Bas Oha, Belgium Feb 15, 1919

Dear Steve:

Your letter of Jan 25 came yesterday with a bunch of Canadian letters.  Last night I had a big letter-writting campaign on but wrote some to considerable length and diffusion.  It took quite a bit of steam out of me expecially as I have been feeling under par for about a week.  Today however, I feel almost as good as new, altho' not exactly in letter writing mood.

We had a lesson in Agriculture or a  lecture by a Lance Corporal of the 2nd Field Ambulance.  He remembers you well.  Sands is his name a '15' fellow and I promised to remember him to you.  That old banjo of yours seems to have made your reputation at OAC as they all recall the old sing songs.

Nothing definite is known about our leaving here altho' one rumour has it, that it will be soon and another contradictory rumour contradicts that.  The 17th was long named but we are nearing that date, without much to go by.  We should soon know what way the cat is going to jump.

You were lucky to get such a cheap copy of Shakespeare, but I never read much Shakespeare except as a study.  I guess I have read about ten perhaps, twelve of his works.  I have been attacking  Macaulay's Essays pretty hard of late.  He is one of the masters of English prose, as you know, and I'm hoping it may improve my diction.

I'm glad you are getting rid of the shingles.  What kind were they, BC or Ontario?

We are having some great old arguments on Agriculture among ourselves.  Baillie, one of the teaching staff, is quite an authority and of course, I'm always theoretically interested in farming, and when  all else fails we fall back on that.  It is a very interesting theme but not very practical at this distance.

Ideas are not to be wooed tonight and so au revoir.

Yours in F.L & T Cannon