Lovely day. Very hot.

The figures of the casualty lists published in the paper comparatively few killed a great number missing. Altogether, about 4000.

The papers make out that the Germans have lost very heavily, but that we do not know for truth. The tale, that large bodies of Russians are in England, still rose. Many people profess to have seen them and all the different reports agree that Bristol is the place they have passed through, but there is nothing about it in the paper. Mr R Morshead, Mr Radcliffe came over in the morning to shoot. Very hot walk and only got 2 ½ brace.

D & I finished off some of the shirts, putting buttonholes where they have been left out, removing buttons from places where they ought not to be. In the end we got ready a parcel of 7 shirts 3 pair socks. Also, I got 4 bundles of old clothes for the Belgians from various people in the parish.

Heard that Jack Morshead is landing today from Canada, having joined Princess Patricia’s light infantry “Canadian Light Infantry”. Owen has got a commission of some sort, so what with Dermon who has enlisted in the ranks of the territorials, although he is far over the age, the Morshead family have done well for their country.

After tea, fed fowls had a great battle with two hens who are broody & want to sit there. They wished to go back to their old nests. I won after half an hours struggle. Must work hard at my poultry & better do that than make shirts, if I sit some hens now the chicken ought to be ready by Jan. But whatever happens, the Germans shan’t have them.

After dinner, Mr Smith came in with a friend, a parson called Le Lisle , who has just come back from S Africa & had seen Agnes in the train a few weeks ago.

He is also a bell ringer so Father was very delighted with him.

In Tavistock, we heard that some of the wounded soldiers who were brought to Plymouth on Monday were coming out to have tea at the Bedford. We did not however go to stare at them, but came home.

Dorothea went up to the school in the afternoon. The children are all keen to do something to help the distressed Belgians. Miss Miller told her that yesterday evening when three of the little boys of the choir were coming down to practice, as the church bell tolled at 6 they knelt down in the hedge and said the Lord’s prayer.