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December 1916
plum duff for a week. Boxing day was cloudy & cold. At night there was a thunderstorm & heavy rain. Nearly everybody got wet as their bivouacs are made more for sun shelter than for rain. I was lucky having a little old canvas tent which let in a bit of water but nothing much to worry about.
Christmas week was very miserably spent on account of the rain wind & cold. As soon as the rain dries the sand swirles everywhere with cutting fury There has been little sun & the horses have been feeling the cold severely. We got a rum issue on the last day of the year, & the only one we had during the year issued. An Australian & English mail arrived on New Year's day. I got 5 letters altogether which is a bit of a record for me Have been putting in the last few days drawing some maps of the Turco-Egyptian frontier on a smaller scale so that they will carry easier in the pocket.