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Killyleoch
Dunscore
Dumfriesshire

2nd July 1902

My dear John

I am expecting a
letter from you to be forwarded from
Cairo some time this week and shall
write you again when it arrives. Meanwhile
I have abundance of spare time as I
am back home on leave for three months
with nothing particular to do. I am putting
in the time between scouring the country
on a horse, trying to resurrect James
Sharpe and reading what I can lay
hold of. I am expecting to get a fishing
expedition to Loch Dee with Johnny J.
some time soon. I had a most amusing
letter from the great man two days ago
from which he appears to be in excellent
health and spirits. He said he had been