Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 86
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[Page 86]
not aloneonly of the biological but also of the taxonomic & collecting kind orderbehind all this display of order & I am very glad to hear that the local authority has seen fit to reinstate the Curator of these gardens - He's had no light job – clearing – cleaning – planning – planting what was primeval jungle a few years back - The expense of all these experimental plots must have been very great & the benefit to the planters & horticulturists of these parts also very great - On my way back I collected a black spider with 2 red marks – one above & one – longer – beneath the abdomen The Poisonous Kakapo probably
Well – back to the SS Upolu but first of all a drink at the Officers mess – their whisky is far better than ours in my opinion & then we took with us Captains Trognam &' Maine to dinner – taught them the simple game of 'drunken coachman' & had a most pleasant evening with our niggers singing & strumming & dancing & sweating till 10 pm - We all sleep on the skylights of our cabin - I turned in & slept till 6 am - If the enemy comes a rocket goes up - at night -