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We wandered back through the Citadel & some "Tommy" welsh miners volunteered to show us the well that Joseph was put in. It was getting dark but we went down. It is about 400 ft deep & about 25 ft by 20 ft : cut through solid rock : round the well is a passage about 6 ft wide & high enough to walk upright in by which we descended a couple of hundred feet. As the tunnel winds down "windows" have been cut into the well & the thickness between tunnel & well is about 6 inches : the work all through is wonderful. On reaching the landing we found one of the old cog wheels (wood) used ages ago to draw water from the bottom & a similar wheel on top (still there) used to draw it up to the top. It was too dark to descend lower so we dropped stones & it seemed a long way down to the water. After an interesting chat with the "Tommies" we took the tram back & had a feed at the soldier's Club in the Y.M.C.A. "Park" (Esbekiah Park) This is a nice place for a cheap & good feed Then we took the tram home & altogether had a very interesting afternoon's ramble. I got the neck of an earthenware bottle down the bottom of the well. It teemed after tea & we got wet going home. Tent pretty dry during night.
Sunday Feb 6th
Fine clear day : Revellie 6am : breakfast: church parade 9.45 am : After church parade our party (27) met our guide & we started on our trip that had been denied us for two Sundays.We walked to the tram & got in : alighted stop after the station & got into "Gharris" (carriages). We then drove through the "Wazza" & through