Palmer war diary, 8 Dec. 1915-17 April 1919 / Joseph Adams Palmer - Page 50

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was beautiful We passed Malta on Jan 16th about 11 am On 17th a strong wind rose & the sea turned a bit rough & consequently a few were sea-sick again We dropped anchor at Port Said about 11am on Sunday 19th Jan The day was very nice & we soon had plenty of boats alongside A bit of fun was caused by a few potatoes being thrown at the natives Two chaps were taken ashore to Hospital in a motor launch The water barges soon pulled alongside & started to fill up the ship's tanks About 10.30 pm on Sunday 19th we started through the Canal We had four natives on board & we had a fair bit of fun