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44It was successful however in picking up the crew of a steamer which had been sunk by an Austrian submarine which they carried till they put ashore at Marseilles. I think we took about 8 days to do the journey from Alexandria to Marseilles, which is a typically French maritime port.
Here it was possible to see a very old lady who made a previous living amongst the wharves picking up odds and ends. This is a great trail of the French, their saving propensities. See an old woman in the farm after the crops have all been harvested. She gleans an odd bit here and there.
Upon our arrival at port we were greeted by a few French people – this being my first sight of many. We stopped
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