Show interesting LETTER FROM SIDNEY dear folks our life on the island goes on much the same as ln the past verv littlie to talk about last week an officer was driving along the road at night and saw what he thought thong lit was a large rock move he stopped to investigate vesti gate and discovered that it was a huge turtle he grabbed hold of its flapper and it dragged him across the road he then got in the belp beep and pinned it down by getting in front of it some follows fellows in a truck can came by and they loaded it on and tool too 1 it to the where the natives ui it up and cooked it is a nativi labor camp directed by australians they are in charge of the labor compound po u an and d let t the h e n natives a out t t to 0 us to do ado various apen kinds of work eshou I 1 it t so happened h ap e d ta that i t I 1 was s a at t th the playing chess when the brodit the turtle in I 1 honestly believe it was the size ot of two of your largest wash tubs we judged it to weight between and pounds because it took four natives to carry it ft and because of tho the bulkiness of it they had to set it down several times well nothing would do but stay and have some turtle steak I 1 went into the kitchen where the natives were preparing it and was greatly surprised to see so many eggs that came out of it it looked as though there were all of there must have been at least four dozen that were ready to be laid in fact the turtle was probably looking for a place to lay them those eggs were about the size of a large rhode island hens eggs the shell was round and clear white there was another batch of eggs where the shell was just forming I 1 judged about two dozen then there seemed to be countless eggs forming yolks about the size of a pea up to the size of ping poag pong balls they looked very much the same as a hens egg they cooked some and of course I 1 had to sample one it may have looked like a liens hens egg but I 1 can assure you that it taste like one the meat of the turtle Is dark red rea much the same as beef the natives tenderize it and dip it in flour and then fry it if I 1 known what it was I 1 would have sworn it was beef or breaded veal cutlets it was delicious and I 1 ate four good sized pieces the first real fresh meat I 1 had had for a long time we talked with one of the natives from one of the other islands and he wf 1 thu i n et 11 11 ih 1 no 81 the atcy be nil us so i 11 i ahr rs in in trip TOP over cited ai ic v i e ir tos out wag wa we do mo ime cialini I 1 abut ut and I 1 0 i we gaw dry t g n overy v e r color I 1 0 s size and i in d i lape a P L t ina b a r itil 1 I 1 really y col di li int ize n all t t olo lort r ca 0 f tm 2 many i i r i n different f f e n colors color rainbow J sm 1111 I 1 trust that you an all wel on gon over ever thinking of you aj yar |