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hole" we are only a distance of 35 

 yards from Fritz and sometimes 

 quite a comic conversation has been 

 carried on between ourselves and 

 the poor beg-gars opposite. On the 

 Kaisef's birthdav I should imasfine 

 they must have had a pretty heavv 

 ration of rum for they were verv 

 hilarious. They once set off a mine 

 under one of our companies and did 

 some ugly damage, but they paid 

 very heavily indeed for it for we 

 gave them a heavy dose of pills in 

 the shape of "coal boxes" and wizz- 

 bangs. AA'e have had. of course, 

 some very uncomfortable times in 

 the trenches recently owing to the 

 rain and mud. The latter for live 

 days was up to our knees and en- 

 trance and exit to the trenches was 

 sorry work as it had to be done over 

 open ground. I hear that snow is 

 now well on the ground and I do 

 hope that things are well at the for- 

 estry station. I trust you will ex- 

 cuse my writing this letter in pencil 

 but ink is a rare commodity in these 

 parts. Thanking you once again for 

 your kind thoughts, which have 

 been appreciated more than I can 

 say, I must now close, hoping vou 

 will have a Happy 'Xmas and that 

 the New Year will bring vou good 

 luck and the best of health." 



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 but rather with the facts and techni- 

 cal data which make for an exact 

 understanding of the structure and 

 actions of wood as a construction 

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