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<p class="page" id="a5658050">[Page 50]</p><p>swimming along by it. On these life buoys is an arrangement that is like a tin and you hit it on the top before throwing it overboard and when it touches water it ignites, and throws about 12 inches long heavenwards. He wouldn't get aboard the pilot boat even until one of them jumped over the side and roped him. One of our boats were lowered but if the chap couldn't have swam he'd have been drowned 4 or 5 times over. Nineteen men are missing this morning 16 of whom are married. Three of the prisoners escaped one of was to do 5 years for shooting at an officer. By the above events you will see that things have been going some around our way lately. While I was ashore some dirty cus stole a silk shawl from my bag and a few silk trifles That is a great fault with our army some would shake the tail off a brass monkey if they could.</p>