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And here's for a sundowner --

Willy has got the Primus roaring under more rice for we are having curried beef tonight (Oh, goody-goody!)

I worked on cross-sections & did some writing in the morning. Surprising us all, the sun came out before noon so Willy & I took a canoe around the west horn of the bay & I tried some pictures to show bedding.  More writing this afternoon (and more showers) and now the sun goes down -- and so does the yangona!  I've just performed my nightly rite of drawing another red cross on the calendar.  Today begins our third week on Namuka!  The wind is now strong from the SW which is tough should anyone in Mothe by any remote possibility think of coming to Namuka.  (heavy sarcasm!)  Willy optimistically opines that the SW wind will bring more rain.

Cheerfully yours,
Harry

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79

17 July 1934

Today is our fourteenth day on this mad Island (Na muka) still waiting for one mad Canoe to come from [[Moce?]] but no sign of any sail yet.  We have completed this mad island in nine days, but the rest of our five days here nothing doing but read all day.  About 11.30 a.m. I went out with Dr. Ladd on a Canoe to take some photograph of shore Bedding around the west horn came back & had Lunch & start on my Book again (reading) until 4.30 p.m.  I start on preparing supper, a pot of Chinese Rice & Curried Beef.  I hope this mad Canoe turned up tomorrow so we may shift over to another Lime stone Island.  I am just about fed up with Namuka.

Wm. M. [[Wainsfield?]]

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Transcription Notes:
All of page 79 is written in Willy's handwriting.