Item 04: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1916 - Page 110
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[Page 110]
Ras-el-tin
Alexandria
12th July 1916
My dear Aunt Katie
Will you please tell the boys that on the 10th July I sent I sent them a registered packet containing some photos, films coins & stones - the coins are (1) An old Roman coin (most likely made in Germany) (2) copper ½ malime fairly rare (3) malime (4) 2 milemes - The stones I picked up in the old trenches at Tel-el-Kebir and thought that Hal might like them to add to his collection.
I suppose you have seen all the photos and views I have sent home: they will give you a better idea of the places I have seen than any description of mine would.
Yesterday I went to the museam and spent an afternoon there amongst the mummies and old stones and inscriptions etc. but I cant say it interrested me very greatly as all none of the speciments had names to them, only numbers and a catalogue cost 11 pts and was in French at that.