Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 99

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[Page 99]

morning – I was ready & no end willing but it washed out – Too much wine & cocktails are deadly enemies to muscular & nerve vigor next morning – My breakfast – half a round of bread!! raspberry jam & a small cup of coffee – The simple life – Got some Press news by wireless – Formidable & all her S.C. 500 in no- gone to the bottom – That's bad – very bad –

Thursday Jan 14-15 – Its 2 pm – mail for Sydney closes 3 pm – no censor – Note the stamps NW Pacific & Marshall Islands – Yesty aft I got Rawdon 2 name plates from the gardens – two not needed - Leguminosae (The Order) Erithsyna pieta - E is the Genus = Coral tree – pieta = Species – meaning ? – Place is 'Tropen' = Tropics – R must be – anyway – a systematist – These 2 simple name plates show how every organism in organic nature – on this Earth is named – Now there's a big – useful – general bit of knowledge – A truth from Tropic to Pole – Guests to dinner – Bed early –
Swim & off to the beach, then to Elax –

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