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Last Thursday I had a half day off duty & we had a most delightful trip. Four of us took train to Barrage. Two of us rode on donkeys & the remaining 2 on a trolly pushed by Arabs. Well, it was simply grand, we had about 45 mins donkey ride there & the same back. The Barrage is a kind of a lock of the Nile, there is also a large "Delta" with most wonderful bridges. There is a Museum with models of the different bridges of the Nile. Then you go on a little further & come to a most beautiful Botanical Garden, which I hope to spend a day in some time shortly, then we returned another road to the train passing the large native prison & through beautifully cultivated land. We reached Cairo at 7.30 p.m. Had a great dinner at Madam May's returning to hospital about 11 p.m. very tired but slept soundly & felt fit for