Callum Egan

Transcription of illustration 'Life at Vailima'

Please fill in the blanks: 1 20 the big house - Blue with red roof, verandah and trimmings 2 The Dining room door which faces the sea - it is very wide and always open. 333 Aunt Maggies room - painted pale green, and decorated at one end with flags 444 Madam's room - large and pleasant but just now a wilderness of half unpacked trunks boxes etc etc - 555 Louis' room - lined with book shelves and #### a high fine place - His bed of mats on a #### ### and arranged that it can be removed during the day and give the room an appearance of a library 6 staircase leading from the upper to the lower verandah 7 My room windows facing the sea 8 Austins windows facing the sea 9 Pineapple Cottage the abode of the Strongs. Sometimes called "chateau Fort" 10 & 11 Rooms occupied by the maid and ####### 11 woods where blackboys are cleaning 12 Path lined with ferns and ##### by tall trees leading to the stream across which is Madam's garden 13 Path or road to the gate (14) 15 The road to Apia - the lovliest, shadiest ferniest lime-#### road in the world. 16 Lemon trees forming a tall hedge - where I gather lemons by the basketful 17 Path leading to the bandstand where Lloyd sleeps - it is planted about with edible passion-vines. The path is now considered dangerous on account of the cow or calf 18 a gully leading down to the waterfall where running waters make such sweet music at night 19 arrow points to the kitchen garden - onions peppers tomatoes egg plant and asparagus beds 20 Mountain covered with a dense forest ##### sheer down to the stream - a lovely impenetrable mysterious awe-inspiring romantic place 21 stream - hidden by the tree ferns palms ###### etc 22 #### ## many tall trees and some fallen ones - stumps that will eventually be removed I could not put them in without hiding the house 23 Band stand 24 Growing pineapples to be renoved to make way for MY garden - Seeds thankfully received. 25 Dense jungle of tall trees and ##### through which one can squeeze to go to the upper waterfall and the banana patch Lloyd ### was terrified by the mystery of it and the strange noises 26 Cart and horses

Friday, 12 March 2010 12:08

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