From the St. Lawrence to the Yser With the 1st Canadian Brigade
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Then later we read an editorial in _The Times_ describing us aspioneers and backwoodsmen. This provoked much comment, but the writerfor one was not greatly distressed, for he had been born within sound ofthe shrill of a sawmill, and the perfume of cedar is still sweeter tohis nostrils than the costly unguents of Araby. CHAPTER VI IN ENGLAND Our stay in England was marred by the heaviest rainfall of many years, and Salisbury Plain, where we were quartered all winter, had thereputation of being t...he muddiest spot in the world until we struckFlanders; and even now there are patriots who maintain that the "Plain"holds the championship. But these were not our first impressions of the Downs. It is hard yet toreconcile the mud in which we lived for months with the velvety swardsthat first greeted our eyes. We had detrained at Amesbury, bleary eyed and sleepless after a tediousnight trip from Plymouth. This had followed a seemingly interminablemarch through Plymouth, during which our progress had been seriouslydelayed by women who broke into the ranks and kissed and wept over ourdear boys.
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