Item 01: George Washington Thomas Lambert letter diary, 1919 - Page 28

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Spruce is as good a bushman as myself and we did excellent work. Specimens fairly straight already won are, Scrub or holly oak,
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Pine (never higher than 10 ft.) dwarf yew, and a kind of Willow and a very thorny thorn. The pine was the more plentiful and I got two specimens of this wood but taking it alround the stuff is really scrub & not meant for walking sticks.

In the afternoon the rain came on fairly stiff and Spruce went back to Hughes' camp with a touch of malaria. I waited patiently in bed for my bout but thanks to extra blankets & a good afternoon sleep I dodged it although I got rather windy when the temperature rose to uncomfortable degrees.

Wednesday 26th Feb. 1919

Today I felt quite well thank you and with our Sergeant Rogers made the best of a dull wet day by building or rather helping