Tuesday July 25, 1922

Tuesday July 25

Lat: 35° 28’ N. Long 12° 54’ W. Distance from Noon to Noon: 289 miles.

We passed today with our normal routine: after breakfast all sat in a row on the promenade deck and diligently studied our respective languages.

At 11.15 we formed two groups for a language lesson under –two words unreadable. - Rev. Palmer respectfully spent the afternoon asleep!

Vigorous game of croquet on the boat deck between tea and dinner.

A walk round the deck and a talk over some iced lemonade ended another day at sea.

Tonight we had the chance of sending home a “radio-letter”. This is a brief letter which is wirelessed over to a passing ship whose operator posts the message from the (passing) ships next port of call i.e. nearer England. We passed the Elizabethville (from Matadi) during the afternoon and our messages will be posted from La Pallice.

We saw three ships today. Shipping has decreased as we have come further from British waters. We passed a large ship in full sail the other evening: a truly magnificent sight and one becoming comparatively rare: it was like the picture 'Off Valparaiso' come to life.

Thomas J. Somerscales 'Off Valparaiso' Tate.

Some ships go east, some ships go west,

The self-same wind doth blow;

But rudder and sail, and not the gale,

Decide where the ship shall go.