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that son of a bitch come from Mothe? [[underline]] He did not!! [[/underline]]

Now we don't know [[underline]] what [[/underline]] to think -- something must be radically wrong in Mothe -- but what? There is nothing we can do but wait.  Believe me I'm going to commandeer the first sea-going boat that arrives if I have to use my automatic!

I kept fairly busy all day -- reading Gardiner & Agassiz, etc., studying Fijian, taking movies, etc.  Sent 3 of the Mbubis kids to the bush for land shells & they surely brought back plenty.

Took movies of a native pushing the copra around on the Chow's vats, a panorama of Namukai bay, a close-up of 2 young girls playing an intricate sort of hand-clapping game.

The Chow is now furnishing

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me with eggs -- 9 today! Have discovered a new dish -- tripe fried in eggs! -- with biscuits & raspberry jam it is delicious!

The lantern is lit now and I'm taking a yangana cocktail while awaiting supper.  A month from tomorrow I'm due to head for Suva and here I am still in Namuka!

I wish now that I had taken all our gear to Mothe & stayed there but [[underline]] at the time [[/underline]] we weren't even sure we could get a canoe there.  We just took the trip in hope of engaging one & for the purpose of seeing Mothe and Karoni.  Well, there will surely be a canoe in here from somewhere before long.  I also wish [[underline]] now [[/underline]] that I'd hired a couple of the small Fulanga canoes -- but whats the use of wishing! -- my

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