TCD MS 11290/6 folio 1 recto
7th September [?1917]
Dear Mother
no more letters since your last in which I got the white heather & the photographs of Jane with the new pup.
I like the one with the pup chewing your wool best but they are both splendid.
The pup looks grand I expect he will be badly spoiled by Sarah & everyone else poor “Micko” must be fearfully jealous. Excitement over moving the camp has quite ceased now & I have had time for a couple of strolls. I sighted a teal the other day & yesterday saw a wisp of snipe quite close. There are all sorts of queer birds about now but they stand about on