come in to the barracks with us but the guard stopped them, so they went home promising to come back later on and get their pictures. They were both smart, healthy looking men, well clothed, and look as if they get good fare too.

Wednesday. Jan. 22. 19. Nothing much doing today. Nicest weather though since

we landed; almost warm enough to sit around outside and bright and sunny. As we can only go half a mile from camp we at first climbed a hill on west and though the view was real fine from there we wanted to see the bay from a higher hill on the east. We did, and were amply repaid for our trouble. We are situated on a sort of peninsula and from the hill could follow the River all around. There is a fine view of the barracks which we found more extensive than we at first imagined. Across the bay the hills rise to quite a height and appear to be bare of trees though covered with snow. All along the bay the ice was covered with teams hauling hay to the city and moving so slowly a first we thought they were stationary and could not tell what they were. Got back to camp about noon and spent a quiet afternoon.

Thursday. Jan. 23. Was one of few fatigues today and did my turn at the office; nice cold day. I think this is a mighty healthy

climate especially this time of year for TB's Though I do not imagine it always would be as dry as it is now. Some of the

boys did a little trading with the Japs and as usual they got the better of our fellows.

A cen is worth about one half our cent and their yen is worth 50 cents in our currency. A ten cen piece is silver and same size as our 10 cent piece, and the 5 cen looks exactly like the US nickel. Many of the boys misunderstood this value and thought

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