| Description | MS in an unknown hand (possibly two hands), beginning 'Why is the Sea salt?' containing an autobiographical tale, possibly fictional, including anecdotes about life as a sailor and set in places including Geelong (Victoria, Australia); 61 pages of text, approx 60 pages blank; undated; written in black ink in a notebook with lined paper; approx 18 cm x 11 cm; gold -edged sewn pages, faded gold fabric cover with tooled leaf pattern on the cover edges.
Place: Africa Australia
Notes: The hand or hands may be Herbert Wallace's and/or Alfred Russel Wallace's when young, Violet Wallace's, one of their Australian cousins or another person's. Neither Richard Wallace nor his cousin J G Wilson know anything of its provenance (personal information 2003). |