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25th B. Richeson
1938
General Account
not in it and the floor is partially completed.
Today has been a beautiful day, sunny and
bright all day with the exception of the early
morning cold fog. I do not think this will continue
collecting her will be a real pleasure.
July 24 Kahloka Lake, Netherlands New Guinea.
This morning was beautifully clear,
but a cloud over in the early morning late
fog was not present. The plane "Yuta"
arrived, unloaded its cargo and returned. It
is, the arrival of the plane, a common plane thing
now expected rather than anticipated. Today
my activities centered in the shifting
of my tent from its previously low wet
location to the high, drier camp of the
Cougars. A new awl was put up and
it laid in readiness to fix near my tent.
This afternoon it began to rain and so little
work was done. I straightened things within my tent
and painted code. The rain made me feel
cold in spite of the work before me.
Last night a meteor came across the sky. The morning
a wisp of smoke come forth and this
afternoon a good deal of smoke could be seen.
About 3:00 the afternoon 2 meteors were seen
passing along the trail near camp. I do not
know through the middle and into the green valley
at the east of me. I wonder where they
are from, where they go and what purpose
can to travel.
July 25 Kahloka Lake, Netherlands New Guinea.
The morning the plane came and left
as usual. After its departure we began the
building of the dining room. It consists of one long
fly, a small fly covering one end, atop the other,
the floor walls built in with cedar logs, a floor in