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The Germans, at the present time seem bent on
the destruction of London, but in the last raid a few
days ago kept away from that city as every time they
get near it they lose a Zeppelin.

Airships are a very common sight here. Gee but
the British craft can travel. They can be heard a
long way off, and sound just like the cylinder
of a corn cutter and silo filler, when it is at your
neighbors. That is the best imitation of the sound
of them I know of.

The greatest city in the world is sure some
place, and one should not attempt to see it in a
few days. Most, in fact nearly all my time was
spent in the museums, and Historic places. I spent
a whole afternoon in the Victoria and Albert Museum
and could easily have spent a week in it. Nearly
every place has an admission fee, but soldiers &
sailors free. However we generally buy guides. We
could not get a guide to the above museum as everything
has been rearranged, and many things removed
since the war broke out. The British museum is
closed altogether, The Natural History museum
a branch of the British is open, and is certainly
interesting. I was more interested in the great
collection of minerals and ores than in the animals,
I suppose because I studied more geology &
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