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from one of the villages near by. The corpse is carried in a plain wooden coffin covered with cloth and a tall, thin, piece in the front of it. It is placed on the shoulders of four bearers. Mourners follow in front and rear chanting some lament as they slowly walk along. Behind the mourners walked a little boy leading a saddled donkey. Probably the dead person's favourite donkey.
Aust – troops are tugging at the leash in there desire to move off.
Mond 22nd March
Drill and Lecture. Capt Storey.
March 23rd Tue
Heavy mist crowns the top of the Pyramids. Resembles the mist on the mountain tops at home.
Lecture from Capt Reach. He gave us some news which pleased us all very much. He said that there probably be no nurses going with us. Our probable distination will be the Dardanelles. Instead of 500 beds we are to have 4,000 beds in the hospital and every man in it is to do the nursing.
If Greece had fallen in with the Allies we would probable have been settled in the North of Greece.
March 24th Wed. S.D. 25th Thu.
Spent a very pleasant time in the Gardens along with I. McK. and friends who are nursemaids in Cairo. Had a stroll through the Mouski district.
Maarch 26th Fri. S.D.
Myriads of locusts are flying about, they give the appearance of huge flakes of snow falling.
March 27th Sat. S.D.