CO129-459 - Individuals - 1919 — Page 499

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-ded with the Naval Brigade at Alexandria and Port Said, in and have the Egyptiar nedal and Fronze Star.

1882. As to linguistic abilities, I speak fluent French

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and a little Italian, while I used to have a fair knowledge

of Arabic, which I fancy it would not take be long to re-ac-

-quire. I have for many years made a study of Astronomy,

and ar & FRAS. In 1896, while serving on the Chine

Station, I was specially selected to recompany the British

expeditior to Akishi, Japan, for the observation of the Total

Solar Felipse of that year.

8. But it is not only ry own qualifications that

It is of considerable inportance to

I wish to put forward.

Colony, and hence to the Empire, if the wife of its Adwin-

-istrator is capable, a lady, a linguist, and a good hostess.

All these qualifications are possessed by my wife to a super-

-lative degree, She was born in America, and cores of an

old and distinguished farily in the united States of English

and Scottish descent, and as such is well acquainted with

many of the leading statesren and saldiers of that country.

She speaks French and Spanish fluently, and has a certain

knowledge of Italiar and Gervan. She has always taken a

deep interest in patters political domestic, internaticral,

and foreign, is wide read, and keeps herself up to date in

all topics.

While in Tranec in 1917, she was permitted by

the French Governmert to visit the French lines and the devast

-tated territory in the regions of the Earne, dispe, and

Somme, with the object of writing on the subject, and of

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