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[pencil marked: January 1902
with letters to Stair Gillon]

High Commissioner's office,
Johannesburg

dying like flies in spite of
all our efforts. It is odd
hearing Scots psalm-tunes
rising from the tents. My
work is certainly varied, for
I have to decide on irrigation,
engineering, medical, culinary,
and financial problems. All
in all, I feel a very excellent
training, for I am learning
to organise & take responsibility.