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<p class="page" id="a5658010">[Page 10]</p><p>we all inspected, to see either or no we were suffering or had any signs of Venereal Disease Then this evening we were paid, the sum of 10/- wether it is for the reason that they havent the money aboard or to stop drunkedness when we get to Columbo, for we expect to strike there within the next week, We had a first entrance made in our Pay Books, and it is also possible to get now with a duece of a lot of trouble one glass of beer per day. It isnt worth bothering about, of course one has to pay 6d per glass, The Chaps have started to read a lot now, for the Red Cross have given a lot of books, I was reading a book called "Hearth & Home" an old London Weekly, Gentlewomans Book, But the date (to which I am relating this narrative) was 18th March 1897 the year I was born in. Gambling is still going strong as ever, in fact I think some of em will gamble in Hell. 26th April. Today is very wet and we have had our first bit of work on fatigues. We take it in turns and this is the first time we have had to do it. I was in charge of 6 men, and my job was to sweep down the aft deck, It has to</p>