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he is a good doer & goes well. We had a splendid dinner in Cairo at the Metropole Hotel on the 9th in commemoration of a safe return from Anzac. After dinner we went to the Kursaal which opens at 9.30 & closes at 12. It is a variety entertainment, but is the only place in Cairo where you can get much amusement now. I am very tired & fed up with Cairo. There are too many troops in Cairo & they have made most of the places best worth going to out of bounds. Restrictions on leave are also more severe that it is hardly worth your while leaving camp.
Our 13th Reinforcements arrived on the 17th nearly 100 strong. We have enough men now for close to 2 regiments. Several of our men who were out on the Western frontier & took part in the fight with the Bedouins on Christmas day where they accounted for 600 returned. They say a lot of the Egyptian Garrison deserted & joined the rebels.
Quite a lot of rain had fallen here this month, quite 2 or 3 times a week rain has