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artillery practice on the beach, which can be heard faintly through the din of the generator. to look as soon as possible for a hole in the rock to bury this machine for making noise in.
Friday 12 Sept. Temp. 32° (Temps taken at 9h in shade and which show c. 10° difference with the temp. in the sun We are obliged to wrap the bottles in white reflecting cloth because they seem, it appears, to acclimatise poorly. Aitken finishes the SE area at 16h00. 34 points + 1 test on these 880 m2. To these points are added the lines of continuous reaction or other observations which allow, in the evening, after plotting the fixed points, to discuss and orient the planned trenches.
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