thanks God that He has given us 365 days before the next one.

I went and watched a pick-up game of polo, it was very fast and would have been excellent if it had not been for one man who would keep on crossing. They have some really good ponies here which are well worth watching. It seems rather funny that with all the crowds of soldiers in the island, that they cannot raise two teams among themselves, but the men that they have are quite good.

I am afraid that the Tommies & bluejackets have not had a very exciting Xmas here, as they are not allowed to buy any beer at all. It seems rather hard on

BC Archives, MS-0089 Box 1 File 3 GLASSFORD, Deborah Florence (Leighton). Vancouver Correspondence inward, 1915.