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are the remainder of the battalions. One of the local papers had some photos of the Aust. troops in (I sent you one) but they were very poor samples of work. If possible I want to get hold of one taken from one of the hills looking along the length of the camp.

It is remarkable how cold it gets here so soon as the sun sets. Early every night it has been cold enough for great coats. Now we are in tents, the cold is not so bad, but bivouacking in the open on the sand the cold was severe. The dew also is very heavy  €“ quite sufficient to wet the blankets through.

The natives are very quick at picking up new words & phrases. One corrected me very neatly the other day. With a couple of others I had hired a guide for the big pyramid. Going up the outside we stopped at each quarter of the way for a spell. On the third spell I remarked that we were almost three quarters of the way up. "No" replied one guide. "Three quarters way down and one quarter up."
The newspaper vendor who comes round the camp every morning has a call of his own which at first sight appears paradoxical. It is "Egyptian

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