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21st to 13 October
1938
General Account
Oct 2 Lab Kelboma, Netherlands New Guinea 3225m
No trips.
Today was spent about camp drying specimens in Brassens ovens and all at odd jobs.
Persons in the two tribes "Moris" and "Fragam". Their word for nets including Strong, Mlonga Pinks, Sunduhas, and Marangal in "Bit a Bit". Purchasing their sweet potatoes and informed them that we wanted manuals. Hope they prove to be good collectors.
The rest of the transports returned today from the opera camp with 1 carrier load of my equipment, 2 carriers loaded tent & flies for the operating party. The other 17 carried medical and dental equipment.
Lab Kelboma tried twice today to come in to Kelboma. Each time we could hear the motors through the clouds but no planes appeared. Bad weather prevented them coming through. Why take the risk.
Oct 3 Lab Kelboma, Netherlands New Guinea 3225m
No trips.
Drying specimens and doing odd jobs about camp.
Today the Bula came in flying 1/2 of the current month fund etc. It is the first time in the past this plane that the witch by good people to shut it in. After hearing the plane was 10 a 15 minutes we again saw and found the plane. According to the agent they had flown into a light storm and ice had accumulated on the wing itself. Schudy von Anker Bialy, and Ebeli returned to Kelboma with the plane.