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66 luck will get me off before many days & I will have to catch up by dawn-to-twilight work days. You must now be nearing Frisco and as the [[underline]] Aorangi [[/underline]] reached Vancouver today Jane will soon have my Tuvutha' book -- I wonder if she will realize how history is repeating itself? -- no infected leg here anyway -- but I do have some fleas. They don't bother me much & looking for them gives me something to do! Now arrives dinner. Come, trade places with me for a day or two, Ed, and you can have [[underline]] all the eggs! [[/underline]] yes and [[underline]] half [[/underline]] the jam! Harry Namuka, July 14th Dear Ed -- An overcast day with showers [[end of page]] [[start of page]] 67 at intervals. Light & fair wind from Mothe but no canoe came over. Tomorrow is Sunday so I see little chance of getting away for Yangasa' before Tuesday. However, we shall see. I've just been checking up. July is 14 days old and its rained all but 3 of those days --- nice? Office work of various kinds today. Nothing of any great interest -- but I did a land office business in 57 varieties of land shells! All the kids in the village want work! [[note from margin ]] Even the Mbuli collector! [[end margin notes]] They bring in the bottles so full that each makes two by the time they are drowned. Am down to my last layer of bottles. I figure Cooke would rather have an island well covered than little collection from various [[end of page]]