Another sunny cold day and hard frost. Pratt will be in command of 109^th [Brigade] when he returns. Q.R. goes on leave at once. We are in a brick building fortunately, but the huts are perishing, and the line damnable. Bde. went in Sat., so you can calculate when 9^th go in. Luckily there is no snow on the roads, which are as hard as iron and dusty, but snow lies on the fields. Went and saw 9^th this a.m. and transport. There is a good deal of mange about. We have none so far. Your letters now come in 48 hours!