. [[/underline]] - Will have [[strikethrough]] myself [[/strikethrough]] some mosquito proof pajamas made of which the [[underline]] stupid sleeves [[/underline]] do not [[underline]] make your arms bare [[/underline]] and exposed to [[strikethough]] cold or [[/strikethrough]] mosquitoes or cold in winter. Cold does not bother me here Tried my [[underline]] canvass gauntlet [[/underline]] but did not protect me on account of [[underline]] pajama sleeves [[/underline]] which exposed [[underline]] my wrists [[/underline]] My [[underline]] lower lip [[/underline]] bitten and [[underline]] swollen to one inch. Agonizing waiting for daylight [[/underline]] cannot call up any of the boys nor the sleeping watchman because [[underline]] nobody can understand me. So [[strikethrough]] dressed [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] half dressed went out [[/underline]] to the