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<p>[Page 96]</p><p>now house about 50 companies, but the style is the same as ever, and because of the horrible dust everything looks grimy and totally run down. Former acquaintances are hard to make out in the big crowds, but those men we see standing along the fence or coming back from work look dispirited and apathetic. To think that we might have had to endure 3 full years or more in this hole makes me shudder, and I guess we would have all gone mad. We must thank God for having been sent to Trial Bay! We didn't fully appreciate how well off we were there in comparison with the poor guys in Liverpool! However, they don't seem to lack in entertainment like movies, theatre, chute, choral society, gymnastic club, etc, to judge from the various large buildings. The good old German pastime of clubs and societies seems to be particularly alive in the main camp. The cleaning of our camp is being done by comrades from across the fence, who tell us a lot about their state of affairs,</p>