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84 (missed by mistake! - Shall come back to the pages if I stay here long enough!) - turn to page 86 - [[line]] [continued from page 108] with flu). Volume II of my "letters to Ed" draws near the end! I'll save the remaining 1 1/2 pages to tell you about the geology of Vanua Vatu tomorrow And now - "TAKI!" - Harry. On board the LEI, 100 P.M. August 14th 1934 Dear John Edward - We're off, by God, in the sunshine & a perfect sailing breeze urges us from the rear! She rolls some but she moves - she moves! At this rate we shall be in Suva before noon tomorrow. Only 125 miles to go! LAKO!! [[end page]] [[start page]] 85 Had a good morning examining Vanua Vata - another basin shaped island - and it yielded beautiful orbitoids - 310' above sea level. And now Ed a confession. I've withheld one bit of bad news from you. The aneroid received a jolt in Namuka & ceased to function. The white bag slipped from my shoulder as I descended from the "Warrior's hill" - dropped several feet & rolled a few more. The old warrior took his revenge! I paid for my carelessness by handleveling thereafter - [[underlined]] I paid - and paid [[/underlined]] !! After all, a careful handlevel section is as accurate as a barometer in the weather we have had. (I do not think the aneroid is seriously damaged - don't see how it can be). So ends the season in Lau & with it the "yarn of the sailing sailor"! I missed one island on my original [[strikethrough]] sh [[/strikethrough]] schedule (little Marambo) but I have seen Mothe, Karoni, Aiwa & Vanua Vatu which were [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] on my schedule. I'm satisfied & I hope you are. Now I relax with one of old Stewarts books. Tomorrow I'll cable Jane - Tomorrow is Aug. 15 so I shall [[image: line of arrows pointing left]] [[left margin]] be home on the very day planned. Three weeks from today is my wedding day!! Cheerio, Ed & give my love to Ruth. - Harry [[boxed]] Aug 15, 330 P.M. Wind failed us but we are now inside the reef - running past Makaluva - sails being lowered - Suva just ahead! First the Post Office, Ed - Then the cable sta! Chin - chin! Old Beano! H. [[/boxed]] [[/left margin]]