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on the ship.
Poor brutes we have lost seven of them already. Beverage who had the mumps has been put off and will have to return to Sydney when he gets right thank goodness I did not get them; I would not like to go back and start all over again.
I have got a job now carrying the chaff to the bins, so get out of stable cleaning which is jolly nice.
Our C.O. on board is Capt Mitchell a brother of Madam Melba; he is a returned man.
Our O.C. Mr Finley's people live here & our on the wharf but he cant get off & we are anchored out in the stream pretty rough on him. This looks rotton country round here no good for corriedales

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