Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 192
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[Page 192]
No, I did not go - There was nothing for me there - I went on my own - I wanted to see a picture again & let it soak in on my memory - A picture that was sea & landscape combined, with the reef & the white horses in the background & the boom of the Pacific rollers in my ears - It was the same walk that I did yesterday - If we are to leave Suva I am going to have this mental picture anyway so I did it alone & observed things that I had missed previously - I walked the 5 mile round – out to Suva point & then away up past the wireless & the signal stations back to Suva - A part of the road I walked with an Indian – a friendly old chap – but our different languages prevented any real intercourse - He came from Calcutta - Had been here 5 months & was engaged on Sugar so far as I cd make out - The tide was an ebb one & yellow dabs covered the flat sandy mud - Each