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Saturday 13 Sept. complete disappearance of the few clouds of the week 32° in the shade at 9h. Aitken prepares new calibrated ropes and checks the old ones stretched from use. He then moves on to the attack of the NE area but from the start he and his equipment seem somewhat thrown off by the results recorded My own work consists of plotting and triangulating the blue observation pegs. Quick trip to the bank before closing to present there a cheque for £200 which is not needed for today's pay but may become so during the week for the purchases of Aitken's equipment. At 12h00 first restricted pay since limited to the domestic staff and the technical staff (2 boys after lunch, plotting of the readings of the morning and construction on plan of the trenches to be pegged tomorrow.
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