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I didn't feel too strong so I just quietly walked to the old square with the Casuarinas on 3 sides where I saw the flag hoisted & had another look at it – It was quite quiet & very green – The Poincianas with their green flat tops flaring with red bloom attract your attention – Nature is revelling in the warmth & moisture & Crotons & Mangoes & Euphorbias vie with each other in growth – At the P. Office skiving in & out in the small garden were a mob of small swifts or martins - So swift & so small – They looked to me at first like big butterflies – Tell Rawdon I heard a Cooee bird the other morning – He's an Indian migrant – a black cuckoo – Remember him at Gayndale –
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