Orderly dog today. Elliott and I went over with the teams and fetched the guns over the side of the canal near the camp. Bathed about eleven o'clock. We went and had a look at the fox earth which we dug at last night. This morning we could see where the old dog fox had come round outside and opened up one of the holes and there were a lot of pad marks but it was impossible to tell whether the vixen had brought the cubs out or not, so we smoothed the sand down again tonight and shall see if there are any fresh marks in the morning.
Powell and Franklyn went into Port Said today and Powell met Gen. Horne there, who is sailing for France tonight. He told him that two divisions are leaving the canal for France. The next one to go will be the 11th which is waiting till they see how things are going in Mesopotamia; and the Australians are coming out to hold this frontier which our division is responsible for at present, so then we shall go to France.
Three transports of Russians went down the canal yesterday from Vladivostok, and are on their way to Salonika.
Quite a heavy storm of rain just as we finished bathing this morning, it lasted about a quarter of an hour. The divisional band played this evening and we were told to dance when they played "Destiny".
Indian hours of parade were adopted. The routine was as follows:
5 a.m. - half feed;
5.45 a.m. - tea;
6.15 a.m. - gun drill;
6 a.m. - exercise horses;
7.30 a.m. - water and half feed;
8 a.m. - breakfast;
9 a.m. - stables;
12.30 a.m. - dinner;
2.30 p.m. - water and feed;
4.30 p.m. - water and feed;
5 p.m. - sub. sec. gun drill;
6.15 p.m. - feed.