Item 02: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 5 December 1914-26 February 1915 - Page 60
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[Page 60]
Tell Rawdon I again saw - - our familiar black & white fantail – He wagged & jerked his tail & said 'sweet pretty creature' in New Ireland just as well as at Glen Innes – I also saw another sight at sea – Huge numbers of white ? gulls or terns, intermixed with huge black birds - ? Skua gulls – They were attacking a shoal of fish – There were hundreds of them wheeling, dipping Screaming – White as snow drift & but every now & again a swift – arrow winged black kite of a bird swooped & got his share & as much more as he could seize –
I've felt the want of a camera very badly – The whole of yesterday's native dancing wanted the camera – You cd have got no end of negatives – They had a clown with a cocoa nut face & I saw an Albino & examined him – No pigment – poor chap – white hair – red irises – photophobia – Red & white very harsh skin -