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is [[underlined]] Hemipristis serra [[/underlined]] Ag. which Ostergaard found in the Walu Bay ls. and which occur in numerous upper Tertiary horizons elsewhere. No coral fauna, however, & I despair of getting it here.
The igneous rox occur at a number of points around the coral but except for a high hill on the SE (and the nearby island of Loa) they do not seem to cover much [[underlined]] area [[/underlined]]. However, my map shows the distribution of the basal foram-ls. & the hard purer stuff overlying it.
Shall probably take 2 or 3 more days here for collecting & finishing the mapping in the interior. Then off on Sunday for Aiwa - weather permitting! Some light rain tonight but most of the day has been clear and warm. Shall abandon my tennis shoes (poor things!) with pleasure tomorrow as the bottoms of my feet become very
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tender - too much pacing in the limestone nip!
The NE-SW & NW-SE structure lines certainly work well here. Along the lines are the area of bays, the island itself, ridges, etc & even the igneous hill and the island of Loa.
Only twelve guests tonight - am I losing my popularity?! Here's my Nth bowl of Yangona to you Edward!
Harry
P.S-
The village has been practicing a meke again tonight. If there is anything worse that listening to a finished meke it is listening to the [[underlined]] practice [[/underlined]] of one!
Jesi, the deaf & dumb boy from Ongea, is here again tonight.  I think I have told you about him. All alone he sails his canoe that he built himself. He

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I think it may be [[horizons?]] perhaps but am NOT confident so have left as is -@siobhanleachman I believe it says "upper Tertiary Layers" (I can see how what he wrote might be those letters but messy and it makes sense) but if anybody has a better idea, feel free! Not sure what "nip" means but I've seen in associated with limestone in google results, so... -@meg_shuler