TCD MS 11290/5 folio 1 recto
[Copy] [?1916] Dear Mother
I have changed again and am now in a much hotter place at least I think so as the last three days have been terrific though I believe much the hottest this year.
The camels are dying off like flies however I am holding up well. I have been playing about with wells he[re] which unfortunately brings me out in the middle of the day a good bit but I have found a more or less cool spot at the bottom though very uncomfortable.
I like this place otherwise much better than the last and I have some real work. There are several other RE officers here all very good chaps the other officers are first class two.
In the last place I was I had very little work no other RE’s and I was looked on as rather an outsider so I amn’t