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Mena Camp
Cairo
24. 12. 14

My dear Mother

I cannot make out what has happened because I have not received a letter from you for about a fortnight. Two mails have come in without a sign of a letter from anyone. Mine must have gone astray. It is quite possible that mine to you will be irregular from now onwards. Remember though that no news is good news, and that I shall write even if it be only a postcard, as often as practicable.

The famous old Nile is commencing to rise, simultaneously with the rise, the weather begins to get hotter. The last few days have been very warm. This morning reveille blew at 4 a.m. We started out about 4.30 for a march to Gizah and back. A 10 mile march before breakfast is not too bad. In this way the major portion of our work was finished before the sun had time to get hot. Even then there were grumbles at having to get up early. The soldier by rights should be a happy man. He does not even have to think. He is told when to get up: when to have meals: when to start and

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