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studies of the natives; the sergeants get annoyed at my presence – I go on to the officers' deck and am better received.
Jan: 21
As soon as daylight appears there's a deafening riot of bartering voices recommences. See a P. and O. liner go past; passengers on board waving to us – after the uncivilised conditions of a Troop Ship it makes me long to be on that liner and in the society of refined women.
Jan 22: Same old noise of niggers. Cannot get a decent sketch – naturally the men are everywhere.
Jan: 23
Leave Aden – nearly a collision with a N.Z. Troopship; got ready to make a sketch of the collision, which, had it happened, I should probably have been studying deep sea fish.
Jan: 24
Daily routine.
Jan: 25
Daily routine and noise. Geat excitement; first mail delivered to us from home; only those who have been cut off as we were can realise what that means to us – a letter is the greatest boon we can receive.
Jan: 26
Enter the Gulf of Suez – weather fairly warm. Daily routine. Writing to catch mail at Suez.
Jan 27
Part of Suez very interesting. All ships are sandbagging all upper works prior to entering Canal – we hear that a P. and O. officer has been killed and some men wounded by rifle