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Hdqrs D MC
4.1.19
My dear Judge,
Thank you very much for the parcel you so kindly sent me, which I received just a day or two before Christmas. The cigars I am thoroughly enjoying – all you can get in Egypt are bitter green things.
We are still busy doing nothing, and so far no prospect is in sight of any move towards demobilisation. I am filling in time with a little fox hunting – without dogs. There are plenty of foxes of a kind hereabouts – I think they are mostly a cross between a desert dog & a jackal but you can get a good run after them which usually ends by the fox getting into the gardens where he cant be followed on horseback.
I have been to Aleppo twice. The first time was purely a joy ride or supposed to be such. As a matter of fact rain & numerous complaints from which the engine was suffering made it an ordeal that I was not anxious to repeat. The second trip however was made under better conditions. I went up with Major Willsallen to pick accommodation for the Corps Hdqs in case they should move up.
We got held up at