and wounded to see to at the same time, Hoskin and I seeing about 100
a day between us. I was roused one night to see a case of snake bite,
the first I had seen or heard of out here--and I had my doubts about
this case, although the man declared he had none.

We had orders the other day to change our base to a site well up the
side of Hizlar Dagh, well back towards Divisional H.Q. where we should
be fairly safe from gun fire, although in full view of the Turk, but
we now have faith in his respect of the Red Cross. The winter rains
are probably not far distant now, and here there should be no danger
of being washed away. I am there now, our men having pitched two tents
yesterday as an experiment to see if the Turks would leave them alone.
Stott and I came up to it last night after dark. Everything is very
simple--so much so that we had to forage to get some food. In my pack
I luckily had a tin of cafe-au-lait and one of us had a mug so we
stirred up a spoonful in cold water and both pronounced it remarkably
good--as everything is when you are almost dying of hunger and thirst.
Stott, a famous raconteur, contributed to our amusement with
drawing-room stories till 11 o'clock when both fell asleep.

This morning I wandered out of our tent about 6.30 to find a very
thick mist, the first time we had seen a trace of this. The tents were
soaked and the ropes as tight as fiddle strings.

We had been here about ten minutes last night when a rifle shot went
off behind some bushes beside us, followed by howls from some one in
agony. A soldier lay on his back with his rifle beside him, his left
foot merely held on by his puttee. We learned that at the end of the
war he had to undergo some years of penal servitude for some offence,
and his comrades, I see, are convinced that this was an intentionally
inflicted wound. I have never before seen a man shoot off more than a
finger or toe, carrying off a foot shows that the man has plenty of
pluck of a sort.

_October 2nd._--A terrifically hot day.

Everything seems to be upset to-day. We have been slaving and
preparing for a big stunt, and now it is said that no such thing is in
contemplation. In my opinion this change of plan is due to the
position Bulgaria has definitely taken, or seems certainly about to
take, in the present troublous times.

For some strange reason she has taken the side of Germany and Turkey.
We must reserve our strength, according to a statement made by Si