It’s now 6:20 in the morning and I decided to write a
letter. So far I haven’t heard from you in a month but I’ll probably have
a dozen letters when my mail comes thru.
It gets dark here quite early. We have outdoor movies and they start at
6:30. That shows you how early it gets dark. I’ve been going to bed by
nine o’clock every night except two since I’ve been here and have been
getting up at six every morning. The nights are quite comfortable and I
have to cover myself with a blanket every night. The days are hot and
sticky and I do plenty of sweating. I take a salt tablet every day and an
atabrine tablet also. That keeps me from down with malaria.
The other day we went coconut hunting. We went to a native village and
hired a few natives to climb the trees. We paid them a shilling and a
cigarette apiece. The natives around here are crazy about cigarettes and
most of them will work for you for one cigarette. It was very amusing to
watch their antics. They are all quite small and are very agile. They tie
their feet together with grass and climb the trees in that manner.
That’s about all I have to say for the present so I’ll say goodbye. My
regards to all
