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the same down Warnambool way - The ashes of the volcano – which by the way is still active ? & we had an earthquake yesty - one per diem is the rule - One we go & I named the trees & shrubs - A new fine tree was the Breadfruit – a tree 30-40 or more feet high – Large leaves – incised – at the end of branches - Artocarpus incisa Fruit was there - I had not seen the tree before but soon spotted it - Its very shady & also plentiful - The vegetation was mostly Queensland - Presently down the track came a sulky with a fine military gent – a small child & a nigger - He stopped & we saluted - (We are in uniform so as to be known as Naval officers) - He said – Go to my house on the top & call on my wife & daughter & have some tea - We spotted who he was – General Wylde of the Marines - We said 'You've been having a pretty rotten time of it General' - We talked & then went on - We walked on past the Hospital & then on the Right was the General's house - I made Haggard put his pipe out & close up & up we went - Mrs Wylde came out
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