bly beyond the reach of the enemy's
big guns, and a load is apparently off every one's mind. Many sang
late into the night, and various hilarious games were indulged in, the
one giving most fun being a bull fight, where one man held the end of
a string about three yards long and tied to a peg, and carried a jug
with a stone as a rattle, the other with a similar string having as a
weapon a small bag stuffed with hay. Both were blindfolded, and the
man with the bag let fly at the spot he thought the sound came from,
the hit being usually many yards wide of the bull.

The casualties among the Turks up to May 8 are said to number 40,000.
Since then the Australians have accounted for another 7000. To the
present date the total is probably not less than 60,000. We ought to
be well enough pleased with our work.

_May 21st._--Had a walk round Tekke Burnu, the S.W. point of
Gallipoli, where we have two 5-inch field guns. An officer to whom I
spoke said he was the first to locate the whereabouts of the gun that
threw the Jack Johnsons. We had all guessed from their whistle that
they came from the right ridge of Achi Baba. Two of the shells fired
at this battery failed to explode, and this man had the holes
carefully exposed for their whole depth, and two poles placed in these
pointed exactly to the same spot. Each of these shells had penetrated
to a depth of 8 feet in very hard clay.

_May 22nd._--About 1 p.m. there seemed to be a strange stir among our
transports. I noticed no fewer than six make off in a body towards
Lemnos, while Thomson remarked that a destroyer had been going
backwards and forwards among the shipping off the point of the
peninsula. We did not guess the reason of this till all at once I
noticed a warship fire a shot towards Imbros. This was followed by
others, and the splashes showed they were firing at something in the
sea, no doubt an enemy submarine--which proved to be the case. About
six shots in all were fired. Three destroyers were flying about in all
directions, absolutely at full speed. Two turned and made for the spot
where the submarine had been seen. It is a beautiful sight to see
these boats turn in their own length when at full speed. From the
rocks at Tekke Burnu I watched for two hours the manoeuvres of these
and four warships. An anxious night will be spent by our naval
brethren. Several other transports have disappeared and gone to the
safe anchorage of Lemnos. A large four-funnelled F