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cleared the passage a half an hour ago.
I shall go down & see old Stewart after breakfast & try to talk him into sailing tomorrow instead of Mon. or Tues. - but I doubt if I have much luck - 
I go now to work on oatmeal, eggs, bacon, toast, tea & marmalade - Mrs. G. has given me a jar of her own brand of the last named.
Cheerio - 
Harry.

11.8.1934.
I was up this morning at 6.30 A.M. My head was heavy just like a big lump of Lead. I was drinking this mad Kava with the Native Doctor until 10.30 P.M. last night in one of the Young Tarts [[insertion]] ^ House [[/insertion]] in the Village  (Tumbou). The "Lai" due last night from Fulaga, so this morning we are busy on packing up to be put on

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board ready to go to Nayas tomorrow morning. But there is one thing I will not forget until the day will rise again from the West (end the world) that day we left Oneata on that mad Canoe for Lakeba, soon we left Oneata passage the head wind started to spring up again. I was bailing all the way until we due at Aiwa I haven't struck a bad trip in any life like this day my mad Heart [[strikethrough]] alm [[/strikethrough]] almost jumping out my throat every moment the outrigger goes up then we got safe to Aiwa stayed there one Hour so we bound again for Lakeba but this was worse still took 40 to 45 minutes from reef to reef. We almost soaked the time we jump over the reef, so thanks God we are safe again the rest of our sailing to Tumbou we have to tie up our sail & drift with the wind to