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we couldn't understand each other. They were mostly medium sized men, sallow complexioned & dressed in a drab uniform like the French. They did not convey the impression of being a sturdy fighting race, and during the time I was over there I never heard of them sharing in the heavy fighting. I believe they were mostly used in supports & [indecipherable]. Anyway these Potuguese knew about Australia & several intimitated that they would like to go there. Late in the evening the train sped into the terminus, the town of Albert. Long before we reached there we could see the strange spectacle of the gilded Madonna holding the infant Jesus in her arms dangling head downwards
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