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Left Ngi 10.30 A.M.
on Wai - ai -.
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Reef. E. of Ngi.
About [[Brd?]]. Continuous on E.
NW Coast Makira no
reefs ^[[(reefs very near shore)]] except on points
Broad bays, no good anchorages till Nongo,
Coast range well worn.
central range more jagged,,
but no excessively so,
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B.S.
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At W, point on E coast 
a good belt of flat
land. Reef close to beach
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[[??Marn]] soldiers
[[?Millpeds]] House, Mosquitoes
visitors

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23 [[superscriipt]]d[[/superscript]]
Marn to Maran Bay
6 hours
        Big seas
Worshoe reef S. of Guadalcanal
Big bay    E. dotted with
small flat islands & reef patches
Burial island. Bodies in canoes. Ghost isl. [[??Malaites]] died.  Patches cleared wood. [[line leading down to next paragraph]] garden. (Malopa) to wood. Larger is flat village. flag. [[continuation of previous paragraph]] village on flat part. Big flat part. Sand beach. Skull houses [[image: square on top of stilts on ground]] [[strikethrough]] Lever [[/strikethrough]] [[??Malaitre]] Co. plantations on coast to the South a point Big hills of Guad.
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[[??Crawford]] Is. Lever place old trading plantation flat
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Inner isl. 100 ft. height water very deep.

Transcription Notes:
both pages have hard lines drawn down/diagonally indicating they are to be crossed off/struck through in their entirety. I imagine "Worshoe" may be "Horshoe?"