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(2)

Otherwise, my letter might be
torn up by the censors.

You know, of course, when we left
Camp Borden, - well, that is the last
we saw of Black ash, dust. The
train trip to Halifax was a long one
considering the distance and we were
in the train at Halifax some time
before we detrained for the boat. We
were not allowed to leave the train
at all, and A & C companies were
unfortunate enough to get only day
coaches instead of tourist cars and
as we were certainly crowded and
did not get much rest. We were
given a short route march at
Chaudière Que. (just about nine miles
from Quebec City), and another one at
Moncton, N.B. I saw nothing of
Nova Scotia as most of the trip was
made at night and in the morning the
blinds all had to be drawn, and
when we were allowed to see we