Anandale Sawmill.
Montreal
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Through the entire night a violent storm raged. However, we were tolerably covered in the old house. Corporal Linh who carried two squirrels around with him on his breast under his jacket during the night and found them frozen to death in the morning for they were exceptionally delicate.
A Sentry from the 27th Regiment comes in during the night to warm himself. We find that he forgot to load.
The cylinder of the steam engine in the sawmill serves us as a stove. In the beginning we had piped same through wall on the weather side and the flames struck back, we then put pipes through wall on east side.
Morning, 10 o'clock. Fencing instruction for the entire Company.
Afternoon: March to Rose Hill Headquarters.
We are transferred to Terrett Senior's farm (Prospect Hill). Pleasant quarters.
Beautiful pictures "The Fisherboy and the Poultry Woman."
I skin the squirrels for gloves for Jules.
Spring weather. About four o'clock Bancrofts Farm is burning, where Company G Lieutenant Dros and artillery.
Evenning: Chocolate, Major Semsey, Doctor Idler, Doebke our guests.
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