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25th. Philadelphia
1938
General Account
Finished the rafters and put step on one side of the roof. That was a crew of 8 working, 4 tying, 2 fixing steps, and 2 cutting notes.
A step is put on each rafter except every sheet (100 x 50cm) is tied down by nailing the backing stick to the rafters. Today Brady put a party in a play due to the path of the garden. It is some 100 ft above the ground and form a gap of about 10sq. ft. coconut palm from the radio shack. The long goal is to be roof for 600 meters land.
Brady would of the pegs flashing. With the aid of an electric drill he was able to lay about 5ft of flashing. Builds continued with the cutting and joining of the ramp stripping. Bird appropriately the coating of the bottom of the paint. It is always slow job but will take a day and a half or two days to complete the further ceiling. We could get our stock of lumber for material for a frost but found nothing that would be suitable.
May 29 Ballaria New Guinea.
Today is Sunday again, a day of peace and quiet for the whites and land for all good Pagano.
This morning Wilson called for me at 6:30 and by 7.00 we was on our way to Tolotok. On camping. Along the coast by palm is a beautiful. The first half of the way the in a heavy jungle coming down & a rocky limestone shore, the late half being a sandy or swampy beach with casemate or mangroves. The islands and the irregular coast line as well as the coral reefs found add to the picturesque part of the trip.