side of the Salt Lake.
Agassiz and I, followed at a short distance by a few men, had no
difficulty in striking the desired spot, but the others, following in
small lots, got lost, only one lot reaching its destination that
night. Others lay behind bushes till daylight, while Stephen and his
men returned for the night to their starting-point. It showed the
difficulty of moving about in the dark in a strange country. The 86th
Brigade, which left Chocolate Hill the same time as ourselves got lost
and wandered about for six hours. Our new site is no safer than the
last, we are beside a well where men congregate from the various
battalions encamped near us, and this was shelled furiously on two
occasions yesterday.

_August 25th._--Four calendar months since we landed on Gallipoli. And
not much progress made yet.

The Royal Fusiliers, who had watched our men at work in the "Battle of
Chocolate Hill," are giving them great praise for their daring. Pirie,
who was waiting for bearers for his wounded, on hearing that some men
coming towards him belonged to the 89th F.A. replied, "Thank God, now
we are all right". Several--two at least--high-placed officers also
took note of them and promised that some would be mentioned in the
next despatch.

Seeing some big black Arum lilies--known as the "Dead Turk" from its
evil smell--with flowers about 2 feet long, I dug up two enormous
bulbs this morning, one fully 6 inches in diameter. These, with other
bulbs, I will send home. (They were not an acceptable gift, they were
allowed to die owing to their horrible smell.) These were growing
beside a well which was shelled a couple of hours ago, but I sneaked
out in safety when this had finished. I heard this evening that I had
been "mentioned" in Sir Ian Hamilton's first despatch. Two other
medical men of our Division are also mentioned--Col. Yarr, our
A.D.M.S. at Helles, and Major Lindsay of the 87th F.A.

_August 26th._--Pottered about in the morning after seeing some
batches of sick sent in by the Regimental M.O.'s, then walked to our
base on Suvla Bay Beach. Fiddes and McKenzie, who joined our Ambulance
two days ago, walked out with me. They dilated to Agassiz and myself
about a great discovery they had made, namely, that excellent rissoles
could be made of bully beef and ground biscuits. On their departure we
decided to have rissoles for supper, so Agassiz prepared a frying pan
and a tin of bully, while I with a pick-shaft groun