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My Sergeant, Sergt. Fisher, will have to be sent home to Australia I think – his hand is not at all good.

Malta is quite an interesting little place – for a little while. Its population is somewhat about 200000, 95% of whom speak Arabic, 3% English and the remaining 2% other languages

Malta is about 17½ miles long by about 9¼ broard – one third of the island is bare rock, and the remainder has a very shallow though evidently fertile surface soil, for it is supprising what it can accomplish in the way of cultivation

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