Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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wives most of the men being married. The whole company comprised about 15 to 20 people. They played carrom, bridge or billiards. The golf course is not used. The club has a fair library in which I saw many books on Burma including Kingdon Ward's 'Farleylet' Blue P. O'Joy. The officers here consist of the deputy D.C., A. Farrellee, a major and other Army Officers. The women seem to enjoy the club quite as much as the men + the place is quite home-like in atmosphere. The town is spread out with wide spaces of grassy plains between residences.