imidiatly connected with our life here. Not that we wish to forget but it seems to have a tendancy that way I expect because realey larger things are happening here every day though in regards to the war as a whole they are small. I would not be surprised at all if Anderson Creek turned out to be good, also there is a chance that it may be the lost rich. But this for your self alone, I think the lost creek lies between A. Ck. & Clear River but is dry for 2 or 3 miles back from Swamp river. it is nearer A.Crk than Clear River Did Sugar Crk. Ts man come up 7 was he a success ? I hope the wet spell you spoke of did not hurt your chance. I dont know if I told you we lived for many days on the Somme front where for miles not a house was standing, we used to pass through 3 villages that there was not a sign of only some heaps of dust & it really seemed quite strange when as we marched out at night when leaving the Somme we saw a