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back on board - but nobody any harder or longer than Jesi himself!
Jesi came along to take Willy's place in working the canoe back to Oneata.
We also brought the carpenter with us. Willy reckons its the worst bit of open sea canoeing he has yet done & aims to write you about it.
Jesi accompanied me to the P.O. as soon as we landed & then I found a [[underlined]] fat  [[/underlined]] mail of letters & 12 copies of my Viktem report - at last! Simply grand letters from Jane, Mother, Father, Alice, Dotty, Marcus, etc. etc. - and 
[[left margin, insertion]] [[arrow]] even a long & delightful letter from my brother Tad! [[/left margin]] - and
your own farewell letter from Suva.
I did some reading [[underlined]] right on the spot [[/underlined]]!
Jesi helped me carry my stuff up to Eason's here on the hill. Here we found a great ceremony going on in the school grounds. All the Mbulis of 
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southern Lau (back from the Mbosa) & Mr. & Mrs. Green, Eason & the Stewarts - all having a "Mbuli" time!
Dirty & disreputable as I was I joined them at Eason's for afternoon tea. [[margin note]] [[arrow]] Adimoce, widow of the dead Roko, also joined us. It is after her that the ketch is named. [[/margin note]] Then a real shower, clean whites, a glass of home brew before dinner & an evening of reading & yangona drinking with Eason, Ratu Jopi & the jolly Turanga-ni-koro. Life is sweet, indeed! To bed at 1:30 A.M. but I couldn't sleep after 6:00 & any minute now Willy is due up & we start out to look for the coral fauna of Southern Lau. See you later - 
Harry.

Lakemba, Aug. 9th
Dear Ed. -
Yesterday was a [[underline]] long [[/underline]] day

Transcription Notes:
Have discovered that what looks like "Lian" or "Lean" is just "Lau". Hattip to @meg_shuler -- @siobhanleachman