Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 50
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[Page 50]
trading between the islands – sort of floating beer shop & whisky hotel - On some of the islands 'no licence' is allowed - When she comes along out go the planters & get drunk aboard her - She's a floating tropical bar - Any chap who don't pay has to swim ashore!!! She had a big list to port as she came in - The Protector scooped her - She had a mob of niggers on her & a big fat negress who was supposed to cause the decided list -
There is no hotel in Ribault & the only open stores are Chinese Japanese - There is a fine "Apotheke" = closed You'll be glad to hear that so far we'v had no sickness nor tropical troubles & that save AE1 all has gone well with our crowd - our royal push - the Submarines - Water will be a difficulty later on & if we cant get fresh – distilled water must be drunk - So far I've not seen a mosquito though I'm keenly on the look out – the malarial chap must be here - I've a few moths only for Turner - It's dry & there's no plant food – hence no insects - For the first time yestd - aftn - I saw a seabird – a petrel – like to a mutton bird – one only I saw -