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indeed be feeble It all reminded me of a great picnic. It seemed impossible that hostilities could extend to these quiet gorges and ranges. Now and again the clatter of a machine gun echoed down the valley, and an occasional snipers rifle rang out, but this was all. What enjoyment after the hell of France! We called in at various outposts but all was quiet.
After dinner the boys invited me to their campfire, and asked me to give them a few words about my Antarctic experiences. The novelty of the surroundings impressed me greatly, and I felt, in the interest expressed on the faces around me a reward for the tribulations of the South. It is not everybody who is privileged to sit amongst his own countrymen away out on the Judean hills, with the "Star of Bethlehem" bright in the heavens recounting his adventures. How all these,