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the terrace can again provide an area of shade tomorrow is pay day; I will take advantage of lunch to go to the bank and also bring back the decametre again for repair as a result of intensive use.
Saturday 20 Sept. temp. 27° at 9h 33° at 12h00 16 men 17 women 1/2 day's work 6h00-8h00 8h30 10h30 supervision work, photographs and point surveys requested by de Contenson who is clearing the skeletons in trenches (9-10) 26 pay at 10h30, then aquatic games enjoyed after lunch, Aitken is taken back to the beach and we rejoin Michaël at the depot-village it is there that a workwoman tells us of the arrival of Monsieur and Madame Schaeffer. the mission, now complete, returns to the beach between tea and dinner, which gives us the chance to try the Charris speciality, rice with white glue, and also a young stray cat which prefers my room to the car, originally assigned to its sleep.
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