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'No. 2 General Hospital, Pretoria'. The rainy season and the insecurity of tents. A tent consumed by fire. A plague of tarantula spiders. Again he does not mention his sickness.

Poole's Hotel, Cape Town. A six-day journey on the mail train. Is not sure what the medical authorities will do with him. Zelie is to be congratulated on her drawing; he is glad that she has been allowed to finish her course.

RMS Catalonia off Durban. A pleasant outing yesterday with Gertie's friend Miss Paterson. Again he was too late back to the hotel, but another ship gave him shelter as in Letter 27. They hope to set sail tomorrow.

SS Catalonia, '200 miles off Durban'. An uneventful voyage. His fellow passengers: he does not get on with one of them, a civil surgeon and a Cambridge man! Hot days and nights. A glimpse of the Maldives and of Madagascar. Sightings of frigate birds. Some Boers are on board, to be returned to their homes on compassionate grounds. With a PS dated Durban, 15 Feb. A huge pile of letters awaited him on going ashore.

Rocksley Cottage, Oak Avenue, Cape Town. Has been doing 'semi-plague work'. Examinations of newly arrived troops and ships. A magnificent Australian contingent. Persuading the Orient's firemen to submit to examination. A spell in medical charge of the Castle and main barracks, standing in for a sick MO. Subsequent sanitary inspection work, in Cape Town and its suburbs. 'All my reports are sent in and I am wondering what will come next.'

SS Catalonia off Durban. Here they still are! Things are dull indeed. Measles and mumps on board. A visit to Miss Paterson in Durban. Overnight hospitality from officers aboard a 'beached' steamer.

Catalonia off Durban. Is sorry they were so concerned about him when they knew he was sick. He is fine now. Is also sorry that Aunt Rose is so unwell. The ship is rolling heavily.

No. 2 General Hospital, Pretoria. Is glad she likes the photos. The old garden must look beautiful now. Would that some of its fruit were available in Pretoria.

Pretoria. They arrived in Pretoria on 30 June. A 'rare good time' in Kroonstadt, living off wet and dry rations. Water was scarce, but the railway engines supplied hot water from the boilers. Picnics on the Valoch River: 'we even had a pine apple' (sic). His failure to return the keys of the river boats to the Military District Commissioner - and its consequences, including an interview with the General. A flirty nursing sister. First impressions of Pretoria: 'a curious incongruous mixture of fine houses and buildings and tin shanties'. The Palace of Justice and a girls' school will be their hospitals. Staying at the Grand Hotel, waiting for the hospital equipment to arrive.

No. 2 General Hospital, Pretoria. Thanks for settling a College bill. 'We are now in a great hospital camp a few miles outside Pretoria.' He is fit and well, though too busy to write at length.