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 Yer know Ginger – just picking 'em out. They only breed again.

Ginger: "Of course it does no good.  What yer want to do is to turn yer shirt inside out immediately yer feels the first nip.  Yer see reverse yer shift every time yer get the first bite from one the blighters".

Snowy: What the – does that do? It doesnt kill 'em does it?

Ginger: No but it makes em damned tired of marching – it breaks their 'earts.

And there never was such a rag-time looking army. A shirt, shorts, hat & boots was the regular outfit. There had been some wild rumour on the 'Devanha' ordering us to cut down our Australian slouch hats since they were supposed to be too conspicuous. Cut down therefore the majority were & into the most grotesque shapes. In some cases the rims were cut right off, in others the side rims only leaving a weird flap at back & front, while