Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 131
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[Page 131]
To the Beach in the aftn - with liberty men from H.M.A. Submarine AE2 – a great boon to the submarine men - They alone of all the fleet allowed on shore - They deserved the boon anyway - First of all I did a little laundry job – ship prices 4/ a dozen – each piece 4d – therefore a pair of socks 8d !!! Pay don't run to that so I fixed up with a Chinese man my small goods & left the large for the ship's chap – wily white man = Then I blew in at the Carnegie library & inquired about a Flora Vitiensis – Fiji or Viti – Seeman wrote one in 1869 – that's the standard one & I spent an hour examining his colored plates – beautifully done - A palm peculiar to Fiji bore the palm Pritchardia pacifica - There was also a volume entitled 'The cruise of the Curacoa' before his time (Seeman's) & it figured Flora & Fauna of varied species right thro the Pacific Islands - There is no naturalist in Suva I regret to say & of course on the shore