Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 84
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[Page 84]
In India – in the rice fields with a child on their back guiding them - Great lead colored - unwieldy brutes – bulls horizontally horned - They scratch their sides in the most delicate manner with just the tip of their horns - Then we struck what I was sure of interest & up I went – a lot of bee hive – circular huts – built of straw – raised 5 to 8 feet from the ground & with a deck floor & steps up - It was a native compound & in we went & explored - Lots of natives – males mostly some children - I saw no women - They were all very friendly & evidently were connected with the gardens - They had a lot of mongrel dogs – like dingoes - Iron pots - They smoked & yabbered away - The huts are circular
[drawing of hut]
- straw for sides straw for roof - They'll burn fast enough & must be hot shops