ive different sorts of bayonets from different regiments. These
I thought we might hang up.

6. Four tassels. They are worn by Fritz rather in the same sort of
way as lanyards are worn. Quite pretty, though rather soiled and
worn.

7. A bit of a wing of a crushed aeroplane that is lying on the
brown, feverish earth like a dead sea-gull.

8. A brass spring very beautifully made, that I am going to have
made into a bracelet for you. Also from the aeroplane.

9. A cardboard box for signal flares. _Signal Patronen_ they are
labelled. I threw the flares away, as they might go pop _en route_.

10. A jolly bit of gilded carving from a house in ----

11. Now then for No. 11! A bit of embroidery. I think it is a
vestment of sorts. It's white, and there's heavy gold embroidery at
the sides. It is a cloak of some description, but the top part,
where there should be a collar or something, is gone. Then
11A is a piece of black and silver embroidery. It was all
very muddy and riddled with shrapnel or bits of crump, so I just
cut off the only sound bit. Both these things are exceedingly
beautiful. They are probably vestments, because they were quite
near what must have been the church. I am sure it must have been
the church, although I hadn't a map--first, because I saw the
village in the distance some time ago, while the church was still
standing, and therefore I know the church's situation; and,
secondly, because I saw remains of large pillars, and a few bits of
what was once a font amongst the debris.

There now. Isn't that a good haul! It's not easy to get anything worth
sending home, because everything is so utterly smashed up.

_October 2._

Jezebel and Swallow and Tank have all been clipped trace high. I am
getting rather attached to Tank. She is so modest and unselfish--a
contrast to Jezebel. She never expects little treats, and seems quite
surprised when I give her anything. Swallow and Jezebel always neigh
when they see my electric torch coming towards them after dinner (while
we are back in these safe places). But Tank is very shy of the light,
and thinks it will bite her.

Swallow is getting much better, and really seems to understand that the
shells and guns and things probably won't hurt him. We have been most
extraordinarily lucky. The troop that got through nearly to ---- the
other