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But a sight to catch the eye before entering the breakwater are the hundreds of natives in their quaint one-man canoes or rather rafts as they toil from daylight to dark hauling in their nets

It is immaterial to them whether the sea is calm or otherwise as they are one & all well up in the art of manouvering their craft and also swimming

A few hours after our arrival we were all allowed shore leave and at 10AM we were taken ashore on barges.

It was a treat to place

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