Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 167
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[Page 167]
Well we swam & enjoyed life & looked out for sharks - Suva harbor swarms with sharks - The coral here is rubbed down, water worn & broken down into sand or lumps of smoothed coral - We were back at the ship by 2 - Blayney – an Englishman was our sailing master – a very quiet but a real good chap – fond of all kinds of active sports & vy - temperate in every single respect - After tea I went ashore & by myself I explored some of its the shadier streets & eventually got to the Botanic garden & put in time examining the Palms - Figs – Damaras (Pines) & another big tree that I cant place - This tree grows all over the place but no one I've asked can name it & there is not a single name plate in the Gardens - A curious feature in the vegetation round Suva is the lack of the cocoa nut palm - There are some but they are sporadic & scattered - There is a complete absence of the deep