TCD MS 10823 folio 34 recto
[Sept 1918] Beech mast proved to be quite good as food and once I was lucky enough to find a small marrow. Most of the apples had unfortunately already been picked and the one or two orchards that I entered were much to my disgust already bare.
A great part of the country through which we travelled consisted of fine forests which were full of game: short as the Germans were of meat, they would not allow the game to be touched. It was the rutting season and all night long the stags were