Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 61
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[Page 61]
Well we didn't get the rifles but we got promises of some – when the Germans had surrendered theirs which was to happen tomorrow - Captain M & I then took a walk to the well laid out park - The skeleton of a whale – of the baleen type – attracted my attention - The Germans believe in straight lines - They also believe in shade - Their streets & avenues go in straight line – from end to end of the settlement & shade trees in even rows decorate both sides - Some of the Casuarina trees (misnamed firs by sailor men) are 30 – 40 feet high & its but 7 – 8 years since Ribault was planted - The mangoes are well grown & give a deep shade - I saw a Halcyon (Kingfisher) – sanctus - I should say from his shade of blue & also some tits of a species unknown to me - The park ends where the steep cliff sides of the volcanic cone commence - What a grand soil it must be but how dependant on rainfall - Acacias were represented by Albyzias & I noted