7. A bit of a wing of a crushed aeroplane that is lying on the
brown, feverish earth like a dead sea-gull.

8. A brass spring very beautifully made, that I am going to have
made into a bracelet for you. Also from the aeroplane.

9. A cardboard box for signal flares. _Signal Patronen_ they are
labelled. I threw the flares away, as they might go pop _en route_.

10. A jolly bit of gilded carving from a house in ----

11. Now then for No. 11! A bit of embroidery. I think it is a
vestment of sorts. It's white, and there's heavy gold embroidery at
the sides. It is a cloak of some description, but the top part,
where there should be a collar or something, is gone. Then
11A is a piece of black and silver embroidery. It was all
very muddy and riddled with shrapnel or bits of crump, so I just
cut off the only sound bit. Both these things are exceedingly
beautiful. They are probably vestments, because they were quite
near what must have been the church. I am sure it must have been
the church, although I hadn't a map--first, because I saw the
village in the distance some time ago, while the church was still
standing, and therefore I know the church's situation; and,
secondly, because I saw remains of large pillars, and a few bits of
what was once a font amongst the débris.

There now. Isn't that a good haul! It's not easy to get anything worth
sending home, because everything is so utterly smashed up.