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By Jove it was funny – I laughed till I cried – Fancy taking white cockatoos to Australia!! – He wanted them up on the poop – Bumpus & I swore we'd send them adrift inside 10 minutes & we would too – Eventually he got them away forward & pays a man to look after them – After this – quiet – cider – at Walker's expense - & bed –
Friday 11th/15 Up 6 am – Swim – Sick parade – To the beach at 9.15 – Up to the Hosp – Saw PMO – So long as he gives me a chit to say where the quinine has gone I don't care a damn – It will save me trouble – He says he can get me more–I don't know whether he can – I'm to see him tomorrow –Down to the pier – Met Lauris – took him inboard – Got the Chief Engineer & we made Soda W in his presence & sold him the lot for £15 – Then I took him up & liquored & oiled him at the expense of the mess – I'd have sold the Gramophone only that bally ass Nelson has broken
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