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Tire f ol lowing diary<br />
21 October, 1 91 7 to<br />
in the back of a 1 91<br />
inscription:<br />
" Copy f rorn olo<br />
in Palestinett.<br />
18<br />
covering the period<br />
encl of 1916 are vrritten<br />
9 <strong>Diary</strong> with the follov;ing<br />
book partly destroyed<br />
21 s! oct.ober 1 91 7 Fini sheil gun class al I<br />
but stoppages. Poisoned finger wiLh gun<br />
oi I . Af:pl ieti f or scirool to f ini sh course<br />
r,,Jas gi-ven a pass ancl sent. to Zietoun school<br />
( Vicars gun ) . Boarded train i'ioascar 21 st<br />
October . Arr ivecr Ztetoun 3 p . ril . 'Ient s<br />
v/ere al lotteci , received pas ses to Ca j-ro<br />
& vrent to lieilopolis, caught electric trarn.<br />
Fine trarn service ( Belgian ) . Savr I{ei lopol i s<br />
Flcuse & Casino, cost 3/4 rnillion. Train<br />
rlrns to llei lopol i s orl salne tracks as trarns<br />
(: Iine systent). flying Corps occupying<br />
i{ei lopol i s }.iouse .<br />
Started school morning of 2Zna, classes<br />
6 to 7.30, 9 to 12, & 2 to 4p.nt. Irasses<br />
granted to Ca i ro every l.lecl . Sa t & Sunday<br />
afternoons. Visited 14th ti.G.IJ. tc see<br />
CarpenLer & lIi 1l . I'Jent to 1,{atterea 'uri th<br />
Carpenter. Saw the VirEin's l.lell , the noted<br />
cirurcir close by ancl the big statue, also<br />
the Virgin' s tree. Saiv cotton !:eing spun<br />
in l-he vill.rge, ]
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