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Turkish stretchers for firewood & when they are finished we start on the doors & window sashes. "(necessity knows no law) I have several trips into Damascus. On the 6th of October the same dead Turk ^that I saw on the 2nd is still lying on the road there. He has increased in size. Next day they tip him over the side & burn him. All the way into into Damascus I see the remains of fires & amongst the debris I notice the charred portions of Turks ^ & Horses that have not been quite consumed by the fire. At one spot I see the skinned carcase of a horse & around it are a dozen dogs some feeding & some glutted lying asleep alongside. All along the road are abandoned transport & machine guns not yet collected. X owing to the dust & strain my eyes are troubling me & as I haven't quite shaken the off the