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[Top Left] 1916 31 Days
[Top Right] December
Nile. Crossed in small boat
[Centre] 14 Thursday
paddled from bow. Singing
as we crossed. Women
washing clothes in water
Id of Rodah, water mark
Moses found in bullrushes.
Returned Cairo for tea.
[Centre] 15 Friday
Sunday [Illegible] orders
for action. Left Heliopolis
about 9 pm 13th. Dec
Monday amidst cheers from
the camp and landed
Ell Confuien station at 6 am
14th. Dec then had a most miserable
[Centre] 16 Saturday
march to [Serapeum] Camp
8 miles south of Ishmailia.
Dry bread cheese & water for
2 days. Sandy place on Canal
bank. Canal 140 yards wide &
[Centre] 17 Sunday - 3rd in Advent
88 miles long, lakes here &
there. Between 14th & 19th. Dec
saw the H.M.S. Implacable