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plaintive Irish melodies which appealed to me - Stoker is not a well read but a good social man with any amount of go in him - We sang 'God save' about 10 .15 & then went aboard the Parramatta & in a green bowery more like Government House than a war ship we had Champagne Sandwiches, cakes, fruit salad & chocolates - One table went down – wallop – owing to a list but this only added to the general merriment - Finally at 7 bells ie 11.30 we had got evy lady safe on a launch & off we went – 2 or 3 of us taking the air on the roof which was far before the stuffy air inside - What a lovely night it was with the moon approaching to the full - I had a vy fair time - I sat on a gun & getting up to my seat put my foot on a still to act as step - These stills are cone shaped & the apex vy sharp & this just penetrated my sole & I got up quicker
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