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out 3 tents, only 15 yards from mine taking everything except books, etc., about £150 worth of stuff & the men themselves were sleeping not more than ten yards away. We all slept with burning lanterns in our tents & one Arab put a pair of shorts over the lamp & when the officer woke up in the morning all he found in his tent was a pair of scorched breeches. We all slept with loaded revolvers in our beds, but only occasionally has an Arab been shot. They don't seem to mind sentries at all.
The Arab women do all the work, they have splendid figures & magnificent carriage but are rather ugly. They carry everything on their head. The men are very fine looking & as hard as nails.
There was a terrific amount of sickness here in the summer, the food was poor, but now conditions are very different. Transport was very difficult then, but has improved