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& detained the two Germans who had incited them to resist were captured & are to be paraded dialy in chains before the natives. Most of us here are not sorry as we have about had a "belly-full" of Germans. They are treated better than us, & can throw muck at us as they like.
Today the only two women of this city left us & it is possible that the gunboat may return.
The afternoon passed very enjoyably – more fatigues as usual. The doctor is working us like maniacs & in clearing the town, The niggers have been cleaning
[Drawing of hut and palm tree entitle "Paw Paw tree"]
away tip heaps, cutting grass & burning off for the last week or so. Wilhelmshafen was never so clean before. It has fallen our lot to drain a deep hollow in which water must have lain for months after the wet season and bred all sorts