September 3, 1917 pg1

Somewhere in France, 3/9/17.

Dear friend, -

Shoudl have written sooner
to thank you for the gift you
sent me, which I very much
appreciated. It came all O.K. Did you get
my field card. It hasn't been
very convenient to write lately
but am trying to do a little at
it to-night. I see your cousin
Jack occasionally. He is looking
fine. I had a parcel of tobacco
sent me from Oliver a short time
ago. I sent him a whiz bang but
must write him a letter soon.

We have had it very cold since
the middle of January, with the
exception of a few days
towards the last of Feb. It is
quite cold again just like the
weather we get in Canada at
this time of year. We had a heavy
fall of snow the other day and
some more to-day. The ground
is frozen quite hard so you
see although we're in sunny France
it isn't all sunshine.

We thought we would
have seen Premier Borden
to-day, but missed him.