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the Indians were sea sick, but this morning they are playing jokes on each other & then they all laugh heartily. They are great chaps & quite different to Ceylon natives & Egyptians whom I never saw laugh [indecipherable], the whole time I was there.
April 7th
Passed the Island of Nikaria at noon. This is in the Grecian Archipelago.
6 p.m. The 3rd Mate & I have just been entertaining Indians. We started by walking up & down the deck & a couple of Indians became interested, so I bet the 2nd Mate that I would have 350 around us in half an hour, so I produced the skipping rope & did a bit of skipping & tried to get some of them to do likewise, but only succeeded in getting one & he slightly amused the others. They are great chaps these Sihks & look, or at least their actions make them appear, like a lot of boys with beards & they nearly all are 6 ft in height too. Theres no doubt they have a sense of humour also, thoroughly enjoying a joke. The 4th Mate & Wirless operator are now talking to them & there are about 150 there, so I lose my bet, but as it was only a bet, no money on anything, it doesn't matter.
April 8th
Arrived Lemnos Island 6 a.m. & proceeded up Mudros bay & anchored. This is a very pretty Bay, belonging to Greece, or it did, but how things stand at present I don't know, especially as Britain is concentrating a lot of Troops here & Greece is a neutral country. This Island