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[Monday 14 February 1916] BIRTHDAYWe have about a 20 mile front to guard by Patrol & I have spent a very interesting day riding over the Valley of the Nile & along the edge of the Desert- "Omdahs" "Sheiks" ie Native princes & notables met us with great ceremony we rode our horses, then Camels, then in a Hooded buggy drawn by pair of mules imported by a rich Pasha who is apeing Eropeans.Last night one Pasha invited my Major & myself to a 10 course dinner, soup, lentels Liver & rice, Barley bread, a whole fat tail sheep, Honey, Native Cheese, Cakes, & WHISKEY & Soda-House lit by Electric Light, we could not speak language but we pantomimed thro' the feast. The Bedouins use gorgeous saddlery, pink, gold, blue etc colored fringed Saddle cloths & the "Tout ensemble" is imposing- inlaid Pistols & Swords
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