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Saturday, Dec...Date 21/18.
Rainy. Quiet has re-established its empire, as R.L. Stevenson said, and the ban is lifted, tho it is so unpleasant under foot, and it rains so incessantly that few men come for their passes, tho they applied for them at Noon. It is very muddy, and the rain is continually making it worse. In many places the mud is 6-8" deep. Will Garrett (popularly