Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 140
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[Page 140]
We could see the white horses of the surf - We saw 2 small islands near the reef – the one a quarantine ground for Indian coolies – the other for whites - We passed thro some native villages - Their huts remind one of the rectangular houses children draw on their slates or on paper – elongated rectangles with arched holes for doorways - No windows – no furniture -
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We saw them feeding in one house - on the floor - There was to be a native dance during the afternoon & we met men in clean attired & garlanded women going to it - It was organized & run by Western missionaries for church expences - Well that wd be a sad decorous affair portentously dull we knew so we wouldn't see it - No – what the N.O. loves is a native orgiastic revel at the hour of midnight – copious bowl of Kava for the native & champagne & whisky & soda for