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Saturday May 16
L - 16 P - 14
A very busy day Today we transferred from the ships
to our camp ashore though the mess material had been
taken up to the newly built store yesterday a lot of
material had still to be done today
We have paint beside the store and tent (mess + J)
with canvas fly (Radio + Lunch rooms) another fly
(Rent + fruits) a deep rigged under room a barn - to - if
(Press plant drying room) a Cook house Healy's
tent, Willin's tent, Artide fly, 2 large floors for military
traps, a leafy brown which we have and a
washroom.
This time there sets in traps - 2 species of Malaya. But
is a shade better than the complete blank of the day
before In the afternoon set out a bunch of steel traps
fainted with meat.
We could not start the radio until 3 o'clock but I
could get to Twelfth though I could hear him calling
with my own voice Had the set all up by noon,
but Jim Dremas's time spoiled everything. Phones
for now taken on car phone house no four sleeve
just managed a call to look after.
It is very pleasant to be outside than now to
expand a bit, though I could work somewhat very
rather more abundant caught some large beetle
last night at the light.
Sunday May 17. Willin's J (he burns & burnt out
was engaged) twice down the radio until this morning
cleared out the carbons. Set her started as last
only to find that we were not getting any signal
I found a tube gone poor no four with two
tube in place talk to confirmation with Dames
this afternoon.
But fell four of my boys out shooting until 3 o'clock when
they go to hunt Troop. Jim walked out along the trail for a
mile or so as far on the bend of the Fly R to me. Just on the corner
there is an old native burial The way in very easy & several
deeply arrowed creeps direct into the hill No shelter country here
invalled very tired people. But made both about our cleaning up
at daybreak.
This ends Letter #16.