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Mindini Oct 22 Anchored in West Bay all day. I went ashore (Rindma Corrigan) in steamer launch with asst. supercargo & spent a couple of hours in the vicinity of a deserted village. New [[underlined]]Crematogaster[[/underlined]] & [[underlined]]Tetramormini[[/underlined]]? Oct. 23 - 16 Left West Bay past a series of points!, the first very close. Deep water almost to cliff [[image of cliff]] Looking E. a half dozen in the space of a mile are four bays. the apex of the intervening point [[image of the four bays]] To Popasale [[end page]] [[start page]] being precipitous Thin sandy arms with the sea showing through the palms. [[line]] Oct 24-16 In morning at Malaita Pt. [[??Mittelhenser]] brought 4 frogs & some beetles. [[strikethrough]]Ron[[/strikethrough]] Heavy roll to Lavard. Beautiful plant. Poor sea. Giant banyans near house - white trunks of nalli nuts standing out. Ashore - caught in rain. Three big nuts in row. smaller range in front. Blue ranges showing beyond. Rain passing back & forth beyond lst low range. fringing reef in patches. Asst. manager aboard. [[Boy?]] [[line]] [[end page]]
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Very difficult to make out his writing.-nwmath