Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 114
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[Page 114]
had a grand time – There we had aftn tea then a Jap Captain came off – He lives here – He brought his wife & kid – I was introduced. She shook hands & bent herself nearly in halves – We all had Beer & said 'Banzai' which is equivalent to Cheer.Oh – in Japanese – Then Fitz Bond & I went to the Beach & walked & I showed them the gardens & Bond (a Lieutenant & good chap) aired his ignorance of Botany – He's been accredited with knowing plants – I listened I enjoyed his talk muchly – He was invariably wrong – He suddenly discovered that I was his master in that line & he subsided incontinently though I am sure I was quite nice & deferred to him right thro – I showed Fitz & him the giant Ficus – Fitz adopts the nil admirari where anything German is concerned which is very misplaced – anyway as regards these gardens & experimental plots -